A new Zelda timeline updated for Tears of the Kingdom might be on the way, and lore sickos are already bracing for their theories to be obliterated
May. 10, 2024A new timeline is sure to have the community’s theories up in smoke
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Nintendo has just announced an array ofThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdommerch for release in Japan, and that includes a new book that promises to bring an updated timeline accounting for the latest entry in the series.
Tears of the Kingdom has been a bit divisive among Zelda lore enthusiasts, since it only managed to partially pay off the mysteries they’d been speculating on for years since the launch of Breath of the Wild. With 464 pages of design and lore insights from the dev team, this book promises to clarify a bit of that, including details of the timeline.
Of course, in terms of each game’s placement on the timeline, there’s not much to add - Tears of the Kingdom is a direct follow-up to Breath of the Wild, and that’s pretty much that. But in terms of the history of Hyrule? As Zelda Lore notes onTwitter, the book will “have to address OOT’s events, since the conflict with Ganondorf in that game are also mentioned in TOTK again, so expect clarification on the placement of the Imprisoning War.”
Some rough translations of the preview pages are already happening,including details likehow the temple containing Ganondorf’s mummified remains at the beginning of the game is, in fact, the Temple of Light. With morsels of new info like this, members of the community are already preparing for theproper obliterationof everyone’sfan theories.
The previous Master Works book was translated as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Creating a Champion, and while I wouldn’t be surprised if this follow-up also got an English translation, nothing’s been announced just yet. You know what’s even more fun than a normal Zelda lore debate? A Zelda lore debate fueled by fan translations of Japanese art books. I legitimately can’t wait.
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