I cummed everywhere, I liked it.

>"Failed" Timeline

What's this Link failed business?

>>121613419
>retro Zelda
>not the best Zelda

>>121613586
Basically, just guesswork that it's due to either Link dying or just not being there anymore in some sort of corrective time paradox bullshit, thus Ganon is never defeated and the Sacred Realm is still all evil and shit in LttP.

Really the point is there's three timelines thus far

>>121613586

Link failing. Ganon puts his grubby pig hands on the Triforce and then LttP happens I guess.

>>121614277
>ゼルダの歴史が、時オカＥＤ後と時オカガノンドロフに敗北で分岐にな
っていたのは驚いた

He says Link was defeated by Ganondorf

waiting for scans general

So now that we know there is infinite timelines, the "Official" timeline is already proven wrong.

I'm not even a fan of Zelda games and I find this interesting

>>121614634
None of those timelines lead to games though, so they're irrelevent, you pseudo-intellectual shithead.

I'm actually ok

A Link to the past comes after Twilight Princess. The Magic Mirror is a piece of the Mirror of Twilight. Ganon possesses Agahnim as an evil spirit that manifests itself in the form of a boar at the end in the exact same way he possessed Zant and manifested at the end of Twilight Princess. The Lost Woods is the same as the woods where LInk finds the Temple of Time in TP, only further decayed.

If you disagree you're retarded. There are not 3 timelines.

>>121614887

why so mad?

When Link went back in time to complete the child parts of the well and sandnigger temple, it created another timeline.

Then when he went forward again, it created another one.

For all we know, any of the games could have happened between or after each of those timelines

>Adult timeline
>WW, Phantom hourglass, spirit tracks
>In all of them he is more of a kid than the others

>>121615185
>THE CREATOR OF THE SERIES IS WRONG
What you're doing now is writing fanfiction, deal with it.

>>121613907

I beg to differ.

>>121615185
I'm sorry that this Korean timeline ruined your fanfic.

>>121615270
But now we DO know.
Because there's an official timeline.

>>121615185
Not according to this official Nintendo-made artbook

It's going to be really annoying when it turns out the Korean dude's timeline is fake and the entire internet jumped the gun on this.

>>121615439

>official timeline
>not just taking the fans timeline and fucking it up

>"Failed" timeline
>Ganon kills Link and gets the Triforce
>"Hey, this demon pig-thing is actually pretty swanky"
>No more Ganondorf, only Ganon

But how the hell do you seal someone with the whole Triforce into that dark world shithole?

>>121614717
Time shit is always fun.

That's why I enjoy Dave Strider from Homestuck.

I think that the next console installment will be the steam punk game and will directly follow the timeline where Link supposedly failed and a different hero rises to try and defeat Ganon only to weaken him a little so that the sages can capture him while he dies in the process. This would be put right behind OoT and before ALttP.

I knew there would be that ONE idiot that claims the fans are right and the official timeline is wrong.

So what, is this an official Nintendo-licensed book? 'Cause it seems weird that they'd make a book explaining the timeline after they kept saying they didn't want to release it in like every single interview leading up to Skyward Sword.

At this point I'd take any fan theory over this official one with THREE separate time holes.

>>121615309
Unless Miyamoto or Aonuma themselves come out and confirm this, it's bullshit. This is just like when that guy e-mailed NoA and they sent him some response about how there's no timeline. Like someone at the PR department is going to know anything. Just because this book was published by Nintendo doesn't mean that this timeline is official canon.

Also, the image in the background is fan art. Are they paying the original artist royalties or something?

>>121615756
Its the triforce, I aint gotta explain shit.

>>121615986
I'm personally waiting for the steampunk Great Flood game.

Shit sounded fun as fuck. Goddamn rumor hype.

What if it is link goes to future

Ganon is defeated for many hundred years->WW

Ganon is defeated but comes back right away->A Link To The Past

Link defeats Ganon – childhood -> Majora’s Mask

In the future timeline Ganon comes back no matter what, all that depends on how long it is till he returns.

Left path is best time line.

Deal with it nerds.

>>121615592

I'm okay with this timeline but i hope it is wrong because I hate Kotaku and would love to see them embarrass themselves.

>>121616076
the image isn't from the magazine. Its Kotaku making an image on the information they got from a magazine holder.

What if Zelda was a girl?

>>121616076
That's a mockup from Kotaku because they're retarded and think they'll get arrested for taking pictures of a book.
Honestly now, at least stop being retarded before you start antagonizing everyone.

>>121616042
They've been saying they would release the timeline in this book for the past few weeks now, where have you been?

>>121616076
It's some shit from Kotaku. OP probabaly used it to have an image.

>>121616208
You're right though.

>>121615756

He doesn't have a pure heart, I believe in the LttP ending the Triforce says that he didn't got his whole wish completed because of that, and that's how he ended ruling a world of shit and not the actual one.

>>121616243
Then that makes it even less credible.

Make a thread when Aonuma or Miyamoto comments on this, OP. Otherwise I'll stick to the much more believable Adult and Child timeline theory. I mean, there's not even anything present in any of the games that would hint at a "failed" timeline ever existing; there aren't three endings for Ocarina, there's two.

>>121616243
>Its Kotaku making an image on the information they got from a magazine holder
Or maybe it's just them making up shit like they do ALL THE TIME.

>>121615756
see
>>121615986

It's the only thing I can think of as to how they were able to actually capture Ganon.

>>121616527
>There aren't 3 there's 2
>Game has no multiple endings

Nitpicking, I know.

why the fuck did you start the thread with that version of the timeline?

>>121616527
No there's one ending that explicitly confirms a split into at least 2 timelines.

>>121616431
>>121616208

Left path has best Link design too.

>>121616527
The magazine exerts been posted on multiple sites including 2ch. Do some research. Quit being so incredibly misinformed. You're embarrassing yourself.
>Make a thread when Aonuma or Miyamoto comments on this, OP.
This book is published by Nintendo themselves.
It would be different if it was made by gamepro or whatever the fuck, but this is like saying the official games didn't happen either.

Also OoT has one ending.

>Four Sword Adventures direct sequel to FS
>now at the end of a third timeline
Yeah this is bullshit though we should've all known at >kotaku

This doesnt make any sense if the failed time line is legit then there should be 4 split time lines.

Link wins in future, future is saved ->goes to past Link wins in past.

Link dies in future, future is fucked-> Link dies in future so he doesn't come back in past to defeat ganon.

>>121616696
Aonuma himself said there are two endings: one where Link is an adult and one where he is a child. Here, have a quote:

" Q: Where does The Wind Waker fit into the overall Zelda series timeline?

Aonuma: You can think of this game as taking place over a hundred years after Ocarina of Time. You can tell this from the opening story, and there are references to things from Ocarina located throughout the game as well.

Miyamoto: Well, wait, which point does the hundred years start from?

Aonuma: From the end.

Miyamoto: No, I mean, as a child or as a...

Aonuma: Oh, right, let me elaborate on that. Ocarina of Time basically has two endings of sorts; one has Link as a child and the other has him as an adult. This game, The Wind Waker, takes place a hundred years after the adult Link defeats Ganon at the end of Ocarina.

Miyamoto: This is pretty confusing for us, too. (laughs) So be careful. "

Source is a 2002 GamePro interview.

Now shut your whore mouth.

>>121616763
Because it's possibly the closest to actual canon, only waiting for english translation or something to 100% it, opposed to your fanfiction.

>The failing timeline was created because Link got stuck in the Water Temple forever

>>121617161
Made my day anon.

>>121617161

>>121617161
Fucking lol'd

The final zelda game will revive all Hero's in one epic struggle against all evil enimes about the triforce in the sacred realm. The final battle will be full power Ganondorf with the invincible aura of Demise surrounding him. A Sword that shines with dark light. He then puts on Majoras Mask and well... shit...
You on the other hand have fused all the mighty blades to the Triforce Blade. Wearing a bright version of Fierce Deity's Mask you approch the enemy, the stage is in the Sacred Realm. Lights and shadows dance in the void that is the Sacred Realm as you get ready for the ultimate clash.

It maybe just sounds awesome because I'm tired,about to sleep, happy dreams /v/

>>121617123
He's had nine years to change his mind.

According to this, LA is no longer a LttP sequel.

>>121617161

Either that or he went home after Dead Hand scared the shit out of him.

>>121617123
English isn't his first language and a better way to put it is that in the SINGLE ending of Ocarina of time two different timelines are created.

>"Failed" Timeline (Timeline where Link takes the Master Sword, since he never returns to that timeline)

But Link came back seven years in the future to kick Ganon's ass.

There's no reason for a timeline split here.

>>121617075
On top of that even if link fails and doesn't die but goes back to the past. That means no matter what even when he goes back in the past he will ALWAYS defeat ganon.

All I'm seeing is a lot of the Korean Timeline and "someone on 2ch said it's legit!" Scans where.

>>121616885
You know what else was published by Nintendo? The numerous manga based on various games in the series, which differ from the actual games and introduce tons of characters and events that are non-canon. Just because this art book was published by Nintendo doesn't mean it was published by the creators of Zelda like you seem to think it does, you idiot. That's not how publishing works. The Zelda team probably didn't even see this "official timeline".

>>121617298
It technically still is, just a bit farther into the future than before.

How can there be a "timeline" when every game uses the same fucking characters? You nerds piss me off.

>>121617336
Schrodinger's cat.
In one timeline, he went back to the past.

In the other timeline, he didn't. He stayed in the future.

Staying in the future, he never went back to the past. That timeline doesn't just disappear. It becomes an offshoot, so to speak. Time Travel shit yo.

>>121617538

Actually this, i'm still waiting for those fucking scans.

>>121617408
OoT uses back to the future rules for time travel, only difference is that alternate timelines don't get destroyed when you "fix" them.

So many people seemed to have missed the previous thread....

"Timeline 1: Young Link Pulls the master sword and leaves his timeline. Link is gone and this timeline continues on to the events of LTTP and the other 2d zelda games.

Timeline 2: After defeating ganon zelda sends link back to his childhood. Ganon is sealed and the adult timeline is now also without a link. Ganon escapes, goddess floods the world, WW occurs. PH/ST follow later.

Timeline 3: After defeating ganon young link returns to the past. He warns the people of hyrule "hey this ganon dude is all kinds of fucked up" and he's sealed by the sages. Link then leaves hyrule for termina and the events of MM. TP takes place years later in this timeline.

so basically, there's a future without link, a past without link, and a past with link."

>>121617684
But the "failed" timeline would evolve into the future timeline.

>>121617647
Reincarnation, you illiterate dumbasses piss us nerds off.

>>121617538
>>121617686
http://vgtribune.com/zelda-timeline-revealed/
Google them, there are quite a few results.

Nobody can read japanese here though, so what would be the point of posting them over something like OP's image?

>>121617592
Miyamoto and Aonuma wrote a couple things just for this book. Also, Himekawa already said that they purposely deviate from the game stories, implying non-canonicity. Nothing about this book says that it's non-canon.

Sorry it looks like it's betraying your intricate fanfiction :(

>>121617872

This makes sense to me.

>OH YEAH WELL HE CHANGED HIS MIND SO THAT'S NOT TRUE

Again, show me the actual source where he says this. If it's not coming from his mouth or Miyamoto's, it's simply not credible. This timeline doesn't belong to the Zelda team, it belongs to whoever put together this book. Look into the author/editor and there's your source. Unless it's Aonuma and Miyamoto, it's to be taken with a grain of salt.

>>121617408
or it means when link went back in time in the timeline he failed he got send to a different universe and said fuck this shit and trained to be a fighter thus being in soul caliber and SSB.

>>121617993
the scan translated in that article isn't a full timeline (and actually has inaccuracies that the translator corrected in his thread but haven't been corrected in the article). it's not proof that the korean timeline is legit.

>>121618006
Unless those "couple of things" include the timeline, that's completely irrelevant.

Also, passive aggressive smilies? Really?

>>121618116
Miyamoto and Aonuma put their own names on this book, and it's published by Nintendo. You butthurt "theorists" now only exist to feed us delicious tears now.

Nintendo doesn't release what are basically FF's Ultimanias to confuse you.

>>121617647

>you nerds
>visit /v/
>implying you aren't a nerd as well

Entertain me, you surely thinks Zelda is the same person in every game right? Do you think he's cool and all?

>>121617872
Actually, it's just that no one read the OP, it says that.

Were there two 4swords games?

Sorry, I stopped caring about zelda when Windwaker hit :(

>>121618473
>Nintendo publishing a book for THEIR series
>being wrong about it

Choose nothing because you obviously have fanfiction to write up :)

>my face when "failed" timeline contains all my favorite games

>>121618631
Goddamn it, use your eyes. They are right there. Both of them are blatently on the 15 game timeline. This is basically around 30 or so words you're too stupid to fucking read.

Oh boy, another stupid retcon to appease moronic fanboys who read too much into things. I'll continue viewing the original Zelda games as they were intended: standalone stories with no relation to each other except the direct sequel.

>>121618116


This is the closest we will get to an official timeline, why are you upset nigger?

"From Japanese Zelda Wikipedia Page on LttP:

『時のオカリナ』でリンクがガノンドロフとの戦いに敗北した未来の話であ
る[13]。

In "Ocarina of Time" Link is defeated in his fight against Ganon in the future story. [13]

Citation:
13^ ハイラルヒストリア ゼルダの伝説大全92ページより
13^ Hyrule Historia Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, page 92"

1. Adult Link defeats Ganon. He Breaks the seal and returns in ALTTP.
2. Ganon defeats Link. The goddesses flooded Hyrule (Wind Waker).
3. Child Link returns to the presents and tells the king Ganondorf plan. He escaped execution (Twilight Princess).

>>121618824
Because everything is ruined due to his fanfiction being inaccurate.

>>121613141
Wait, that makes no sense.
If MM is the failed timeline in which Link takes the master sword with him, and loses it -- why is the Master Sword in TP?

>>121618600
dat grin

>>121618689
Again, are you aware of the countless guides, manga, novels, choose-your-own-adventure books, animes and cartoons that are "officially published by Nintendo"? An art book doesn't mean shit.

It's simple: either the page credits Miyamoto and Aonuma with this timeline, or it's complete bullshit. End of story, there is nothing else to it.

"(ALttP is) a story of a future where Link was defeated by Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time" would be a better translation

>>121618759
ditto man.

>>121619020
I thought it was in the child timeline where he tells Ganon to fuck off, he gets arrested, and leaves the sword in the pedestal after his adventuran.

>>121618785
This right here. You guys are faggots.

>>121619020
he cant take the master sword, if he opens the door of time ganon gets in. he takes the ocarina and leaves, which is when MM happens, now how there is another link from the one in TP, who knows?

>>121619289
Most of those are not released by Nintendo of Japan themselves, and, again, the manga writers already said they purposely make the stories non-canon.

Try again.

>>121615185
All speculation.

>>121618824
Because this timeline doesn't make fucking sense for one thing, and I seriously doubt Nintendo would make connections and references between games and hint at them going together then release a timeline that completely undoes all the in-game references that were intentionally put there.

>>121619649
This timeline, besides disconnecting FS and FSA, actually makes sense towards both developer quotes and in-game references, though.

>>121619649
What is it that does not make sense?

Maybe if you would tell us more specifically instead of just saying "IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!"

>>121619530
Is this timeline credited directly to Aonuma or Miyamoto?

If not, it is not to be taken seriously.

/thread

>>121619649
OoT->MM->TP was always referred to eachother.
SS and Minish Cap being some of the first few games was on quite a few timelines as well.
Adult timeline leading off into the wind waker games was also in the single split timeline theory dozens of times.

You seem to be getting incredibly upset about the third split, where people could never agree where they took place anyway.

>>121619885
>/thread

are you 12 years old

>>121619508
what are you talking about?

At the end of OoT, Link (at least A link from somewhere in the messed up OoT timeline) goes on to visit the world in which MM takes place -- doesn't he take the Master Sword with him?
i forget.

>>121619885
It doesn't have to be. It's Nintendo's official timeline. By extension, it's also Aonuma's (and Miyamoto doesn't give a fuck about the timeline, you twat).

You lose.

>>121619771
disconnecting FS and FSA is a HUGE problem considering FSA is the origin of the trident of power which is the source of Ganons power in lttp
which are in now separate timelines
not to mention many other problems

so much bickering about a timeline that a korean kid made up. troll of the year.

>>121619998
> doesn't he take the Master Sword with him?
No, not in MM.

It's too big for young link to carry with him anyway.

He's just running around with the Kokiri Sword the entire time, until you upgrade to the Gilded Sword.

>>121620178
Except it's actually real

>>121619998
he shouldnt have, since the gilded sword in MM was the best sword, not the master one.

>>121620132
>trident of power which is the source of Ganons power in lttp

That's not even remotely true.

>>121618785
>>121619480
And you ignore all the details and differences of the game. You know not everyone is a retard in this world. Hell if you spent 4 years of your life working on a single thing you are bound to add in subtle nuances and details in which you hope the more passionate users will pick them up.

"Failed" Timeline:
>Wind Waker timeline is where he failed, hence the world being floded by the "goddess", to prevent ganon from wrecking everybody's shit.

ORIGINAL TIMELINE:
>After adult link defeats ganon he returns to the present again and all is well till' the events of MM and then TP.

Don't know what the fuck is the other timeline implying though. Fucking Nintendo.

>>121620132
Nope. FS is before any of the splits, so it applies to the child timeline as well.

>>121620271
no it's not
if it is you'd be able to show some proof of it

>>121620271
according to who? the korean kid? kotaku?

>>121618116

Do you really think Miyamoto gives a flying fuck about the timeline of Zelda? Really? If you ever hear him talk, you'll know he dgaf about videogames. Hell, he hardly has any interaction with the development of videogames since he's the General Manager of their EAD. Guy also stated he's more interested in the guitar and dogs.

>>121619885

You're probably the biggest retard on the entire planet.

>Nintendo puts out a book that has a section with the explicit purpose of explaining the timeline
>Since it doesn't meet your completely arbitrary requirements for canonicity - as though being NINTENDO'S OWN EXPLANATION OF THE TIMELINE isn't enough already - then you dismiss it in favour of your own shitty fanfiction

If you weren't such an autistic, shit-eating man child then you'd be having a good laugh at you like the rest of us are.

>>121619849
The evolution of the geography of Hyrule over time for one thing. A Link to the Past following after Twilight Princess not only explains the Master Swords' location in The Lost Woods as opposed to the Temple of Time, but it explains why Kakariko Village is different, the nature of a forbidden realm or "Dark World" parallel to Hyrule, the development of the flippers as opposed to the Zora Tunic of Ocarina, the disappearance of the Kokiri, the desert's separation from the rest of Hyrule, Lake Hylia being at a lower elevation than the rest of the world, the location of Hyrule Castle at the center of the map, and I'm sure plenty more things that I'm forgetting. The developers wouldn't have taken the time to make all these connections then immediately discredit them like this.

But what do I know, it's all just baseless fanfiction on my part right? xD

>>121620443
Huh, and Sakurai has an unusual interest in cats, putting a picture of his own into a hut in SSBB.

Gentlemen, we may be on to something here.

>>121620306
read the backstory on lttp again
>>121620380
FSA is the direct sequel to FS

>>121620556
>The evolution of the geography

Stopped reading right there.

>implying geography is important

>>121620426
>>121620383
https://www.google.com/#q=%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E
3%83%AA%E3%82%A2&hl=sv&prmd=imvnsu&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=Km3yTuOBHc3s
sgaLganxDw&ved=0CAwQpwUoAg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=bac554303baaceec&
;biw=1680&bih=892

all over japanese internet

>>121620608
the backstory nor anything in lttp ever mention the trident

>>121616763
because that one is wrong

>>121620608
If this timeline is true, FSA is no longer meant to be FS's direct sequel. Also, ALttP doesn't mention Ganon's trident at all (http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html).

WTF is this shit?

are they trying to hard to make Zelda games more deep?


I always though that each game of LoZ was independent, just like alt realities with no connection (with a few exceptions) more like FF series

it's shit and they are going to confuse more to the new gamers that want to play these games

fucking NINTENDO thanks for killing one of your best franchises

>>121620045
Nintendo is a corporation, not an individual. Nintendo, the company, is not responsible for the Zelda timeline; the creators of the Legend of Zelda are.

That's like saying every individual in America is represented by the actions and statements released by its government. As we all know, that isn't true either.

>>121620363

Wind waker intro says otherwise, It clearly says the hero of time defeated Ganon and banned him into the seal. Doesn't speak of his defeat.

>>121619996
>new here

>>121620556
>The evolution of the geography of Hyrule
You can't base a timeline on something like that

The reason Hyrule looks like it does in different games is because of hardware specs and level designs, it doesn't have anything with timeline to do
Why do people not get this

>>121619898
This,

I think OoT --> MM --> TP are the ONLY solid links (pun not intended but utterly avoidable) there are.

OoT --> MM is a clear sequel as stated and shown in the beginning of MM, but MM --> TP, whilst not as obvious as the first two, is still pretty clear in that you're taught how to fight by a Stalfos, a fate entirely probable of the Link from MM and Death mountain in TP is strangely spherical like the moon from MM, though that one is a little more controversial - what with sense dictating if a fucking moon had crashed into Death Mountain at some point, there'd be some kind of documentation surrounding it, regardless of the fact it would explain the drastic land changes and super deep chasms found in TP

>>121620862
>Nintendo, the company, is not responsible for the Zelda timeline; the creators of the Legend of Zelda are.

They are one and the same. You lose.

Also, an entire country =/= a company releasing a book to clear up a timeline for one of their series

>>121620862
So even if the guy who wrote all of Zelda's story made this book, you wouldn't care, because Eiji Aonuma, one of the main minds behind the DUNGEONS and GAMEPLAY FEATURES of the game, didn't make it?

I'm no Zelda expert and I've only played a few so could someone explain to me how OoT split into 3 timelines?

>>121620725
not seeing anything conclusive here. don't link me to google link me to something legitimate.

>>121620862
Again, Nintendo doesn't make timelines in their spare time to confuse fans.

>>121617957
It never did because Link abandoned his timeline. He can never go to the original timeline, only it's offshoots. Go watch Primer.

>>121620951

The intro clearly says Link "The Hero of Time" banished gannon, but later, when gannon came again (as he always does), there was no link to also rise up, and so Gannon managed to fuck everything up, the result of which was the world flooding.

in-between OoT and WW is a LoZ game that never happened.

Four Swords isn't canon, you retarded nigger.

Skyward Sword > Minish Cap > Four Swords > Ocarina of Time > Three way split:

1.) Child Timeline (sent back after defeating Ganon in future, tattles on Ganon in the past)
Majora's Mask > Twilight Princess > FSA

2.) Adult Timeline (defeated Ganon, his seal breaks years later, the Gods flood Hyrule)
Wind Waker > Phantom Hourglass > Spirit Tracks

There is nothing to debate here.

3.) "Failed" Timeline (Timeline where Link is defeated by Ganon and/or disappears from the past)
Link to the Past > Oracle of Ages/Seasons > Link's Awakening > The Legend of Zelda > The Adventure of Link

It all makes perfect sense. Stop deluding yourselves with those pathetic fanfictions. This is it. The real timeline.

>>121621160
>The past that you left
>The future you arrived at
>The past you returned to

>>121621026
The only problem i have is, if he did turn into a stalfos, where did the link in TP descend from?

>>121621417
Nice fanfiction, son.

>>121621160
Child link goes into the future 7 years and kills ganon or whatever the fuck to have him arrested. He goes on to live his life.

He gets sent into the past by Zelda. Now there is one split. Because the universe where all that other shit happened didn't happen here. But that universe isn't erased. Hopefully you know what parallel dimensions mean and can draw from that.

I have no clue about this third one where Link apparently fails, but apparently that's a translation error or something, so ask someone about that.

>>121621287
oh i'm dumb. yay torrents!

>>121621527
FOR THE LAST TIME

ANYONE CAN BE LINK AS LONG AS THEY HAVE "THE SPIRIT OF THE HERO"

LINK DOES NOT NEED TO LEAVE ANY DESCENDANTS AT ALL. LINK COULD DIE AT THE AGE OF 10 AND THERE WOULD STILL BE LINKS POPPING OUT EVERY NOW AND THEN.

THANK YOU.

>>121620556
Theres a flaw in that at the end of TP the mirror was destroyed preventing travel between the realms. If ALttp was to follow then how would link get to the dark world? And you can't say that the mirror was fixed since that a what if game that we can all play.

>>121621439
Logically the "past that you left" should be the same as the "future you arrived at", but I'll go ahead and believe that timeline A assumes Link mysteriously disappears after touching the Master Sword.

>>121621147
Aonuma is in charge of all these things and has to approve the storylines anyway, so yes, I would take his word as the authority. Zelda storylines are written by many people, and Aonuma always has the final word.

Besides, Aonuma was only a dungeon designer for Ocarina, he took on a more directorial role beginning with Majora's Mask. Your argument is fundamentally flawed.

>>121618877
but the opening of WW quite clearly states that OoT link sealed away ganondorf

>>121621527
It's not the same Link, and reincarnation doesn't exactly mean your baby will be a clone of you. Reincarnation doesn't even have anything to do with genes passing down or whatever. Shit's magic yo. Fucking fate and such,

>>121621439
According to >>121618875 it isn't >The past that you left ­that created the third timeline, but Link losing in the final boss fight.

This timeline actually does make alot of sense, but you have to perceive it as follows:

Ocarina of Time is a "what if" junction point. The three possible outcomes result in their respective timelines. It's safe to say that if you perceive as OoT as a story and not actually as you playing the game then depending on which version of the OoT story is told, the resulting timeline follows it.

In any case, splitting a timeline always results in tomfoolery and opportunities for the company to produce more games, as they can start progressing each timeline or fill in gaps.

Since OoT is the most described story out of the Zelda games since it's the "origin" of most of the games in the series and is usually the tale that describes how the resulting game came to be as a consequence of the story told, it's safe to say the "true" timeline is what happens in the OoT game, rather than the story told, as it's the "best possible outcome". It defeats ganon in the future and then prevents ganon in the present time (according to link) which stops him from doing everything he would have done if link continued and pulled the master sword out.

>>121619898

>You seem to be getting incredibly upset about the third split, where people could never agree where they took place anyway.

And that's why he is so upset about, because they finally tried to clear that up, since everyone knows where the other games fit anyway. But the classic and oracles were conflictive, i like the third split since it makes more sense with Ganon being on steroids and having the Triforce rather than "huuur hyrule geography".

But mr. autist can't seem to like that.

>>121621778
True, but this book is as canon as FF's Ultimania's, though. Only a fanfiction writer would dispute this.

Timeline 1:
SS-TMC-FS-OoT-MM-TP-(LCT)-FSA

Timeline 2:
SS-TMC-FS-OoT-TWW-PH-ST

Timeline 3:
SS-TMC-FS-OoT-ALttP-OoX-LA-LoZ-AoL

>>121621527
How stupid do you even have to be?

He fucks Malon before he becomes the Hero's Shade. The Hero's Shade tells you that you share a bloodline, YOU FUCKING RETARDED CASUAL NIGGER FAGGOT

>>121621558
There aren't any torrents there, though.

Fucking hell, we actually had a nice thread this morning. Now it's all shit.

First and foremost, time travel in the zelda series is different than other fiction. So let's take a look:

When link goes 7 years into the future, he doesn't go to the SAME universe. Another copy of that universe is created, which is fast forwarded 7 years. Hence, Timeline 2 (which continues on to WW). In this timeline, Ganon IS DEFEATED by adult link.

The universe that Link left behind because of time travel is the timeline 1 (leads to ALttP). Link never defeated Ganon in this timeline (LINK IS GONE), but the sages/what's left of people there are able to seal him away in the sacred realm (The imprisonment war).

After defeating ganon seven years into the future, Link is sent back in time. THUS ANOTHER TIMELINE IS CREATED, which is a copy of the universe when Link was a child. He and Zelda then warn the King about Ganon's plot, who is executed. Link then goes after navi in the lost woods and enters another dimension, and encounters Termina (MM).

Fuck, I wish someone screencapped that thread.

>>121621042
>a corporation comprised of hundreds/thousands of people = an individual

You are such a fucking moron. And for all intents and purposes, the way a country operates and the way a corporation operates are entirely similar in concern to the word of an individual versus the word of the collective group. Nintendo, the company, is not the source for all things concerning the Zelda timeline; Eiji Aonuma is.

There's two ways of think of this.

The first is timeline 3, the unexpected "Link fails to defeat Ganondorf", is a "what if" scenario that CAN'T exist simultaneously with the other two. For example...

If you're playing Twilight Princess or Wind Waker, you're playing in the world where timeline split 1 and 2 are running parallel. A link to the past etc, simply doesn't happen.

If you're playing A Link to the Past or The Legend of Zelda, you're playing in a world where Link failed in Ocarina of Time, timeline 3. The events of WW or TP don't exist.

This is based on the idea that Ocarina of Time has just that one ending you see, thus making timeline 3 "what if".

The other way to think of it is all three existing simultaneously. That timelines 1 and 2 exist as normal, along with another universe where Link died, thus timeline 3 is also occurring. Say this is based on you, the player, dying and choosing not to continue or whatever.

Take your pick.