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Universes/The Legend of Zelda

FICTIONAL CHRONOLOGY · RESEARCH EDITION

The Legend of Zelda

Hyrule in story order: the shared origins, Nintendo’s three Hero of Time branches, the Wild era, story expansions and licensed retellings. Includes the forthcoming Ocarina of Time remake without treating it as a later event.

57 works indexed42 sources

Includes shared origins before Ocarina’s branch point. Follows the current Japanese Nintendo Chronicle: Awakening before Oracle; Echoes before the original Zelda. No calendar years are invented.

Media type

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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Fallen hero — shared origins → declining Hyrule

Before Skyward
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2011 / English edition 2013

Skyward Sword — Akira Himekawa bonus manga in Hyrule Historia

Before Skyward Sword; exact distance unresolved Relative / stated chronology

A manga interpretation of the earlier struggle associated with Skyward Sword.

Placement Prequel premise identified through bibliography. It is not silently equated with the exact game backstory; no calendar caption has been verified.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher confirms included comic; full legal story interior unavailable in this research pass.

Edition / access: Official containing hardcover, ISBN 9781616550417. Book contents/ISBN verified by publisher; exact Amazon stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Hyrule Historia — includes the Akira Himekawa bonus manga
Ancient era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2011 / 2021

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD

Ancient Hyrule; before The Minish Cap Relative / stated chronology

Link follows Zelda from the sky to the surface.

Placement The shared origin. Original and HD version occupy one adventure; time travel inside the story is not a new sequel.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD — Nintendo information page
Minish era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2004

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

Link and Ezlo confront Vaati.

Placement No exact inter-game year gap is supplied.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2004 / collected 2017

The Minish Cap — Akira Himekawa

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗The Minish Cap / Phantom Hourglass — Legendary Edition
Four Sword
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2002 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords / Anniversary Edition

After The Minish Cap; before Ocarina of Time Relative / stated chronology

Four Links free Zelda from Vaati.

Placement The standalone Four Swords adventure is separate from the bundled A Link to the Past and from Four Swords Adventures. Anniversary Edition expands this same adventure.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords / Anniversary Edition — Nintendo information page
7-year gap

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 1998 / 2003 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest / Ocarina of Time 3D

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

Link challenges Ganondorf across childhood and adulthood.

Placement Shared branch-point adventure. Master Quest changes dungeon challenges, not the seven-year premise. The three continuations reflect different outcomes; they are not sequential sequels.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest / Ocarina of Time 3D — Nintendo information page
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2026-11-05 · upcoming at audit date

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo Switch 2 remake

Same Ocarina adventure; child / adult eras seven years apart Relative / stated chronology

The Hero of Time’s adventure rebuilt for Switch 2.

Placement Grouped with Ocarina, not after later games. Upcoming at audit date; changes to specific story scenes remain unverified.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact corresponding upcoming remake. Release is November 5, 2026; not the N64/3DS edition. Retail title checked; price and stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Ocarina of Time — Nintendo Switch 2 physical edition
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 1998–1999 / collected 2016

Ocarina of Time — Akira Himekawa, volumes 1–2

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Ocarina of Time — Legendary Edition
Light & dark

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 1991 / 2002

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Game Boy Advance version

After Ocarina’s defeated-hero outcome Relative / stated chronology

Link enters the Dark World.

Placement Relative story placement, not a numbered calendar year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Game Boy Advance version — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2005 / collected 2017

A Link to the Past — Akira Himekawa

After Ocarina’s defeated-hero outcome Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Majora’s Mask / A Link to the Past — Legendary Edition
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 1992 / reprint 2015

A Link to the Past — Shotaro Ishinomori, Nintendo Power serial

After Ocarina’s defeated-hero outcome Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗A Link to the Past — Shotaro Ishinomori graphic novel
Koholint
GameConfirmed canonReleased 1993 / 1998 / 2019

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / DX / Nintendo Switch remake

After A Link to the Past; before the Oracle games Relative / stated chronology

Link seeks a way off Koholint.

Placement Current Japanese Chronicle overrides the older Historia ordering that put Oracle before Awakening. Remakes share the source story position.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / DX / Nintendo Switch remake — Nintendo information page
Oracle era

SHARED ERA · LINKED ORACLE ADVENTURES & RETELLINGS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2001

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

After Link’s Awakening; either linked-game starting order Relative / stated chronology

Link restores Holodrum’s seasons.

Placement The linked games support either first-play sequence. Both occupy this era without an asserted fixed internal order; their linked finale belongs to the pair.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons — Nintendo information page
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2001

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

After Link’s Awakening; either linked-game starting order Relative / stated chronology

Link repairs Labrynna’s history.

Placement The linked games support either first-play sequence. Both occupy this era without an asserted fixed internal order; their linked finale belongs to the pair.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2001 / collected 2017

Oracle of Seasons — Akira Himekawa

After Link’s Awakening; either linked-game starting order Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Oracle of Seasons / Oracle of Ages — Legendary Edition
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2002 / collected 2017

Oracle of Ages — Akira Himekawa

After Link’s Awakening; either linked-game starting order Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Oracle of Seasons / Oracle of Ages — Legendary Edition
est. 6 years after
GameAssumed canonReleased 1997

BS Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets — weeks 1–4

Six years after A Link to the Past; est. placement before A Link Between Worlds Evidence-based estimate

A visiting hero collects eight ancient stone tablets.

Placement The six-year interval is documented secondarily, not visually read from the original broadcast. Relative position against Awakening/Oracle is unresolved; shown after their cluster as a provisional insertion.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: No exact current legal playable/Amazon product found. This is the original broadcast’s information page.

View archived official record ↗View archived official record
Lorule era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2013

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

After the Oracle adventures Relative / stated chronology

Link travels between Hyrule and Lorule.

Placement Relative story placement, not a numbered calendar year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds — Nintendo information page
Years later
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2015

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

Several years after A Link Between Worlds Relative / stated chronology

Three heroes break a princess’s curse.

Placement Relative story placement, not a numbered calendar year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes — Nintendo information page
Echoes era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2024

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

After Tri Force Heroes; before the original Zelda Relative / stated chronology

Zelda faces Hyrule’s spreading rifts.

Placement Relative story placement, not a numbered calendar year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — Nintendo information page
Decline era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 1986

The Legend of Zelda

Era of Decline; after Echoes of Wisdom Relative / stated chronology

Link recovers the Triforce of Wisdom.

Placement Relative story placement, not a numbered calendar year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda — Nintendo information page
6 years later
GameConfirmed canonReleased 1987

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Six years after the original Zelda; Link’s 16th birthday Relative / stated chronology

Link seeks the Triforce of Courage.

Placement The Japanese 40th-anniversary History explicitly says six years after Ganon’s defeat and Link turns sixteen. Retain that stated interval rather than replacing it with an English-guide age calculation.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗Zelda II: The Adventure of Link — Nintendo information page

Placement still unresolved

Listed here without a chronological claim. Missing interiors need inspection before dates can be determined.

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Child route — shared origins → Twilight

Before Skyward
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2011 / English edition 2013

Skyward Sword — Akira Himekawa bonus manga in Hyrule Historia

Before Skyward Sword; exact distance unresolved Relative / stated chronology

A manga interpretation of the earlier struggle associated with Skyward Sword.

Placement Prequel premise identified through bibliography. It is not silently equated with the exact game backstory; no calendar caption has been verified. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher confirms included comic; full legal story interior unavailable in this research pass.

Edition / access: Official containing hardcover, ISBN 9781616550417. Book contents/ISBN verified by publisher; exact Amazon stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Hyrule Historia — includes the Akira Himekawa bonus manga
Ancient era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2011 / 2021

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD

Ancient Hyrule; before The Minish Cap Relative / stated chronology

Link follows Zelda from the sky to the surface.

Placement The shared origin. Original and HD version occupy one adventure; time travel inside the story is not a new sequel. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD — Nintendo information page
Minish era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2004

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

Link and Ezlo confront Vaati.

Placement No exact inter-game year gap is supplied. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2004 / collected 2017

The Minish Cap — Akira Himekawa

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗The Minish Cap / Phantom Hourglass — Legendary Edition
Four Sword
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2002 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords / Anniversary Edition

After The Minish Cap; before Ocarina of Time Relative / stated chronology

Four Links free Zelda from Vaati.

Placement The standalone Four Swords adventure is separate from the bundled A Link to the Past and from Four Swords Adventures. Anniversary Edition expands this same adventure. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords / Anniversary Edition — Nintendo information page
7-year gap

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 1998 / 2003 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest / Ocarina of Time 3D

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

Link challenges Ganondorf across childhood and adulthood.

Placement Shared branch-point adventure. Master Quest changes dungeon challenges, not the seven-year premise. The three continuations reflect different outcomes; they are not sequential sequels. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest / Ocarina of Time 3D — Nintendo information page
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2026-11-05 · upcoming at audit date

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo Switch 2 remake

Same Ocarina adventure; child / adult eras seven years apart Relative / stated chronology

The Hero of Time’s adventure rebuilt for Switch 2.

Placement Grouped with Ocarina, not after later games. Upcoming at audit date; changes to specific story scenes remain unverified. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact corresponding upcoming remake. Release is November 5, 2026; not the N64/3DS edition. Retail title checked; price and stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Ocarina of Time — Nintendo Switch 2 physical edition
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 1998–1999 / collected 2016

Ocarina of Time — Akira Himekawa, volumes 1–2

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Ocarina of Time — Legendary Edition
Three days

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2000 / 2015

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Majora’s Mask 3D

After Ocarina’s returned-child ending; repeating three-day crisis Relative / stated chronology

Link enters Termina and its repeating crisis.

Placement Nintendo’s child route; release order would incorrectly put Four Swords Adventures before Twilight Princess.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Majora’s Mask 3D — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2000 / collected 2017

Majora’s Mask — Akira Himekawa

After Ocarina’s returned-child ending; repeating three-day crisis Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Majora’s Mask / A Link to the Past — Legendary Edition
Twilight era
GameAssumed canonReleased 2007

Link’s Crossbow Training

Twilight Princess setting; est. adjacent placement Evidence-based estimate

Link completes crossbow challenges in familiar locations.

Placement Setting is official; no exact interval or substantial new plot beyond the challenge premise established. Included adjacent to Twilight, not declared non-canon for lacking a year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.

View official game ↗View official game
Twilight era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2006 / 2016

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Twilight Princess HD

Later child-route Hyrule; before Four Swords Adventures Relative / stated chronology

Link and Midna resist the twilight invasion.

Placement Nintendo’s child route; release order would incorrectly put Four Swords Adventures before Twilight Princess.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Twilight Princess HD — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2016–2022 / box 2024

Twilight Princess — Akira Himekawa, volumes 1–11

Later child-route Hyrule; before Four Swords Adventures Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Twilight Princess — Complete Box Set, all eleven volumes
Shadow era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2004

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

After Twilight Princess; later Four Sword history Relative / stated chronology

Four Links confront a returning darkness.

Placement Nintendo’s child route; release order would incorrectly put Four Swords Adventures before Twilight Princess.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2004–2005 / collected 2017

Four Swords Adventures — Akira Himekawa, volumes 1–2

After Twilight Princess; later Four Sword history Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Four Swords — Legendary Edition (Four Swords Adventures adaptation)

Placement still unresolved

Listed here without a chronological claim. Missing interiors need inspection before dates can be determined.

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Adult route — shared origins → New Hyrule

Before Skyward
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2011 / English edition 2013

Skyward Sword — Akira Himekawa bonus manga in Hyrule Historia

Before Skyward Sword; exact distance unresolved Relative / stated chronology

A manga interpretation of the earlier struggle associated with Skyward Sword.

Placement Prequel premise identified through bibliography. It is not silently equated with the exact game backstory; no calendar caption has been verified. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher confirms included comic; full legal story interior unavailable in this research pass.

Edition / access: Official containing hardcover, ISBN 9781616550417. Book contents/ISBN verified by publisher; exact Amazon stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Hyrule Historia — includes the Akira Himekawa bonus manga
Ancient era
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2011 / 2021

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD

Ancient Hyrule; before The Minish Cap Relative / stated chronology

Link follows Zelda from the sky to the surface.

Placement The shared origin. Original and HD version occupy one adventure; time travel inside the story is not a new sequel. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword / Skyward Sword HD — Nintendo information page
Minish era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2004

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

Link and Ezlo confront Vaati.

Placement No exact inter-game year gap is supplied. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official game page, linked by Nintendo’s current history. Where versions are grouped, this is the named original or remake page, not an assertion that every version is sold there. Exact Amazon edition unverified.

View official game ↗The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — Nintendo information page
MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2004 / collected 2017

The Minish Cap — Akira Himekawa

After Skyward Sword; before Four Swords Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Publisher synopsis, collection contents, ISBN and direct Amazon destination checked. Complete interior not inspected.

Edition / access: Exact publisher-linked official collected edition; may include another game’s separate retelling. See the edition title. Prices/stock not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗The Minish Cap / Phantom Hourglass — Legendary Edition
Four Sword
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2002 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords / Anniversary Edition

After The Minish Cap; before Ocarina of Time Relative / stated chronology

Four Links free Zelda from Vaati.

Placement The standalone Four Swords adventure is separate from the bundled A Link to the Past and from Four Swords Adventures. Anniversary Edition expands this same adventure. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

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7-year gap

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 1998 / 2003 / 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest / Ocarina of Time 3D

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

Link challenges Ganondorf across childhood and adulthood.

Placement Shared branch-point adventure. Master Quest changes dungeon challenges, not the seven-year premise. The three continuations reflect different outcomes; they are not sequential sequels. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

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GameConfirmed canonReleased 2026-11-05 · upcoming at audit date

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Nintendo Switch 2 remake

Same Ocarina adventure; child / adult eras seven years apart Relative / stated chronology

The Hero of Time’s adventure rebuilt for Switch 2.

Placement Grouped with Ocarina, not after later games. Upcoming at audit date; changes to specific story scenes remain unverified. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

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MangaLicensed retellingReleased 1998–1999 / collected 2016

Ocarina of Time — Akira Himekawa, volumes 1–2

Child era → seven years later; outcomes branch Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected. Shared origin repeated for this route; counted once.

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Great Sea
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2002 / 2013

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker / The Wind Waker HD

After Ocarina’s adult-era victory; flooded Hyrule Relative / stated chronology

Link searches the sea for his sister.

Placement Nintendo’s adult route; Phantom’s several-month gap is explicit in the Japanese synopsis.

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Months later

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2007

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Several months after The Wind Waker Relative / stated chronology

Link and Tetra encounter a ghost ship.

Placement Nintendo’s adult route; Phantom’s several-month gap is explicit in the Japanese synopsis.

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MangaLicensed retellingReleased 2007 / collected 2017

Phantom Hourglass — Akira Himekawa

Several months after The Wind Waker Relative / stated chronology

An official illustrated retelling of the corresponding game.

Placement Grouped with its source adventure for reading order. Added scenes and characterization do not establish binding game-history events. Full interiors and bonus-story dates are not claimed inspected.

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New Hyrule
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2009

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Est. about 100 years after Phantom Hourglass Evidence-based estimate

Link and Zelda restore the Spirit Tracks.

Placement Approximate century comes from a documented Aonuma interview transcription; no exact New Hyrule calendar is asserted.

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Placement still unresolved

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SELECTED CONTINUITY

Wild era — ancient kingdom → the Upheaval

Ancient war
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2025

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

Ancient Imprisoning War; before the Wild-era Calamities Relative / stated chronology

Zelda joins ancient Hyrule’s war against Ganondorf.

Placement Connected to Tears’ ancient history. No exact year distance to Breath is invented. Nintendo’s free content updates are included; individual undated post-clear challenges are not presented as new calendar events.

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Ancient war
Game · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2023

Tears of the Kingdom — ancient Dragon’s Tears memories

Founding-era Hyrule and the Imprisoning War Relative / stated chronology

Zelda’s memories reveal ancient Hyrule’s rulers and war.

Placement Embedded scenes are grouped with Age of Imprisonment as another portrayal of the same war, not a new separate timeline.

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100 years before
Game · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2017

Breath of the Wild — memories before the Great Calamity

About 100 years before Breath’s present Relative / stated chronology

Recovered memories show Zelda, Link and the Champions.

Placement Embedded scenes of the base game, not a separate purchasable game. These preserve the defeat that Age of Calamity changes.

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100 years later
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2017 / 2025

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

100 years after the Great Calamity Relative / stated chronology

Link awakens to reclaim a fallen kingdom.

Placement Main playable adventure anchors this row. Earlier memories can be shown separately. Switch 2 Edition is the same narrative.

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Breath present
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2017

Breath of the Wild — The Master Trials

During Breath’s playable present; after obtaining the Master Sword Relative / stated chronology

Link faces the Trial of the Sword.

Placement Interleavable DLC challenge. Order number is a reading convenience, not a claim it must follow the final boss.

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Breath present
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2017

Breath of the Wild — The Champions’ Ballad

Breath’s playable present; memories about 100 years earlier Relative / stated chronology

New trials uncover the Champions’ past.

Placement Grouped expansion, with present-day trials and historical memories distinguished in the date. Exact player-dependent interleaving is not fixed.

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After Breath
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2023 / 2025

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom / Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

After Breath of the Wild; exact elapsed years unspecified Relative / stated chronology

Link investigates the Upheaval above and below Hyrule.

Placement Japanese synopsis gives an elapsed period without an exact number. Do not turn release years or a fan estimate into a calendar. Ancient memories sit beside the corresponding war below.

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Multiple erasUNRESOLVED
Audio storiesConfirmed canonReleased 2025

ZELDA NOTES — Breath of the Wild Voice Memories

Multiple past incidents; individual chronological placement unresolved Placement unresolved

Location-based narrated memories expand the corresponding game’s world.

Placement Inventoried by game as a collection, not a claim of one uninterrupted story. Individual memories can span different eras and require Japanese transcript/audio inspection before splitting into dated rows.

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View official listening requirements ↗View official listening requirements
Multiple erasUNRESOLVED
Audio storiesConfirmed canonReleased 2025

ZELDA NOTES — Tears of the Kingdom Voice Memories

Multiple past incidents; individual chronological placement unresolved Placement unresolved

Location-based narrated memories expand the corresponding game’s world.

Placement Inventoried by game as a collection, not a claim of one uninterrupted story. Individual memories can span different eras and require Japanese transcript/audio inspection before splitting into dated rows.

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View official listening requirements ↗View official listening requirements

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Age of Calamity — changed outcome

Calamity era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2020

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Great Calamity era; altered outcome about 100 years before Breath Relative / stated chronology

A time-travelling Guardian changes Hyrule’s fate.

Placement Actual changed outcomes warrant an alternate path. Historical premise alone does not make this the unchanged prequel to Breath.

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Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2021

Age of Calamity — Guardian of Remembrance

Before and during Age of Calamity; exact stage order unresolved Relative / stated chronology

Additional story stages expand the altered war.

Placement Kept at the base campaign’s story position; earlier Terrako memories are acknowledged rather than asserting all DLC happens after the ending.

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GameConfirmed canonReleased 2027-02-25 · upcoming at audit date

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity — Definitive Edition

Same altered Great Calamity; new content chronology unverified Relative / stated chronology

The altered Calamity adventure returns in an expanded Switch 2 edition.

Placement Grouped with the original campaign. Upcoming edition’s added scenes are not presumed identical or assigned dates before release.

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SELECTED CONTINUITY

Hyrule Warriors — crossover campaign

Crossover era

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameOfficial crossoverReleased 2014 / 2016 / 2018

Hyrule Warriors / Legends / Definitive Edition — main campaign

Crossover war; calendar and official-branch position unspecified Relative / stated chronology

Link opposes Cia’s era-crossing invasion.

Placement The definitive edition contains the connected versions’ campaigns; time gates do not establish a merge of all official branches.

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GameOfficial crossoverReleased 2014 / 2016 / 2018

Hyrule Warriors — Cia’s Tale and Linkle’s Tale

Crossover war; calendar and official-branch position unspecified Relative / stated chronology

Cia and Linkle’s viewpoints accompany the central war.

Placement Overlapping side campaigns, not chronological sequels to the original game.

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Crossover era
GameOfficial crossoverReleased 2014 / 2016 / 2018

Hyrule Warriors — Wind Waker campaign

Crossover war; calendar and official-branch position unspecified Relative / stated chronology

Toon Link and Tetra enter the continuing crossover.

Placement Additional campaign incorporated in Legends and Definitive Edition. Exact interval after the principal war is not supplied.

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SELECTED CONTINUITY

Cadence of Hyrule — connected musical paths

Hyrule present
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2019

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda

Est. after Crypt; Hyrule present → possible future Provisional evidence-based estimate

Cadence, Link and Zelda oppose Octavo’s enchantment.

Placement Cadence and her NecroDancer-family background link the crossover to Crypt. Its place before Rift is provisional: accessible sources did not establish an exact Cadence age or a confirmed interval between those adventures. The future excursion is a time jump within Hyrule, not a separate franchise universe. Its position relative to Nintendo’s three game branches is not established.

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View on Amazon US ↗Cadence of Hyrule — physical Nintendo Switch edition
Octavo’s path
Game updateDisputed canonReleased 2019-12

Cadence of Hyrule: Octavo’s Ode

Hyrule’s Octavo path; present → alternative future Stated date / relative sequence

Octavo becomes the playable focus of a new storyline.

Placement A connected alternative-decision story: Octavo can encounter his future NecroDancer self. Kept with Cadence’s shared chronology; the outcome does not have to occur after the base campaign’s ending. Its position relative to Nintendo’s three game branches is not established.

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Future Hyrule
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2020-09

Cadence of Hyrule: Symphony of the Mask

Hyrule’s ruined future; after its present-era events Stated date / relative sequence

Skull Kid explores an expanded Hyrule with transforming masks.

Placement Skull Kid’s campaign explores Hyrule’s future with Skull Ganon. It belongs beside the base game’s future excursion, with variant outcomes noted rather than a new selector. The time interval and one uniquely canonical ending are not verified. Its position relative to Nintendo’s three game branches is not established.

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Placement still unresolved

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SELECTED CONTINUITY

Other official stories — placement unresolved

Placement still unresolved

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameAssumed canonReleased 1995–1996

BS The Legend of Zelda — Map 1 and Map 2, weeks 1–4

Official side story; exact era and inter-game position unresolved Placement unresolved

A broadcast visitor gathers the Triforce fragments.

Placement No verified exclusion is inferred merely from an omitted timeline slot. Broadcast variants stay grouped; original voice tracks were not inspected. Correlation to a source game is not proof of an identical story.

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameAssumed canonReleased 2006

Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland

Official side story; exact era and inter-game position unresolved Placement unresolved

Tingle pursues a promise of rupee-filled paradise.

Placement No verified exclusion is inferred merely from an omitted timeline slot. Broadcast variants stay grouped; original voice tracks were not inspected. Correlation to a source game is not proof of an identical story.

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameNon-canon connectedReleased 1993

Link: The Faces of Evil

Licensed CD-i adventure; game-history insertion unresolved Placement unresolved

Link travels to Koridai to confront Ganon.

Placement Licensed connected material outside Nintendo’s published game chronology. Neither a numbered year nor an order among the three is asserted.

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameAssumed canonReleased 2009

Ripened Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love

Official side story; exact era and inter-game position unresolved Placement unresolved

Tingle journeys through a storybook world.

Placement No verified exclusion is inferred merely from an omitted timeline slot. Broadcast variants stay grouped; original voice tracks were not inspected. Correlation to a source game is not proof of an identical story.

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameNon-canon connectedReleased 1993

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

Licensed CD-i adventure; game-history insertion unresolved Placement unresolved

Zelda searches Gamelon for the missing king and Link.

Placement Licensed connected material outside Nintendo’s published game chronology. Neither a numbered year nor an order among the three is asserted.

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
GameNon-canon connectedReleased 1994

Zelda’s Adventure

Licensed CD-i adventure; game-history insertion unresolved Placement unresolved

Zelda explores Tolemac to rescue Link.

Placement Licensed connected material outside Nintendo’s published game chronology. Neither a numbered year nor an order among the three is asserted.

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SELECTED CONTINUITY

Licensed screen stories — undated

Placement still unresolved

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UndatedUNRESOLVED
TV seriesNon-canon connectedReleased 1989

The Legend of Zelda — animated series, episodes 1–13

Undated Hyrule adventures; relation to game history unestablished Placement unresolved

Link and Zelda defend Hyrule from Ganon’s recurring schemes.

Placement Series kept as a continuous licensed run, not assigned the broadcast year as a fictional date. No shared continuity with the 2027 film established.

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UnannouncedUNRESOLVED
FilmCanon unannouncedReleased 2027-04-30 · upcoming at audit date

The Legend of Zelda — live-action film

Story era and game relationship unannounced Placement unresolved

Nintendo and Sony’s forthcoming live-action adaptation.

Placement Japanese September 2026 announcement supersedes older May 7 release reports. April 30, 2027 is a release date only, never a fictional date.

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