New fan theory suggests The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a prequel to Skyward Sword
A Legend of Zelda fan thinks Tears of the Kingdom is secretly a prequel to Skyward Sword.
Welcome to another fan theory relating to the always-controversial Zelda timeline. In the TikTok below, a fan posits that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom actually leads into Skyward Sword, acting as the great calamity that sundered the world and caused the Goddess Hylia to send plots of land skyward for people to live safely on.
But there's more! The host points to the logo of Tears of the Kingdom, claiming that the circular design represents an ouroboros, also known as a snake that eats its own tale. Charming. This snake symbolizes the cyclical nature of the Zelda timeline, as the host claims that the entire overarching storyline is just one massive cycle, forever repeating itself.
Yes, we really found our way back to the Zelda timeline. This highly controversial feature first originated from the Hyrule Historia book, created by Nintendo, and has since been used by fans to basically argue forever about which games fit where in the timeline, including in particular Breath of the Wild, which seemed to just disregard the entire thing.
At the conclusion of Skyward Sword, the villain Demise curses Hyrule, and promises to return. This fan points to Ganon's demise in Breath of the Wild as letting loose Demise in Tears of the Kingdom, paving the way for Skyward Sword to take place, and eventually feed back into Breath of the Wild after Hyrule's population return to the surface at the conclusion of Skyward Sword.
The responses to the TikTok are understandably split. "I swear the Zelda timeline is so confusing," writes one comment we're sympathetic to. "This is pretty disheartening ngl," responds another, pointing to the world
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