All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

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All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

Read it and weep, i know i did.

Nintendo Lays To Rest Zelda Timeline Mystery

For years Zelda fans have tried to formulate a possible timeline for games in the series, and now, finally, Nintendo has laid all the wild speculation to rest with a conclusive statement.

For a long time now fans of The Legend of Zelda have been trying to solve a mystery that might seem petty to outsiders but is of vital importance to people who love the franchise with a passion. What's the timeline for the games in the series? Time has been a recurring theme in the franchise for some time now, and the chronology of the games themselves seemed appropriately convoluted.

This speculation has led to thoroughly reasoned and researched theories like the "split timeline" idea (people who follow this theory are known, naturally, as "splitists"), which proposes that the ending of Ocarina of Time resulted in two different timelines: a "Child Timeline" leading up to the Windwaker games and an "Adult Timeline" leading up to the NES games. There are plenty of alternate theories, and among the people who care about this stuff, it's serious business.

One of those people, a YouTuber by the name of "ocarinahero10," produced an exhaustive video on the split timeline theory, one that was apparently so authoritative that he decided to send it to Nintendo to get their take on it. What he got wasn't what he wanted.

Nintendo didn't give him a brief, "you're stupid go away" response, but a statement with a brief summary of these facts: the beginning of Windwaker states that this game's story is but one of many "legends," and series producer Eiji Aounuma (speaking on behalf of Shigeru Miyamoto and others), declared that the Link in each game is a different Link, unless it's made clear that it's not. Nintendo concluded:

"This means that - unless otherwise specified - each new game represents a new Link and that there isn't a true frame of reference or timeline possible for the series."

So there is no timeline. Years of speculation, thousands of words of text in argument and speculation, the hopes and dreams of Zelda fans, cast into oblivion by a single sentence. This is why you don't get attached to things you can only speculate on, people. I learned that lesson with Duke Nukem Forever.

Ocarinahero10 isn't ready to give up, however. He's peeved that Nintendo didn't seem aware of many of the arguments he made in his submitted video, and he seems to think this rebuff indicates that the company has no love for the series or its fans.

So he's going to fight the power in the way that all angry gamers seem to be doing nowadays: he's made a petition. "If we can get enough names then there's a chance that Nintendo will give the timeline a chance and not abandon Zelda," he wrote. I can understand how heartbreaking it is to see your work go to waste, but I think it's time to let it go.

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[Arseface]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

That guy needs to get a job.

 

[Wonderfoole WINO]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

who cares? I already knew there was no timeline. as far as Im conserned, the legend of zelda games kick ass. end of story. no need to go any deeper than that.

people get way to fussy about things that dont matter.

 

[Silver.]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

who cares? I already knew there was no timeline. as far as Im conserned, the legend of zelda games kick ass. end of story. no need to go any deeper than that.

people get way to fussy about things that dont matter.

Well, it matters to others, i'm just a little shocked that Nintendo killed off thousands of peoples fan stories and stuff with one statement.

Ocarinahero10 sounds like a bit of a geek though, right? ^_^

 

[Wonderfoole WINO]

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yeah, it is a bit cruel that they would kill off all those peoples dreams like that. but its also a bit sad that that kid would care that mutch also.

but speculating is fun. and what nintendo said doent really stop them from thinking that. hey, if it works it works.

 

[Ithan]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

That about sums it up.

 

[Xeon]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

Before Ocarina Nintendo stated that there was a link between the links and that some of the games featured the same link, an ancestor or decentant. Nintendo has since dropped that theory and explained the simularities between the games as bad translation.

Since OoT Nintendo has given small clues and hints here and there to throw the fans off.

My best guess is that Nintendo has no god damned idea how the games are connected anyway, and that they don't have the creativity to link the games together into a complete and flawless timeline. They could do like fable 2?

 

[Ithan]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

Before Ocarina Nintendo stated that there was a link between the links and that some of the games featured the same link, an ancestor or decentant. Nintendo has since dropped that theory and explained the simularities between the games as bad translation.

Since OoT Nintendo has given small clues and hints here and there to throw the fans off.

My best guess is that Nintendo has no god damned idea how the games are connected anyway, and that they don't have the creativity to link the games together into a complete and flawless timeline. They could do like fable 2?

Does the timeline, or lack thereof, really make you decide to play a Legend of Zelda game or not?
I would not care if Nintendo pulled some complicated BS out of their ass, I play the game for the game, the current story and the current main character, same Link or different, as long as it's enjoyable.

 

[Xeon]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

Does the timeline, or lack thereof, really make you decide to play a Legend of Zelda game or not?
I would not care if Nintendo pulled some complicated BS out of their ass, I play the game for the game, the current story and the current main character, same Link or different, as long as it's enjoyable.

I play the game for it's puzzles, but I like references to previous games

 

[TheJJMax]

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But if they are different Links, what about Ganon/Ganondorf/Vaati? They keep coming back.

 

[Silver.]

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But if they are different Links, what about Ganon/Ganondorf/Vaati? They keep coming back.

Different stories with the same characters.

 

[Xeon]

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Different stories with the same characters.

When the first Link vanquished Ganon he made a pact with the gods, whenever Ganon or another evil would rise a hero to vanquish him/it would too.

Zelda fits in somewhere in between all that triforce mumbo jumbo

 

[Cain]

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Bungie can make a 1000 year timeline for the halo games to please their fans but Nintendo can't? I may not use my Nintendo Wii a lot now but I enjoy the great games like the twilight princess and if nothing is connected that means nintendo is reusing characters to make their games sell. That is just stupid and means they can't even care a little about their fans. Well that company allows crappy games to be made for their console so screw them.

 

[Hexen_Harlot]

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You mean you guys didn't already know that Nintendo are wankstains?

 

[Trawgdor]

Re: All the mysteries of the Legend of Zelda timeline solved by the Nintendo douche.

Bungie can make a 1000 year timeline for the halo games to please their fans but Nintendo can't? I may not use my Nintendo Wii a lot now but I enjoy the great games like the twilight princess and if nothing is connected that means nintendo is reusing characters to make their games sell. That is just stupid and means they can't even care a little about their fans. Well that company allows crappy games to be made for their console so screw them.

Do you always refer back to Bungie or Halo?
Anyways, the Legend of Zelda games are great, but just no timeline doesn't make it suck. These games sold because gamers loved it. And what do you mean reusing characters to make their games sell? Aren't they supposed to make their games sell?

EDIT: and, everyone already knows that Nintendo are... well, the prostitutes of the gaming community...

 

[Silver.]

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Do you always refer back to Bungie or Halo?

Good shout, beat me to it.

When the first Link vanquished Ganon he made a pact with the gods, whenever Ganon or another evil would rise a hero to vanquish him/it would too.

Zelda fits in somewhere in between all that triforce mumbo jumbo

See? That's what I thought, it would of been easy to connect all the LoZ games and made thousands of fans happy, Miyamoto is a smelly douche.

 

[Trawgdor]

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Yeah, that makes sense. Maybe Miyamoto should look at some forums...
They've got nice plot ideas that took 4 years to make!

 

[Sephiroxas]

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:lol: No real time line. the only games I thought corrisponded with eachother were Ocarina of time and then mask of Majora. Never thought any other ones went together. oh well. Doesn't bother me much

 

[Ithan]

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:lol: No real time line. the only games I thought corrisponded with eachother were Ocarina of time and then mask of Majora. Never thought any other ones went together. oh well. Doesn't bother me much

Zelda 1 and 2, Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, Wind Waker and Phantom Hour Glass/Spirit Tracks.

 

[Cain]

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Trawgdor No I do not always refer to bungie or Halo it was the first thing that popped into my head that would make a good comparison.