![]() ![]() To do so they kidnap the titular Oracles. ![]() They want resurrect Ganon as villains in this series are wont to do. Clearly time doesn’t mean much to these witches as they’re still kicking hundreds of years later. Returning for Oracles is Twinrova, a boss from Ocarina of time. Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages were both released in 2001 which is crying shame (for you) because now I must bring back this bit: Oracles being released in 2001 clearly makes it a natural successor to 1993’s Link’s Awakening. But they’re so closely linked (ha) that I’ve bundled them together for the purposes of brevity. To do so he collects a series of magical musical instruments, making such a din that the fish wakes and the illusion vanishes, along with all the island’s inhabitants. In order for Link to leave the island he must wake the Wind Fish. The island has been created a sleeping fish known as a Wind Fish. Why is the island so weird? Well, because it’s all a dream of sorts. For instance, there is a volcano on the island that is plugged by a giant egg. Link is shipwrecked on the mysterious island of Koholint following a training mission. What we also have here is a Legend of Zelda game that does not contain the character(s) of Zelda at all. Link’s Awakening was originally released in 1993, two years, and get this, AFTER A Link to the Past. Insane, but it’s true!Īnother shock might be that for the first time in the Legend of Zelda chronology we have two games being released in timeline order. Now, I don’t want to shock you, but the Link in Link’s Awakening is the same Link as in A Link to the Past. He is then tasked with recovering the Master Sword and defeating Agahnim.īut wait! The true enemy was Ganon the whole time, gasp! Link storms the castle, rescues Zelda and takes her to safety. Link and his uncle are living nearby and are descended from the Knights of Hyrule. Naturally, Zelda responds by sending a telepathic communication (she can do that now) to Link, a local boy she’s never met. Guess who’s one of them? Correct, Zelda, and guess what happens to her? Also correct, she is kidnapped (count 4). It is then that a wizard calling himself Agahnim pops up, kills the King, and begins hunting for the female descendants of the Sages. The Sacred Realm is still cut off from Hyrule. Ganon’s imprisonment in the Sacred Realm may have kept Hyrule safe but it has twisted the place into the Dark World, inhabited only by evil.įlip forwards a few generations and we arrive at the start of A Link to the Past. These poor souls are never heard from again. Over the years a peace is maintained but rumours spread around the power contained in the Sacred Realm with a few going so far as to try and access it. Less fortunately, he takes the Triforce with him. Not ideal, as this results in Ganondorf obtain the completed Triforce, luckily Zelda and the other sages are still able to seal him away in the Sacred Realm. So, Link dies facing Ganon in the climactic battle in Ocarina of Time. Are you sitting comfortably? Well we’re beginning anyway.Ī Link to the Past was originally released way back in 1991, which as we all know, makes it a natural sequel to 1998’s Ocarina of Time, 2002’s Four Swords, 2004’s Minish Cap, and 2011’s Skyward Sword. Now that you’ve wrapped your head around that we can begin. Timeline C: Link travels back to his childhood but does not retain his memories of Ganondorf’s treachery, fading into anonymity. Timeline B: Link is victorious but travels back in time to his childhood, using his knowledge of the future to defeat Ganondorf before his nefarious schemes can take root. It is this timeline we will explore over the next few thousand words. Timeline A: Link is defeated and killed by Ganon atop Hyrule Castle. It is at this point that the Legend of Zelda timeline splinters into three paths, each resulting from a different conclusion at the end of Ocarina. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Timelines ![]()
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