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I was watching the introduction to the Oracle games on Youtube yesterday and noticed something that I haven't seen suggested around the forums too much. (See the intro to Ages here).
Both of the intros are the same with different colour schemes; in them a young Link (looks like a child to me, much the same age as at the end of MM) is seen riding a horse. He then stops in front of a castle (presumably Hyrule Castle) and the video switches to him walking inside what I would guess is the Temple of Time (no proof but the Triforce is there so seems a reasonable bet) and then being warped either to the respective worlds of Ages and Seasons.
There are only three games where Link has a horse: OoT, MM and TP. However, the Link of TP is older than the one shown in the intro video to OoX, so it seems unlikely that the two games have the same Link. I would say that based purely on the introduction it is highly plausible that the Link of OoX is the same Link from OoT/MM, having somehow made it back to Hyrule on Epona.
We then have the Linked endings to the game as more evidence that OoX is connected to MM. Twinrova has a similar appearance to the incarnation in OoT (and MM, although that's a parallel world). Their mission to resurrect Ganon is where this theory falls down somewhat. He does not die at the end of OoT but is sealed away. The resurrection of Ganon suggests this game comes after TP (if indeed it falls on the Child Timeline), but everything else points to it being a direct sequel to MM.
(As a side note I'm fairly sure that Zelda and Link seem to have met before they reunite in OoX, but it's been awhile since I played the games and I couldn't find a video of their first meeting in the games on Youtube. If someone could verify this I'd say the theory is fairly solid. If they don't appear to have met before that probably renders it useless).
What do you reckon?
Both of the intros are the same with different colour schemes; in them a young Link (looks like a child to me, much the same age as at the end of MM) is seen riding a horse. He then stops in front of a castle (presumably Hyrule Castle) and the video switches to him walking inside what I would guess is the Temple of Time (no proof but the Triforce is there so seems a reasonable bet) and then being warped either to the respective worlds of Ages and Seasons.
There are only three games where Link has a horse: OoT, MM and TP. However, the Link of TP is older than the one shown in the intro video to OoX, so it seems unlikely that the two games have the same Link. I would say that based purely on the introduction it is highly plausible that the Link of OoX is the same Link from OoT/MM, having somehow made it back to Hyrule on Epona.
We then have the Linked endings to the game as more evidence that OoX is connected to MM. Twinrova has a similar appearance to the incarnation in OoT (and MM, although that's a parallel world). Their mission to resurrect Ganon is where this theory falls down somewhat. He does not die at the end of OoT but is sealed away. The resurrection of Ganon suggests this game comes after TP (if indeed it falls on the Child Timeline), but everything else points to it being a direct sequel to MM.
(As a side note I'm fairly sure that Zelda and Link seem to have met before they reunite in OoX, but it's been awhile since I played the games and I couldn't find a video of their first meeting in the games on Youtube. If someone could verify this I'd say the theory is fairly solid. If they don't appear to have met before that probably renders it useless).
What do you reckon?