Another Zelda timeline discussion!

[OB1]

They aren't thinking of story continuity when they make a Zelda game.

That's not true any longer, not since Aonuma was put in charge of the series. The man really cares for story, which is evident with Wind Waker. He has directly connected one Zelda game to another (WW to OoT), something that hasn't really been done before with the series. It's always been vague, distant connections. And he's said that he wants to make sense of the story, which is why I think the new GC Zelda with fill in some more gaps.


That's an interesting theory lazy, but it doesn't quite add up.

FSA explains how the dark world was created, and Minish Cap takes place before FSA. Minish Cap is the first Zelda in the timeline according to Eiji Aonuma. The game "explains how Link got his famous hat". If it were just in the sacred realm then the regular realm people wouldn't know anything about how that Link looks and therefore the whole getting his famous hat thing would not make any sense if it's just for future sacred realm Links (which, even if it were true, also does not make sense). In WW it's explained that for generations people dress up their little boys in green clothing when they reach a certain age, because that's how the last hero looked. It may just apply to WW, but I think Nintendo was basically stating that that's why all of the Links throughout the ages looked the same. Whether it was done by the local townsfolk or a sage or whatever, Link has a very specific look for a reason (other than the real-world one). And Minish Cap is supposed to tell the tale of the first Link (unless they decide to make yet another prequel, lol) who was the first savior and the one that all future Links took their wardrobe from. Something like that. I could be wrong about the whole costume thing, but it does make sense if you ignore some logical inconsistencies (which are everywhere in the series). One thing for certain though is that Minish Cap takes place before all of the other Zeldas, and making it take place in the sacred realm makes little sense.