Having played through Skyward Sword all over again on the Switch, and now that Breath of the Wild is firmly behind us, it feels like there’s more to the Zelda timeline than initially meets the eye.
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Before I start, this article is heavy on spoilers, so you have been warned.
As we all know, the Zelda timeline is thoroughly complex and perhaps even “gnarly”, but what is curious is how the series is bookended in terms of events and the use of time travel in a few instances.
Namely that Skyward Sword marks the start and Breath of the Wild marks the end of the Zelda timeline, except not exactly.
This is because there are events that pre-date and occur after these games and it’s these that I want to cover.
The big standout in all of this though are the seemingly advanced technologies present in Skyward Sword. The fact that Fi and Ghirahim seem like AI for…