The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild added to the series' official timeline

[Shawn Knight]

The big picture: Breath of the Wild may serve as the end of the current story (regardless of which road you take to get there) but with a sequel almost certainly in the works, it's perhaps the start of a new timeline for future adventures.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild now has an official spot in the popular franchise’s timeline but its position is only likely to spark further debate.

Nintendo recently added Breath of the Wild to the very end of the Zelda timeline. That’s not a surprise in itself as clues already pointed to Breath of the Wild coming after titles like Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker but the fact that the game isn’t directly connected to any of the three existing timelines is intriguing.

Speaking to Famitsu (and translated by Siliconera), series producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi shed some light on the matter:

Eiji Aonuma: “Well of course it’s at the very end. But, I get what you’re asking, it’s which timeline is it the end of?”

Hidemaro Fujibayashi: “That’s… up to the player’s imagination, isn’t it?”

Aonuma: “Hyrule’s history changes with time. When we think of the next game and what we want to do with it, we might think, “Oh, this’ll fit well”, and place it neatly into the timeline, but sometimes we... have to change the placement. Actually, the decided history has been tweaked many times.” (laughs)

Fujibayashi: “Lately within the company, a term called ‘New Translation’ has cropped up. (laughs) Strictly speaking, we don’t change it, but rather new information and truths come to light."

The fact that there are three different timelines in the Zelda universe – or that 1986’s The Legend of Zelda isn’t the first entry in the timeline – may come as a surprise to some that don’t closely follow the series’ lore.

Chronologically speaking, things take a fork at Ocarina of Time. The lore goes one way if you lose and splits off into two other directions (the adult timeline and the child timeline) if you are successful.

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[Polycount]

Man, I miss Wind Waker.

 

[Bubbajim]

Man, I miss Wind Waker.

I just played through Twilight Princess again and it's so damned good. I was looking to pick up a copy of Wind Waker (lost my original!) but it's like £45. Sad times!

 

[Polycount]

I just played through Twilight Princess again and it's so damned good. I was looking to pick up a copy of Wind Waker (lost my original!) but it's like £45. Sad times!

Ooph! I want to say it's worth it, but I can't advise anyone to buy such an old (though it's aged very well!) game at a price like that.

I know used game stores (typically the ones that sell older/retro hardware and games) sell copies for around $20, though! Twilight Princess was great, too.