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After the official timeline of the events seen in every Zelda game was shown in Hyrule Historia, there has been extensive debate concerning the validity of the Decline Timeline, which details the fate of Hyrule if Link were to be defeated by Ganon at the end of Ocarina of Time. Some fans claim that it is a cop-out, due to it exploring an alternate ending to Ocarina of Time, and being more of a ‘What if?’ timeline. Other fans insist…

Before the release of A Link Between Worlds, everybody was speculating where it took place on the official timeline. We knew from the fact that it was a sequel to A Link to the Past that it was set after it on the Downfall Timeline, and when we were told that it was a new generation of Link and Zelda and that the game was set centuries after A Link to the Past we all assumed that it must therefore…

With the release of Hyrule Historia, the official timeline and chronology of the Zelda games was released, putting an end to all speculation concerning the order in which the games take place. It was the final word in what was more than a decade of fierce debate and confusion amongst fans who yearned for the truth about the official order of the Links who had appeared numerous times in Hyrule. Or was it? According to user JoeyKazooie, the timeline included…