Author Topic: What really happened to Link? (Read 13700 times)

Berny · « **Reply #25 on:** April 10, 2004, 12:51:17 PM »

I've given up on the whole Zelda timeline thing. The first 2 games just don't seem to fit and the rest are in some order that requires human perception of 11 dimensions.

evil intentions · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2004, 06:54:56 AM »

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Originally posted by: Draygaia
Thats not hard. Link went to Termina got seperated from the triforce of courage because of the dimension traveling, saved Termina, went back to Hyrule, continued on to the Kokiri forest and when danger called destiny couldn't call him because the triforce of courage was his marker. Link had descendants and eventually by chance the King of Hyrul found him on an island.

We don't actually know that the current Link was one of Link's decendants. The King of Red Lions chose the current Link because he thought he was brave enough to complete the tasks. That's why he told the water god (forgot his name, something with a "J") that the current Link was not the chosen one or whatever.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #27 on:** April 12, 2004, 07:41:01 AM »

I see what you are saying Gibdo, and it's a great theory...I guess I'm just plain stubborn since I still like the previous "Link and Malon riding off into the sunset" ending... ^_^

And I thought it was pretty much explained in WW that the Links were the same in spirit only, and that they weren't direct descendants of each other...(Think back to Ganondorf's speech before you fight the puppet) And if you go with the theory that Link never returned from Termina after MM, then he couldn't possibly have had children that made it back to Hyrule...

Again I'll say...Buddhism(main religion in Japan) has a strong belief in reincarnation, so basing the series on the subject wouldn't be off-base...So I like to believe that the spirit of the first Link(or not necessarily the spirit of the first Link...More like a heroic entiety...It's kind of hard to explain in words) is taking up a new body in each sector of the series...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #28 on:** April 12, 2004, 05:45:39 PM »

Link obviously represents good, Ganon obviously represents evil, and Zelda obviously represents utter stupidity (it's all her fault).

evil intentions · « **Reply #29 on:** April 17, 2004, 08:47:54 AM »

Zelda is not stupid! Take that back!

I'd like it better if the real Link came back in the next game. I hate it that you can't use him. And I hate it even more that no one really knows what happened to him!

I still think that he was still around after the Great Sea was created...

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #30 on:** April 17, 2004, 09:18:07 AM »

Wha? The "real" Link is in every game... =P

And the fact that WW takes place 100/1000 years after OoT, there is no chance at all that he could be still alive, and even less of a chance of seeing him if he was stuck in Termina...

evil intentions · « **Reply #31 on:** April 18, 2004, 10:49:42 AM »

When did he scatter the Triforce of Courage all over the land? Was it sometime when he left Hyrule for Termina? If so then I guess I was completely wrong...

Gibdo Master · « **Reply #32 on:** April 18, 2004, 08:49:09 PM »

Link didn't purposely scatter the ToC. It shattered when he left Hyrule and was scattered over the land. Apparently the Triforce can not leave Hyrule.

evil intentions · « **Reply #33 on:** April 23, 2004, 12:22:04 PM »

I thought he hid the Triforce before he left so no one could get it...

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #34 on:** April 23, 2004, 02:59:34 PM »

No, I believe he left it behind and the people of Hyrule scattered it around so evil couldn't find it...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #35 on:** April 23, 2004, 03:03:53 PM »

Stupid people of Hyrule! Why couldn't they just make a few more dungeons w/ fantastic bosses instead of producing this glorified easter egg hunt?

Krazie26 · « **Reply #36 on:** April 24, 2004, 05:21:45 AM »

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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
continuity = zero

Yeah, agreed

evil intentions · « **Reply #37 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:31:10 PM »

No, disagreed!

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No, I believe he left it behind and the people of Hyrule scattered it around so evil couldn't find it...

Then how come they didn't use it?

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #38 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:32:55 PM »

Um, because only the Hero can use it?

And also remember, Link only has the Triforce of Courage, which only gives him that...No super powers for him... ^_^

evil intentions · « **Reply #39 on:** May 01, 2004, 09:15:27 AM »

Oh yeah...I was thinking of all three of them together.

Oldskool · « **Reply #40 on:** May 10, 2004, 09:04:47 AM »

Hey that gave me an idea. My theory is that two Hyrules exist. One where Gannondorf took the castle and started 7 years of tyranny. This is where Adult Link of OOT and the world of WW exist. There is the world of Kid Link in OOT and MM where Gannondorf never did anything. Link strangly disapeared after defeating Gannondorf. (he became a kid again.) Thus Hyrule had no hero... and the events explained at the start of WW happen.

But what happens in kid links world... hint hint

VideoGamerX · « **Reply #41 on:** May 16, 2004, 11:58:03 AM »

I think that's the idea Nintendo was trying to give us with Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time.

I always thought that it was just like the guy above me stated it as. In OoT, there are literally two different worlds: one where the mastersword hasn't unlocked the gateway to the Triforce, and the one where Link pulled the sword and allowed Ganon to gnab the Triforce.

And as we all know, once we banish Ganon in OoT, the Princess Zelda tells us her mistake and promptly returns us to our childhood where we belong. The land of Hyrule is safe (both in the present and in the future).

What cannot be is the idea that Link somehow scattered the Triforce of Courage before leaving for Termina, nor did it shatter because he left. The childhood timeline has no impact on the world Link left behind (the one where he banished Ganon). So what must have happened is when he left the world 7 years in the future for the last time, the Triforce must have been hidden so a repeat of the events couldn't occur.

This Hyrule that was saved by Link represents the main timeline because it perpetuates the Legend of the Hero. The timeline that leads to Majora's mask will do something totally unpredictable and unrelated to the Legend of Zelda most likely.

So, Ganon is locked away with his evil power, which begins to build and grow. He never actually breaks free of the seal, but his evil power is spilling out on Hyrule. When the Hero doesn't return, the gods or goddesses flood Hyrule to cover up the evil. With time, Ganon is able to cause the forces of good, and the new Link, to seek after the mastersword, which then frees Ganon of the seal that was keeping him locked away. Ganon then immediately goes after the pieces of the Triforce that are hidden away.

My best guess is that when Link is returned to his childhood for the final time the Triforce of Courage is split up and hidden across the land to help prevent this thing from happening again. It took the new Link to repeat past mistakes for Ganon to have a shot at obtaining the Triforce.

gamewinner · « **Reply #42 on:** June 01, 2004, 02:52:42 PM »

Maybe Link had a hard time getting his heroics back.

(Many months later)

I'm sure he's through a break through.

Well any way, I'm not that sure, I was thrying to be funny. Sorry. Maybe, for sure, he went on another adventure.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #43 on:** June 01, 2004, 11:31:05 PM »

Link took a cue from Zelda.

Using the Triumph Forks of Courage, Link turned himself into a woman, and became the leading lady of another series of games we might be familiar with.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #44 on:** June 02, 2004, 11:49:16 AM »

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ganondorf has the power to travel between different dimensions, which is how he always shows up in all the different zeldas. They all take place in a different dimensionm there is no timeline! *eye twitch*

Best...explanation....EVER!

Now I will begin by admitting that I don't recall the exact details of WW's storyline anymore, so this may be wrong, but...

Didn't it say that the Triforce was scattered after the Hero of Time left Hyrule? Therefore, maybe Link lost his "Heroness" when he went to Termina and was unable to defeat Ganon upon his return.

Alternatively, I don't remember the game specifically saying that the events happened during the Hero's lifetime. It was implied by the line about the Hero not coming back when the people prayed for him, but I thought the game was pretty foggy and a little contradictory on what happened. It seems possible to me that Ganon came back some generations after Link left, and since Link lost the Triforce of Courage by leaving Hyrule, there was no bloodline for the Hero of Hyrule, which is why no hero came to save the people, and why Link in the Wind Waker has to revive the bloodline. (In previous games, I believe the Links were supposed to be direct decendants of previous owners of the Triforce of courage, right?)

Ocarina of Time's ending leaves A LOT of questions about the timeline unanswered: none of us can say for sure when in the timeline Ganon was destroyed, or if there are two separate timelines, or if Link got stuck in an endless loop. Just one more reason to not agonize over the Zelda timeline (although it is kind of fun).

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #45 on:** June 02, 2004, 12:09:48 PM »

"Therefore, maybe Link lost his "Heroness" when he went to Termina and was unable to defeat Ganon upon his return."

If that were the case, he could have regained the Triforce if need be...However, I don't think Ganondorf began to return until long after the Hero of Time was dead/gone...

Example...After OoT, older Link disappeared...Young Link went back to his own timeline...Ganondorf no longer exists in Young Link's timeline because Ganondorf has been sealed in the Sacred Realm...Ganondorf releases himself in Older Link's timeline, but Link no longer exists, and thus Ganondorf is free to do whatever he wants...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #46 on:** June 02, 2004, 01:10:55 PM »

Bill, you just summed up something like what I wrote pages ago.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #47 on:** June 02, 2004, 01:29:23 PM »

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And I was merely explaining what most likely happened to couchmonkey...Anything wrong with that?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #48 on:** June 02, 2004, 02:29:24 PM »

No, it's perfectly fine.

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Jale · « **Reply #49 on:** June 03, 2004, 01:16:02 AM »

It would be so ironic if Shigsy said that there were lots of Hyrules they just happen to have the same name and Link and Zelda are just popular names. Al of this thread would be useless and so would all the specualtion. THat would be funney.

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Author Topic: What really happened to Link? (Read 13700 times)