Another Zelda timeline discussion!

[lazyfatbum]

Right, I would agree with that, ABF

In the booklets there are alot of mispelled items and people, etc. But the story is still relevent to the timeline.

The Oracle games gave us two new characters that seem to be very important to the timeline and they are Onix and Vaati. Vaati is also the main antagonist in both Four Swords games and, it would seem, in Minish Cap as well, but as a person and not a spirit. It would be interesting to see if Onix appears in Minish Cap, though it could be simply that Onix was destroyed in Oracle of Seasons and didn't have enough evil juju to reincarnate himself. Going by the timeline that is presented in Minish Cap - > Four Swords -> Four Swords Adventures I would say that Vaati is the main antagonist and is destroyed for good in FSA. Which is the first time (that we know of) that Link faced GANON (But not Gannondorf).

So now i'm thinking that GANON possibly existed before Ganonndorf. GANON, being the king of darkness, is trying to come in to our world and uses whatever evil person in our world as a host. Gannondorf has access to the Triforce of Power, so he has become the default choice for GANON... as Gannondorf has the most power on earth.

In Zelda 1 you face GANON, in LoA GANON's henchmen are trying to revive him by sacrificing Link and using his blood to revive him.

In LttP, there are ancient stories of Gannondorf but only GANON exists. The ancient stories of Gannondorf are probably from the legends passed down from OoT's time line.

OoT is the ONLY GAME to have Link face Gannondorf, kill him, and then fight and destroy GANON. Sending Gannondorf in to the Sacred Realm, where Link fights him a second time (Wind Waker). But this time only as Gannondorf who uses very little magic and relies on his swords and martial arts (much like Vaati does in Minish cap). In essense, this is the least powerful form of Gannondorf and only the second time we ever get to fight him.

~NES~
Zelda 1 = GANON
AoL = The Thunderbird and Dark Link (Is it just yourself, or is this Vaati or Nightmare? is Nightmare Vaati? is Vaati the essense of GANON? if so, why does it choose the form of Link? Dark Link sort of comes back in OoT in the Water Temple, but he is called Shadow Link, not Dark Link.)

~SNES~
LttP = Agahnim (what is left of Gannondorf) and GANON
LA = Nightmare (again, Vaati or GANON?)

~N64~
OoT = Gannondorf and GANON
MM = Majora's Mask (I dunno what relation the mask has to any other great evil. in fact i dont think the mask itself is evil)

~GC~
WW = Gannondorf (creates a puppet of GANON but is not real)

~GB~
OoA = Vaati
OoS = Onix

~GBA/GC~
Four Swords = Vaati
Four Swords Adventures = Vaati
Minish Cap = Vaati

So in Zelda 1 and OoT, we face GANON. We face Gannondorf in OoT and WW. And the rest is mostly Vaati.

I think Vaati plays a huge role in how GANON and Gannondorf come to be.