The Zelda timeline is broken.

Again!

While Echoes of Wisdom recently received an official spot in the Zelda timeline, Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are yet to receive the same definitive level of treatment.

But don't worry, loyal theorists, because today I'm here to fix that.

Hello internet, welcome to Game Theory, the show that's finally found the Triforce of

courage to talk about the Zelda timeline. This is one of those game franchises I've been

wanting to cover for a while, but it's an intimidating challenge to say the least. In 2011,

Nintendo released the Hyrule Historia containing a definitive timeline of when every

game in the franchise took place, only to then release the Zelda Encyclopedia seven

years later that changed it all.

And as more Zelda games came out, people wanted to know more than ever where they fit

into this established timeline.

Recently, it's all been about echoes of wisdom, which seemed to be combining

elements from all over the Zelda timeline, causing a lot of debate as to where this was

supposed to take place. Thankfully, Good Guy Nintendo came out a few months later to give it

an official spot in the timeline, showing us that they do still care about the timeline,

and that games are going to continue to be added to it. But that then

begs the question, why haven't they done the same thing for Breath of the Wild or Tears of the

Kingdom? The creators have said vague things like it's at the end of the timeline, but which timeline?

Then a few months back, this image was presented at a Nintendo event displaying Breath of the Wild

and Tears of the Kingdom to be in its own separate place, not connected to the rest of the timelines, which brought this debate back to the forefront.

Which one is it? Is it at the end? Is it separate? Is it so far in the future, it's basically

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