The Zelda timeline has ignited all types of debates and theories through the years, and now it appears Nintendo has formally added the latest entry Echoes of Knowledge.
It recordsdata Zelda’s new journey underneath the ‘Hero is defeated’ timeline, inserting it after Tri Drive Heroes and earlier than the ‘Decline of the Hyrule Kingdom’. Right here is Nintendo’s official description of Echoes of Knowledge within the timeline:
“The hero Hyperlink units out to rescue Princess Zelda, who was captured by Ganon. Following a fierce battle, Hyperlink defeats Ganon, solely to be swallowed up by an eerie rift. It was as if he’d been stolen away… All throughout Hyrule, extra mysterious rifts are forming and taking the folks of Hyrule away. No one is protected—not even the king himself and his advisers, who’ve additionally gone lacking. Princess Zelda should set out on an journey to save lots of her father—the king of Hyrule—the folks, and Hyperlink.”
Because the official web page additional notes, this timeline stems from the Ocarina of Time ‘lose’ consequence when the Hero of Time is defeated in battle by Ganondorf. A victory consequence, often called ‘The Hero is Triumphant’, results in Hyperlink’s ‘little one’ and ‘grownup’ eras.
As you may also see within the picture above, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are positioned individually on the timeline.
Nintendo has beforehand claimed it solely considers Zelda timelines “to an extent” in the course of the growth course of. Extra lately, producer Eiji Aonuma additionally defined why gameplay tends to take precedence over story on this specific collection.
