‘The Legend of Zelda’ Gets Official Timeline. Two People Who Care Are Stoked.

I’ve never tried to make much of the Legend of Zelda timeline. Just rolled with it. Where everything fits in? Who gives a fuck. There’s the Temples of Fire, Water, Might, Youthful Enthusiasm and Shadow Lords every game, and a lass who needs saving. That’s always been enough. For people who demand more!, who demand coherency!, you can now relax. The timeline hast been revealed.

Destructoid:

A few days ago, we told you that an official Zelda art book containing the definitive timeline for the series would be released. Well, with the book out in Japan, that timeline has been officially revealed. All the historic events and videogames have been reconciled, with various splits into alternative universes. It’s pretty crazy.

The existence of an official “timeline” has been a source of frantic debate among gamers. Some have claimed no such thing exists, and even among those that do, there has always been arguments over the sequence of events. No matter what happens, nobody can ever seem to agree.

One would think that this timeline will put an end to one of the oddest gamer controversies around, but something tells me that many still won’t be satisfied.