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[Person]

Okay, so we all know that ALttP comes first, because it has "Past" in the title, it's obviously a prequel to everything. Then come the NES games, because of the back of the ALttP box. LA takes place during AoL, as confirmed by Nintendo's official website. Soul Calibur II takes place right after ALttP, with its Link, because Link's backstory from that game implies that Agahnim was involved somehow, and the TV show takes place between LoZ and AoL, because the Triforce of Courage doesn't exist yet. The comics, however, take place after AoL because they have the Triforce of Courage in them. AST happens right after ALttP. The "Trapped in a dream" line refers to Link being taken to compete in SC2, because to the denizens of Hyrule this strange universe is a dream. So so far we have:

ALttP-AST-SC2-LoZ-TV show-AoL(LA)-Comics

Now OoT is a bit tricky, as it seems to take place after the NES games, because Link gets the Triforce of courage, which did not exist until AoL, and explains the resurrection of Ganon. MM follows right after, and then Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, where Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf are pulled away from Hyrule. Link was having too much fun fighting that he didn't return to Hyrule in time to save it from Ganon. This is why no hero showed up in the TWW backstory. TWW and PH follow closely afterwards.

ALttP-AST-SC2-LoZ-TV Show-AoL(LA)-Comics-OoT-MM-SSB-SSBM-TWW-PH

Now it may seem that Hyrule is destroyed at the end of TWW, but the intervention of the Great Deku Tree and Al Gore reversed the global warming that caused Hyrule to flood and an antimatter pocket universe left over from the SSB crossover event created a carbon-copy alternate Hyrule with no memory of the flood. TP happens. After Ganondorf is defeated, he makes contact with Master Hand who offers him infinite power, so he joins the Subspace Army, leading to the events of SSBB. Now during the merging of universes for the crossover, the Link from TWW gets dropped into the amalgamation universe along with TP Link. When the multiverse is restored and Tabuu is defeated, both Links return to their respective universes. ST takes place 100 years after PH, as recently confirmed by NoA.

Hyrule-1
ALttP-AST-SC2-LoZ-TV Show-AoL(LA)-Comics-OoT-MM-SSB-SSBM-TWW-PH-ST

Hyrule-2
TP-SSBB


Now the Oracles are a bit harder to place. While the opening of the game implies that they take place after MM, the ending implies they take place before LA. LA, as we all know, takes place during Link's thirty-second voyage across the sea during AoL, so the games are boviously no canon to the main timeline. However, they might be reasonably connected to the CD-i games in some way. These games are often written off as non-canon by ignorant fans, who refuse to admit their brilliance and subversive social commentary. These games take place in a split timeline created when Link did not save Termina, and returned to Hyrule dejected. The lovesick teenager persona he puts on in these is merely a mask for his depression. Faces of Evil comes first, wherein Link must fight his inner guilt and demons, represented by the titular Faces. In Wand of Gamelon, Link has become so disillusioned with his heroism that he allows himself to be kidnapped by Ganon. This plot repeats itself in Zelda's Adventure. After this, Link retires from adventuring and settles down with Zelda. The Oracles follow this timeline some time after.

Hyrule-1
ALttP-AST-SC2-LoZ-TV Show-AoL(LA)-Comics-OoT-MM-SSB-SSBM-TWW-PH-SSBB-ST

Hyrule-2
TP-SSBB

Hyrule-3
FoE-WoG-OoX

The Four Swords trilogy follows sometime after the SSBB event is over and the Link of Twilight Princess is dead. The Master Sword is lost to time, and so a new one is forged by the Picori during the events of TMC's backstory. Now FPTRR happens, soon followed by Tingle's Balloon Fight. Next, another mysterious crossover event occurs. While not as pronounced and dramatic as the Soul Calibur or Super Smash Bros. crossovers, it nonetheless had Link visiting the Mushroom Kingdom and the world of Tetris. Super Mario RPG and Tetris thus constitute a part of this universe-crossing event. Likewise, the Master Sword was found in the world of Hamtaro as the Master Spoon during this time. Link also rescued breakfast Mario during this time, the adventure later became known as the Nintendo Cereal System.

Hyrule-1
ALttP-AST-SC2-LoZ-TV Show-AoL(LA)-Comics-OoT-MM-SSB-SSBM-TWW-PH-SSBB-ST

Hyrule-2
TP-SSBB-TMC-FS-FSA-FPTRR-TBF-SMRPG-Tetris-Hamtaro-NCS

Hyrule-3
FoE-WoG-ZA-OoX

This crossover event culminated in Zelda Game and Watch, wherein the evil Dragon (actually a descendant of Great Valoo turned evil) kidnaps Zelda and Link must rescue her. This event resulted in the merging of the two universes that sprang from the SSBM crossover. The Sound and Drama CD thus features the first story set in this new kingdom. Zelda Wii will follow soon afterwards, which will be a prequel to the Milton-Bradley board game.

So the complete and official Legend of Zelda timeline is:

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Hyrule-2
TP-SSBB-TMC-FS-FSA-FPTRR-TBF-SMRPG-Tetris-Hamtaro-NCS-G&W

Hyrule-3
FoE-WoG-ZA-OoX

New Hyrule
G&W-S&D-ZW-MBBG

Visual:

Edited by Person, 18 June 2009 - 07:43 PM.

[CID Farwin]

Brilliant!

Though I should mention that it should be obvious that After SSBB The Master Sword somehow found it's way into Animal Crossing, and has been sitting in someone's house ever since. You also left out Nintendo Monopoly, which features characters from Super Smash Brothers and Super Smash Brothers Melee, and therefore must take place between the two.

Edited by CID Farwin, 18 June 2009 - 07:49 PM.

[Person]

Brilliant!

Though I should mention that it should be obvious that After SSBB The Master Sword somehow found it's way into Animal Crossing, and has been sitting in someone's house ever since. You also left out Nintendo Monopoly, which features the same cast as Super Smash Brothers and Super Smash Brothers Melee, and therefore must take place between the two.

Ah! I also forgot Captain N, but that takes place the same time as the comics, anyway.

[Duke Serkol]

Not bad, I was actually thinking of making a timeline like that, with games like Tetris thrown in (but I don't think mine would have been as good as this)

However you need to change the Tetris box in that picture, it should be the NES one (in the GB version, only Mario and Luigi appear, not Link and the rest of the 8 Bit era Nintendo gang)

Edited by Duke Serkol, 19 June 2009 - 07:21 PM.

[Showsni]

How do the sleeping Link in Super Mario RPG and Link's grave in Final Fantasy tie in?

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Pfft... it's got nothing on my timeline. Obviously, mine is correct.

Ocarina of Time comes first, because let's face it, no other game comes before it. I mean it is the first Zelda game in existence. Then we've got Marijuana Mask, because it uses the same game engine as the first one and it's obviously better, because it steals ideas from Lewis Caroll. I mean, Lewis Caroll is the best author in the world! Who else would come with a bodiless cat?

Then we all know that Link becomes older, grows a moustache and gets a regular job as a plumber. So next along the line comes Super Mario Bros.

He probably gets cranky as he gets older, so Resident Evil 5 comes next. I mean, look at the proof. It's got a white supremacist shooting black people! What more proof do you need. We all know, Link is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nazi. Then some random shit happens and the world starts to end, as depicted in Silent Hill.

Super Mario RPG probably comes before Super Mario Bros in my timeline. I mean, where else would he get the idea of becoming a plumber from?

[Fin]

Okay, so we all know that ALttP comes first, because it has "Past" in the title, it's obviously a prequel to everything. Then come the NES games, because of the back of the ALttP box. LA takes place during AoL, as confirmed by Nintendo's official website. Soul Calibur II takes place right after ALttP, with its Link, because Link's backstory from that game implies that Agahnim was involved somehow,

Also, the SC2 Link uses the bug-catching net.

[Zola Revolution]

Ohhh, I get it, this is all jokes. lmsao. You guys had me for a little bit, I thought you were all serious. OK, nvm.