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Zelda Ocarina Of Time Research Paper

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The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was released in the November of 1998. Upon its release it was widely acclaimed from critics to players. It’s rare for a game for its age to still be in talks today decades later. On “Metacritic” it's in the top 3 highest rated games of all time. It's a game every 90’s kids remember and have played. No one expected for Ocarina of Time to split the Zelda timeline into 3 and leave the games into a whole new disaster. There are spoilers ahead for the Ocarina of Time, so be warned. Here is an explanation of the 3 Zelda timelines and where the games fit in them. The first timeline is known as the child era or the hero's descent era. In this era at the end of Ocarina of Time, Adult link, after defeating Ganon, …show more content…

During of Ocarina of Time when Zelda sent Adult Link back and created a time split. She also left that timeline without a Link for awhile. So when Ganon came back there was no “Hero of Time” to come stop him, so everyone seemed to be in a bad spot. Now Ganon's back and with no one to fight him the Gods needed to find a way to stop Ganon from destroying the land they tried so hard to keep safe. So the Gods decided to flood the land of Hyrule to keep it safe from Ganon. This is the backstory of the Wind Waker starting timeline. Many years past and a boy on one of the islands in the flooded Hyrule is given his “turning of age” tunic to reflect the Hero of Time that stopped Ganon and to give him the courage of time. The game starts with Link’s sister being taken by a giant bird, from there you go through the same Zelda stuff with the dungeons and stuff but 3/4s through the game you find out that the Link in Wind Waker is the Hero of the Winds. He had a piece of the Triforce of Courage but not the full set, so he travels to find the final pieces of the Triforce of Courage. Skip forward to the end of the game where Ganon, Zelda, and Link all meet and all 3 pieces of the triforces meet as well. The King of Hyrule who was your ship during the game touches the wish for Ganon and Hyrule to destroy and leave Hyrule under water. After you defeat Ganon, you leave the King and Ganon's body there …show more content…

In Ocarina we know that Link being sent back created “time splits” but Nintendo shocked people with a third timeline. A timeline where Link failed and died trying to defeat Ganon. This timeline is know as the “Fallen Hero Timeline.” The games in this timeline are the games from the SNES and NES so they all have the same plot, being that Link must stop Ganon again to save the world. This timeline is the most questionable because it’s hard to see Link fail and lead a depressing timeline. I feel it's a good place to put up the old Zelda games and make sure they have a place instead of altering them. That's the end of that time line now so let's wrap this

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