The Zelda Timeline EXPLAINED!

I find that most people want to know more about the timeline since Tears of the Kingdom is so close to release! The most confusing part is the timeline split of Ocarina of Time so as a self-proclaimed Zelda expert, I am here to hopefully explain!

[arowyn.m]

Ganondorf mid-suavemente in the background

[Gamerboy-wmkj]

People say that no matter what, all of the timelines merge into one and then that is when BOTW happens so it is at the end of every timeline and TOTK is after that

[Wazicaa]

this feels like i just watched an entire video and its amazing

[nintendoborn]

That last spot on the timeline at the end.
The boys have already completed that

[blorange]

Appreciation for the terminalmontage Ganon in the background

[gameingtothemax]

actually it's not when you die in the Gannon fight that the "the hero is defeated" timeline occurs, it's every other time you time travel in the game, which you are required to do because of the spirit temple, and to a lesser extent the song of storms. though it's most likely referring to the spirit temple since there is no way forward without time travel so that's a form of defeat

[Apple_Sauce_Zelda]

This was probably the most informative version of the timeline I’ve ever seen! 😂 lol

[Mitu.]

“Demises hatred incarnated: Ganondorf!” MA GAAA’

[senorgastor]

Downfall: Lost the third dimension
Child: A kid then a man then a wolf
Adult: Water

[jayfr]

“Just nod and act like you understood everything they just said”

[PadawanIan]

the end where he says “dear lord that’s confusing” sums up the entire lore to this series😭


also if you loved BOTW then you’ll love TOTK the dungeons are GREAT!

[Syndicate_LS]

Coming to this video after totk released, I think that they willingly just created a new timeline. Literally every remnant of sheika tech is gone asides from the purah pad, a lot of things seem to be missing, such as the giant ass Divine beasts. Because of what happens in totk, it pushes zonai from being hunted at here and there to being so prevalent it’s overwhelming how much tech and structures of theirs exists

[TeaIngyer]

I'm pretty sure BOTW is a timeline created after the goddess of time repaired all divergent timelines into one. This is why Rito and Zora exist side by side. If that's not the case, then it's the Twilight Princess timeline as the Twilight Realm is indirectly mentioned in Zelda's dialogue, and several locations are named after characters from Twilight Princess.

[HeroOfHyrule]

the best type of explanations for complicated titles such as this one are with a buncha goofy sounds in the back and talking about it like it was fornite

[LilyoftheLake]

Was this short actually just a secret challenge to fit in as many memes into the background audio as possible in under 60 seconds or something? lol

[barnoldthatsit]

Considering that the Rito are an evolution of the Zora, and both Zora and Rito exist in BoTW probably means that BoTW and ToTK are the 3 timelines merged into one.

[RobocopStealerOfFridges]

The fact that the Zelda timeline is more confusing than the FNAF timeline. 💀

[BoredLori]

And now the zonai seemingly retconning skyward sword makes it even more confusing

[Blu_Rhey]

Hyrule warriors is our uncannon explanation for the timeline merge

[HugoBirds]

And Matpat says that Hyrule Warriors could be after child timeline and then (in this game) the other timelines fuse together to make Botw and Totk