MY timeline theory.

Don't bother sitting down, because you'll just be standing up in a moment!

My timeline is: There's hardly one at all. Most of the games that have no direct relation to each other in all obviousness aren't connected at all. They are merely Links from different realities.

Here we go:

1. OoT<(splits due to the dual timeline that Zelda creates)MM and TP-MM ends the timeline there and TP leads into WW, which leads into PH (maybe) which ends that line.

2. OoA/OoS-LA-end

3. Minish Cap-FS-FSA

4. (anything else)

It doesn't make much sense, but it seems a lot simpler.

I haven't understood it very well, but which timeline are you referring to? OoA/OoS-LA->end ect.
Shouldn't you make a timeline theory that would connect every or almost every game?
And about that, I don't see any theory in the first place, you just named the games and limited yourself to say which ones were connected... how can you explain this to us?

I'm not an expert, but you should tell which events and story fragments in each game connects them to the others... or which places or characters, anything... you haven't wrote a single explanation.

Explain yourself better plz.

Originally Posted by Honest John

Most of the games that have no direct relation to each other in all obviousness aren't connected at all. They are merely Links from different realities.

So, when you find a way to back this statement up with evidence, and not your own laziness and disinterest in reasoning the connections (which do exist, btw) between games, please let me know.

Have you played all the games or most of them? What do you mean by OoA/OoS-LA and end? I think Ganon was destroyed in LoZ, so that can't be right since hes in FSA. You also just said (anything else). You need to put the games and give evidence for why they are like it.

Are you joking or being serious here?

Are you joking or being serious here?

I'm quite serious, my good man.

Explain yourself better plz.

I will, right now.

The OoT-(split)MM-end/TP-WW-PH storyline is very simple. OoT splits into two timelines at the end of it, thanks to Zelda. The first one, OoT-MM-end, is obvious. Young link goes off to search for a friend, yadda yadda, we all know the story. OoT-TP-WW-PH-end is simple too, Link is in the other storyline, so he isn't around to save Hyrule from the twilight, leading to the destruction of Hyrule and WW-PH. That reality's storylines have ended.

OoA/OoS-LA-end is also simple. If you played the game linked, you see that at the end of OoA/OoS Link leaves on a ship. LA begins as Link crashes on an island in a ship.

Minish Cap-FS-FSA-end is, once again, simple. Minish Cap begins with the story of the Minish. FS doesn't really even start with anything, but I feel it is second because it doesn't fit first or last. FSA cites the adventures of FS at the beginning, if I remember right.

And, sorry to say, I had totally forgotten about LoZ-AoL-end. I've not played either of these games, so I can't say much about them. However, the way I've seen things, it seems like Link beats Ganon and then does whatever happens in AoL. Then it ends.

All others (CD-i, or others I have forgotten) don't have any relations with others.

Now, it seems that you're a bit confused. Yes, alternate realities. As in, the different lines aren't connected in any way.

So, when you find a way to back this statement up with evidence, and not your own laziness and disinterest in reasoning the connections (which do exist, btw) between games, please let me know.

I recognize connections. However, the fact that one must delve deep within what a game is, beyond the obvious, leads me to believe that the games must be completely alternate to each other.

If I missed anything, please let me know.

There is only one thing to say. You need to play ALTTP before you put the pieces together because that game is integral to the timeline. Why?

1) LA's Hero goes on a journey of enlightenment according to the manual. A Japan-only sequel to ALTTP explains that the Hero went on a journey of enlightenment. This is evidence that Link in LA is that of ALTTP, not Oracles. On top of that, the emphasis on the definition "Legendary Hero" is made clear in ALTTP and LA's Manual.

2) ALTTP is the prequel to LoZ-AoL. This is obvious from the title, a line in ALTTP's Manual and the script of that Japan-only sequel, which states this to be the case.

3) Oracles takes place with the Triforce in Hyrule Castle, which only appears there after the end of ALTTP. So Oracles has to be either after ALTTP-LA or LoZ-AoL.

Originally Posted by Honest John

OoT splits into two timelines at the end of it, thanks to Zelda.

Proof?

Link is in the other storyline, so he isn't around to save Hyrule from the twilight...

Proof?

OoA/OoS-LA-end is also simple. If you played the game linked, you see that at the end of OoA/OoS Link leaves on a ship. LA begins as Link crashes on an island in a ship.

Link crashes on an island in a ship--after having saved Hyrule in ALttP. So Link in LA must be the same Link as the Link in ALttP. If Link in LA is the same as Link as the Link in ALttP, the Link in LA cannot be the same Link as the Link in OoS/OoA, since ALttP Link knows Princess Zelda (having met her in-game), and the Link in OoS/OoA does not (he meets her for the first time in-game).

However, the fact that one must delve deep within what a game is, beyond the obvious, leads me to believe that the games must be completely alternate to each other.

What? "Dig beyond the obvious?"

OoT/MM is simple. The games expressly feature the same Link. OoT-TP is also simple. The developers have stated that TP takes place decades after OoT. OoT-(MM)-TP-TWW is equally simple--TWW takes place centuries after the events of OoT, so it takes place after both OoT and TP.

Obviously the order of the Four Sword saga is as follows: TMC-FS/FSA. FSA features a reincarnated Ganon who claims the Trident. ALttP also features a Ganon with a Trident, and is the "first" game chronologically to do so. This obviously places TMC, FS, and FSA before ALttP. LA is a direct sequel to ALttP.

LoZ/AoL speak of a time when the Royal Family ruled Hyrule with the Triforce. OoS/OoA feature the Triforce in Hyrule Castle, as well as the revival of Ganon--a Ganon wielding the Trident. Obviously OoS/OoA take place after ALttP (Ganon being revived with the Trident means that he's carried it before his death) and before LoZ/AoL (Royal Family has the Triforce in Hyrule Castle; or possibly after LoZ/AoL, where the Triforce is whole again).

So this logic leaves us with the following:

OoT/(MM)-TP-TWW-PH
and
TMC-FS/FSA-ALttP/LA-(OoS/OoA)-LoZ/AoL-(OoS/OoA)

The environment of TMC doesn't directly connect to TWW at first glance, but taking a look at some of the details found in-game reveals that the game makes many small references to the Flood Era from TWW. This leaves us with the following order:

OoT/MM-TP-TWW-PH-TMC-FS/FSA-ALttP/LA-(OoS/OoA)-LoZ/AoL-(OoS/OoA)

Honest John, you just tell a theory you think its right! You need proofs or arguments that prove that, you have to understand that. "OoT splits into two timelines..." who tells you that? MM continues OoT timeline, but who guarantees you that TP will be a sequel?

And one more thing: the second theory you developed, I dont know how...

Originally Posted by Honest John

OoT-TP-WW-PH-end

TP was the direct sequel to OoT, how? if in OoT Link ends in a child, that later on continues in MM; why is tWW the next sequel after TP? Supposing you had put MM instead of WW and PH, it wouldn't make sense; since in OoT Link ends up as a child, how could it be and adult in TP, and then a child again in MM? And also; tWW is the sequel of TP, right? At which part of this timeline does MM integrates(MM definatly belongs to OoT timeline)?