Legend of Zelda Timeline with Tears of the Kingdom 

It’s here

I really hoped that Zelda and Link become an official romantic couples in the sequel to Tears of the Kingdom!

But its still confusing if the 3 goddesses and hylea herself are shown through every game until totk how come they mention the zonai/twilight people cause since their descendants of gods and goddesses it just doesn't make sense 🤔 I bet this whole gods and goddesses of hyrule may be like a Greek story but the goddesses created hylea first then the zonai gods continued every thing.

Love your videos!

After all the years I still don't understand one thing. How is Malladus connected to Demise? He is described as "The Demon King" Malladus. We know that Ganondorf is Demise's "true" Reincarnation resonate him as the second Demon King. The Question is here..what is Malladus and how long was he sealed?!? Could it be that even before Demise arrived Malladus attacked Hyrule and was sealed by the Golden Goddesses?!? But that means Demise wasn't the first Demon King....or could it be that Malladus was the source of the Monsters who attacked Hyrule in the Era of the Hero of Men later was sealed far away from Hyrule in the Tower of the Gods?!? Questions that needs answers.

Which is a beautiful thing. One day when I have kids, I cant wait to introduce them to the Zelda series

I'm a new zelda player and a huge fan of TOTK. What I've come to understand is Nintendo likes like re-use and re-cycle old ideas and characters. TOTK, imho is the perfect amalgamation of all their old tropes.

What new ideas? It’s literally the same exact formula for 90% of all the games

Lmao! I was just gunna type that. 1:03:20

Indeed ;)

@commonwealthrealm I've got to get to work on my own timeline video soon. Keep up the great work!

@@commonwealthrealmtheory video when?

Thank you

There's what?

Truly the most hater to ever have hated

I like to think it's still a singular timeline, and that the "split" that everyone believe happens at the end of OoT doesn't actually happen. With Majoras Mask being an actual direct sequel to OoT meaning canonicaly Link goes back in time after beating Ganon to warn Zelda and takes the ocarina of time and runs off with Majoras mask occuring. Now anytime after that, that a Link reincarnation loses, let's say Zelda/The King use the Triforce to seal away Ganon till a new Hero arises. Leading into any "downfall timeline" game occuring. If the Link reincarnation wins, either of the other two" timeline" games occur.

@RlKrav that doesn't add up though. Wind Waker is clearly a different timeline than. Majora's mask and Twighlight princess. The spirit of the hero and the tri force of courage had vanished from the wind waker timeline because of Zelda's actions in Ocarina of Time. It took time for the world to correct that and for a new hero to emerge. Zelda almost screwed over that entire timeline because of the power vacuum she left by sending Link back in time

@Clasher 13 how is it clearly different? Wind Wakers original Link loses the king needs to use the triforce to seal Ganon until a new Link is born and saves the kingdom. Where's the clear difference? There is no direct canonical prequel or sequel with the same Link so it could happen anytime over the timeline. Where are you getting confused?

@@RlKrav wind wakers original link doesn't lose, wind wakers timeline is the one left after link gets sent back in time by zelda at the end of oot, so the spirit of the hero and the triforce of courage are essentially sent to an au where link was like hey what if we instead don't open the temple of time so ganon can't get the triforce

@RegalCorvus but the creators have already said with BoTW that it unifies the timelines back into a singular one. So there are no alternate universes anymore, no more alternate timelines, just a singular timeline starting with SS and ending with as of now ToTK. Which is why in BoTW Zelda mentions games from each timeline, because to her each of those games occured in the past. So singular timeline, no splits at all anymore.

Thank you for the kind words! This project was so time consuming.

BoTW and ToTK are a self contained timeline.

​​@@AntiTako all theories are fair game until Nintendo confirms true.

Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of time and the butterfly effect would call absolute bullshit on that.

​@@Spartan1312The idea of a merged timeline has no less scientific basis than that of multiple divergent timelines.

@@Allen.Christian Except you would have mutual exclusive events dictating the course of history in all 3 timelines lmao all reconverging back at the same point. Some so extreme as to annihilate the kingdom with a ocean...then re-founding the kingdom elseward, but somehow it ends up back where it started with a non erased history the same as all other timelines without any issues to the continuity? To believe this someone must literally shut off their brain... but don't think too hard just consume more product.

Same here kind of thought maybe Hyrule was either abandoned then refunded or the history of it was forgotten

It's either that, or BotW and TotK are in their own separate timeline apart from anything else after Skyward Sword at the earliest and after OoT at the latest.

@@wace9174 It would not even be the first time, since the Hyrule from phanton hourglass and spirit tracks was another kingdom founded with the same name of the last. . Another theory of mine in regards to that about Totk is that is the lack of the Sheikah in Rauru's time. Since they serve the bloodline of Hylia instead of the the kingdom, they proobably only joined the kingdom later in the future when the bloodline of Hylia was introduced to this new Hyrule.

@@Rafaelrgm ik

I saw a really interesting theory that took the downfall games, moved them to an alternate timeline after skyward sword, and considered each of those games as “Calamities” leading up to Breath of the Wild, with Hyrule being founded in that timeline by the Zonai, while in the other side being founded by just the Hylians, it was very well done

this hurts so much knowing what happens in totk. spoiler free comment but gosh i cried so much. her character development is subtly plotted across the two games and it has fleshed her out so much. it makes u realize why they call it the legend of zelda, and not like super link word lol

@@josephnazariego6822 Bro... the Master Sword questline... I was ready to cry at what she did in that mission

BotW Zelda was always haunted by her inability to call forth her light powers - the main reason she struggled to get along with Link was the contrast between her ongoing failure and Link's success in becoming the Master Sword's Chosen. She was also always a research geek - getting told off by her father for spending so much time researching ancient technology rather than awakening her light powers, and exploring Hyrule both before and after making friends with Link. For her power's awakening, not only was it when Link was facing death, it was also the first time one of her friends and family faced death right in front of her - the Champions died alone, in single combat with the Blights, and her father died in the Castle before she and Link could get there.

​@@josephnazariego6822 uhhhh, post credits scene?

My hubby and I played it together side by side and beat it together. Exactly what we both said.

I thought it looked more like a giant heart or something. At least it does to me. Oh wait…Your talking about Ganon himself, right? Not the red thing he’s sitting on? Yeah, I agree with you.

It’s not definitive. They don’t work for Nintendo. It’s a fan theory like all the others. It’s very well done, and it’s a great channel. But it’s not official.

@@JeremySolo they never said it was, just that the game shows a lot of aspects of past games of the timeline, not what the channel says

@@katie-kb6qd I know the video didn’t claim that, the comment I’m replying to did

@@JeremySolowell Nintendo have outright confirmed botw (and by extension now totk) take place on the existing timeline AFTER Oot

@@mrbiscuits001 When? and give me any links if you can actually produce proof.

Yep, is a parallel time line after skyward The ancient hero vs the malice And the born of the last zonan, king rauru

@@Kralamelo Not parallel timeline but just a second hyrule kingdom eons after all of the other game's timeline. Maybe so many years have passed that only the old hyrule's name remained. So, the Zonai refounded Hyrule and become their first king and queen. Or like you said, It could just be a parallel timeline too after Skyward Sword where we could have a Rito and Zora in one era.

Spirit tracks actually talks about that. Spirits from the sky came down to help the people rebuild, helped them seal malludus, created the tracks and tower, used the sword, and sent the lokomo to watch over them when they left for when a hero needed to rise up and defeat malludus.

@@Kralamelonot really, it’s just that Botw and totk take place so far ahead in the future that even totk’s past takes place at the end of the timeline in a re founded hyrule.

@@mrbiscuits001 that doesn't make sense, why would they re foundate hyrule Why there are not zonans in the other games? Your bad theory has a lot of questions

Or she has a weakened version of the Triforce’s power and finally earned it. She was wise and she was powerful but only when she put herself in front of someone else in the case of certain deaths was she courageous enough to have earned the Triforce’s sealing power

@@deangeloenriquez1603 If I remember correctly there isnt much emphasis on the Triforce, neither in BotW, HW:AoC nor TotK. In fact Zelda appears to have all 3 Triforce parts from the get go

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Or the fact that she knew if she didn’t the world would end. Fight or flight response is a thing.

@@deangeloenriquez1603well it’s literally stated ingame that “the princess love for her fallen knight awakens her power. But it could be both her love for link gave her the courage too act

Hey Prince Valiant stop being weird, it’s just a video game

@@andresmendoza2658 naw your the weirdo with weirdo energy replying with lame comments as such. know your place, worm. 🤣

Its just an enthusiastic comment try not to be dramatic

@@colonagray2454 ... that was the point. big kekw. go post a comment then get you some likes then bothering me about mine.

@smurf3578 My comment was directed at the other guy not you idk why it didnt add the @ thing that time. What does kewk mean anyway i dont know if ive heard that one before. Anyway yeah loz rules

Link pls?

whats the dragonbreak theory?

@@HeroBear64 there’s a video about it on RU-vid that’s more in depth, but basically a dragon break is an event from elder scrolls 2 in which a timeline splits apart but then fuses back together at some point. The theory is that a dragon break-esque event happened in the zelda timeline, splitting when zelda sent the hero of time back in time, and fusing back together around when zelda was sent back in time during tears of the kingdom

@@notsospecial9012 so it’s like what is the “official” timeline but the merge happens when Zelda goes back in time during the prologue?

@@HeroBear64 Dragonbreak is a term from the game series, Elder Scrolls, that describes any event where time is split into two or more paths creating wildly different timelines within Tamriel, the world the game is set in. To keep a complicated and involved topic short, the time god, Akatosh, is depicted as a dragon and the literal flow of time in the Elder Scrolls world, hence the name dragonbreak. Whenever a dragonbreak happens for whatever reason, reality splits into multiple paths where different events transpire leading to unique outcomes and recorded history. But it is also understood that these dragonbreaks eventually resolve themselves over time, combining back into a single timeline in which all events and histories happened and are true, despite any contradictions they might cause. I imagine trying to make sense of their history is a nightmare for Tamriel's scholars and historians for this reason. The dragonbreak theory is applying that idea to the zelda timelines, that all three combine into one timeline that Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom begin in where everything that happened in each timeline are true and historically accurate.

I don't think Zelda love Link I think it's platonic

Yeah, there's a definite.... difference... in the writing when it gets to the BotW/TotK section.

@@VonSnootingham lol ya they chose to go into a lot more detail for the recent games.

Agreed. It’s like an instinct. Same for Ganon as a dragon. His hatred still endures even though he has lost himself.

I think so. There was a part of her that remained which is why she never tries to keep Link from landing on her unlike the other dragons.

Exactly, I noticed the connection between the Sheikah symbol and Rauru’s eye as soon as I saw it open up in a cutscene. Perhaps the ancient relationship could also serve as an in-universe explanation for why Sheikah shrines look so similar to Zonai shrines.

Or you know. The OG sheikah symbol was found somewhere by the new Sheikah who act different to the older ones, but are still loyal to the royal family and they merely adopted the symbol. The theory it takes place after everything is the only one that really makes sense.

Yeah, I noticed that too. But I think it's strange that the game doesn't point out any connection between the Sheikah and the Zonai. In fact it seems like TotK goes out of its way to erase any Sheikah references from the game. It's almost as if Zelda's time tampering erased the Sheikah from history and replaced it with the Zonai. But then that raises even more questions. Does this mean Link's memories of the events of BotW are different than ours? The Divine Beasts still appear on the tapestry, and there is still mention of them desipite their disappearance, does this mean their backstory has changed and they're now Zonai devices instead of Sheikah devices? There's also that one Guardian on top of Robbie's tech lab, is that now Zonai tech instead of Sheikah tech?

Hope you enjoy it! :)

It’s a spin-off with questionable canonization. The BotW team worked on it, but it’s not yet been officially declared as canon.

@@MiraBoo but it doesn't affect the main timeline of breath of the wild and is the reason why terrako doesn't exist in breath of the wild. Compared to the first hyrule warriors that goes all over the place age of calamity definitely has its own time line which to me is the good ending for breath of the wild . The only thing you can argue it makes complicated is the new champions going back to thier time lines and what they remember happened and if it gets explained to anyone when they get back. But that can be solved by them simply just not remembering or having forced amnesia by magic. Age of calamity is very zelda with time travel and everything

I too believe Age of Calamity is a split in the timeline like has happened before. I just don't think we will be seeing that timeline again so it's not talked about here. I'd love to see it since I like that new timeline. But i don't think Nintendo will use it.

AoC was a bad joke

Nope. In this new timeline the seal is not weakened by a hundred years of Calamity, so the cycle of Calamities just continues as usual. Also Zelda doesn't go back in time but that doesn't make sense in TotK alone so...

Dragon break might be the best analogy for the craziness lol

@@Hk121394 It's appropriately fitting. The Dragon Break began at the end of OoT and it would end thousands of years later.

When Zelda travels back and meets Rauru and Sonia for the first time, Rauru states after Zelda introduces herself "What an unexpected answer. We are the king and queen who founded Hyrule, after all. Or at least we were the last time I checked." Then there's the stone tablets you find all over that, when translated, also confirm Rauru and Sonia as the founders of this Hyrule. The game makes it pretty clear that they founded it, at least the English version does since I don't speak or read other languages.

@@fnaffoxy1987 Yup! Was just about to say this. "We are the king and queen who founded Hyrule". Plus, with BotW having references to Ocarina of Time's events, it's clear there was no 're-founding'... cause otherwise, when Zelda introduces herself to them, they would be like: "Oh, Princess Zelda from a previous Hyrule Kingdom? We have records of that" since the history is still at least semi intact. It is THE Hyrule Kingdom they founded.

@@WindMageMaster just because there are references to Oot doesn't discount Hyrule being refounded. There are references to Wind Waker and Oot in New Hyrule in Spirit Tracks when that was a refounded a whole 100 years after WW. Botw is thousands upon tens of thousands of years after any known installment to the point that every previous games has been designated into one point in time: the distant past. Hyrule was already destroyed in the Wind Waker timeline and on the verge of decline in the downfall timeline. This is a ten thousand year difference (and even then the 10,000 years is just the earliest point of reference in Botw's story. It could be MUCH more distant). It's not really that out there for Hyrule to have fallen at some point in the tens of thousands of years and for the people to pick the kingdom back up. This would allow the games to retain the continuity while also allowing Nintendo to do a soft reboot and the freedom to experiment.

@@WindMageMaster Even more proof is the fact that the Zonai Temple of Time, when sat on the Great Plateau, is sitting where the OoT Temple of Time is currently sitting, so the Zonai Temple came first.

@@fnaffoxy1987 It isn’t, actually. It’s sitting closer to the cliff side whereas, the OoT one is further back. You can still see the OoT one in scenes at certain angles (might be the castle at this point, as the structure looks a bit different).

Entirely correct. The Forgotten Temple (Clearly the Temple of Light, as it houses the Chamber of Sages) also doesn't have a "Goddess" statue on it. Additionally to add to that one, the bargainer statues below also are in the same locations of the Goddess Statues (and springs) above, with the Wellsprings in the same spot -- deducing that the source of the Springs (Power, Courage & Wisdom) are from the Twilight realm, not from the Goddesses. Evidently, that sort of directly implies a lot of things that many who "love" Skyward Sword aren't willing to accept, either. It's 100% clear that TOTK is in the direct timeline, and there isn't even a timeline "merge" to take place. It cannot happen in the Downfall timeline, the Sacred Realm is not a mirror of the Dark World. So it is on the Child or Adult timeline. The question is which one, and how do we define it? At the end of Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf was sealed in the Twilight Realm (No, really, he was lol, this video is just incorrect lol), and then freed himself within 100 years. In the Child timeline, he went to the Twilight realm willingly. We have a few thought processes and creative ideas to work from. The process here, however, is also understanding that the "lore" from Skyward Sword was potentially never lore from the start, and it was a red herring. Although I think this was actually intended (hilariously) because most of the side adventures deal with this sort of attribute (Intended, or unintended misdirects to plague the audience to the Yiga, or in some cases entirely by misunderstanding and incorrectly remembering how instances occur), the major tell is the Mayoral campaign, where the classic ideals win, with an agreement to incorpoarte "some" new ideas. (That entire ordeal is fun to tackle, however the implication is directly at Nintendo's writers -- not the gameplay mechanic of "open world vs linear", as some will then probably attempt to argue. The format here isn't really a combination, it's simply the BOTW formula worked marginally, whilst the mayoral quest definitively would dictate that it would be predominantly classic Zelda entry with sprinkles of "New cool thing" applied. We do not have this in this instance). But anyway; Deviation entirely aside and to your comment: Yes, we do not see any of these ruins here yet and this comes "before" Ocarina of Time. It also comes "before" any event of Skyward Sword; As I'm sure the story of that likely took place -- but not as intended, at all. I'd proclaim that a large inspiration of TOTK was to correct Skyward Sword to actually fit into the lore of the overarching Zelda universe of mainline entries, instead of trying to make games based "around that lore" (Which was already surface level generic modern "demon vs good guy" anime plot anyway).

@@itsJoshWashington my theory is that it takes place soon after SS. Sonia is the direct decedent of SS Zelda and Link or her Grandparents. (How Zelda in OoT has light and time powers). This is where I differ from most people. Two events cause a “dragon break” like event where all three events happen at the same time and converge (look up elder scrolls lore it’ll make sense) Zelda in TOTK going back in time and the end events of OoT (downfall, child, and adult) and how events from all three timelines are mentioned and happen and eventually converge.

@@WeAreTheReapers There's only a couple nuanced aspects of that which wouldn't (remotely) work: 1) Hylia is never mentioned, neither Sonia nor Rauru heard of the name "Zelda" before and none of which have heard of the Master Sword before. 2) The "Goddess" statues are nowhere to be found, anywhere, in the past of Hyrule, especially the larger one in the Fogotten Temple (Which coincidently is a temple wherein has a Chamber of sages -- Dare I call this the Temple of Light?). I understand people want to always latch onto a singular entries lore, but the game had lore far before Skyward Sword -- and that game did, in fact, retcon all classic lore to make it work. Zelda has time & light powers due to another reason; Zelda in TOTK likely had Time powers, and her "Light" powers came from the Triforce (As we see in BOTW). It was even hinted at Sonia's response about this; Proclaiming that her Secret Stone is amplifying the one. The Deku tree even alludes to Zelda being "A Goddess" when obtaining the Sword, which in turn depicts her "Draconification" form as being a Goddess; I'd argue they did this as a poetic gesture to the "Hylia" theme -- where the myth of Hylia may even be due to Zelda going back in time (Evidently, like a poetic nod that Zelda became her own ancestral story, which explains why her "powers" never awoke, despite her researching stating the Skyward Sword Zelda visited the wells to obtain her powers). As far as Elder Scrolls Dragon Break is concerned -- there's no need to do that and there's no writing implication to even remotely suggest this. The utilization of Dragon's in the Zelda series isn't new, but it's new to the primary subset of entries -- and it's utilized in the same vein as Japanese mythology. I'd argue that the entire premise of the "Dragon's" was to intertwine ideas from Fujibayashi with the original lore of the series -- as his primary and only notes on TOTK's story was concerned in interviews was about Ganondorf: Fujibayashi proclaimed that he just asked for Ganondorf to "Look cool". Ironic. As this fits perfect with the theme of the Mayoral quest. In this statement, I'd also proclaim Fujibayashi is more like Cece, and Reede is Aonuma/Onozuka. As the one legitimate has gone onto record to state his only input for Ganondorf is for him to "look" badass, and the other has went onto record elaborating the lore of the game is up to the players to decide, but there is an intended location.