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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's confusing because there was never meant to be any direct continuity between all of the games (though occasionally games like the first two would be linked - no pun intended). But then fans whined about trying to figure out how all the games fit together in the timeline, so Nintendo eventually said "ehh, fuck it" and came out with something that sort of worked.

That's exactly what happened.

But now, Nintendo has committed hard to the timeline being a thing, even though, aside from the games that are direct sequels, the sperate Zelda games basically still don't matter to each other.

Personally, I never understood why people wanted Nintendo to make an official timeline for them, or why to them, all these separate Zelda games needed to be on a timeline to "make sense", but if they are happier for it then whatever.