Did WW Link fail?

[BlackRayquaza98]

my theory is that link was perhaps in a shipwreck, which meant he almost drowned but was rescued, but he was in a coma of sorts. he is placed in the resurrection chamber because hylia? knew he would one day save hyrule from ganon who "wins" since WW link was in a coma. not sure how calamity ganon would fit into this though, as he doesn't seem to have much power due to him not having a physical form. or maybe he is stronger than ever because he appears to be very large and almost controlling hyrule castle. just my theory, any thoughts?

 

[Dio]

my theory is that link was perhaps in a shipwreck, which meant he almost drowned but was rescued, but he was in a coma of sorts. he is placed in the resurrection chamber because hylia? knew he would one day save hyrule from ganon who "wins" since WW link was in a coma. not sure how calamity ganon would fit into this though, as he doesn't op seem to have much power due to him not having a physical form. or maybe he is stronger than ever because he appears to be very large and almost controlling hyrule castle. just my theory, any thoughts?

Hylia ceased to be a Goddess before the events of SS. For her to have had a hand in events of this game it would have to be pre SS. However we know pretty much for certain BoTW takes place after that game and almost certainly after OOT as well.

As for the shipwreck part of the theory. There isn't anything to suggest he was shipwrecked. He could have been in a flying saucer accident for all we know.

 

[VitaTempusN92]

Thats all the over at Lanayru province, and it is not even close to the temple of time in any single game.

Um, does that really matter? I mean, if the Hylian Shield can be found in Lorule of all places in ALBW, I'm sure it's also possible for the rock salt from the Lanayru sea may have somehow ended up where the Great Plateau is, in the same kind of way a Hylian shield ended up in Lorule.

 

[Castle]

That's a good question!

and incidentally one of the (multitude of) things I don't like about WW...

What did we actually do that whole time?

What were the stakes? What was in peril? What exactly did Ganon want again and how was it any of Link's business? Kid set out to save his sister. Suddenly some old boat's sending him off to play fetch over some ancient artifact so a vacant seabed a couple of old guys were fighting over could end up getting ... flooded? ... at the bottom of an ocean ... ? yeah~

And what would have actually happened if Ganon got his way? Is that ever explicitly stated? Whatever it was would it even have been so bad? What terrible evil did Ganon even exhibit in WW beyond kidnapping? Heck, the KoRL blackmailed a desperate impressionable child the whole time and deliberately and repeatedly placed him in mortal danger. That's seems rather relevant to kidnapping on my moral compass.

UGH!! Wind Waker's plot makes zero sense. It's like whoever wrote the scrip was intentionally trying to put together the world's greatest compilation of plotholes and contrivances.

Ultimately I don't think Link accomplished anything given as he has no ultimate goal. He saved his sister. That's obvious. He brutally assassinated a man because an old ghost with an agenda left him no choice.

As for how this fits into BotW ... it doesn't. At this point I'm convinced that like SS BotW will have no semblance to any other game in the series beyond Ninty's standard call backs and references.

 

[Jamie]

Yeah I'm sure Ganon is a very nice guy. Link stopping him is a disaster!

We saw what he did with Hyrule in OoT; he's not exactly Gandhi.

In terms of how the land came back, it's pretty clear that the Deku tree and the Koroks were going to bring land back. I'm more confused by things like the temple of time and the apparent bridge of hylia being in the same area as koroks

 

[DJ Twitch]

Something doesn't sit right with me on the idea of BoTW being a HoW fails timeline. According to the Old Man, Ganon brought sudden destruction to Hyrule 100 years ago, in Wind Waker, there wasn't much of a Hyrule to destroy. In WW, Hyrule was destroyed by the gods when they buried it under the ocean to be forgotten over the years. Ganondorf wanted to bring Hyrule back (which is hardly destroying it), and I doubt he would go trough all that trouble just so he could destroy the land his own way.

Now the salt rocks, rusted MS, and Koroks could indicate that this game is indeed on the Adult Timeline, long after WW, but there is a problem with that as well; At the end of WW, Hyrule was already gone and forgotten as per KoRL's wish to the Triforce. So my stance is that BoTW could take place in New Hyrule after ST. Ganon somehow broke free of his stone statue and found his way to the new continent founded by WW Link and... BoTW.

 

[Lozjam]

Something doesn't sit right with me on the idea of BoTW being a HoW fails timeline. According to the Old Man, Ganon brought sudden destruction to Hyrule 100 years ago, in Wind Waker, there wasn't much of a Hyrule to destroy. In WW, Hyrule was destroyed by the gods when they buried it under the ocean to be forgotten over the years. Ganondorf wanted to bring Hyrule back (which is hardly destroying it), and I doubt he would go trough all that trouble just so he could destroy the land his own way.

Now the salt rocks, rusted MS, and Koroks could indicate that this game is indeed on the Adult Timeline, long after WW, but there is a problem with that as well; At the end of WW, Hyrule was already gone and forgotten as per KoRL's wish to the Triforce. So my stance is that BoTW could take place in New Hyrule after ST. Ganon somehow broke free of his stone statue and found his way to the new continent founded by WW Link and... BoTW.

New Hyrule has the exact same problem, as it is in the Adult Timeline. In that Hyrule was gone and forgotten, because KoRL's wish to the Triforce.

But really, every single timeline has this exact problem. Hylia was completely forgotten before the events of Ocarina of Time took place, for example. Even though the statue of Hylia is quite clearly worshipped... So many things have been forgotten, just to reappear again, no matter which Timeline it is in.

 

[DeactivatedUser2]

But really, every single timeline has this exact problem. Hylia was completely forgotten before the events of Ocarina of Time took place, for example. Even though the statue of Hylia is quite clearly worshipped... So many things have been forgotten, just to reappear again, no matter which Timeline it is in.

The Hylia thing could easily just be retconned. The Temple of Time is what messes it up the most

 

[DJ Twitch]

New Hyrule has the exact same problem, as it is in the Adult Timeline. In that Hyrule was gone and forgotten, because KoRL's wish to the Triforce.

I don't follow.

The Hylia thing could easily just be retconned. The Temple of Time is what messes it up the most

That sounds likely. There could even be a story event that makes Hylia relevant again to the Hylians.

 

[BlueEyedBeast]

I actually thought of this a long time ago. I think that this world is the Hyrule that was beneath the Great Sea in the Wind Waker. However, I'm not sure that the timeline has to split for this to happen. This could've very well happened over time, or durring some major event that has not been revealed to us yet (that is, the draining/dissappearance of the Great Sea). I think it'd be pretty cool if this is the Hyrule that was burried in the Wind Waker, but really, anything that makes sense will make me happy haha.

 

[ELDYLO]

All I can say is that until Nintendo tell us the timeline placement or the game comes out, it's all a big ball of Wibbly Wabbly Timey Whimy Stuff

 

[Robert Jonas]

I had always ran on the assumption that once the King uses the triforce to flood Hyrule that the water would eventually even out so that Hyulre would become habitable again.

 

[Sheiken]

IF this game is post Wind Waker, it is much later down the road. Possibly along side or even after Spirit Tracks.

Remember the Koroks were planting Trees to suck up the water and cover the land in great forests. Given enough time, it is not far fetched to assume that they were able to accomplish their goal.

 

[TattooArtist]

There's been a lot of talk about Breath of the Wild being post-Wind Waker. Since we know Koroks will exist in this upcoming game, it's most likely that this new story takes place after WW.
But we see that BotW is an open world with vast fields and mountains, so where is the ocean? What happened to it? And this leads me to believe that WW Link was unable to defeat Ganondorf. And here's why I've come to that conclusion:

Ganon wanted to restore Hyrule. And the only way he could do so was by obtaining all the pieces of the triforce.

So how can an entire ocean disappear on it's own?

It could just be Ganondorfs brother (not that he has one... or does he?)

 

[Carol Lepoudre]

Doesn't Nintendo do what it wants to do and doesn't care about timelines?