LogFAQs > #955245417

I acknowledge continuity in the Zelda series, although I think it's a very loose sort of continuity - I feel like it's better imagined as a sort of retelling of a series of stories throughout the ages rather than a strictly literal account of what happened, just because there are a lot of connections that make a sort of thematic sense but don't quite make literal sense. There's a recognizable continuity in the abstract but it's sort of hard to make sense of it as an actual historical account. Even so, it can't really be said to be a single story arc - it's jumping around and telling different stories in different places and times with no beginning or end.

Metroid actually IS a definitive story arc. Metroid 1 may not have been made with sequels in mind, but Metroid 1-5 do literally tell a linear story from one game to the next of the stuff Samus did. At minimum, Super Metroid must be acknowledged as a direct sequel to Metroid II, and Fusion as a direct sequel to Super.