Monday, April 20, 2009

The Timeline of Zelda part 2

Since Nintendo announced "Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks" at the Game Developers' Conference, I have been wondering what I am going to do with it in my timeline. Fact is, until I can play it through, I cannot fit it into the timeline. I can say though that even though this game is being cel-shaded like with "Wind Waker" and "Phantom Hourglass", It is not within the portion of timeline. But thats enough of something that's not here yet.
As I had stated in the previous part of my the timeline, the story does start with "Ocarina of Time". This can be proven in the eyes of many fans by one simple event: The rise of Ganondorf to power. Ganondorf is the only character in the series that is the same person. Every other re-occurring character, even Zelda and Link, has been a reincarnation or descendent.
The next game in the story is "Majora's Mask", which takes place after Link meets Zelda in the end of "Ocarina of Time". This is of corse the same Link at this point.
The next point that i can touch in the timeline cannot for sure be placed right next to "Majora's Mask", but it is the closest I can get

The first 3 games released on a console are already organized into a timeline. First, there is "Link to the Past". No idea what could be placed (if anything) in between, but "The Hyrule Fantasy" (Known in the US simply as "The Legend of Zelda") follows. My theory at this point is that "The Hyrule Fantasy" takes place in only a small portion of Hyrule, as "The Adventure of Link" (which takes place maybe just months after) is in a much larger area of the kingdom. This larger area includes towns, villages, and the Hyrule castle (which is your starting point).

That just about concludes this edition of the Timeline of Zelda. When next I continue with this, I will have researched the release timeline in it's entirety, and maybe have other surprises. 

Timeline as currently standing:
Ocarina of Time-Majora's Mask-?
?-Link to the Past-?-Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy-Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link-?

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