Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Yeah, obviously, but there are also some games that obviously follow-up with the same Link, like the Link in LoZ and AoL, the Link in ALTTP and LA, and the Link in OoT and MM. I'm still not sure if I accept Chaltab's reasoning (no offense). I would almost be tempted to believe that the Oracle games feature their own separate Link, although he seems to be somewhat experienced with adventuring by this point. But, if it is a different Link, I'm just curious to know if it fits anywhere with the timeline set for the rest of the series, or if it's not supposed to be thought about.
And, sorry, Chaltab, maybe he didn't know Zelda already. It's been five and a half years since I've played them (I need to play them again), so I forgot. But I have one more question for you. I've never played Minish Cap before, so what puts it as the very first Zelda chronologically? I'm just curious.
EDIT (to C3PX): Actually, the ALTTP and LA Link and Zelda were usually accepted to be predecessors to the original games, not a sequel. And, in turn, Ocarina of Time was considered a prequel to ALTTP. Also, Link's uncle isn't dead! They have this strange occurrence at the end of the game where everybody who died came back to life mysteriously. In fact, there's a screen in the ending of Link and his uncle standing in front of their house, sheating their swords, with the caption reading, "Your Uncle Recovers." This also occurs with the priest at Sanctuary and the King of Hyrule. I think it's a bit silly to have everyone come back to life, but what are you going to do?
Ah, the reasoning for me to have The first Zelda game come before A Link to the Past, is that Impa is a very old woman. In Ocarina of Time she is very young. They could be the same Impa, who has lived to be very old and served her whole life taking care of the princesses of Hyrule. Or it could be a grand daughter who was named after her grandmother. If you push her too far down the timeline, the continueing of the name Impa gets a little far out there, new Links and Zeldas ever generation is a little more believible. However you have the problem of Gannon being stuck in the dark world, where you find him in A Link to the Past, so I admit, it probably works better to ALttP come after Ocarina. Not to mention, Ocarina more or less tells the back story we read about in the manual for ALttP about the gods creating Hyrule and Ganondorf having been a king of theives.
And about Link's uncle comming back, it has been a long time since I played ALttP but now that you mention it I remember the uncle on the porch with Link at the end. I have read the Nintendo Power comic book (in which Link's uncle's death is made very clear) countless times and I often mix up story elements from the two with out thinking.
EDIT: Oh, and I heard that the Oracle games were originally suppose to be remakes of the two NES games, this would explain why Impa meets you at the beginning of one of them. But I think they abandoned that idea. Having not played them, I can't really say where they should fit into the timeline, but based on what I have heard about them, they could probably fit in with the NES games. I have not played them, but since I have a gameboy and they can be bought quite inexpensively now, I might have to go pick one up sometime soon. Chaltab, which one would you suggest, seasons or ages? Or which one is suppose to take place first chronologically? This is why I never bought them before, because there where two and I never knew which to get. If there would have been only one of them to start with, I think I would have bought it long ago. The two games at once reminded me to much of the Pokemon thing.
