Nintendo's attitude towards continuity is very clearly like my attitude towards a charcuterie board; you take the bits you find interesting and leave the rest where it is. That's fine! I don't think continuity is a necessary ingredient in anything! But their recent insistence that there's a "timeline" that's real and definitely exists and isn't just an excuse to sell books to fans is so transparent I kind of can't believe they keep announcing things like this with a straight face
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in reply to @MOOMANiBE's post:
NGL I think the concept of making one game canonical and the direct narrative sequel made by mostly the same people directly afterwards non canonical is fascinating to think about
i feel bad for people who are obsessed with "lore" and "canon" in a similar way as i feel bad for people who keep waiting for steven moffat to write a good show
Breath of the Wild takes place in the Ocarina of Time timeline, Tears of the Kingdom takes place in the Majora's Mask timeline, Age of Calamity takes place in the OoT Master Quest timeline, I don't see what's so complicated about all of this
There was an article about the announcement of Echoes of Wisdom this year and their first question was “but where does this fit in the timeline? we’ll update if Nintendo gets back to us” and I can’t imagine my brain being so rotten that that’s my first thought about a Zelda game.
(My one actual timeline opinion is that putting Link’s Awakening before the Oracles is a very funny troll on Nintendo’s part)
if i think about the "timeline" for more than six seconds i immediately arrive at "magical kingdom that persists for thousands of years without ever inventing plumbing" and then i just want to lie down
This is also, hilariously, true for both lord of the rings and game of thrones
not sure what is happening to fantasy authors that makes them think "what if medieval europe, but forever?" is a great seed for a universe
The worst part is that putting BotW as their own thing is exactly what Zelda was supposed to be in the first place. I'm sure in 15 years they'll release a new full timeline including those too when they want to sell more books.