Well, see, in simply saying "he saved Hyrule" and "he probably had it made for him escpecially", then you are brought back to wondering exactly what Link did to save Hyrule after Zelda sent him back; how he was recognised as a Hero and how he saved Hyrule.
I have no more theories so I'll leave it at that.
OoT's Ending
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Posted 12 May 2005 - 06:41 PM
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Posted 12 May 2005 - 08:40 PM
In the land of Hyrule, there
echoes a legend. A legend held
dearly by the Royal Family that
tells of a boy...
A boy who,
after battling evil and saving
Hyrule, crept away from the land
that had made him a legend...
Done with the battles he once
waged across time, he embarked
on a journey. A secret and
personal journey...
A journey in search of a
beloved and invaluable friend...
A friend with whom he parted
ways when he finally fulfilled his
heroic destiny and took his place
among legends...
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Posted 12 May 2005 - 08:51 PM
So according to the legend he waged battles "across time"? So does this mean that the people are somehow aware of his moving back and forth through time to do battle, either during or after the waging of said battles?
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Posted 13 May 2005 - 06:01 AM
I think you're reading too much into that line. Throughout OoT he was waging battles in both the future and the past. Once he was done with that, he left Hyrule.
Zelda knew what he had done, even if nobody else had done. I'm not sure many people knew, Zelda and Impa would recognise his heroic status, and that's enough to create a legend within the Royal Family, is it not? Otherwise, it would of said legend held 'by the people of Hyrule', but it makes specific point to it being the Royal Family.
Also, remember these lines are talking about the events in a past perspective. This is a legend, so this could be written from the view of hundreds of years in the future. If it was written then, the future events of OoT would of occured and the Hero of Time would be known.
It doesn't mean he was a legend immediately after he returns to the past. That makes no sense, because most of the people had no knowledge of him doing anything. It just means that he is eventually made a legend. Takes time for a person to become a legend, after all.
Zelda knew what he had done, even if nobody else had done. I'm not sure many people knew, Zelda and Impa would recognise his heroic status, and that's enough to create a legend within the Royal Family, is it not? Otherwise, it would of said legend held 'by the people of Hyrule', but it makes specific point to it being the Royal Family.
Also, remember these lines are talking about the events in a past perspective. This is a legend, so this could be written from the view of hundreds of years in the future. If it was written then, the future events of OoT would of occured and the Hero of Time would be known.
It doesn't mean he was a legend immediately after he returns to the past. That makes no sense, because most of the people had no knowledge of him doing anything. It just means that he is eventually made a legend. Takes time for a person to become a legend, after all.
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Ocarina of Time shouldn't be the imprisoning war because the Imprisoning War is defined as the sages sealing Ganon as many of the Knight of Hyrule died. No Knights were killed or even defended the sages while the seal was being "erected" in fact they did not seem to be in any danger. So the Imprisoning War should be sometime after Ocarina of Time.
Here's another thing that needs explaining, EPONA! Epona needs to be returned to the ranch so that the Link that wakes up can win her from Ingo. This suggests a split timeline... which isn't so far fetched considering parallel universes like Termina and such. So as much as I'd like a unified timeline the two Ocarinas and the horse are giving me grief.
I guess the way it could play out is that by being sent back in time what Zelda did was allow him to escape the sleep in the sacred realm and then in this new timeline he goes to Termina and other places for seven years to get stronger and comes back and repeats the same deal... but then you have an eliminated timeline which is no good. Every option has problems but splitting the timeline seems like the easy way out...
Here's another thing that needs explaining, EPONA! Epona needs to be returned to the ranch so that the Link that wakes up can win her from Ingo. This suggests a split timeline... which isn't so far fetched considering parallel universes like Termina and such. So as much as I'd like a unified timeline the two Ocarinas and the horse are giving me grief.
I guess the way it could play out is that by being sent back in time what Zelda did was allow him to escape the sleep in the sacred realm and then in this new timeline he goes to Termina and other places for seven years to get stronger and comes back and repeats the same deal... but then you have an eliminated timeline which is no good. Every option has problems but splitting the timeline seems like the easy way out...
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Posted 01 June 2005 - 12:24 AM
I think you're reading too much into that line. Throughout OoT he was waging battles in both the future and the past. Once he was done with that, he left Hyrule.
Zelda knew what he had done, even if nobody else had done. I'm not sure many people knew, Zelda and Impa would recognise his heroic status, and that's enough to create a legend within the Royal Family, is it not? Otherwise, it would of said legend held 'by the people of Hyrule', but it makes specific point to it being the Royal Family.
Also, remember these lines are talking about the events in a past perspective. This is a legend, so this could be written from the view of hundreds of years in the future. If it was written then, the future events of OoT would of occured and the Hero of Time would be known.
It doesn't mean he was a legend immediately after he returns to the past. That makes no sense, because most of the people had no knowledge of him doing anything. It just means that he is eventually made a legend. Takes time for a person to become a legend, after all.
I can name a few people who became legends overnight.
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 08:04 AM
Now you're just being devil's advocate. >.>
Are you saying a kid, who, to everyone else in the world other than himself and Navi, appeared to do nothing, suddenly becomes a legend? Now you know well as I do that's pretty much impossible. That's certainly not what the MM manual was suggesting.
In response to Ninegauger, Ocarina of Time is not consistent with the Imprisoning War. Of course not. But the creators intended it to be the Imprisoning War. Thus, via retroactively changing the events of the Imprisoning War by using the excuse (pretty fair excuse) that the Imprisoning War was a legend and thus was not completely accurate, they made OoT into the true version of the Imprisoning War, or even an alternate version.
In the end, it doesn't matter. If you look at the games individually, it doesn't matter. If you look at the games as a whole, the creators intended OoT to be a prequel. Everything from the Sages to Ganon's final words about destroying the hero's decendants were all references to ALttP.
It's not 100% accurate to the backstory of ALttP. Of course not. But that doesn't matter.
Are you saying a kid, who, to everyone else in the world other than himself and Navi, appeared to do nothing, suddenly becomes a legend? Now you know well as I do that's pretty much impossible. That's certainly not what the MM manual was suggesting.
In response to Ninegauger, Ocarina of Time is not consistent with the Imprisoning War. Of course not. But the creators intended it to be the Imprisoning War. Thus, via retroactively changing the events of the Imprisoning War by using the excuse (pretty fair excuse) that the Imprisoning War was a legend and thus was not completely accurate, they made OoT into the true version of the Imprisoning War, or even an alternate version.
In the end, it doesn't matter. If you look at the games individually, it doesn't matter. If you look at the games as a whole, the creators intended OoT to be a prequel. Everything from the Sages to Ganon's final words about destroying the hero's decendants were all references to ALttP.
It's not 100% accurate to the backstory of ALttP. Of course not. But that doesn't matter.
