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Nobody. He left searching for Navi and ended up in Termina.

>>7010489
he dies

>>7010489
Nobody. He is returned to his child form. This ""Timeline" shit has been the worst thing to ever happen to this franchise

>>7010592
No, Aonuma is the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise.

>>7010592
3D is the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise.

>>7010489
OOT left behind a child, with his hairstyle.

>>7010489
Real answer: probably Malon.
>Only notable female NPC around Link's age not fated to awaken as a Sage.
>Talon can ask if the player wants to marry Malon, with yes as default, although he laughs Link off as too young to decide.
>Link is inexplicably in possession of Epona during Majora's Mask, implying that he and Malon got close enough for her to trust him with her horse in the months between events.
>If Link hugged by Romani (adult Malon equivalent), the game says that you feel "all warm and fuzzy inside" (with unique pink text if memory serves), sighing that you can get used to this, one of few indications of Link's feelings through text.
>The Hero of Time's descendant in Twilight Princess appears to be of full Hylian heritage (note his ears are a rarity in his village), grew up in a region with similarities to Lon Lon Ranch, has a horse named Epona, and knows the tune of Epona's Song (which passed down from Malon's mother, implying it was kept in the family).
>The Hero's Shade regrets not being able to pass down his skills, suggesting that his mate was more peaceful (this basically eliminates any of the Sages, who all know the importance of being able to fight even before becoming Sages).
Runner-ups are Saria and Ruto, but they probably can't even bear his children, and first and last points negate it. Also Nabooru and the Chicken Lady, but they had no real chemistry compared to above and the former has Sagehood. Of course, going by the timelines, this also means Malon either ended up with someone else or died barren and alone two out of three times. And that's not getting into the incarnations of Malon that appear in a few other games, but for our purposes and sanity we're strictly looking at Ocarina of Time and its direct sequels here.

>>7010489
If you play TP, they tell you some about how Link spent his life after OOT. The Gorons and the Zora both consider him to be a hero. The Hyleans don't seem to say much about him, but the HD version fo the game includes mural of Link meeting with the Ruto. OOT Link's bow can be found in the possession of the Gorons, and they consider him a hero. OOT Link's armor is found in the Zora royal grave, and is used to access the water temple. If you want, you can take some of the lore told in BOTW to establish the relationship importance of Link receiving the armor. Beyond that, Link did fail to teach anyone his swordsmanship skills, and thus the Hero's Shade wanders the land.

>>7010692
None of the sages were awakened in the child line, and Malon showed no interest in Link. There is no mention of her horse ranch in TP, as if she never existed.

>>7010682
this seems like iron clad physical evidence

>>7010702
Nah, it's non-tangible at best.

>>7010489
>HD
NOT

>>7010695
The Zora armor isn't the Zora Tunic if that's what you're implying, and the fact that the idea of him living out his days in the country sounds like a decent explanation as to why Hylians don't really have much to say about him. But either way, the games don't really get into interracial relations in enough detail to really know if Zora/Hylian procreation is possible. I think the only confirmation is that Gerudo/Hylian unions can reproduce, but that's because both are obviously human. In-universe, humans get pregnant and Zoras lay eggs, which alone raises all sorts of crossbreed questions.

>>7010707
She may be solidity challenged, but for a ghost, she's got it going on.

>>7010715
>Zora/Hylian procreation is possible
You have to see >>7010682
She's is literally made of features from both species. A hylean face and body shape. She wears clothing and even has Link's bangs.

>>7010489
Zelda was girl?

>>7010718
Yeah, except...the descendant of the Hero of Time is the Hero of Twilight, who doesn't seem to be related to the Zora royal family. Zora designs are all over the place in this series.

>>7010698
>None of the sages were awakened in the child line,
Fair point, but the series constantly reinforces the concept of destiny so some of that concept could seep into the other timelines (think Ganondorf receiving the Triforce of Power as a "divine prank" in Twilight Princess), and either way, someone that has it in them to become a Sage probably wouldn't raise their child pacifist.
>and Malon showed no interest in Link.
The affectionate "fairy boy" nickname? Remembering Link as an adult? The implications of Link having Epona during the events of Majora's Mask? Etc. She may not interact with Link enough for such a relationship to develop on-screen but he clearly made an impression on her enough to be a likely future romance candidate from what we do see.
>There is no mention of her horse ranch in TP, as if she never existed.
You can make the same argument to say that the Gerudo died off by Twilight Princess, when clearly they return as nomads in the next game in the timeline (incidentally, so does Lon Lon Ranch). Besides, not everyone keeps track of the names and places of their ancestors from over a hundred years ago, and the landscape of Hyrule is not the same in Twilight Princess as it was in Ocarina of Time, or in many other games for that to matter much. I'm just saying, if Talon thinks Link has talent as a ranch hand in Ocarina of Time, it would be fairly logical for his descendants to live similar lifestyles up until Twilight Princess, where Link is a ranch hand.

>>7010695
>>7010682
I'm willing to believe Ruto won the Link bowl. She was the one that was interested.

>>7010756
TP sages are shown in the game as a bunch of old hylean guys. They weren't the OOT characters. Your theory seems to lean heavily on ignoring the content of the games.

>>7010782
>Your theory seems to lean heavily on ignoring the content of the games.
And yours, samefag, is overrelying on one, admittedly weak point.

>>7010782
>She was the one that was interested.
Did you...did you miss all the blatant signs that said interest was one-sided and precocious?

>>7010756
Talon was Hylean, and so was Malon. They had a horse ranch. Why do you think they stopped being hylean and stopped owning a horse ranch?

>>7010782
>Your theory seems to lean heavily on ignoring the content of the games.
Uh, what? It's nothing -but- in-game observations, and it even concludes with Ruto as a potential runner-up - I just don't think she's quite as likely as Malon. Don't be so dismissive just because you wanted to get with the naked fish lady. That's what Mipha is for, what with Link and her being engaged, according to German text, apparently.

>>7010489
Imma need a source on these adorable femLinks, cap’n. Though to answer your question, as much as I want it to be Malon, Twilight Princess some drops heavy hints that Link got together with Ruto and went for a swim in her Zora domain. Though honestly, I can’t see why a post-Majora’s Mask Link would have picked her of all people. He spent way more time around Malon and alt-Malons, all things considered.

>>7010489
God, the Toon style is so hideous.

>>7010883
See >>7010726

For the record I for one have no stake in this, I believe it's just as likely that Link fucked some random person we never saw in Ocarina of Time or jacked off on a Korok or something.

>>7010489
In my fanfiction, Link ends up with Navi.
>trusted companion throughout the quest
>clearly they cared about each other
>Link goes on a journey to find her
>Navi returns to Link years later, she left to find a way to become human to be with him, they get so fruitful and multiply so much their descendants populate a new region of Hyrule called Ordon
Of course if you wanted the "canonical" answer then I'm afraid there is none, just guesses and conjecture.

>>7010682
>>7010782
Ruto doesn't even have a physical form after oot

>>7010489
Is that BotW Link, re-imagined in WW style?

>>7011038
neither does Link in the timelines where Ruto becomes a sage lol

>>7011038
She doesn't become a sage after the child ending. Have you never played the games? Twilight Princes includes the set of sages. It describes what happened after OoT ended.

>>7010723
>Zelda was girl?
Zelda is genderfluid

>>7010793
How gay are you?

>>7010678
zelda is the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise

>>7010997
>Of course if you wanted the "canonical" answer then I'm afraid there is none, just guesses and conjecture.
Y'know, fair enough, but I just gotta say this to the Ruto zealots out there: Anyone who seriously thinks TP "more commoner than dirt" Link is descended from royalty is a few deku nuts short in the head. (I'm well aware that this means OoT "best rack" Zelda is out but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.)

>>7010695
>The Gorons and the Zora both consider him to be a hero.
I think that alone invalidates any Link x Ruto claims (besides just not paying attention to some of Link's ingame reactions), because the Zora wouldn't revere him as a legendary hero but rather a legendary KING. or "the asshole who tainted our pure noble sea Zora heritage and spawned the river Zora" if I was in charge of writing the series.

>>7010997
>Navi
But she looks like Wilma fucking Flintstone.

>>7011171
nintendo is unironically the wrost thing to happento video games
imagine.. if nintendo failed.. we'd have based fucking american devs like atari runnin the show and not jap soibois

>>7010905
>Link ... jacked off on a Korok or something.
thats what i call
sowing your seed
.

>>7011212
Precisely, it's just simple process of elimination
It's extremely unlikely that Link got with any of the girls from OoT other than Malon, unless Saria's body is somehow mature enough to have children. The existence of Kokiri is even more puzzling to me than the Gorons; they have sexual dimorphism yet none of their bodies appear to reach sexual maturity. It's a biological paradox

>>7010682
mommy

>>7011832
>Malon shipper talking to yourself.

>>7012046

>>7010592

I remember I wished they'd release a timeline like, 15 years ago, but I haven't cared in around 8 or 10 years. Now I kinda wish they hadn't, but if they hadn't, the timeline arguments would still be a thing.

>>7012379
We're arguing about the finer things now, like who Link slept with. But timeline arguments are still a thing since they recently swapped Oracles and LA and won't explain where HW or BotW fit in.

>>7011336
>it's not just a ball of light

>>7012397
I believe they said HW doesn't exist.

>>7012509
The new HW is full-fledged BotW prequel.

>>7012539
exactly, completely disconnected from the og HW.
it's another game altogether, not a sequel to HW.

>>7010756
>You can make the same argument to say that the Gerudo died off by Twilight Princess, when clearly they return as nomads in the next game in the timeline (incidentally, so does Lon Lon Ranch).
Wait what? There’s a game after TP in the timeline?

I'm pretty sure he ended up with Ingo as a reprimand for stealing Epona.

>>7010726
I don’t recall TP ever stating that Link was a direct descendant of OoT Link. WW goes through of the trouble of refuting the idea that its Link is related to the Hero of Time, and I’d assume the same holds true for TP.

Also, doesn’t TP imply that Link never left the woods after MM and got turned into a Stalfo?

>>7012826
There's more evidence in TP that the Hero's Shade is the Hero of Time than not.

>>7012868
It’s sad to think that he never made it home, but then it always bugged me that MM never showed him leaving the woods. Heck, he doesn’t even find Navi (presumably the friend he was looking for).

>>7010489
It pretty much has to be Ruto. There aren't any other realistic options.

>>7012885
>>7012868

>>7012878
He didn't die in the woods. Even if you go by that theory, only adults become Stalfos. Don't worry, he made it out of the woods and had a life full of adventure.

>>7011304
That would actually be a very clever explanation for the river Zora. Too bad it will never be canon.

>>7012902
Except that the Zora in OoT already lived in a river too. It's right there in the location name, "Zora's River"

>>7012826
>I don’t recall TP ever stating that Link was a direct descendant of OoT Link.
It doesn't say anything about that.

>WW goes through of the trouble of refuting the idea that its Link is related to the Hero of Time, and I’d assume the same holds true for TP.
WW was ambiguous enough to be interpreted a lot of ways. They hadn't don't anything to support the "split" yet. WW even includes the Legend of the Fairy, which was the plot of MM told from Tingles perspective.

>Also, doesn’t TP imply that Link never left the woods after MM and got turned into a Stalfo?
There really isn't anything of that type in the game at all.

In TP. there are flashback cutscenes about how Ganon had been captured due to Link, which is of course pre-MM.

There are quests in TP to find some of OoT Link's old belongings, so that TP Link can use them. For some reason, nobody knows how to make new stuff for him when he really needs it, so it's hand-me-downs. The fancy bow that the Gorons had was something that OoT link had owned, although it is clearly more advanced than the equipment he actually used in the game. The Zora armor was OoT Link's armor, although it was clearly a lot fancier than his old blue tunic from the game. OoT had a full life after MM, with lots of new toys.

>>7012891
Good point! Wow, I completely forgot that children who get lost become Skull Kids. Thanks for reminding me of that. Yeah, not only does Shade being a Stalfo imply that he did leave the woods, it may be that he did find Navi, or rather she found him and led him to safety.

>>7012916
>WW was ambiguous enough to be interpreted a lot of ways. They hadn't don't anything to support the "split" yet. WW even includes the Legend of the Fairy, which was the plot of MM told from Tingles perspective.
I hope you’re not implying that Nintendo pulled timeline split from out of nowhere in order to explain how Twilight Princess could be an OoT sequel. The ending of OoT makes abundantly clear that there was always a two-way split. It only got messy when Hyrule Historia retconned the split to include a timeline where Link failed.
>There really isn't anything of that type in the game at all.
But there is the Hero’s Shade. No matter who OoT Link ended up with, you have to account for why he didn’t stay with that person and instead became an eternally undead Stalfo.

>>7012920
My personal headcanon is that the Hero of Time gets out of the woods but doesn't find Navi, travels around and goes on adventures, eventually settles down (with Malon- my main thing is the fact that TP Link is a farmer and knows Epona's song). He only becomes a Stalfos due to his lingering regrets (I think this is what Hyrule Historia says, which is one of the few thins in that steaming pile that I'm actually fond of.)

>>7012942
They didn't pull it for the sake of TP, but at the same time, TP is the first evidence of them treating the ending as a timeline split.

When OOT was fresh, it was the obvious prequel of LttP.

At some point before WW came out, they started talking about how OoT had two endings. They didn't at that point explain how that should be interpreted, but they didn't avoid making the reference to MM in WW. The references are an optional sidequest that was designed to use a GBA cable, so it's not generally taken as canon. Sidequests and non-required stuff is seldom considered canon.

The hero's shade is essentially dead. Link lived his whole life before the Shade came to be. There is no reason to think his life wasn't basically happy up until death. Also, Shade isn't strictly a ghost, but rather, the embodiment of OoT Link's regret. It's not an immortal soul, it's an emotion made physical. Japanese lore allows this kind of thing. On a small part of Link being represented.

>>7012965
Good point about Epona’s song. I also would like to think that he ended up with Malon, though if I may play devil’s advocate here, couldn’t it also be said that Illia is Malon’s descendant? IIRC she’s the one that teaches Link the song.

>>7012981
>>7012965
Ilia and everyone in Ordon are round-eared humans. Not Hylean. Malon was Hylean.Ordon was not horse ranchers and not Hylean.

Malon's ranch shows up in later games in the timeline, if you believe those games are canon, so it's not connected to Ordon.

>>7012969
>The references are an optional sidequest that was designed to use a GBA cable, so it's not generally taken as canon. Sidequests and non-required stuff is seldom considered canon.
Are you just taking about Tingle or specifically the Tingle tuner stuff (which I regret to say I never bothered with, so I wouldn’t know if there was any exclusive story stuff there).

>>7012981
>IIRC she’s the one that teaches Link the song.
I don't remember. But Ilia isn't Hylian, she has rounded ears.

>>7011638
Atari and every other American vidya company and dev crashed and burned in 1983. No one wanted to touch video game development after that because it was an investment vortex. Nintendo's marketing strategy of the NES as an entertainment system, and their draconian quality control policies and release schedules ended up popularizing games in North America again. So, like them or not, we have Nintendo to thank for saving the games industry. It's possible that the market would have stabilized in time if not for Nintendo, but I can guarantee that Atari wouldn't be at the forefront.

>>7012990
The Legend of the Fairy is specific to the Tuner. Of course you can still collect the statues if you just bomb the right locations, even without the tuner, and even in HD.

>>7012989
Oh, right. The whole hylian/human divide. As a Wind Walker fan I was resentful of Twilight Princess for so many different reasons (and Phantom Hourglass was not the WW sequel Nintendo promised), but I recall the introduction of humans being one of my bigger pet peeves. There was just no good reason for it. If they wanted TP Link to be an outsider they could have just invented another humanoid species.

>>7013005
Oh. Well, to be fair, it could be the same Tingle. Maybe Tingle is the sort of gag character who looks perpetually young-ish and haphazardly crosses time and space to appear in different Heros’ legends.

>>7010489
>Who did Link canonically end up with after Ocarina Of Time.
Epona.

>>7013050
my racial slur for black people

>>7012990
>>7012969
An interesting aspect of LttP vs WW is how well Nintendo follows some rules.

Ganon has been sealed away in a realm. In order to get back, he has a strategy.
First, he corrupts parts the normal world, so that is slightly resembles the realm he's trapped in.
Also he attacks the descendants of those that imprisoned him. In both LttP and WW, this takes the form of the descendants of the sages. In both those situations, he has at least some portion of the Triforce.

TP also follows the rules, as Ganon has arranged for areas of Hyrule to be turned to shadow, and Ganon goes out of his way to kill Queen Rutella before he takes over the castle.

To some degree this also applies to instances in which he was killed. The oracle games involve an attempt to get Zelda's blood, as she is someone they blame for Ganon's death. Adventure of Link involves the implication that Link's death is what allows Ganon to be restored.

Why is it always Ocarina Link that gets the waifu speculation? TP Link had a bevy of hot pussy to drag himself through too.

>>7013217
No idea. For some reason Midna was the only character from that game that stuck with most people. Nintendo likes to remind people of Agitha every now and then (see Hyrule Warriors), but even she wasn’t nearly as popular as Midna.

This is the only thread on /vr/ I care about currently and it keeps dying. Stop that. Talk about Malon’s luscious breasts, Ruto’s slippery fish titties, and their effects on Zelda series lore, damn you.

>>7013460
Maybe you should let the thread die a natural death. This whole "who would link have fucked" conceit is older than half of the posters on /vr/, and if you think it won't be coming back, you're retarded. This board is choked to the gills with lonely idiots who have nothing better to do than fantasize about who was the canon choice in a harem anime. And don't be fooled, that's what this is. This is the same stupid bullshit you'd find on /a/ years ago when people still talked about Tenchi Muyo. And for all of the debates, for all of the franchises that have been involved, do you know what core truth hasn't been discussed? The utter loneliness that these threads really speak to. The loneliness that it takes to self-insert into an anime or game character, because your own life is so miserably empty that you can hardly find a reason to get out of bed in the morning. That kind of depression would rationalize the kind of lust that makes you want to fuck a fish woman, and espouse your theories as to why a fictional character would come to the same conclusion despite being nothing like you. Don't worry, young zoomercoomer, you'll have another chance to tell an anonymous online crowd which set of polygons and text boxes you would have bust your nuts onto. Just show a little patience, and in the meantime, stop posting and hit up rule34booru for the only meaningful romance you will ever know.

>>7013460
Kys.

>>7013489
>This whole "who would link have fucked" conceit is older than half of the posters on /vr/, and if you think it won't be coming back, you're retarded.
I don’t think that. I am unironically one of those lonely idiots who has been ship warring/waifu warring over this game since 1998. Still my favorite cast of Zelda characters. I have no shame.
>Don't worry, young zoomercoomer,
You ever get tired of making wrong assumptions about people? I’m probably older than anyone in this thread, including you. No, I don’t think that’s anything to be proud of, but here I am.
>>7013492
I don’t remember any Zelda character named Kys, Anon. Does she have an entry in Hyrule Warriors?

>>7012809
>Wait what? There’s a game after TP in the timeline?
Yes, Four Swords Adventures takes place sometime next...which doesn't make a lick of sense because the timeline forgot that the original Four Swords was supposed to take place right before it..should've bumped up Four Swords from pre-split but whatever.

>>7013784
Too late to retcon Historia out of existence so they might as well release a second edition of it after BotW 2 that incorporates the Era of the Wilds. Then they can quietly move certain games around the timeline to make more sense.

>>7013790
>Too late to retcon Historia
Not really, they swapped Oracles and Link's Awakening right before the remake came out. The official timeline was always more of a guideline tham set in stone, which is a fact even the book pretty much spells out for you.

>>7013217

>>7013816
>"Ganondorf becomes Ganon" listed before OoT splits
Silly question, but was this retconned too? The Hyrule Historia says that the first split occurred during the battle with GanonDORF, accounting for Ganondorf obtaining the complete Triforce in Link's failure and thus becoming 2D classic blue Ganon instead of the 3D rendition of Ganon.

>>7013217
Link spends most of the game questing to get Ilia back, and they get cut-scene flashbacks of romantic times back home. There really isn't room for other women in Link's life.

>>7013784
Nothing about FS or FSA deserves to be in any timeline. It's just a clump of references stolen from other games with no regard for how.

>>7013827
After reading this I could've SWORN Ilia had her hands on her stomach during the ending which is the standard "I'm knocked up" signal, but I checked and no, it's the hands-clasped "waiting for you" sign.

>>7013876
>Nothing about FS or FSA deserves to be in any timeline. It's just a clump of references stolen from other games with no regard for how.
..Somethong that you can lay the blame squarely at Capcom for starting lol

>>7013784
Maybe they were considering having Vaati reappear in another timeline where he's still sealed accordimng to HH, but what with Tri Force Heroes being a successor to Four Swords it seems they have no intention of doing that.
>>7013876
Unused game text and developer reports of Miyamoto "upending the tea table" (a polite way to say "bitching a shit fit") that caused a story rewrite heavily suggest FSA was going to depict the Imprisoning War from ALttP, so you can bame Shiggy for fucking THAT up.

>>7013217
Y'know what? I'll do you one better. Here's what every Link ever totally canonically linked up with!
>SS Link
Peatrice
>TMC Link
Some Kokiri he found in the woods he fucked off to
>FS Link
His hand
>OoT/MM Link
Impa
>ALttP/LA/Oracles Link
>Marin the seagull
>ALBW/TFH Link
Polyamorous Link orgy
>NES Link
Hookers
>TP Link
Malo
>FSA Link
Color-coded anime-style Maiden Harem
>TWW/PH Link
Niko
>ST Link
Alfonzo
>BotW/2 Link
Gibdorf

>>7013975
>OoT/MM Link
>Impa
I disagree, it's Malon's cow that she has delivered to Link's house

>epona's song is proof TP link is the product of a OoT link/malon union
>Implying TP link can't be descended from both their lineage without that specific pairing

Admittedly it would be a big coincidence but there's, what, 100 years between the games? If every child from Malon's descent learns that song there's probably a few families that know it.

Not that I'm saying this is the case but rather it's just as a valid explanation.

>>7014823
OoT Link knew the song by the end of the game. He doesn't need Malon for anything. Not to mention that the horse in the village was purchased from a ranch somewhere, and would have come with whatever necessary calls in instructions at the time of purchase. In the end, the song is just a song, and anyone can repeat it to anyone.

>>7013937
I feel like Zelda needs Shiggy upending some tea tables again after seeing Hyrule Warriors.

OoT Link got Ruto, Malon, and Nabooru pregnant and fucked off

>>7013784
Original Four Swords clearly took place immediately after A Link To The Past and FSA sometime after that...

>>7011336
soul

>>7013217
>Why is it always Ocarina Link that gets the waifu speculation? TP Link [...]

Because this is the board for retro games

>>7010692
>>7010698
Reminder back when OoT was a 64DD game, it was supposed to also have dating sim elements. Everything regarding Malon is basically a leftover from it. considering Malon just let Link take epona to look for Navi pretty much implies after OoT, Link most likely went live as a ranch hand after arriving to the King with future knowledge for the execution of Ganon.

Without Navi, he probably wasn't welcome to Kokiri Forest anymore or able to find it.

>>7013864
If I recall correctly, Encyclopedia explains Ganon is both a nickname of Ganondorf AND the name of the Dark Beast proper.

I like to think it was Twinrova who came up with calling him Ganon.

>>7015067
There are those that like to imagine that Ganon and Demise are somehow the same being. Or even without that, they might imagine that Ganon existed as a spirit before Ganondorf was born. It would be as if Twinrova had intentionally created a human body for an ancient demon.

>>7015089
Pretty much confirmed Ganondorf is Demise reborn, what I truly wonder is if, when he becomes Ganon, his memories of being Demise return to him. Ganon in ALttP had a personality quite akin to Demise's in his dialogue.

>>7015097
He isn't. It's a quirk of the English translation. All Demise does is give generic villain dialog when he is being defeated.

>>7015067
>If I recall correctly, Encyclopedia explains Ganon is both a nickname of Ganondorf AND the name of the Dark Beast proper.
That was always pretty obvious if you paid attention though, like ALttP manual saying Ganon was Gabondorf's nickname as a thief, OoT having "Ganon's Tower", and TWW Ganondorf being almost exclusively referred to as Ganon outside of one or two lines, etc.

>>7015891
>OoT having "Ganon's Tower",
also Phantom Ganon.

>>7010790
>tfw no giant farm mommy gf

>>7010818
She also makes crafts a suit of Zora Armor for Link, which is explicitly stated that it is only made for one's "future husband".

>>7010489
>cute Linkles in Wind Waker
Is this a hack?

>>7016541
Default for 3rd consecutive playthrough of WWHD is to play as Link's sister.

>>7016554
If only.

>>7013816
>Not really, they swapped Oracles and Link's Awakening right before the remake came out.
Source? Was this revised in the book itself or elsewhere?

>>7012757
They flip-flopped on TFH too, now it's an ALBW sequel for no good reason.
>>7016571
On the official series website and I think a Twitter post: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/zelda/history/index.html
Also in the Zelda Encyclopedia, but we don't talk about that trainwreck.

>>7017104
that just goes to show that they also don't care about that steaming pile of shit and just want to forget it exists.

>>7013050
>>Who did Link canonically end up with after Ocarina Of Time.
>Epona.
Holy shit I read this fanfic, except it wasn't Epona x Link, it was Epona x Ganon.

>>7014857
Just because the two games were packed together on one cart doesn't necessarily mean they take place one after the other.

I dont think any link's are direct decendants of eachother. They're all incarnations.

The implication is that its Malon because in both TP and WW Link's descendants are clearly not of Zora descent or connected to the Royal Family. TP makes it even more apparent since Link is involved in ranching and has a horse named Epona.
Lon-Lon Ranch was used as the basis for New Castle Town based on TP's world map so Talon would have had to be granted more land elsewhere. In WW they just used the Temple of Time as the foundation for the new Hyrule Castle but then everyone relocated anyways due to the Great Flood.

>>7010682
The Zora in TP are likely more interbred with Hylians thanks to Ganondorf being successfully sealed and there being at least a few generations of peace. There was at least enough time for there to be an entirely new Kakariko Village built, with that place becoming the royal burial grounds of the Zora just as Old Kakariko was the burial grounds of the Impa.

>People still trying to put Zelda games that aren't explicit/direct sequels into any kind of coherent timeline
Hyrule Historia was a mistake

>>7015057
>Reminder back when OoT was a 64DD game, it was supposed to also have dating sim elements.

[citation needed]

One of the Gossip Stones outside the Temple of Time says, "It's said a girl in Lon Lon Ranch is waiting for her knight in shining armor." It doesn't seem to serve other purpose than to solidify Malon as a love interest. There's also how TP Link is a ranch hand with a horse whose default name is Epona.
>inb4 "that doesn't count, they just made that up later"
Yeah that's what a sequel is.

>>7012397
botw is the timelines merging together again after 10,000 years.

>>7019640
That is just nonsensical. If there were such a thing as a timeline merge, it would be an event worthy of having a game about how it happened.

what do you guys think would be a good word to teach my pups so they intimidate/threaten people that's distinct from attack words? I was thinking Wily or Pesci but Pesci is too similar to puppy.

>>7019647
Calling it now: it'll be the inevitable third Hyrule Warriors but timelinefags won't accept it.

>>7019659
No. It'll be the inevitable Age of Calamity DLC that ties it to the original Hyrule Warriors.[/spoilers]

>>7019647
BOTW seems to take heavy inspiration from Turn A Gundam.

Both have a similar premise (10000 years after major series in franchise, horrible event occurred hundreds years ago that the world is still recovering from, cryo sleep, helping royal blond lady, main characters crossdress, impressionistic inspired setting,) and the biggest thing is it heavily hints towards timeline merges.

>>7019647
Rather, they would never make such a game because that would serve to invalidate all existing canon, such as it is

>>7014845
How so? I’m playing through that game right now and enjoying it.

>>7015057
>considering Malon just let Link take epona
This is a good point to consider. It seems to imply Link did go back to the ranch and befriend Malon (they already met before he time traveled, but he might have got to know her better).
>>7018659
They were doing that long before HH.
>>7019504
>One of the Gossip Stones outside the Temple of Time says, "It's said a girl in Lon Lon Ranch is waiting for her knight in shining armor."
Yep. This was my justification for this ship then and it still is now.

>>7020156
>>7015057
Link had just saved Hyrule. The Kingdom was more that willing to buy him a horse. Malon was too young to care.

>>7019647
BotW is literally the timeline merge, either BotW2 or Hyrule Warriors 2 (or both) will expand on how the timelines were merged

>>7020616
>Link had just saved Hyrule.
Not as Young Link? Ganondorf didn't enter the Sacred Realm in that tineline but his capture and sentence didn't happen untip way later.
>The Kingdom was more that willing to buy him a horse.
It's Malon's horse, not a rando one.

>>7020631
TP explicitly credited young Link with saving Hyrule. They moved to punish Ganondorf, and drew pictures of Link fishing beast Ganon on the interior walls of the Arbiters Grounds.

The horse was Talon's, as were all the horses of the ranch. Malon was a child.

>>7020138
I meant the new one.

There was this one girl. But that was a long time ago.

>>7021916
I never noticed that his asmos looks like an owl/ kaepora gaebora until now.

>>7015057
I've literally never heard that before

>>7021994
Owls have some kind of significance in Japanese mythology.

>>7015057
>Reminder back when OoT was a 64DD game, it was supposed to also have dating sim elements.

Source or this is complete and total bullshit. I've read everything about 64DD and Uru Zelda and never once have I heard this, ever.

>>7022000
Owls are the symbol of Wisdom in Legend of Zelda. Pigs are power. I believe Dragons are Courage but that's never shown explicitly.

>>7022002
Courage is probably eagles as represented on the Hylian shield and in the Hyrule Crest. Owls are also specifically linked with the Sage of Time as of OoT so that symbology may have been derived out of the Eagle symbol in-universe

>>7017584
damn, that's some amazing artwork. The attention to detail - mindblowing.

>>7021916
I still don't get how this is Link

>>7022103
Stalfosfication

>>7022103
Then you just didn't pay any attention
>left handed swordsman
>teaches spin attack and attacks from WW which were derived from the Knights of Hyrule
>knight of Hyrule himself
>wolf soul form like TP Link's soul
>has access to the Sacred Realm
>howls Sage's tunes from OoT

>>7010592
>Make a split timeline to appease all the autist, when in reality you just like to keep referencing OOT because that game sold really well
>Just mash your newest release back into a single timeline anyways
Lmao, get fucked timelinefags.

>>7022270
BotW doesn't just ignore timeline implications. It ignores the basic mechanics of how Ganon returns from the dead/exile. Nobody really pays attention to how he comes back, but there really were some standard conventions that were roughly consistent through the games. BotW doesn't make it impossible that he followed the rules, but it basically just doesn't do anything to tell the player how it was performed this time.

>>7022434
https://www.nintendo-insider.com/eiji-aonuma-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-will-never-be-placed-in-the-timeline/
Aonuma has specifically stated they aren't going to place botw in any on the timelines because it would be too restrictive.
You faggots debated about pointless timeline theories for years only for Nintendo to tell you to shut the fuck up it doesn't matter.

>>7022672
Aonuma didn't create the HH timeline and is also a slackjawed idiot

>>7010489
There is no “canon”
The timeline is just there for autists to wank over
Zelda is an anthology that has similar themes throughout

>>7020729
>TP explicitly credited young Link with saving Hyrule. They moved to punish Ganondorf, and drew pictures of Link fishing beast Ganon on the interior walls of the Arbiters Grounds.
>Hyrule Historia suggests it took further convincing from Zelda during Majora's Mask, and the sentence occurred years later, hence Ganondorf being older in the flashback (TP vaguely states something about him being found out and then cornered). Also, some of the Hero's treasures aren't from Ocarina of Time, or at least that game's Young Link. Texture is probably overthought like the carving on OoT Link's tree or SS Link in the 3D version.
>The horse was Talon's, as were all the horses of the ranch. Malon was a child.
Ok, I could've sworn there was a line about Malon's mother gifting Epona to her, but I checked the text dump and all she does is call Epona her "friend" and Ingo calls Epona one of his horses when he takes over the ranch. When you're right, you're right, and you're right about Epona. Still, giving away his daughter's favorite horse like that doesn't seem in-character for Talon unless he has a good reason.

>>7019671
>Zelda 1 Link
>Master Sword

>>7024417
That's clearly LttP Link.
Zelda 1 Link had brown hair.

>>7024438
it's not, the hair and nose are exactly like the LoZ1 manual

>>7021894
What’s wrong with it?

>>7024547
I think he just got accustom to Hyrule Warriors and wanted to be able to do that kind of gameplay all over the BotW map.

I've never been terribly interested in Legend of Zelda, other than replaying Minish Cap a lot. I vaguely recall Game Trailers or some similar website having a series of videos where I first head about timeline shit. Who started all this?

>>7024726
Nintendo started all this, as soon as they declared Link to the Past to be a prequel of LoZ.

>>7024726
Timeline discussion has been going on online since Ocarina of Time came out. Before that the timeline was straight forward
Link to the Past (prequel to the first game) -> Link's Awakening (direct sequel to LttP) -> Legend of Zelda -> Adventure of Link (direct sequel to the original game)

>the Hero's Shade is a Stalfos
This is what a Stalfos looks like in TP.
The Hero's Shade is a fuckin ghost. If he was supposed to be a Stalfos then why doesnt he look like a fuckin Stalfos?

The Hero of Time made it back from Termina and lived to grow back to adulthood, have children, and die.

Will nintendo ever have the balls to make a Female Link protagonist in a main zelda game?

>>7011336
>He wouldn't fuck the shit out of Wilma
What a complete faggot

>>7010782
He could go bareback and nut in that wet fishpussy since he couldn't get her preggers. Bet he did so a few times for the physical pleasure but never dated her for real.

>>7026501
They still have the balls not to make one, SJW fag.

>>7026561
I'm not a SJW fag you imbecile, i'm a fucking coomer, Linkle is fucking hot but there's not enough of her.

>>7026578
You don't think cooming to genderswaps is gay? I don't think I consider Linkle to be a genderswap, to be clear, but an female Link would be (since Link is a distinct character).

>>7026592
My dick doesn't care about gender anymore. Only about cute.

>>7012826
>I don’t recall TP ever stating that Link was a direct descendant of OoT Link.
IIRC after you get the final Hidden Skill, Hero's Spirit calls you "My child".

Don't fall for MatPat fanfics.

>>7018885
>>7022001
>>7021997
I'm looking, I'm looking! I read it up on Iwata Asks eons ago, I recall, during OoT 3D's shenanigans. It was an interview with Koizumi.

>>7010489
Never played a Zelda game, who’s the qt on the right?

>>7010489
>Linkie but in reality actual Link's (NPC) Sister

>>7010695
how does TP lore contain Adult Link OOT shit if it is in the Child timeline?

>>7010795
Hylian*

>>7010489
fucking lanky arms wtf

>>7029120
He grew older over time.

>>7028256
it's the legend of zelda. so that's her.

>>7010997
>>trusted companion throughout the quest
>Leaves the second she's done because she's not Link's official fairy due to him being a Hylian

>>7028256
Hat Girl

>>7026592
>distinct character

>>7028256
Link (male(girl))

>>7011638
>americans
>based

>>7011638
Yeah, marxist propaganda movie games would've come much sooner, what a world it would've been.

malon is bae
that is all

>>7010698
>Malon showed no interest in Link
Doesn't the gossip stone kind of implies she has a crush on Link?

>>7010592
Agreed. They're the legends of Zelda, not the fucking historically documented recollection of Zelda. Making fun little connections is one thing but people go overboard.

ocarina of tits
majora's tits
a tit to the past
twilight tits
breath of the tits
tit waker
oracle of tits
the minish tits
spirit tits
tits awakening
the legend of tits
the adventure of tits
four tits
phantom tits
skyward tits
a link between tits
tit force heroes

>>7030306
Nope

>>7010489
Ruto, obviously.