The Legend Of Zelda Timeline Has Seemingly Become More Baffling

Nintendo has apparently offered a recent new timeline for The Legend of Zelda sequence, one which famously splits off into three completely different branches after Ocarina of Time. We now have an thought of the place the latest entries–Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom–fit into the franchise’s chronology. Spoilers: They do not, as a substitute being positioned into their very own little timeline.

Vooks noticed the brand new Legend of Zelda timeline at Nintendo Live over this previous weekend in Sydney, Australia. The image–seen below–was shared on X by Wario64, displaying Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom separated from the official chronology that begins with Skyward Sword.

Beforehand, there was a thought that Breath of the Wild introduced the three branches again collectively and corralled them into a brand new single sequence because the “final” recreation. Nonetheless, this new graphic seems to rule that out. This could imply the timeline has grow to be much more complicated, placing it on par with the Halloween motion pictures. Nonetheless, the North American website for the Zelda franchise has not up to date with any placement for Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom.

It is at all times type of appeared like Zelda followers cared much more in regards to the timeline than Nintendo ever has. In reality, an official Zelda timeline wasn’t even publicly obtainable till the Hyrule Historia e book arrived within the early 2010s, many years after the online game franchise was born on NES.

Remember the up to date timeline would not even contact on the place the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge would possibly land. GameSpot simply received a latest hands-on with the Swap unique and notes it performs like a mini Tears of the Kingdom. Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge will launch September 26.