Also four swords adventures has deku scrubs, the helmarock king, river zoras, windwaker style effects, link to the past style play, mentions of the twilight mirror, and phantom ganon. At this point I have just decided that it doesn't count in the timeline, and Four's adventures entirely take place at around the same time as minish cap/og four swords.
I always forget how hard the Zelda timeline is to coherently tie together in logical ways within the terms of the Zelda universe itself. Like, Four Swords for example. It takes place after the events of Skyward Sword and after the Chaos Era, but before Ocarina of Time and the timeline split. Okay, makes sense in terms of the in-universe history. You can tie that in and work out some of the kinks. But like, Four Swords Adventure, being placed AFTER Ocarina of time in the Child Timeline AFTER the Era of Twilight? ???? And Ganon is in it and mentioned??
You mean to tell me that TWO Link’s both pulled the Four Sword, just one taking place near the beginning of the timeline and the other taking place near the end(ish) of the timeline?
I can suspend my disbelief with a lot of things in regards to Zelda. It’s a fun game series and the games stories were never meant to be tied together. Tying them together is fun, finding ways to make the “connected” story work.
But sometimes trying to connect all the stories leads to me staring at the Zelda Timeline with dead eyes and a wish for a swift and painless end.