it seems that the placement of MC on the timline varies a lot from person to person. there seems to be a huge 50/50 agreement on where it goes. many people say its the first game in the series and many people say that it is not the first game in the series, so my question that i want to be discussed in this thread is just where would you place MC on the timeline and what reasons do you have for placing it there?
i will answer my question and rather than having people debate what someone else says, i just want everyone to state what they think without bashing someone elses ideas. if you dont like what someone has to say, then dont argue with them, just state what you think.
so here is what i think:
i believe that MC is the first in the series for multiple reasons.
first of these reasons is the back story told at the beginning of the game. there is not a single mention of any great evil prior to this time period, only mention of a war that caused many monsters to fight for a great power and they were captured because of their wickedness. also, there is no mention of Link in the back story, but instead the hero of men known as gustav. there is no higher power evil, there is no Link, there is no legend told in the game that seems to be explaining any events in any of the other games.
reason number two why i think its first:
the clothing. in the back story when they talk about Gustav, he is not wearing a green hat but he is wearing a green tunic. also, he is no wielding the master sword but is instead wielding a sword created by a race that doesnt exist in any of the other games. during the game you eventually come upon a wizard who was transformed into a hat/duck mix (haha). after you save him he gives you a green hat saying that it suits you. in every other game you wear a green hat, start out with a green hat, or eventually get a green hat saying that an ancient hero once wore a hat like it, but in this game you get a green hat only because a wizard thinks it looks good on you. he never says an ancient hero wore a hat like it once, and since the game takes place in hyrule, i would think that if it was not the first game in the series than someone would have mentioned an ancient hero who used to wear the same hat.
reason number 3:
the enemy. the main bad guy in the game is Vaati. in the game he has his own back story and everything, just like Ganondorf in OoT. ganondorf is not at all mentioned anywhere or even hinted to in this game. this is the only game that takes place in hyrule that has nothing to do with ganondorf. this would lead me to believe that no one knows who ganondorf is and he has not come into the series yet. if ganondorf is not in the series yet, then this game would HAVE to come before OoT because that is the game in which ganondorf is introduced, and if MC comes before OoT then it is the first game in the timeline.
4th reason why it is the first game:
the different races in the game. there are only like one or two gorons, there are no zoras, and the piccori only appear in this game. now many people put this game after WW and PH, but this would make no sense, because the rito tribe is not around. the rito tribe was a tribe of flying creatures. in order for MC to come after WW then the rito tribe would to have died out sometime, but i would think that seeing as how MC has a bunch of land it would be easier for a flying tribe to exist. also with the piccori, i think at some point the deku tree is created or grown or whatever after MC takes place and turns the piccori who are forest protecting creatures into kokiri who are the forest protectors in OoT.
now it is time to discuss. as i said before, i dont want someone to just come in and start telling me whats wrong with my explanation. thats not what this thread is for. i just want you to state your ideas and after we have plenty of ideas presented then we can start arguing. thank you.
i will answer my question and rather than having people debate what someone else says, i just want everyone to state what they think without bashing someone elses ideas. if you dont like what someone has to say, then dont argue with them, just state what you think.
so here is what i think:
i believe that MC is the first in the series for multiple reasons.
first of these reasons is the back story told at the beginning of the game. there is not a single mention of any great evil prior to this time period, only mention of a war that caused many monsters to fight for a great power and they were captured because of their wickedness. also, there is no mention of Link in the back story, but instead the hero of men known as gustav. there is no higher power evil, there is no Link, there is no legend told in the game that seems to be explaining any events in any of the other games.
reason number two why i think its first:
the clothing. in the back story when they talk about Gustav, he is not wearing a green hat but he is wearing a green tunic. also, he is no wielding the master sword but is instead wielding a sword created by a race that doesnt exist in any of the other games. during the game you eventually come upon a wizard who was transformed into a hat/duck mix (haha). after you save him he gives you a green hat saying that it suits you. in every other game you wear a green hat, start out with a green hat, or eventually get a green hat saying that an ancient hero once wore a hat like it, but in this game you get a green hat only because a wizard thinks it looks good on you. he never says an ancient hero wore a hat like it once, and since the game takes place in hyrule, i would think that if it was not the first game in the series than someone would have mentioned an ancient hero who used to wear the same hat.
reason number 3:
the enemy. the main bad guy in the game is Vaati. in the game he has his own back story and everything, just like Ganondorf in OoT. ganondorf is not at all mentioned anywhere or even hinted to in this game. this is the only game that takes place in hyrule that has nothing to do with ganondorf. this would lead me to believe that no one knows who ganondorf is and he has not come into the series yet. if ganondorf is not in the series yet, then this game would HAVE to come before OoT because that is the game in which ganondorf is introduced, and if MC comes before OoT then it is the first game in the timeline.
4th reason why it is the first game:
the different races in the game. there are only like one or two gorons, there are no zoras, and the piccori only appear in this game. now many people put this game after WW and PH, but this would make no sense, because the rito tribe is not around. the rito tribe was a tribe of flying creatures. in order for MC to come after WW then the rito tribe would to have died out sometime, but i would think that seeing as how MC has a bunch of land it would be easier for a flying tribe to exist. also with the piccori, i think at some point the deku tree is created or grown or whatever after MC takes place and turns the piccori who are forest protecting creatures into kokiri who are the forest protectors in OoT.
now it is time to discuss. as i said before, i dont want someone to just come in and start telling me whats wrong with my explanation. thats not what this thread is for. i just want you to state your ideas and after we have plenty of ideas presented then we can start arguing. thank you.