Anyways, with the reveal of the HH and the official timeline, I've noticed that most of the placement issues people pointed out were generally the Capcom games, which have never really had a solid placement in the first place. So I wanted to make a thread discussing the placement of these games. Also, just as a reference for discussions, here's a timeline with the Capcom games removed.
………...WW/PH - ST
……… /
SS - OoT - ALttP/LA - LoZ/AoL
………\
………...MM - TP
Let's start with the easier of the two series, the Oracles. Unlike the FSS, the Oracles have a rather limited number of placement possibilities. There are two main stipulations to the place of OoX, Ganon must be dead and the Triforce must be in Hyrule and the SR. So there placement possibilities look something like this.
………...WW/PH - ST
……… /
SS - OoT - ALttP/[OoX]LA – [OoX] - LoZ/AoL – [OoX]
………\
………...MM – TP – [OoX]
For the longest time on LA, placement after the NES era games was the commonly accepted placement. With the reveal of HH, the official placement was between ALttP and LA. The main issue with this is that Link and Zelda had met in ALttP, whereas in OoX, Zelda did not know who Link was. SOAP suggested the idea that the Triforce could have wiped Zelda’s memory when Link wished away Ganon’s evil, a plausible theory.
However, there is one more thing to be considered. By using the explanation given by HH, in the Decline Era timeline, Link made it to Ganondorf in OoT, meaning that Twinrova would have been killed by Link. This would make any placement on the DT impossible, since Twinrova is the main antagonist of OoX. So by using the explanation of the HH, OoX has to come after TP.
The FSS is a tad more complicated. This is due to a creator quote, stating that TMC was one of the earliest games in the timeline, leading most to place it before OoT, including the HH.
(Assume that FS is with either TMC or FSA, whichever is your preference.)
………..............WW/PH - ST
.............……… /
SS – [TMC] - OoT - ALttP/LA - [FSA] - LoZ/AoL - [FSA]
……..............…\
...........………...MM – TP - [FSA]
Others, myself included, generally ignored this quote to keep the FSS together and placed after OoT
………...WW/PH – ST – [FSS]
……… /
SS - OoT - ALttP/LA – [FSS] LoZ/AoL – [FSS]
………\
………...MM – TP – [FSS]
HH has TMC placed before OoT, with FSA placed after TP, but let’s be honest, we have no real way proving the placement of the FSS. Placement before the NES era games would give us an explanation for how Ganon returned, assuming they don’t make a fourth game to the FSS that would destroy that potential connection. Personally, I like placing all three at the end of the AT. They have no connections with the other games, and with ST having founded a country named Hyrule, there’s no reason why they couldn’t have been placed there.
So what are your thoughts on the Capcom games?
Edited by Baron Turtlelot, 23 July 2012 - 08:55 AM.
