by Duke Serkol of Tolemac
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Contents
| I, | Introduction and Official Timeline |
| II, | The Stories of the BS Zelda games fit within the Timeline |
| III, | Translated BS Zelda Scripts and Storyline Archive |
I, Introduction and Official Timeline
On December 21, 2011 Nintendo released a book containing the official timeline of the Zelda series.
Decades of speculation came to an abrupt end as an official stance on the matter was at long last taken.
While this timeline has some severe fallacies, I'm not going to make a stand, I'm hanging my theorizer's
hat and posting the timeline here as it is.
Or am I? Well not quite. According to this official timeline, the BS Zelda games would be non-canon spin
offs devoid of any significance to the series continuity. That's not gonna fly here on the BS Zelda Homepage, at least
not for Ancient Stone Tablets (which clearly isn't a mere what if having its own plot connected to ALttP and LA).
So here's what I'm going to do: I'm posting the official timeline as said, but below it I'm going to provide the
stories of the two BS Zelda games and explain where they would fit within this timeline.
For anyone who might care, below will also be a link to my old storyline section which will remain archived (I'm not throwing it away).
II, The Stories of the BS Zelda games fit within the Timeline
A, BS Zelda
Placing the original BS Zelda is actually really simple as it is, in fact, a what if scenario based on the first Zelda game for the NES (near the end of the branch labeled "Hyrule's Decline & The Last Hero"). The premise is, specifically, "What if, instead of Impa finding Link, a hero came from another dimension (possibly ours) to save Hyrule?"
Now according to Hyrule Historia, this what if scenario is not canon and of course it can't happen within the same timeline as the first Zelda game (since they both tell the same story, albeit with a different spin on it).
But if we wanted to fit the game within the established canon, we could easily make it so by supposing that the timeline splits again before the first NES game, with the former happening on one branch and BS Zelda occurring in the other.
Such a split could be caused by something occurring during Oracle of Ages since time gets rewritten several times in that game (it really isn't important what specifically causes each branch to occur), so that in one timeline Impa is able to find Link and he goes on to reunite the Triforce defeat Ganon and save Zelda, while in the other Link is not able to do so and another hero is guided to Hyrule from another world by the stars (one may wonder what became of Link in this timeline. There is of course no definitive answer, maybe Impa never found him, maybe he died or perhaps he wasn't born at all).
So then, the best way to illustrate this story (which, is the same for both "Maps", of course) is probably side by side with the story of the original NES game, starting with the part they have in common and then telling the story of BS Zelda on the left and that of the original NES game on the right. Without further ado then:
B, Ancient Stone Tablets
Moving on then to BS Zelda Ancient Stone Tablets, as said this one actually has its own story
but when does it occur? Again, this is a fairly simple question to answer: AST happens six
years after A Link to the Past, supposedly at the same time as Link's Awakening (once again
then, the game takes place on the branch labeled "Hyrule's Decline & The Last Hero", earlier
on than the other BS Zelda).
Link has left Hyrule (as described in Link's Awakening's manual) but a new peril is about to
arise in the land. Fortunately, as in the other BS Zelda, a hero from another world (again,
possibly ours) appears to save the day.
C, Questions and Answers
Even after reading these detailed synopsis, you may be left with some doubts as to how certain
things fit with the rest of the series, or even the hows and whys of the BS Zelda games
themselves. So to clarify things further...
D, The "Adapted" Timeline
JoeSteve1914 took up an adapted timeline how BS Zelda fits in the official canon (click on the image to enlarge):
III, Translated BS Zelda Scripts and Storyline Archive
A, BS Zelda game scripts
Here you can download a txt file with all the text from the original
BS Zelda game translated in English, minus the voice acting, unfortunately. For that, see the
translation of a week 1 video we got thanks to Makuchan and Beno.
And here is the text dump in both Japanese and English for BS Zelda Ancient Stone
Tablets (doc format). A translation of the voice acting by GlitterBerri is currently underway.
Here is (part) or the first week.
B, The Archived Storyline Section
Finally, as promised, here is a link to the archived storyline section. Be aware that contained
therein are facts mixed up with my personal theories. If you only want official information,
then only refer to the timeline from Hyrule Historia and the translation of the details provided
concerning each game.
But if you're curious to see what I made of the timeline by studying the games from the
release of ALttP up to that of Phantom Hourglass then, by all means, go on ahead.
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