Zelda Split-Timeline Theory

I remember watching all of those videos a while ago. From what I can tell, TP sets into the second timeline with Wind Waker after it. I played both games multiple times and the storylines fit in nicely to the second timeline.

It still works :)

"In an interview conducted by Nintendo Dream with Eiji Aonuma in December 2006, it was revealed that there are two parallel universes in the Zelda chronology. The timeline is split at the end of Ocarina of Time, when Link is sent back in time by Princess Zelda to live through his childhood, while the original events of Ocarina of Time continue on a different path. Once returned to his original time, Link goes to see Zelda again, and the result of this meeting is an alternate future in which the villain Ganondorf is arrested and tried by the ancient sages, who attempt to execute him, but are instead forced to banish him to the Twilight Realm. Twilight Princess then occurs over one hundred years later, after Link's role as a child in the events of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Meanwhile, The Wind Waker occurs in the "adult Link" timeline, hundreds of years after the Hero of Time saved Hyrule in Ocarina of Time, and it is directly followed by Phantom Hourglass." - Wikipedia.

As you can see the gametrailers theory is wrong. Twilight Princess takes place after Majora's Mask on the "young Link" timeline. While Phantom Hourglass takes place directly after Wind Waker on the "adult Link" timeline.

I think it's time for someone to figure out if this theory still works after Zelda: Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass have come out. Anyone want to prove/disprove it?

Link (You get it? Link?)
remmbermytitans

It's absolutely impossible to create a timeline for LoZ without resorting to a split timeline. People who insist on a single timeline are incapable of comprehending how any alternative single-timeline theory doesn't work, no matter how you structure it.

"In an interview conducted by Nintendo Dream with Eiji Aonuma in December 2006, it was revealed that there are two parallel universes in the Zelda chronology. The timeline is split at the end of Ocarina of Time, when Link is sent back in time by Princess Zelda to live through his childhood, while the original events of Ocarina of Time continue on a different path. Once returned to his original time, Link goes to see Zelda again, and the result of this meeting is an alternate future in which the villain Ganondorf is arrested and tried by the ancient sages, who attempt to execute him, but are instead forced to banish him to the Twilight Realm. Twilight Princess then occurs over one hundred years later, after Link's role as a child in the events of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Meanwhile, The Wind Waker occurs in the "adult Link" timeline, hundreds of years after the Hero of Time saved Hyrule in Ocarina of Time, and it is directly followed by Phantom Hourglass." - Wikipedia.

As you can see the gametrailers theory is wrong. Twilight Princess takes place after Majora's Mask on the "young Link" timeline. While Phantom Hourglass takes place directly after Wind Waker on the "adult Link" timeline.

MaceKhan