How would the SINGLE timeline work?

I don't understand. It's basically been disproven completely with IN GAME EVIDENCE ALONE.

Heck, the ending of OoT makes it painfully clear there are two endings.

One with Link gone and Hyrule recovering after Ganondorf's defeat, and one prior to Ganondorf's take over and Link alerting Zelda to prevent it from happening.

What, do single timeline theorists think that Adult Timeline Hyrule mysteriously vanishes into nowhere, even after all of the cutscenes with it during the credits?

I'm not an expert and not someone who theorizes about the timeline, but here's what I think may be a possibiltiy:

The single timeline could work because Link going back in time at the end of OoT and warning the King of Hyrule about Ganon, not opening the Door of Time etc stops everything in the future (with adult Link) from happening. Which means there would be no split timeline, only a singular one.

i would answer your question, but you just seem to arrogant anyway.
besides, barely any single timeline theorists exist anymore, so i dont know what you're on about

i will say this though: if sakurai never made that popular statement, the single timeline would be in power right now. dont talk about the single timeline as if OoT contradicts it. the split timeline theorists started out as a minority you know

The single timeline was believed in by many theorists like myself because time is usually linear.

However since Aonuma confirmed the split ... There aren't any linear timelines anymore.

I hope that answers your question.

Dude... I think the whole single timeline thing was disproved ages ago... didn't you get the memo?

But technically there is only 1 timeline - the Adult timeline is more of a 'what-if' sort of thing, although thats probably not the best way to describe it... I guess you could say that the Adult timeline doesn't really happen, because the events of the Child timeline would change it anyway. It's what would happen in that timeline if it was left unchanged.

Well, that's how I see it, anyway. It's what I've gathered from interviews and in-game evidence and so on. The single timeline doesn't exist, but sort of... does. It's a bit mind-boggling, yes, but that's the way I think it works!

Originally Posted by NintendoTogepi

I don't understand. It's basically been disproven completely with IN GAME EVIDENCE ALONE.

Well, today yes. Back when TWW was the latest game out there, it still had a fighting chance, especially if you look at in game evidence alone.

Originally Posted by NintendoTogepi

What, do single timeline theorists think that Adult Timeline Hyrule mysteriously vanishes into nowhere, even after all of the cutscenes with it during the credits?

What they used to think, was that the most logical answer to the (then) ambiguous ending of Ocarina of Time, would be, that the game merely displayed two endings to tie up all loose ends. The endings would not lead to any alternative timelines or parallel universes which seemed unfit and far too complex for a series such as Zelda.

Originally Posted by WiiGamer24

The single timeline could work because Link going back in time at the end of OoT and warning the King of Hyrule about Ganon, not opening the Door of Time etc stops everything in the future (with adult Link) from happening. Which means there would be no split timeline, only a singular one.

What about the Wind Waker?

But technically there is only 1 timeline - the Adult timeline is more of a 'what-if' sort of thing, although thats probably not the best way to describe it... I guess you could say that the Adult timeline doesn't really happen, because the events of the Child timeline would change it anyway. It's what would happen in that timeline if it was left unchanged.

Not at all. The CT and the AT are parallel. So they can't efect eachother.

Originally Posted by FiErCe_oNi

i will say this though: if sakurai never made that popular statement, the single timeline would be in power right now. dont talk about the single timeline as if OoT contradicts it. the split timeline theorists started out as a minority you know

Wrong person. Masahiro Sakurai is the creator of the Super Smash Bros. series.

Originally Posted by Dark Link

Wrong person. Masahiro Sakurai is the creator of the Super Smash Bros. series.

brawl is a pretty popular upcoming game you know... you cant blame me for getting mixed up with japanese names.
i cant even remember the last time i used the name "aonuma" anyway. timeline theorising got boring ages ago.

timeline theorising got boring ages ago.

So then you're here .......... to make it more boring or something?

huh? i didnt realise i was timeline theorising.

huh? i didnt realise i was timeline theorising.

Well this IS the theorizing section .......

unless you havn't realised, timelines arent the only thing to theorize about on the theorizing section. i thought that was obvious. besides, even if i did post in a thread about timeline theorizing, i still wasnt timeline theorizing.

well... unless you consider my theory that the single timeline would have been more popular than the split if aonuma kept his mouth shut as a timeline theory. i don't believe it is though.

This thread has been derailed. I don't see any reason to keep it open, since Aounoma's confirmation makes single timelines all but null and void. The only thing that would revive single timelines is if he or Miyamoto changed their minds.

*locks*

Oh, and Fierce_Oni. If you post in a thread that talks about timeline theorizing, your posts need to be related to that. Otherwise it's spam. Bad on you for derailing the topic.