Nintendo Lays To Rest Zelda Timeline Mystery

[Squeaksx]

Heh, while I might be a bit opinionated in saying that I was one of the few who actually -watched- the video expressing the time-line, I have to agree with him. This simply seems to be lazy work on the part of Nintendo who sent him a generic letter after reading the title and nothing more.

Whether or not Nintendo originally intended for a time-line is somewhat irrelevant. The way the game's storyline has been structured constantly hints at an interconnected storyline. I don't see how much effort it would have taken for a couple of the game's writers to evaluate the timeline and give and honest answer instead of sending this automated response.

P.S. For those who didn't watch the video, first shame on you and secondly he stated that each game besides Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, and one other pair, had different Links. Try doing a bit of research before your statements.

 

[FloodOne]

Ahahahaha. That little shat got what he deserved.

Way to go Nintendo, slap with the Megaton Hammer of Judgment.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

So basically it's like I've been saying for ages. The Zelda games are the various legends of Hyrule (and other lands, as in the Oracle series & Majora's Mask) and each game therefore has no correlation to any of the others unless explicitly stated otherwise.
I sympathize with ocarinahero10, really, after all it can be frustrating to have all your hard work, not to mention countless hours of speculation, brushed off like that. However, I hardly think Nintendo's going to change their position based on your petition, when was the last time you ever heard of an internet petition actually changing anything?

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Feels so empty, to know that you aren't controlling the same Link. Although I always knew that they were different Links, considering the time-line between OoT and Wind Waker. Must feel really shitty for Ganondorf, to be beaten by a bunch of kids in green coats. He should destroy the green coats industry. And kill every boy that knows how to wave a stick around, yelling "Yaah!"

You make a fine point sir, Ganondorf got the shit straw on that one. /:

Yeah, you'd think he'd learn after being killed so many times. It's like he's a reoccurring villain in several episodes of Scooby Doo.

What I'm more interested in, is that the royal family always names the daughters Zelda. Even more interesting, they always get daughters. And here's a really weird one, why won't they put out when the Links save them? I mean, not even a kiss on the cheek. Every Zelda seems to have the same personality, it's like they're possessed by a ghost. With Princess Peach it's understandable, she is the same person who fell on her head as a child, but one of them should at least thank him for selflessly saving all of Hyrule. Or is he supposed to walk home without a reward. But I digress, maybe they'll answer these questions in the next game. And maybe I'll stop eating crisps, instead of promising myself I will.

(Also, it should be called Legend of Zeldas

 

[murphy7801]

Ah obsessions sometimes a beautiful thing not in this case.

 

[Squeaksx]

Ahahahaha. That little shat got what he deserved.

Way to go Nintendo, slap with the Megaton Hammer of Judgment.

Deserved? He didn't flame Nintendo, he sent a well thought out timeline. Please watch the video he made before flaming it.

 

[Cousin_IT]

so the only link that links the games is that each link is a different link & so nothing is, infact, linked?

 

[the1ultimate]

Would it have killed Nintendo to come up with a more enigmatic response?
Chances are even if the next story appeared to set somewhere before Ocarina of Time, but after Twilight Princess Zelda fans would have come up with an explanation.
And plus it doesn't rule out completely new plots, because they could just say that it's so far in the future that all past stories make no difference.

Pity fans who have more interest in continuity than the creators.

 

[Squeaksx]

Would it have killed Nintendo to come up with a more enigmatic response?
Chances are even if the next story appeared to set somewhere before Ocarina of Time, but after Twilight Princess Zelda fans would have come up with an explanation.
And plus it doesn't rule out completely new plots, because they could just say that it's so far in the future that all past stories make no difference.

Pity fans who have more interest in continuity than the creators.

Well it is sort of common knowledge that Nintendo has (as of late,) been a for-profit company to the core and probably would see no benefit in putting any effort into a timeline or even responding the various timelines they receive past an automated answer.

 

[Tri Force95]

Speaking as someone whose played almost all of them, I thought the games were pretty blunt about the fact that there is no continuity. Link, Zelda, and Ganon just get reincarnated over and over.

That, and the fact that your main character never talks, which makes you wonder what would even be the point of having them all link up anyways.

Yeah, I always assumed they were reincarnated, but it is kinda cool to see an awesome timeline that connects them.

 

[Cortheya]

Speaking as someone whose played almost all of them, I thought the games were pretty blunt about the fact that there is no continuity. Link, Zelda, and Ganon just get reincarnated over and over.

That, and the fact that your main character never talks, which makes you wonder what would even be the point of having them all link up anyways.

He talks!!! YAAH YAAH are words right?

 

[JWAN]

Lets have a petition!

Internet petitions _always_ work.

syrus bidnez after all lol

I agree

 

[la-le-lu-li-lo]

Yeah, you'd think he'd learn after being killed so many times. It's like he's a reoccurring villain in several episodes of Scooby Doo.

What I'm more interested in, is that the royal family always names the daughters Zelda. Even more interesting, they always get daughters. And here's a really weird one, why won't they put out when the Links save them? I mean, not even a kiss on the cheek. Every Zelda seems to have the same personality, it's like they're possessed by a ghost. With Princess Peach it's understandable, she is the same person who fell on her head as a child, but one of them should at least thank him for selflessly saving all of Hyrule. Or is he supposed to walk home without a reward. But I digress, maybe they'll answer these questions in the next game. And maybe I'll stop eating crisps, instead of promising myself I will.

(Also, it should be called Legend of Zeldas

Or any villains period, who dealt with the Scooby Doo gang. They were always really dumb.

They Royal Family probably does have other children, but they're loser deadbeat sons, so you never see them.

And she does put out, it's in the extended & uncut versions that haven't been released yet for certain legal reasons. XP

 

[Not Good]

Among all the stupid things to argue about, it's to argue about speculation. I humbly thank Nintendo for coming out and saying it "There is no timeline, you ignoramuses." I think their time can be spent better by, oh I don't know, having a steady relationship or learning C++

 

[randommaster]

Yeah, let's have a petition over the timeline of a series with an over-arching story as screwed up as MGS's! Yeah, that'll work!

Didn't you know? This is the best way to write fiction. Ever. Of all time.

Feels so empty, to know that you aren't controlling the same Link. Although I always knew that they were different Links, considering the time-line between OoT and Wind Waker. Must feel really shitty for Ganondorf, to be beaten by a bunch of kids in green coats. He should destroy the green coats industry. And kill every boy that knows how to wave a stick around, yelling "Yaah!"

You make a fine point sir, Ganondorf got the shit straw on that one. /:

Yeah, you'd think he'd learn after being killed so many times. It's like he's a reoccurring villain in several episodes of Scooby Doo.

What I'm more interested in, is that the royal family always names the daughters Zelda. Even more interesting, they always get daughters. And here's a really weird one, why won't they put out when the Links save them? I mean, not even a kiss on the cheek. Every Zelda seems to have the same personality, it's like they're possessed by a ghost. With Princess Peach it's understandable, she is the same person who fell on her head as a child, but one of them should at least thank him for selflessly saving all of Hyrule. Or is he supposed to walk home without a reward. But I digress, maybe they'll answer these questions in the next game. And maybe I'll stop eating crisps, instead of promising myself I will.

Well, you can't have AO rated material in a Nintendo game, now can you. Stuff has to be happening off-screen, it's just that they don't put it in the game. I'm sure this is why Mario keep saving Peach, as well. In fact, the characters probably know when the player is looking at them and purposefully avoid anything intimate while on screen.

I've never really thought that there was a single timeline, but some games seem to fit together, even if there isn't a specific chronological order. For example, Oracle of Seasons/Ages seem to be set in the same universe, even if it's not the same Link. The same can be said for Link to the Past/Ocarina of Time/Wind Waker. There doesn't need to be a specific timeline, anyways.

What I want to know is who was copying off who between the creative staff for Zelda and Final Fantasy.

 

[Disembodied_Dave]

Oh what some fans assume.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Yeah, you'd think he'd learn after being killed so many times. It's like he's a reoccurring villain in several episodes of Scooby Doo.

What I'm more interested in, is that the royal family always names the daughters Zelda. Even more interesting, they always get daughters. And here's a really weird one, why won't they put out when the Links save them? I mean, not even a kiss on the cheek. Every Zelda seems to have the same personality, it's like they're possessed by a ghost. With Princess Peach it's understandable, she is the same person who fell on her head as a child, but one of them should at least thank him for selflessly saving all of Hyrule. Or is he supposed to walk home without a reward. But I digress, maybe they'll answer these questions in the next game. And maybe I'll stop eating crisps, instead of promising myself I will.

(Also, it should be called Legend of Zeldas

Or any villains period, who dealt with the Scooby Doo gang. They were always really dumb.

They Royal Family probably does have other children, but they're loser deadbeat sons, so you never see them.

And she does put out, it's in the extended & uncut versions that haven't been released yet for certain legal reasons. XP

Have you, seen these uncut versions? Do tell about it.

 

[the1ultimate]

Would it have killed Nintendo to come up with a more enigmatic response?
Chances are even if the next story appeared to set somewhere before Ocarina of Time, but after Twilight Princess Zelda fans would have come up with an explanation.
And plus it doesn't rule out completely new plots, because they could just say that it's so far in the future that all past stories make no difference.

Pity fans who have more interest in continuity than the creators.

Surely fans must be worth something... Oh that's right, they'll probably buy the next game anyway.
Well it is sort of common knowledge that Nintendo has (as of late,) been a for-profit company to the core and probably would see no benefit in putting any effort into a timeline or even responding the various timelines they receive past an automated answer.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

What I want to know is who was copying off who between the creative staff for Zelda and Final Fantasy.

How do you get those linked together?