Topic: How is Skyward Sword a Prequel to Ocarina of Time?

Wind Waker and Twilight Princess confirm the split. TP Ganondorf doesn't seem to recognize the Master Sword because none of what happened in the adult OOT timeline happened and he is more cocky because this is truly the first time he gets to use the power that he thinks the gods gave him. While WW Ganondorf already lived trough all of that and has matured. I don't know what your trying to say near the end. At the end of OOT he still had his Triforce piece when he was sealed. Then at the end of Wind Waker everyone lost their pieces because the Triforce united. He was able to be killed because he was no longer in possession of it. Ganondorf never died twice in the same timeline.

But I don't know what Wind Waker Ganondorf has to do with the Four Swords reincarnation. FSA is on the Twilight Princess side of the Timeline.

Ganondorf Quote from Twilight Princess
"An impressive looking blade, but nothing more"

In Wind Waker he knows all about the Master Sword and Link.

(from now on when I say Ganon I am referring to the one with the Trident) Ganon in LTTP is able to get the whole Triforce, as well as the Triforce of Power. He never transforms back into a Gerudo.

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If Skyward Sword is a prequel it's because the in-game mythology ("Her Grace" AKA The Goddess, the "ultimate power," etc.) describes the Golden Power BEFORE the advent of the Triforce. Anything beyond that is IMO speculation.

I've always assumed that Link, Zelda, and Ganon are 3 souls bound by fate who are reincarnated whenever destiny needs to manifest a preordained event. Legacy and destiny are a big part of The Legend of Zelda. Link never really has a choice on his quest, he is simply chosen by fate.

A single timeline has never made sense to me purely because in MOST Zelda games Link's adventure is introduced to the player as if it is his first. His meeting Zelda is usually presented as a first time, as well as his encounters with Ganon. The characters never seem to recognize each other or show a familiarity with the situations they find themselves in, except for in the context of being familiar with whatever myth/legend they are playing a part in (The Hero of Time, etc...). For example, in Skyward Sword, the citizens of Skyloft are all familiar with the legend of The Goddess, but Link and Zelda are oblivious to the significance that they'll have in bringing the legend into fruition. The same goes for most other Zelda games:

In A Link to the Past, Link is randomly contacted by Princess Zelda because she has foreseen his significance in saving Hyrule, but Link himself is kind of unwillingly cast into an adventure. He has no gear or experience in adventuring. How could this be if he was the fabled Hero of Time on the SAME timeline? Same with Ocarina of Time. This time, Link is living in the Kokiri Forest, where he has lived since he was a small child and has as of yet NEVER left. So using Ocarina as an example, how could Skyward Sword really be a prequel to Ocarina, if Skyward's Link is a young adult who has never left Skyloft, and Ocarina's Link is a child who has never left the Kokiri Forest? The only way the games could co-exist on a single timeline would be if they took place hundreds of years apart and Link, Zelda, and Ganon are reincarnations.

Wind Waker's story actually bolsters this theory a bit by putting the Temple of Time at the bottom of the ocean, and plays with the reincarnation idea thematically, but never comes outright and just says it.

Majora's Mask, Zelda 2, and Link's Awakening, on the other hand, are games that all begin with a Link who is ALREADY engaged in adventuring. These 3 games could feasibly be tied to other Zelda games (maybe Zelda 2 is a direct sequel to the original Legend of Zelda, while Majora's Mask is a sequel to Ocarina, and Link's Awakening is a sequel to A Link to the Past?).

I don't know. Super confusing. I tend to just look at them as completely separate games. It's easier that way.

Call of Duty has a better storyline than Zelda will ever have. At least CoD's has a connection and thus, make sense. Zelda is just a mess.

Oh and Mario? Really? How pathetic.

...which is exactly what happened. So your entire post is kinda pointless.

I like how every Zelda game now doesn't have a good story because you don't know how the timeline works.

Wind Waker doesn't have a good story because I don't know how the entire series connects to each other. Good to know.

Expect The Legend of Zelda is based on the oral tradition of storytelling. Having a screwed up timeline makes in unintentionally meta and charming.

Call of Duty on the other hand... Two many plotholes for me. If I wanted to play a Military shooter with a decent story I'd be playing a Tom Clancy game or reading a book.

But every Zelda pretty much sums up the same storyline over and over. Which is boring. Then you have the fans trying to connect them which not only give me a headache and makes them look silly, but shows that the Zelda franchise is just... well, silly.

I'm assuming you never really played a CoD campaign before so I'll just leave it at that.

hey guys every Final Fantasy story sucks because I don't know how the games tie into each other

also Mother 3 sucks because I don't know what it has to do with Mother 1.

also the Dark Knight doesn't connect to the comics, so that sucks too.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Stop pretending you do.

Way to get all fanboy on this.

Final Fantasy games are all separate and for good reason. Everyone knows that but you I guess. Besides Crisis Core which is an actual sequel unlike your silly nilly Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. Then there's FFX-2, FF13-2, etc.

Shingi that is true. The back story to LTTP says this (The Imprisoning War) Legend has been forgotten throughout time and some parts of the story aren't accurate.

Locke I'm not sure what your implying about the Triforce but it existed long before Skyward Sword. It was created when the world was.

Viewtiful Joe the games aren't a retelling. How is WW and TP a retelling when they talk about what happened in OOT. Same with Phantom Hourglass talking about how the same Link and Zelda from Wind Waker discovered an Island and settled into a new Hyrule while Spirit Tracks talks about the development after it.

Tell me what they retell.

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Sorry about that lol.

Square Enix can develop a steady storyline that has purpose. In no way is every Zelda connected. Because it doesn't MAKE SENSE.

Understand?

But they are... Understand?

If your complaining that about a Legend repeated over and over with Slight differences (though the games make reference to each other) than I fear you don't know the basis of simple story telling.

In real-life "No Russians" wouldn't start WWIII.

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Tell me something that doesn't make sense to you so I can sort it out.

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wow... this has mostly gotten out of control, mostly due to the editing making everyone confused, more or less however, I agree with KaiserGX, he (or she, not really sure sorry) has said almost nothing that I wouldn't have said myself

....well it's obvious you've never paid attention to a Call of Duty storyline. A legend is retold generation after generation... of the same story. After years it's mixed up a little and retold with modern day excitement!

In the 1990s if you were saying words like "bloody" and "scallywag" to kids in Detroit, they would be confused and very much put off. But that's the way it was told years ago in British language. So now the dad has to retell it and make it INTERESTING for the newer generation.

See where I said retelling? That means it's not connected in anyway. But then there's Majora's Mask, Zelda 2, PH, and ST. Which are all understandable titles for being "sequels." Not much of sequels but great games nonetheless.