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can't they just use the same link every time
can't they just use the same link every time
Except the PH and WW Link are the same.
I think there's a misconception over that new third timeline. It's not a "what-if", and it's really not about Link failing. Here is a possible explanation:
There are three timelines because three people created these timelines - first Ganon when he enters the Sacred Realm to take over the world, then Link when he goes back in time to get the Lens of Truth, and then Zelda when she sends Link back in time to be a child again. In other words, the second timeline came from the first, and then the third timeline came from the second.
In a nutshell, when you go back in time to change something, the future changes and creates a new timeline.
I do not believe that every time time travel happens another timeline is created [...]
When Link travels back in time with the MS, he is travelling along a "river" of time, as described by Sheik.This, so much.
I don't want to go in depth into why this theory is right as this thread is not the place for it.
If you really look into it, there's a lot to like about the Downfall Timeline. Nintendo wouldn't release a third timeline split with such a flimsy reason as ALttP fits into a place where Link fails. There are more reasons than one.
Think of it like this: every time Link goes back in time from adult to child, a new timeline is created. Every timeline that he leaves subsequently becomes a 'Link failing' timeline (as they've been so popularly dubbed). so that leaves us with a numerous number of 'Link failing' timelines. the number varies depending on the player's experience, but the key point is that this doesn't matter. Every time Link leaves a timeline, he 'fails'. And every timeline that Link 'fails' in, the same event takes place. The Sealing War. Basically, ALttP happens on every timeline that Link leaves.
The only problem with this is that there are slight changes in each of the 'Link fails' timelines, such as saving the Gorons/Zora.
It's quite clearly described as a linear path between past, present, and future. Back and forth between the (two, in this case) ports. If you want more concrete evidence, take the Song of Storms paradox. Guru-guru knows the song in the future even before you go back to the past. When you travel back to teach it to him, that affects that same future, not a new one.Past, present, future...
The Master Sword is a ship with
which you can sail upstream and
downstream through time's river...
The port for that ship is in the
Temple of Time...
This is where, if the Hero of Time, Link, is defeated, another timeline will unfold. Please turn to page 92.
The thief, Ganondorf, obtains the Triforce of Power and gets his hands on Princess Zelda. Link, the Hero of Time, challenges him for the destiny of Hyrule, but is defeated.
can't they just use the same link every time
Nintendo is officially trolling us. We try so hard to come up with our elaborate theory and they just bash it with some grotesque thing that does not make much sense at all. Oh well. At least we have an actual legit timeline, even though it is majorly messed up.