Nintendo finally reveals updated timeline for The Legend of Zelda; Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom’s story is independent

Nintendo It does not have a franchise with a more elaborate timeline or chronology than that of The Legend of Zelda. Fans had been left to explain it until the Japanese company in the last decade finally revealed the official infographic, which today has just been updated with the most recent iterations of the series.

The event is taking place today Nintendo Live 2024 in Sydney, Australiaand the company had something unexpected for fans of The Legend of Zeldaas it took advantage of a space to exhibit the official and updated timeline of the franchise, which shows that the latest adventures of Link They are not linked to the events of previous titles in the series.

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?Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are part of the official chronology of The Legend of Zelda?

The infographic (via Vooks) does not present changes with respect to previous editions, but it is striking that it appears for the first time Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdombut completely detached from the chronology as we knew it until now.

The story of the last 2 installments is completely independent from the previous iterations, but there is a connection between these 2 works, because Tears of the Kingdom It is a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild.

That being said, the last 2 iterations of the main series have no connection to either the original titles or any of the 3 main lines that spun off from the events of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timebut in some way they are part of the overall chronology of the series.

Because Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are separated from the timeline of The Legend of Zelda?

Yes ok Nintendo had avoided talking about the updated chronology, the creatives responsible for the series let it be seen with some ambiguity that they did not want or were not prepared to link the last installments with the official timeline and instead left it to the fans to attach it to one of the 3 main divisions of the story.

It must be said that the above is so at least for the moment, since it is not ruled out that Nintendo plan to make the connection with later deliveries and There would be no point in explaining it a priori.

On the other hand, the official site of The Legend of Zelda It allows you to navigate the timeline of the series, but at the time of writing the note it does not include the information that has just been shared. Nintendo.

It is important to remember that a new installment of the series, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomis on the way, but since it is a game that no one has played yet and to avoid ruining the surprises that its story holds, Nintendo did not include it in the updated timeline.

In case you missed it: Nintendo would already be preparing the arrival of The Legend of Zelda to the rumored Nintendo Switch 2.

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