We could be witnessing the very origin of Ganon as the encarnation of Demise, then later Ganondorf could be the encarnation of Ganon just like OoT portrays. As for the Koroks, they could be the evolution of the Kikwis, after their heroic stand with the Goddess they would be rewarded with the ability to remain as spirits of the forests, first as Koroks, then as Kokiris and back again as Koroks after the Flood.
I've already posted this on Zelda Universe and in Zeltik's YouTube channel, I'd like to see your take on it:
There are so many points that make me believe the game takes place before OoT: The crests that are displayed around look like the Bird crest from SS, also the Spirit Orbs have the Bird crest imprinted, the Royal Family Crest that comes with the Triforce above the Bird is NOWHERE to be seen. That implies to me that the Royal Family isn't around or hasn't been around yet. The strong presence of Goddess Hylia is very odd too, it may be that it's just because the character itself is kind of newly created and that's why it doesn't appear or isn't mentioned anywhere before SS, but what I believe about it is that since Hylia is everywhere in BotW it must be closer in history to SS, before the cult of the Goddess was forgotten (perhaps).
The Sheikah technology displayed in the game, even though it's highly advanced is hinted to be really ancient as well, just like THE ANCIENT ROBOTS from SS!!! When my brother saw the guardians in BotW the first thing he noticed was that the guardians' heads kind of resembled those little fellas. Those robots are said to have been created by an ancient civilization, what if that civilization was the Sheikah? On this note, one thing that truly troubled me about SS was that if the Sheikah were faithful servers of the Goddess -just as Impa shows to be-, they are not mentioned in the war against Demise while those robots are even portrayed standing at the side of the Goddess, what if the great Sheikah civilization was decimated by Demise and only their robot thingys remained when the Goddess rallied against the Demon King? That would also explain why the few remaining Sheikah are so secretive now just like the Impa that aids Zelda in SS, One more thing that supports this is that all those Shrines around BotW are not that "secret" and well spread over the world, that's not really "Sheikah-ish" TBH, it just doesn't go well suited with all the Sheikah trend post-OoT.
I know this theory is kind of flawed, but so are the ones that place BotW on the other timelines, remember that a great amount of years could span between the Era of Sky and the Era of Chaos, what if a first Hyrule Kingdom was settled by the hylians of Skyloft and then razed by Calamity Ganon? Under those terms it could even be possible that this Link could even be the original Hero Chosen by the Goddess being resurrected to fight against evil once again.
Anyway, the only truth is that everything is really messed-up and Nintendo did a good job hiding the time-placement of this story. Sorry if I'm not that clear, it's just that English is not my native language =)
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Re: Talking Point: Where Does The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Fit Into the Zelda Timeline?
We could be witnessing the very origin of Ganon as the encarnation of Demise, then later Ganondorf could be the encarnation of Ganon just like OoT portrays. As for the Koroks, they could be the evolution of the Kikwis, after their heroic stand with the Goddess they would be rewarded with the ability to remain as spirits of the forests, first as Koroks, then as Kokiris and back again as Koroks after the Flood.
Re: Talking Point: Where Does The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Fit Into the Zelda Timeline?
I've already posted this on Zelda Universe and in Zeltik's YouTube channel, I'd like to see your take on it:
There are so many points that make me believe the game takes place before OoT: The crests that are displayed around look like the Bird crest from SS, also the Spirit Orbs have the Bird crest imprinted, the Royal Family Crest that comes with the Triforce above the Bird is NOWHERE to be seen. That implies to me that the Royal Family isn't around or hasn't been around yet. The strong presence of Goddess Hylia is very odd too, it may be that it's just because the character itself is kind of newly created and that's why it doesn't appear or isn't mentioned anywhere before SS, but what I believe about it is that since Hylia is everywhere in BotW it must be closer in history to SS, before the cult of the Goddess was forgotten (perhaps).
The Sheikah technology displayed in the game, even though it's highly advanced is hinted to be really ancient as well, just like THE ANCIENT ROBOTS from SS!!! When my brother saw the guardians in BotW the first thing he noticed was that the guardians' heads kind of resembled those little fellas. Those robots are said to have been created by an ancient civilization, what if that civilization was the Sheikah? On this note, one thing that truly troubled me about SS was that if the Sheikah were faithful servers of the Goddess -just as Impa shows to be-, they are not mentioned in the war against Demise while those robots are even portrayed standing at the side of the Goddess, what if the great Sheikah civilization was decimated by Demise and only their robot thingys remained when the Goddess rallied against the Demon King? That would also explain why the few remaining Sheikah are so secretive now just like the Impa that aids Zelda in SS, One more thing that supports this is that all those Shrines around BotW are not that "secret" and well spread over the world, that's not really "Sheikah-ish" TBH, it just doesn't go well suited with all the Sheikah trend post-OoT.
I know this theory is kind of flawed, but so are the ones that place BotW on the other timelines, remember that a great amount of years could span between the Era of Sky and the Era of Chaos, what if a first Hyrule Kingdom was settled by the hylians of Skyloft and then razed by Calamity Ganon? Under those terms it could even be possible that this Link could even be the original Hero Chosen by the Goddess being resurrected to fight against evil once again.
Anyway, the only truth is that everything is really messed-up and Nintendo did a good job hiding the time-placement of this story. Sorry if I'm not that clear, it's just that English is not my native language =)