Zelda Timeline, stupid version, Mark 3!
Hey, you know that dumb Zelda timeline that I made, and then updated with more crazy shenanigans? Guess what, there’s even more stuff in the Zelda series that really should be in the proper timeline you guys. Seriously. (Thanks again to Glitterberri and x7razorback7x for the image that forms the basis of my insane edit.)
So this Zelda timeline release has a few bugfixes and tweaks, such as making a nicer arrow from the Era of Decline to the Silly Era, and moving LttP Link’s cameo appearances before Link’s Awakening where they make slightly more sense (to me, anyway). I also added nifty logos for crossover games such as Smash, Scribblenauts, and Hyrule Warriors next to the games that they draw from.
The main reason for the update though was that I forgot about the Zelda HD Experience from E3 2011. It has Twilight Princess’s Link in the Temple of Time, but without the Master Sword and with a blue fairy who looks a lot like Navi. This plays into some theories of mine and is as much if not more so a canon source than the Spaceworld 2000 video, albeit less impactful on continuity. Cursor Fairy 4 life!
While I had the opportunity to make the update, I added some semi-important entries I’d neglected. The Too Much Tingle Pack made the cut, as did the German official OOT prologue comic, which reveals information about Time-o’s father. Other additions: the appearance by Crazy Tracy of Link’s Awakening in the Japan-only Wii game Captain Rainbow, and two appearances of Link in cut content: the Starbeans event in Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (which I have decided is FSA Link, although it could just as easily be Minish Cap Link or Four Swords Link), and the Link sprites in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. I figure if I include the trade show demos as speculative game content, then unused data counts just as much.
Try as I might, I just couldn’t figure out where to place the children’s book Molblin’s Magic Spear, which partially adapts the original game but with character designs drawn from both the Adventure of Link manual and, strangely, the animated series for Ganon’s design. It’s this detail that throws a spanner in the works. It can’t be an event from the Silly Era, or can it? I guess I’ll decide for Mark 4 of my insane timeline. An update will be warranted when Zelda Wii U finally comes out. But for now, this is the “definitive and complete”TM version of the official Zelda timeline, as seen by me. Print it out and stick it on your wall, Zelda fans!
But first! In case I do make a newer one, you’re best off just searching the zelda-timeline tag on this blog, to make sure you’re seeing the most up-to-date fresh to-the-minute Zelda series chronology! http://miloscat.tumblr.com/tagged/zelda-timeline
