Hi all,
So the thread about the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer has started to deviate more towards story/timeline talk than it has about the trailer itself. Lot of spoilers presenting themselves in there so I'm starting this thread as a place where can keep the timeline discussions here and allow that thread to focus more on the trailer itself. The trailer thread can be found here: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1333300&page=1
Here is everything we know so far officially from Nintendo regarding BoTW's placement on the timeline.
First things first, here's the official timeline as we currently know it:
Comments from Aunoma in an interview with Vice:
"I wouldn't say that it obviously fits into any one part of the timeline, but if you play the game, you'll be able to work out where it fits. As you probably saw in the trailer, the most recent trailer, there's a woman's voice, and she says: "The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of the Calamity Ganon." And as you know, the Zelda series, up until now, is a history of repeated attacks by Ganon. So, there's food for thought there. I don't want to say anything more as I'd like players to work it out for themselves, to play the game and see what they think."
Source: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a-conversation-with-zelda-veteran-and-breath-of-the-wild-producer-eiji-aonuma?
Additional comments from Aunoma in an interview with Eurogamer:
"Aonuma: So... in the trailer there was a sort of Wind Waker-esque element, and to a degree you could say that the animation and the art style have some influences from Wind Waker, so I can see why people would draw those connections.
But with Breath of the Wild, one thing I'm really keen to emphasise is that a big part of the appeal of the game is surprise, unexpected encounters, so I want fans to experience surprise and to experience an element of the unexpected - I feel if I spoke too much about that kind of thing, it might spoil things for people, so I'd rather not touch on that too deeply."
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/www.eurogamer.net/amp/2017-01-18-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-boss-eiji-aonuma-on-the-large-extra-burden-of-moving-to-nintendo-switch?client=safari
More Aunoma comments in a new interview with Jeux-Video...
Jeuxvideo.com: I can not yet answer this question because I want players to discover some elements of the game on their own, but you have some clues when you see that in the game there is the voice of a young person Woman who tells you that the world you are in has suffered many battles against Ganon. You can imagine roughly what period it is.
Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/272641-aonuma-on-zelda-botw-wind-waker-influence-the-feeling-of-zeld
An interview with Nintendo France...
"Im not going to tell you where the game ends up in the Zelda timeline before youve had the chance to play, but if you watched the third trailer, then you heard about the voice that said Hyrule is a country that went through many battles against Ganon.
Id say this is a clue as to when the game takes place."
Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/273735-aonuma-remains-coy-on-specific-placement-of-zelda-breath-of-the
Implications on the Zelda website that seems to indicate it's the same geographical Hyrule as LoZ and AoL. Most likely after AoL:
"In the original, there was a spot with two big stone formations, called Spectacle Rock because it looked a bit like a pair of eyeglasses.
You can find this location in the new game too, although these boulders now seem to have grown into a pair of towering mountains!"
"Rumor has it there are even more connections between the original The Legend of Zelda and the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It'll be fun trying to find them all when the game is finally released in 2017!"
Source: http://zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/news/hyrule-then-now
If I've missed anything or anyone has anything important that should be added to the OP, let me know and I'll include it!
Discuss!
So the thread about the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer has started to deviate more towards story/timeline talk than it has about the trailer itself. Lot of spoilers presenting themselves in there so I'm starting this thread as a place where can keep the timeline discussions here and allow that thread to focus more on the trailer itself. The trailer thread can be found here: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1333300&page=1
Here is everything we know so far officially from Nintendo regarding BoTW's placement on the timeline.
First things first, here's the official timeline as we currently know it:
Comments from Aunoma in an interview with Vice:
"I wouldn't say that it obviously fits into any one part of the timeline, but if you play the game, you'll be able to work out where it fits. As you probably saw in the trailer, the most recent trailer, there's a woman's voice, and she says: "The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of the Calamity Ganon." And as you know, the Zelda series, up until now, is a history of repeated attacks by Ganon. So, there's food for thought there. I don't want to say anything more as I'd like players to work it out for themselves, to play the game and see what they think."
Source: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a-conversation-with-zelda-veteran-and-breath-of-the-wild-producer-eiji-aonuma?
Additional comments from Aunoma in an interview with Eurogamer:
"Aonuma: So... in the trailer there was a sort of Wind Waker-esque element, and to a degree you could say that the animation and the art style have some influences from Wind Waker, so I can see why people would draw those connections.
But with Breath of the Wild, one thing I'm really keen to emphasise is that a big part of the appeal of the game is surprise, unexpected encounters, so I want fans to experience surprise and to experience an element of the unexpected - I feel if I spoke too much about that kind of thing, it might spoil things for people, so I'd rather not touch on that too deeply."
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/www.eurogamer.net/amp/2017-01-18-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-boss-eiji-aonuma-on-the-large-extra-burden-of-moving-to-nintendo-switch?client=safari
More Aunoma comments in a new interview with Jeux-Video...
Jeuxvideo.com: I can not yet answer this question because I want players to discover some elements of the game on their own, but you have some clues when you see that in the game there is the voice of a young person Woman who tells you that the world you are in has suffered many battles against Ganon. You can imagine roughly what period it is.
Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/272641-aonuma-on-zelda-botw-wind-waker-influence-the-feeling-of-zeld
An interview with Nintendo France...
"Im not going to tell you where the game ends up in the Zelda timeline before youve had the chance to play, but if you watched the third trailer, then you heard about the voice that said Hyrule is a country that went through many battles against Ganon.
Id say this is a clue as to when the game takes place."
Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/273735-aonuma-remains-coy-on-specific-placement-of-zelda-breath-of-the
Implications on the Zelda website that seems to indicate it's the same geographical Hyrule as LoZ and AoL. Most likely after AoL:
"In the original, there was a spot with two big stone formations, called Spectacle Rock because it looked a bit like a pair of eyeglasses.
You can find this location in the new game too, although these boulders now seem to have grown into a pair of towering mountains!"
"Rumor has it there are even more connections between the original The Legend of Zelda and the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It'll be fun trying to find them all when the game is finally released in 2017!"
Source: http://zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/news/hyrule-then-now
If I've missed anything or anyone has anything important that should be added to the OP, let me know and I'll include it!
Discuss!
