Are all Zelda games in the same timeline?

Despite each game’s perpetual re-telling of similar events (Link beats Ganon with the help of, or in order to save, Zelda), all Legend of Zelda games take place in a connected timeline.

Why is Link different in every Zelda game?

Each time, they are effectively different characters but with the same souls. In Ocarina of Time, time travel and actions of the Sages split the timeline into three: Link is defeated, creating the Downfall Timeline. Link was sealed away and comes back as an adult, defeats Ganondorf, creating the Adult Timeline.

Why is The Legend of Zelda called The Legend of Zelda instead of the legend of Link?

Hearing of American novelist, socialite and painter Zelda Fitzgerald, Miyamoto thought the name sounded “pleasant and significant”. Paying tribute, he chose to name the princess after her, and titled it The Legend of Zelda. Link and the fairy were inspired by Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.

Is breath of the wild a different timeline?

It wouldn’t be a Zelda game without an alternate timeline, and certainly by the end of Age of Calamity, it’s abundantly clear that the original Breath of the Wild timeline has been split, placing Age of Calamity in its own divergent timeline.

How does Botw fit into the Zelda timeline?

Breath of the Wild takes place at the end of The Legend of Zelda timeline, but Nintendo’s refusal to explain which timeline it’s in is a lazy move. The timeline for The Legend of Zelda is infamous for being convoluted and difficult to understand, and Breath of the Wild’s placement only perpetuates this issue.

Does the Legend of Zelda have a timeline?

The Zelda Timeline refers to the fictional chronology of The Legend of Zelda series. Though the series began in 1986, Nintendo did not publish a master timeline until Hyrule Historia in 2011. The portion of the timeline preceding the three-way split is known only as Hylia & the Hero of Time.

Is it always the same Ganon?

While most incarnations of Ganondorf are the same individual, it was explained in Hyrule Historia that the Ganondorf who appeared in Four Swords Adventures was the reincarnation of the one that appeared in Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time. He is commonly voiced by Takashi Nagasako.

Where does Zelda BotW fit in the timeline?