19th May 2004, 10:20 AM
...He's 16 in OoT? So he's 9 as a kid? a 9 year old!? weird...
DJ, the reason I have the theory of Link and Zelda meeting at the time of destiny before puberty is because in almost every Zelda game you're trying to protect a blood line, if Zelda or Link is actually destroyed the blood line stops but you also have to save anyone related to you or Zelda. In LttP Link has an Uncle and you only get an Uncle because you have a brother or sister. The uncle in LttP was a soldier and this guided me to the theory that Link and Zelda are brother and sister either blood related or by a different mother (The father being the King of Hyrule). But I dont think this is the case anymore. It made sense in LttP but not in other games.
My theories are full of holes and so is everyone elses, it's just the nature of the thing since we're trying to piece everything together.
So here we go (I'll only mention the important ones to the story):
The Legend of Zelda - (Designated as the last official story) I dunno his age here, but there are no towns, the people live in caves, and monsters control the world. In order to fight Ganon, Link must find all 8 pieces of the Triforce of Courage. I think we can assume he's the 9 year old here. He saves Zelda and the people come out of hiding.
Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link - An actual sequel. A side story but with an important plot to the overall Legend of Princess Zelda. Though he saved Princess Zelda as a child, almost a decade later the Princess is put under a spell and Link goes on a journey to save her. This is the first game where we learn about the sages and their temples. Link is 16 here.
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - Now thousands of years in the past (maybe more, see plot outline of WW) we learn of the now ancient story of the sages closing the gate to the Sacred Realm to keep people from going after the golden power (Triforce) and locking Ganondorf inside. Ganon uses the Sacred Realm to create the Dark World and needs the blood line of Zelda to bring his powers in to the real world. Link is guided by Sahasrala (Rauru). Link is 16 here.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - (Side Stroy) Crazy stuff. Link has this adventure in his mind, an adventure given to him from a being called the Windfish (the only real thing other than Link in the entire adventure). The Windfish needs Link in order to free him. Now that he's free and without nightmares there's no telling what will happen My theory is that the Windfish is Link's hope clouded by nightmares of Ganondorf and his evil, awakening the Windfish gives Link new hope for the future. Another theory suggests that the Windfish is Rauru (and Sahasrala, who was killed in LttP) The Sage of Light. This is a direct sequel, which means it happens right after the events of LttP. So Link is 16 here too. I mention this story because I think the Windfish (or what the windfish represents) is extremely important to the Legend of Zelda.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (designated the oldest Zelda story) - Now we go back thousands of years again. This is the ancient story in LttP of the sages closing the gate to the Sacred Realm. But Link needs to awaken the sages first. The sages awakened, they send Ganondorf in to the Sacred Realm unknowingly causing the events that will lead to LttP. Link starts this adventure at the age of 9 but is forced to wait 7 years in the Sacred Realm until he's ready to fight Ganondorf. Most of the adventure is played through Link at age 16. Ganondorf's last words - "I will kill you both by destroying your blood lines and killing your decendents!"
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Okay get ready for this. The world is covered in water and the only land are small islands peppered through out the world. This is Hyrule after a huge flood. In the very begining, we're treated to the plot where it says that Link saved Hyrule from the Evil Ganondorf. Many years later, Ganon attacked Hyrule but Link did not appear to save them. The people (shown begging in front of the Triforce) pray for a solution, so the God's freeze time. In Wind Waker The Deku Tree sprout is fully grown and in Hyrule Castle in the dome of frozen time the sages are displayed as Gods and a statue depicting Link as the Hero of Time stands in the middle of the castle great hall so this is after the events in OoT. The only way this story makes any sense is that its part of OoT's time line but way off in the future. The events of OoT are talked about like ancient lore, so then WW's plot takes place hundreds of thousands of years in the future after OoT but BEFORE the events of LttP. Why didn't Link appear to destroy Ganon? Because Ganon only existed in the Saced Realm at this point, he attacked from outside this deminsion, the God's fixed this by bringing Hyrule in to the Sacred Realm. People asked the God's for help, so the God's froze time indirectly by putting Hyrule in a dome of frozen time and bringing everyone in to the Sacred Realm. The people wished for a savior and begged the God's to destroy Ganon and protect them, the Triforce reflected that and created the vast ocean and hide the people in the sacred realm which is now Hyrule 2. Ganondorf exists in the sacred realm, so now Link can rise and fight him! The people are finally getting their wish. Ganondorf wants the real world but can only achieve it by destroying the blood lines of Link and Zelda. All the events that take place above the water never are writen in to the history books because it never actually existed, Link and Zelda defeat Ganondorf in the dome of frozen time, by destroying him, they unfreeze Hyrule and the flood finally dies down, Hyrule castle reamerges and time continues as normal leading to the events of LttP. So WW takes place in a deminsion outside of Hyrule's and while it was hundreds of thousands of years between OoT and LttP it was in reality the blink of an eye because Hyrule was kept frozen until the Hero would appear. It's like the Matrix if you think about it; People have no idea that they're not in the real world though they live in peace. In this story, Link is 9 years old.
Phew.
So now here comes the new Zelda... Link is 16. There's no sign of Ganondorf yet, but there are massive armies, a world of monsters. Link has his horse, so I assume it's after the events of OoT... could it be after the events of LttP? ...could it be the story that will lead to the final step in the Legend? The very first Zelda game says a huge war took place that scared the world... and everything i've seen from the new Zelda paints a picture of a huge war. I wonder...
So, I had it in reverse! Link was a kid in:
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
And a young adult in:
Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Oracle of Seasons/Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Unknown Title
Gah. Well now it makes more sense to me, but I have a headache.
DJ, the reason I have the theory of Link and Zelda meeting at the time of destiny before puberty is because in almost every Zelda game you're trying to protect a blood line, if Zelda or Link is actually destroyed the blood line stops but you also have to save anyone related to you or Zelda. In LttP Link has an Uncle and you only get an Uncle because you have a brother or sister. The uncle in LttP was a soldier and this guided me to the theory that Link and Zelda are brother and sister either blood related or by a different mother (The father being the King of Hyrule). But I dont think this is the case anymore. It made sense in LttP but not in other games.
My theories are full of holes and so is everyone elses, it's just the nature of the thing since we're trying to piece everything together.
So here we go (I'll only mention the important ones to the story):
The Legend of Zelda - (Designated as the last official story) I dunno his age here, but there are no towns, the people live in caves, and monsters control the world. In order to fight Ganon, Link must find all 8 pieces of the Triforce of Courage. I think we can assume he's the 9 year old here. He saves Zelda and the people come out of hiding.
Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link - An actual sequel. A side story but with an important plot to the overall Legend of Princess Zelda. Though he saved Princess Zelda as a child, almost a decade later the Princess is put under a spell and Link goes on a journey to save her. This is the first game where we learn about the sages and their temples. Link is 16 here.
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - Now thousands of years in the past (maybe more, see plot outline of WW) we learn of the now ancient story of the sages closing the gate to the Sacred Realm to keep people from going after the golden power (Triforce) and locking Ganondorf inside. Ganon uses the Sacred Realm to create the Dark World and needs the blood line of Zelda to bring his powers in to the real world. Link is guided by Sahasrala (Rauru). Link is 16 here.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - (Side Stroy) Crazy stuff. Link has this adventure in his mind, an adventure given to him from a being called the Windfish (the only real thing other than Link in the entire adventure). The Windfish needs Link in order to free him. Now that he's free and without nightmares there's no telling what will happen My theory is that the Windfish is Link's hope clouded by nightmares of Ganondorf and his evil, awakening the Windfish gives Link new hope for the future. Another theory suggests that the Windfish is Rauru (and Sahasrala, who was killed in LttP) The Sage of Light. This is a direct sequel, which means it happens right after the events of LttP. So Link is 16 here too. I mention this story because I think the Windfish (or what the windfish represents) is extremely important to the Legend of Zelda.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (designated the oldest Zelda story) - Now we go back thousands of years again. This is the ancient story in LttP of the sages closing the gate to the Sacred Realm. But Link needs to awaken the sages first. The sages awakened, they send Ganondorf in to the Sacred Realm unknowingly causing the events that will lead to LttP. Link starts this adventure at the age of 9 but is forced to wait 7 years in the Sacred Realm until he's ready to fight Ganondorf. Most of the adventure is played through Link at age 16. Ganondorf's last words - "I will kill you both by destroying your blood lines and killing your decendents!"
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Okay get ready for this. The world is covered in water and the only land are small islands peppered through out the world. This is Hyrule after a huge flood. In the very begining, we're treated to the plot where it says that Link saved Hyrule from the Evil Ganondorf. Many years later, Ganon attacked Hyrule but Link did not appear to save them. The people (shown begging in front of the Triforce) pray for a solution, so the God's freeze time. In Wind Waker The Deku Tree sprout is fully grown and in Hyrule Castle in the dome of frozen time the sages are displayed as Gods and a statue depicting Link as the Hero of Time stands in the middle of the castle great hall so this is after the events in OoT. The only way this story makes any sense is that its part of OoT's time line but way off in the future. The events of OoT are talked about like ancient lore, so then WW's plot takes place hundreds of thousands of years in the future after OoT but BEFORE the events of LttP. Why didn't Link appear to destroy Ganon? Because Ganon only existed in the Saced Realm at this point, he attacked from outside this deminsion, the God's fixed this by bringing Hyrule in to the Sacred Realm. People asked the God's for help, so the God's froze time indirectly by putting Hyrule in a dome of frozen time and bringing everyone in to the Sacred Realm. The people wished for a savior and begged the God's to destroy Ganon and protect them, the Triforce reflected that and created the vast ocean and hide the people in the sacred realm which is now Hyrule 2. Ganondorf exists in the sacred realm, so now Link can rise and fight him! The people are finally getting their wish. Ganondorf wants the real world but can only achieve it by destroying the blood lines of Link and Zelda. All the events that take place above the water never are writen in to the history books because it never actually existed, Link and Zelda defeat Ganondorf in the dome of frozen time, by destroying him, they unfreeze Hyrule and the flood finally dies down, Hyrule castle reamerges and time continues as normal leading to the events of LttP. So WW takes place in a deminsion outside of Hyrule's and while it was hundreds of thousands of years between OoT and LttP it was in reality the blink of an eye because Hyrule was kept frozen until the Hero would appear. It's like the Matrix if you think about it; People have no idea that they're not in the real world though they live in peace. In this story, Link is 9 years old.
Phew.
So now here comes the new Zelda... Link is 16. There's no sign of Ganondorf yet, but there are massive armies, a world of monsters. Link has his horse, so I assume it's after the events of OoT... could it be after the events of LttP? ...could it be the story that will lead to the final step in the Legend? The very first Zelda game says a huge war took place that scared the world... and everything i've seen from the new Zelda paints a picture of a huge war. I wonder...
So, I had it in reverse! Link was a kid in:
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
And a young adult in:
Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Oracle of Seasons/Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Unknown Title
Gah. Well now it makes more sense to me, but I have a headache.