Monday Comic Corner – Timeline Version 2.0

January 28th, 2013 by Davey

This week on Monday Comic Corner, I’ve brought along another Magical Game Time comic, but this one is a little different than the other Zac Gorman comics I’ve featured. Though this comic was written a year ago, the theme is relevant today as many of us should be receiving our English copies of Hyrule Historia (if you haven’t already!) What is Timeline Version 2.0? Hit the jump to find out!

When the non-canonical parts of the Zelda franchise makeup over half of time timeline, you know that something’s up. We see at the beginning of timeline, Hyrule’s creation story is concocted with the CD-I games and the cartoon series. The first split in the timeline is does not actually occur in Ocarina of Time’s story like we all thought, but rather is dependent on Zelda’s forgiveness of black-haired Link.

The second split is actually a three-way split much like in the old 1.o timeline that ships with Hyrule Historia, but instead is more of a categorization of the games based on favorability. Very official.

Hopefully you all got a chuckle out of this like I did. If you really like Zac’s comic, such as the Zelda ones I’ve featured in previous weeks, the author is selling “Magical Game Time Volume 1″, which is all of the Magical Game Time comics up to this point. As Zac explains in the post, a recent hard drive catastrophe has set him back a few hundred dollars.

The PDF download contains higher resolution comics than are featured on his website, and the best part is the price is only $1, though you can choose to pay more if you’d like. If you’re interested, check out his post here.

What did you think? Much improved from the original timeline? Tell us in the comments!

Source: Magical Game Time

Categorized under: Hyrule Historia, Monday Comic Corner
Tagged: Hyrule Historia, Magical Game Time, PDF, Timeline, Zac Gorman

Luigi

hahhahhah, that is funny!
Emma Mix

“Alternate timeline where Link becomes a breakfast cereal”… TROLOLOLOLOL…
- lan lan cow
  
  Mooo. Make sure you use Lan lan’s milk in your Link cereal. Moooooo.
  - Emma Mix
    
    For once, your mooing made sense.
  - Link_The_Ultimate_Chronomancer
    
    Lon Lon. Just saying. Kinda bad when you don’t know how to spell your own trademark.
logcar

Why is Majora’s Mask not included with the “Amazing” Zelda games?
- Harry
  
  Probably because it’s an opinion and not fact how good anything is.
  - http://www.triforcetalk9.blogspot.com/ Linkfan99
    
    IT IS A FACT. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
    - VikzeLink
      
      True
- ChuckNorrisLoZ
  
  It is a fact that MM is amazing.
  - Cranbery
    
    TRUE!!! i have never played MM but beleive me, the first time i get my paws on it, I”M PLAYING IT UNTIL THE END WITHOUT ANYTHING BUT THE GAME, GAME SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, AND MY COUCH
    - http://www.triforcetalk9.blogspot.com/ Linkfan99
      
      Just buy it from eshop… 10 dollars…
      - LinkInMyHead
        
        Or stare up at the moon till it becomes frekishly huge, wear green and go have fun out there!
- Gaseous Snake
  
  Simple. If MM was put into the amazing list, there would be too much amazing in one small space. This would cause the universe to implode, explode, and then swirl in a sea of broken dreams.
  - pizzaman
    
    Or some people (like me) didn’t like MM
    - shadowlink13
      
      I personally think the top five should be (in no particular order) MM,ST,PH,MC,and either SS or TP
      - assasin1010123
        
        All should be in the great line or amazing line.
      - Nevan Lowe
        
        except adventure of link. that one belongs in the: bad timeline
      - S. Mario
        
        I actually enjoyed Adventure of Link. It hardly has any side stuff to do and it is incredibly difficult, but I liked the challenge of it.
      - diabloaura
        
        I wonder what might happen if Nintendo made a good zelda game with the same acronym as another game. You might have to right out the title. *gasp*
      - http://www.controlpaddesign.com/ TheMaverickk
        
        I doubt that will happen… they seem to conscientiously name the games in a way that makes them distinguishable.
        
        Although I like the double letter ones. MM, WW, SS.
        
        The exceptions being LttP and ST.
      - Zelda is the Bomb!!!
        
        Twilight Princess.
      - Guest
        
        What about LttP?
  - firecrb
    
    Exactly
  - http://www.controlpaddesign.com/ TheMaverickk
    
    Exactly…. on top of that it’s ok for Zelda to still be the under dog and black sheep of the Zelda games. Makes it actually cooler.
    - diddyjungal
      
      I wouldn’t consider it an under dog. From what I see it gets more praise than OoT.
      - http://www.controlpaddesign.com/ TheMaverickk
        
        Maybe in certain publications, if you hang around Zelda Dungeon and a few other Zelda sites, they do appreciate the title and sing it’s praises.
        
        There are some bigger gaming sites that praise it as well.
        
        More praise then OoT though? That’s very unlikely since Ocarina of Time is universally loved and put on a pedestal by basically all gamers, even those who are dedicated Zelda fans.
        
        It’s usually the top of every “best video game list” for any website or magazine.
  - Waker of Winds
    
    Then why isn’t there an epic, awesome, or insane list?
    - Gaseous Snake
      
      Because all Zelda games fall under those catagories (unless you mean insane in a bad way)
- HunterP
  
  They need to flip flop SS and MM
  - npatoray24
    
    agree
- http://www.triforcetalk9.blogspot.com/ Linkfan99
  
  And why isn’t Twilight Princess in the “Good” Zelda games?
  - Hylia
    
    Because it’s not.
  - Zelda_1224
    
    Thats like asking why is justin beiber a female.
    It was born that way
Christburner

nobody ever includes the cereal in there time lines, I like that Mr. Gorman did
IgosDuIkana

Great stuff… Well Excuuuuuuuse me Princess! Also MM needs to move to the Amazing section if this were my list but this is objective.
- linkypete
  
  You Will be a breakfast cereal!
baileygirl99

Heh…it’s sorta cool…not very funny though…
LoupiTheMightyCucco

wait what phantom hourglass is better then spirit tracks???NO it isn’t ,phantom is lame….
- Roedburn
  
  Nah, Phantom was great!
JeredenDonnar

If the correct games were put in the Amazing category, Ganon might escape from the book of Kordai and proclaim our fates while he makes us that dinner (with lots of spaghetti!) And we just can have that, now can we? now….YOU MUST, DIE!!!!!!
Anonymous

Well, this list was biased.
Someone

Okay…. I just laughed out loud about Link becoming breakfast cereal.
Now my day is finally complete ^^
Kablamogroup

Pretty funny, except he categorized some of the games wrong. I actually really liked the Oracle games; a lot more than some of the other titles, in fact.
Mister

This is awesome!

But I found one flaw in this. Where’s Four Swords ADVENTURES?
BA105

whoa big slip, spirit tracks is way better than phantom hourglass
- http://www.controlpaddesign.com/ TheMaverickk
  
  Agreed….. Phantom Hourglass may have been the “flagship” DS title… showcase what a Zelda could do on the DS, but other then that it was pretty unremarkable.
  
  Since everything that was done in Phantom Houglass was improved upon and unbelievably outdone in Spirit Tracks. The Tower of Spirits for example compared to the Temple of the Ocean King.
  
  The Characters were more unique and well developed. The world felt fresh and exciting (versus Phantom Hourglass’ poorly rehashed Wind Waker world) … and did I mention the music? yeah the sound track was at least three times larger, and actually had unique and amazing pieces, some of the best Zelda songs in a long while.
Cranbery

ok that was really funny!
Cashew

Switch Wind Waker and Majora’s mask with Legend of Zelda and Link’s Awakening, and then we’re good.
- Evelynn Sable
  
  Uhhh… no. Have you ever played Link’s Awakening? Trust me, it’s one of the awesomest games out there. And while I won’t deny MM and WW are both epic, LA deserves its place in the AWESOME list.
  
  Also, this is Zac Gorman’s opinion. So don’t diss him on having favorites or not. Personally, I hated Phantom Hourglass, but I’m not complaining.
  
  Thank you, and may your quest for the Triforce end well.
Cashew

What about the Japanese Tingle Dynasty? or the Great War of the Crossbow Training? This timeline is so inaccurate..
Zero Wat

Twilight Princess deserves to be in the good group, at least, but I haven’t played MM or WW. (Looking forward to WW remake!)
iKhan

Wand of Gamelon and Ocarina of Time need to be switched
The Hylian Monolith

This is a bit insulting to people who go their favourite games put on the “Okay” list, but still humorous. Just in a dry sort of way.

Heck, it would be dry if you had the best games((in Mono’s humble opinion)) on the Awesome list.
mortalCOIL

Wind Waker and Link’s awakening need to switch places/
itsameluigi1290

I’ve seen this before on this site.

…

And I’m glad you guys put it back on, I would’ve NEVER been able to save that picture!
Locke64

This timeline is incorrect. The CDi games actually take place on the “Fallen Mases” timeline, after Mases dies in A Link to the Past.
Jacob Tasiemski

What? I don’t get it.
Shigeru Miyamoto

I think they are all good but, my favorite is Skyward Sword.
Waker of Winds

I think mm, ww, ss, and 4sword adventures should be in the epic list
Zelda is the Bomb!!!

*Sees Twilight Princess in “Okay” section*
DDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNN YYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/ongyuhann Ong Yu Hann

1)MM should be in amazing zelda games list.
2)ST and PH should be swapped
3)WW should also be in the amazing zelda games list
butts

>Skyward Sword better than Twilight Princess
>deargodno.jpg
Christopher

Ugh. I had really been respecting Zac’s work until I knew I categorized Skyward Sword as “Amazing.” Oh well, I guess no one is perfect
http://www.facebook.com/peytonb6 Peyton Briggs

Why is twilight princess in “ok games” i think that one definitly beats skyward sword.
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