Game Theory: Dear Nintendo, I FIXED Your Timeline! (Zelda)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июл 2019
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    I've been theorizing about Zelda for a LONG time! Since the beginning of Game Theory, I've tried to figure out all the ins and outs; all the ifs and maybes. Today we return to the Zelda timeline because I have finally SOLVED it! I have found the MISSING Link in this whole mess of a timeline that makes everything work! Strap in Theorists, this may be our biggest breakthrough yet!
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Комментарии • 18 тыс.

  • @TimePavement
    @TimePavement 4 года назад +30124

    MatPat: "Ruining your childhood since 2011"
    Me: "You are my childhood."

    • @Jlipper
      @Jlipper 4 года назад +739

      Love him or hate him, he is spitting straight facts.

    • @UnsightlyComplightly
      @UnsightlyComplightly 4 года назад +229

      SAME even though I didn't know him at the time, apparently my six year old self didn't know what RUclips was

    • @johnyliltoe
      @johnyliltoe 4 года назад +80

      Oh god, I feel old...

    • @samuelsanders4078
      @samuelsanders4078 4 года назад +63

      @@Water_Me_Loan don't. just don't.

    • @hamzakhurram6028
      @hamzakhurram6028 4 года назад +7

      ❤️❤️

  • @shaqjuice420
    @shaqjuice420 4 года назад +5208

    Link: I've finally killed Ganon once and for all.
    Ganon: Yes you did.
    Link: what
    Ganon: what

    • @vinn8710
      @vinn8710 4 года назад +40

      lol

    • @angryrat7423
      @angryrat7423 4 года назад +23

      Hehe

    • @kronker1749
      @kronker1749 4 года назад +15

      lol

    • @sergevictoryyt
      @sergevictoryyt 4 года назад +27

      Me: what

    • @shaqjuice420
      @shaqjuice420 4 года назад +39

      @@shameemkawsar2162 see now if I had said something like this is my original comment I would see why your comment was necessary but people copy and paste all the time lol, does it even really matter? "Stole" lol I stole words

  • @theleviathan3902
    @theleviathan3902 3 года назад +3727

    Fools, everybody knows that LoZ monopoly is the pin that holds it all together

    • @LegendPoor
      @LegendPoor 2 года назад +139

      Fool actually its zelda uno

    • @nothingtoseehere5829
      @nothingtoseehere5829 2 года назад +94

      You are both fools! The official LoZ board game is the glue keeping the timelines together.

    • @Jackbarrany
      @Jackbarrany 2 года назад +131

      All of you, Fools! It’s the 2002 Zelda Burger king toy that makes sense of everything!

    • @ratgaming5562
      @ratgaming5562 2 года назад +104

      You’re all fools! It’s Brian David Gilbert

    • @funnyvalentine5638
      @funnyvalentine5638 2 года назад +28

      How foolish of all you to belive that a random zelda sticker from a dodgey website is the true thing sticking this timeline together!

  • @teukukeanu3078
    @teukukeanu3078 2 года назад +2050

    Matpat: “on the happier side of the timeline, we have Majora's mask and twilight princess”
    Me: ah, yes. The two most wholesome games in LoZ: MM and TP

    • @Rizal_R_
      @Rizal_R_ 2 года назад +16

      😂

    • @lifeofpoppie7267
      @lifeofpoppie7267 2 года назад +16

      Ahh yes

    • @lifeofpoppie7267
      @lifeofpoppie7267 2 года назад +10

      That's rich

    • @alpha00z26
      @alpha00z26 2 года назад +50

      the moon crashing isn't wholesome? i mast have accidently read antonyms instead of defenition

    • @NovaMaster375
      @NovaMaster375 2 года назад +36

      Well, MM does contain the best, most wholesome marriage scene...

  • @TodosLocosOfficial
    @TodosLocosOfficial 4 года назад +890

    How MatPat converged the timelines: Hyrule Warriors
    How Brian David Gilbert converged the timelines: LEGEND OF ZELDA MONOPOLY!

    • @TheFranciscoFm
      @TheFranciscoFm 4 года назад +47

      You, my friend, are a man of culture

    • @charlottesharp9485
      @charlottesharp9485 4 года назад +44

      Matpat: Downfall Timeline
      BDG: basketball

    • @zackarieneifert7014
      @zackarieneifert7014 4 года назад +24

      We don't need the the books to figure out the timeline. Brian David Gilbert did it for us

    • @dandanlec1996
      @dandanlec1996 4 года назад +6

      I just watche the video, there was monopoly

    • @devcrom3
      @devcrom3 4 года назад +18

      Link either IS god or can KILL god and I DON'T CARE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!

  • @TheHuskyK9
    @TheHuskyK9 4 года назад +871

    Nintendo: "Hyrule Warriors is not canon"
    MatPat: "Yes but actually no."

    • @ShadwSonic
      @ShadwSonic 4 года назад +18

      Or more accurately, "But thou must!". Ironically, that assertion actually makes me seriously consider getting it, whereas before the different playstyle had me giving it a pass.
      Canon coaxes coin, I suppose.

    • @dwigttaylor3544
      @dwigttaylor3544 4 года назад +26

      Nintendo: here are the ONLY games that you’re allowed to make a timeline with
      Matpat: but are they?

    • @hakzource8660
      @hakzource8660 4 года назад +2

      You got the meme wrong, nice

    • @adriannaranjo4397
      @adriannaranjo4397 4 года назад +2

      *No, but actually yes

    • @averageskeletonremover2415
      @averageskeletonremover2415 4 года назад

      I am the rarest human, for I have played that game AND own a wii u

  • @clplayz6344
    @clplayz6344 7 месяцев назад +76

    This fits so well with TOTK. The secret stone ganon steals in TOTK is shown in here during TP.

  • @SugarSpice07
    @SugarSpice07 Год назад +880

    If the timeline changes based on the player's imagination, then my imagination says that Matpat's timeline is the correct one.

    • @MaggieCandy999
      @MaggieCandy999 Год назад +22

      I seconded it! ✋🏻

    • @jakariashafin1695
      @jakariashafin1695 Год назад +12

      I third it.

    • @danielled8665
      @danielled8665 Год назад +21

      That has some horrifying implications for Link and Gannon, given what some fans have created in the fanfiction category.

    • @morthurarrgan
      @morthurarrgan Год назад +2

      The RUclips channel Zelda Lore made a Zelda Timeline and that’s my new head canon

    • @jakariashafin1695
      @jakariashafin1695 Год назад +1

      @@morthurarrgan interesting I'll probably check it out later.

  • @liammcnicholas918
    @liammcnicholas918 4 года назад +571

    Nintendo: Hyrule Warriors is a spin-off
    MatPat: Well yes, but actually no

    • @todddempsey1277
      @todddempsey1277 4 года назад +6

      That's Matpat.

    • @Sebas-bs8uk
      @Sebas-bs8uk 4 года назад +7

      UNO REVERSE CARD!

    • @SkyShadows-ik5vu
      @SkyShadows-ik5vu 4 года назад +3

      Yes, just yes

    • @video_watcher9252
      @video_watcher9252 4 года назад +11

      it is a spinoff regardless of this theory. Spinoffs an be canon.

    • @MrShellbuster
      @MrShellbuster 4 года назад +6

      @@video_watcher9252 considering it littertily is about a time keeper and merges the time lines at various points of their respective games story... like oot was after the hero of time.

  • @aeinzalot
    @aeinzalot 4 года назад +4307

    MatPat: I fixed the Zelda timeline!
    Me: *Hey I’ve seen this one before! It’s a classic!*

    • @kyubeyz_7062
      @kyubeyz_7062 4 года назад +27

      Congrats you’re getting likes by the second

    • @JD-iv9ol
      @JD-iv9ol 4 года назад +49

      Yeah BDG is the best

    • @TheKpa11
      @TheKpa11 4 года назад +13

      *raises hand*
      Multiverse

    • @dragonsuper6195
      @dragonsuper6195 4 года назад +12

      Hey but what about Mat suffering for FNAF

    • @juholempiainen3767
      @juholempiainen3767 4 года назад +30

      @@kyubeyz_7062 what do you mean you've seen it it's brand new

  • @heliummaster6628
    @heliummaster6628 3 года назад +487

    he should really come back to this theory, since age of calamity was released.

    • @emeralddragon2980
      @emeralddragon2980 2 года назад +42

      I don't think it really changes too much from this theory. Yes, AoC makes two new timelines, but they're still after Hyrule Warriors Classic, which is what unite the three original timelines back into one.

    • @ilikefood4482
      @ilikefood4482 Год назад +15

      Maybe he’ll make a new one after Tears of the Kingdom comes out in may

    • @cronkus
      @cronkus Год назад +7

      @@ilikefood4482 doubt it. Nintendo has been on a war path and with the wellness of a wife, child, and whole company to look after, something tells me it’s not worth the strikes. But who knows, he might. But tears is also being theorized to be the last in the cycle. The 2 theories are the cycle is gonna be reset and everything returns to the sky or the cycle will be broken and Ganondorf fights his calamity self along side link and Zelda. I’m expecting the former, hoping for the latter.

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Год назад +1

      @@emeralddragon2980 True.

  • @Insert_Bland_Name_Here
    @Insert_Bland_Name_Here 2 года назад +173

    Link's Awakening taking place after the Oracle games makes a lot more sense than placing it before. In the finale of a linked game in the Oracle games, Link sets out to sea. Link's awakening starts out with Link being out at sea, sailing into a storm and getting shipwrecked. They just tie together perfectly this way.

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion Год назад +6

      This is the only thing that makes sense

    • @dranz8125
      @dranz8125 Год назад +8

      It should also be noted that in the original Japanese manual, its stated in Link's Awakening, that Link was returning from his journey of adventure in foreign nations. Like, it came out first, but they set it up perfectly to take place after the oracle games.

  • @corpsekid5951
    @corpsekid5951 4 года назад +781

    Matpat: I fixed the timeline!!!
    *Brian David Gilbert would like to know your location*

    • @SJohann
      @SJohann 4 года назад +17

      We need that Game Theory/Polygon crossover.

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 4 года назад +15

      LoZ Monopoly should be canon.

    • @Joyce-xi1di
      @Joyce-xi1di 4 года назад +12

      Wheres the basketball timeline??

  • @HetIsLennertWeer
    @HetIsLennertWeer 4 года назад +692

    MatPat: I fixed the Zelda timeline!
    Me: Waiting for a new Zelda game to come out so he can start all over again.

    • @a_cowwithlegs
      @a_cowwithlegs 4 года назад +9

      Also me: BOTW 2

    • @redwidow1358
      @redwidow1358 4 года назад +7

      He's already screwed up since Breath of the Wild is at the end, with all three timelines converging onto it, implying that a Breath of the Wild happens in every possible scenario. I'm gonna enjoy watching the next several Zelda theories.

    • @chrisschoenthaler5184
      @chrisschoenthaler5184 4 года назад +13

      daffy duck How exactly did he “screw up”? This entire video was an explanation of HOW Breath of the Wild could possibly be the culmination of three separate timelines.

    • @UltimateKyuubiFox
      @UltimateKyuubiFox 4 года назад +9

      daffy duck Your comment does nothing to disprove MatPat’s assertions. You’ve simple stated something he agrees with and then pretended it wasn’t expressly part of his conclusion.

    • @tmmaster6904
      @tmmaster6904 4 года назад +4

      @@redwidow1358 You sound like the critics reviewing the new Godzilla movie, you said nothing of value and are completely wrong

  • @lordmalachi6
    @lordmalachi6 Год назад +58

    Hoping we get an update to this with Tears of the Kingdom out and involving its shenanigans.

    • @felipefroehnerteixeira4777
      @felipefroehnerteixeira4777 10 месяцев назад +1

      Man i hope you arent to upset

    • @Froggycolouring
      @Froggycolouring 9 месяцев назад +2

      Well that’s basically just right after botw, since it was gonna be a dlc for it originally and all the characters even remember link from botw, unless they release another game

    • @Totomy2011
      @Totomy2011 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Froggycolouringno but the backstory of totk screws everything up

  • @horaceshear2294
    @horaceshear2294 Год назад +57

    I think you're right on point . This video blew my freaking mind

  • @rowanbyrne6133
    @rowanbyrne6133 4 года назад +2150

    Looks like Matpat’s not a scholar in Time break studies.
    He forgot about legend of Zelda monopoly.

  • @obi-wank-enobi
    @obi-wank-enobi 4 года назад +2974

    Matpat: IVE SOLVED THE TIMELINE!!
    Nintendo: He knows too much hit the shuffle button again

    • @insertusernamehere8324
      @insertusernamehere8324 4 года назад +23

      TRU DAT!!!!

    • @alucozadebottle4423
      @alucozadebottle4423 4 года назад +81

      I'm about to make you angry
      Read more

    • @obi-wank-enobi
      @obi-wank-enobi 4 года назад +69

      @@alucozadebottle4423 how dare you post such trickery on my comment I have been trying to press the read more button for the past 5 minutes

    • @s3dsd840
      @s3dsd840 4 года назад +6

      Playboy Piccolo same 😂

    • @obi-wank-enobi
      @obi-wank-enobi 4 года назад +5

      Dammit who liked the video unlike it this instant!

  • @joshuamorton3487
    @joshuamorton3487 2 года назад +25

    There is actually a lot more evidence that Hyrule was once a great sea in BotW then just rock salt. There are giant skeletons of once ocean dwelling leviathans all over the place.

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 6 месяцев назад +2

      But how do we know they're from the ocean?
      There was also a leviathan of the skies: Levias
      Maybe these same leviathans are the same creatures as him. But when they died, they fell to the surface

  • @synthwolfe8906
    @synthwolfe8906 2 года назад +27

    Just wanted to mention that the zora are physically far more varied in both color and shape in BOTW than any other single game. As such, it's possible that particular feature could be a hold over from when they were monsters and enemies of hylians.

    • @dafilmqueen556
      @dafilmqueen556 5 месяцев назад +1

      Not to mention, in Breath Of The Wild, King Dorephan seems to be non hostile towards Link, but his advisor Muzu (whom I've heard gamer Andrew from The Andrew Collette Show jokingly call Stingray face. I love that guy, a married gamer who happens to be a father and an editor with a sense of humor? A RUclips gamer after my own heart 😂❤) clearly has disdain towards Link as well as untrusting of most Hylians, only relenting to trust Link after Prince Sidon proves that Link's Zora armor was made by Princess Mipha specifically for Link (whom she had an unrequited crush on, poor girl). If that doesn't give an indication that the timeline is mashed up, I don't know what does..

  • @maestro0798
    @maestro0798 4 года назад +1167

    I can almost imagine people at Nintendo going: Hah, didn't think of that... Lets go with that one :')

    • @silenal2885
      @silenal2885 4 года назад +80

      Nintendo: **releases a new book because of the timeline**

    • @urgae9125
      @urgae9125 4 года назад +16

      You know Nintendo will.
      It’s too easy

    • @amuzarill423
      @amuzarill423 4 года назад +3

      It's a cool theory but hyrule warriors arent canon.

    • @ninjamage5215
      @ninjamage5215 4 года назад +9

      Amuzarill Matpat is making the case for Nintendo to make it canon to solve the timeline.... based on the evidence. You missed the point

    • @TheMazrem
      @TheMazrem 4 года назад +11

      @@amuzarill423 If Link Get's a ChooChoo is cannon, I'm going to say Link and Cia's Excellent Adventure is cannon.

  • @SuperLaluigi
    @SuperLaluigi 4 года назад +574

    nintendo: It isnt canon.
    game theorists: well no but actually yes.

    • @lilstar4158
      @lilstar4158 4 года назад +2

      game theory: it wasn't, but we made it :)

    • @greatpeople3574
      @greatpeople3574 4 года назад +1

      Nintendo: Hyrule warriors isn't cannon
      GT: R U SURE BOUT DAT

    • @bradywanlin7426
      @bradywanlin7426 4 года назад +3

      It’s not canon, it’s *Ganon*

    • @EggWhisper
      @EggWhisper 4 года назад +1

      @@bradywanlin7426 LOL Perfectly spicy memes!

  • @RetroSetJoe
    @RetroSetJoe 2 года назад +81

    I know it's been like... 2.5 years from when this came out BUT...
    The Zora in the downfall timeline are two separate species: River Zora and Ocean Zora. I want to say it's explained in one of the Oracle games...
    Love what you do Matt!

    • @dablindscooter1973
      @dablindscooter1973 Год назад +2

      it is explained in oracle of ages i was abt to comment this

    • @Phatnaru0002
      @Phatnaru0002 Год назад +8

      The thing is though, Breath of the Wild also canonically features Majora's Mask and the Fierce Deity's Mask, with the power inside them gone. At least so far as we know, this has only ever happened in the child timeline.

  • @porckylocz
    @porckylocz 11 месяцев назад +5

    Are you going to do an update now that Tear of The Kingdom is out?

  • @user-cf3yc6dk8b
    @user-cf3yc6dk8b 4 года назад +815

    TITLE: Dear Nintendo,
    ME: Oh so this is Austin's
    MATPAT: Welcome to Game Theory
    ME: Oh.

    • @Tezrak0
      @Tezrak0 4 года назад +20

      The thumbnail looked like one of Austin's too.

    • @rew1677
      @rew1677 4 года назад +6

      @@Tezrak0 i pulled a sneeky on ya

    • @10subscriberswithnovideos30
      @10subscriberswithnovideos30 4 года назад +5

      False prophet Austin Letters are blue and matpats are green so yeah you stupehd

    • @juice2307
      @juice2307 4 года назад +5

      Not gonna lie, I was a bit disappointed when it wasn't Austin.

    • @SupermarioglitchyVISIX
      @SupermarioglitchyVISIX 4 года назад +2

      You can tell by the thumbnails game theory is green and I believe austins is blue.

  • @berfisen
    @berfisen 4 года назад +2343

    Nintendo said that the timeline was up to the players imagination, so...
    That means this theory is correct!

    • @HonterDax
      @HonterDax 4 года назад +52

      Except the part about Hyrule Warriors being cannon...

    • @elliedove7899
      @elliedove7899 4 года назад +89

      Yay! FINALLY a theory that makes hyrule warriors and important game!
      Edit: wow, I think this is one of the most liked comments I've made. XDD

    • @l1m1x77
      @l1m1x77 4 года назад +10

      big brain time

    • @ragnarokaeon8242
      @ragnarokaeon8242 4 года назад +14

      I mean, theoretically...

    • @modeus4653
      @modeus4653 4 года назад +4

      @@HonterDax what does cannon mean?

  • @timothyvovakII
    @timothyvovakII 5 месяцев назад +7

    "And weve been working on group projects ever since"
    And now your part of your biggest project is coming to a close😭

  • @JMFSpike
    @JMFSpike 2 года назад +48

    When Nintendo revealed a couple of decades ago that there was a timeline, I think what they meant was that there was "somewhat" of a timeline. Basically, some games are direct sequels and fit together well. Where the "somewhat" comes in is that some games are unrelated to any other game, and in that case Nintendo tries to force a connection. They do that by saying the game takes place many generations after some other game they choose to force a connection to, and also by making up events that supposedly happened in-between the 2 games that there is no game for.
    I believe the above is also what Nintendo has been trying to tell us over the last few years or so, only they're clearly not being as straightforward about it as I was. You said it yourself in the video, that this "we want fans to come up with their own interpretations" thing is being said because they themselves don't really know. They did their best to try and piece it all together in a way that makes sense, but they know it's very imperfect because their main concern has never been the timeline. Sometimes they just want to make a Zelda game, and they probably feel that trying too hard to make it connect to other games restricts them in what they can do creatively.

  • @skylenexo6541
    @skylenexo6541 4 года назад +849

    Matpat: *Ignores Four Swords Adventures*
    Also Matpat after a few months/years: *THIS IS HOW FOUR SWORDS ADVENTURES SOLVES THE TIMELINE!*

    • @JohnzoGaming
      @JohnzoGaming 4 года назад +16

      Wouldn't be opposed to this.

    • @Wolfrich666
      @Wolfrich666 4 года назад +6

      i think 4 swords fits better in the downfall timeline

    • @ninorandazzo844
      @ninorandazzo844 4 года назад

      it used to be 420 but i liked i ruin everything

    • @WingedVlog444
      @WingedVlog444 4 года назад +2

      I think four swords is after warriors.

    • @unfortunatewitnessX
      @unfortunatewitnessX 4 года назад

      Oh, I can't wait for this theory to become a video!

  • @earthisadonut7213
    @earthisadonut7213 4 года назад +1701

    MatPat: I SOLVED THE TIMELINE, NINTENDO!
    Nintendo: uhhhh…yeah that's...umm...that's what we were going for

    • @dancalf
      @dancalf 4 года назад +73

      I really have my hopes up that they will make this change oficial, but yes, they'll probably make a disclaimer that they didn't got the idea from MatPat. Something like "Our creative team came by this idea themselves".

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 4 года назад +16

      Also Nintendo: Oh you just said #CancelZelda ? Well we will just copyright your video then!

    • @Skypatroller_BenCD
      @Skypatroller_BenCD 4 года назад

      I make this 3 weeks or 1 month before him

    • @mookielagaras9195
      @mookielagaras9195 4 года назад +1

      BenjaminCD t as fait une vidéo de deux minutes où tu fais que lister des jeux, ya aucune explication à propos des connexions entre eux ou comment ça marche tout ensemble mdrrr

    • @Skypatroller_BenCD
      @Skypatroller_BenCD 4 года назад +1

      @@mookielagaras9195 cette vidéos c'est la timeline avec Link cartoon l'autre j'ai fait une théorie sur Linkel ou j'avais expliqué ça

  • @imagomonkei
    @imagomonkei 3 года назад +40

    Now that AoC is out, this theory grows even stronger. Specifically, the final unlock of the game is the tunic set from HW. That settles it in my mind. I hope the DLC brings back Linkle.

  • @bunsenn5064
    @bunsenn5064 3 года назад +58

    Here’s my theory. Nintendo makes references to every timeline of Zelda in the Breath of the Wild game for a reason. Supposedly, the whole timeline takes place over 10,000 years ago, in an era Breath of the Wild calls the “Era of Myth”. It could be said that the reason all these timelines are present is because Breath of the Wild is so far ahead in the future that the earlier entries in the timeline all occur in the Era of Myth, so far in the past that Breath of the Wild practically becomes its own new story. It’s actually something that parallels reality. In the real world, civilizations like the Sumerians and the Mayans who existed thousands of years ago are still left in mystery. To this day, we still haven’t deciphered these civilizations and eras of time. Breath of the Wild may have been designed to be a story where the original legends of Zelda are so old that they’ve been practically forgotten by Hyrule, and a new story of the hero begins, slowly uncovering the mysteries of past civilizations like the Zonai and the ancient tribes. A different approach to an age-old story.

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 2 года назад +9

      But that’s not a theory, that’s just exactly what BOTW already says… lol

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Год назад

      No, not really.

  • @adude270
    @adude270 4 года назад +556

    >Does a zelda timeline theory that works and could be agreed upon everyone to be canon
    >Doesn`t include Zelda Monopoly
    >Understandable Rejection

    • @joshwoofter4789
      @joshwoofter4789 4 года назад +15

      Almost as blasphemous as Sonic games

    • @jorgehernandez5730
      @jorgehernandez5730 4 года назад +18

      It lacks a time break

    • @tatltails3923
      @tatltails3923 4 года назад +16

      I guess MatPat doesn't understand Basic Storytelling

    • @windingmonster3838
      @windingmonster3838 4 года назад

      I simply love you for this comment thread.

    • @archdukemonte2530
      @archdukemonte2530 4 года назад +5

      I also reject this theory due to MatPat's failure to include Lonk in the timeline.

  • @thescribe5494
    @thescribe5494 4 года назад +2555

    Sorceress: Has crush on Link
    Ganon: Possesses her
    Link: I don't know man, seems kinda gay to me
    Edit: thank you all for the likes! This is my most popular thread I've ever had👍👍

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 4 года назад +58

      It is kiinda gay.

    • @jetstreamwinds6072
      @jetstreamwinds6072 4 года назад +38

      Same thing bout bowsette

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 4 года назад +28

      ...Not that there's anything wrong with that. You do you, o' Prince of Darkness.

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 4 года назад +40

      @@jetstreamwinds6072It's not the same. The Scribe is saying that Ganon's possession of Cia is gay because he possessed her when she had a crush on Link, and that possession enhanced her lust for him. It's gay because the working force here is now male, and so is the target of those intensified feelings.

    • @jakelucena3392
      @jakelucena3392 4 года назад +21

      Ganondorf x Link who with me?

  • @NicoleMay316
    @NicoleMay316 Год назад +24

    As a massive fan of Hyrule Warriors and someone who thinks it absolutely fits in the timeline, this is perfect.

  • @boxpin8967
    @boxpin8967 3 года назад +36

    I like the theory that it has been so long that all of the events in the timelines became an inevitability, and so Breath of the Wild happens in every timeline. It’s possible that Breath of the Wild takes place millions of years after the other games. It is purely speculative tho, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this was easily debunked.

    • @cheesygubbins5322
      @cheesygubbins5322 2 года назад +3

      i think the zelda games are just different generations of link, not that the previous link is the father of the next link but a future generation of a green clad blonde haired silent hero.

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Год назад +1

      Nice try, Nintendrone. XD

  • @casualverse
    @casualverse 4 года назад +6160

    Nintendo: "Very good Matpat but you're missing one key piece of evidence."
    Matpat: "And that is...?"
    Nintendo: "No."

  • @allusiondreams09
    @allusiondreams09 4 года назад +511

    Matt: "Dear Nintendo, I-"
    Austin: *"HI! IT'S ME! AUSTIN!"*

  • @cobaltprime9467
    @cobaltprime9467 6 месяцев назад +4

    This still works with totk. The depths appear to be the remnants of the Great Sea. Judging by some of the plants.

  • @keirontt4848
    @keirontt4848 2 года назад +12

    0:44
    *Well excuUuuUuuUuUuuUuUuuUuuUse me princess*

  • @BigShpongled
    @BigShpongled 4 года назад +571

    I think Brian David Gilbert solved this timeline officially, because Monopoly is the most important piece of lore

  • @GamingWenzie
    @GamingWenzie 4 года назад +795

    Me: Which timeline is BoTW in?
    Matpat: Yes.

    • @pastorTracy911
      @pastorTracy911 4 года назад +7

      Thiccman100 and Nintendo:

    • @WiisonicHedgehogGamer
      @WiisonicHedgehogGamer 4 года назад +4

      BotW is likely the end of all timelines. It is inevitable. Every timeline end with BOTW.

    • @kayarayvn2483
      @kayarayvn2483 4 года назад +3

      @@WiisonicHedgehogGamer Except that that's not how divergent timelines generally work. Divergent timelines rarely, if ever re-converge into a singular timeline. It would take an incredible level of coincidence and time for three radically different timelines to converge into a single one that makes any semblance of sense with some kind of time travel shenanigans.

    • @gracemcgregor3316
      @gracemcgregor3316 4 года назад +1

      @@kayarayvn2483 it would need a...
      *T I M E B R E A K*

  • @Maddyy320
    @Maddyy320 Год назад +7

    Can’t wait to see how tears of the kingdom changes things when it releases.
    Also it’s funny how they reunited the timelines for ganon to win in the prologue to BOTW and then release age of calamity just to create an alternate timeline where they win before link has to be put in the shrine of resurrection.

  • @Sircowcosmic
    @Sircowcosmic Год назад +4

    make a remake about totk

  • @mrcanofwhoopass
    @mrcanofwhoopass 4 года назад +873

    "Weve been working on group projects ever since"
    Like creating a child lol congrats matpat

  • @Miisee
    @Miisee 4 года назад +339

    Kinda wish BOTW had a human form of Ganon.....wait....
    *remembers BOTW 2 reveal*
    NEVERMIND.

    • @voltrainer
      @voltrainer 4 года назад +15

      It also quite literally fits into the theory

    • @magictriangle6878
      @magictriangle6878 4 года назад +8

      Yeah, the crown and long hair checks out.

  • @TheImaginedOrder0
    @TheImaginedOrder0 4 месяца назад +3

    After playing Tears of the Kingdom, I notice Ganondorf’s design looks like a slightly older version of Hyrule Warriors’ Ganondorf. Pretty interesting.

  • @petarmarjanovic4607
    @petarmarjanovic4607 2 года назад +9

    *This damn storyline is more tangled up than my earphone cables after putting them in my pocket*

  • @rocstac
    @rocstac 4 года назад +467

    nintendo: Hyrule Warriors isnt canon
    MatPat: BUT what about this, and this, and this, and this, and ...
    nintendo: ... (quietly) quick write that down.

    • @larstallinger6795
      @larstallinger6795 4 года назад +29

      Honestly wouldn't surprise me. While HW does fit the timeline pretty well I still don't quite like this idea. I would prefer a fleshed out game where a Link has to travel between the timelines and officially recombine them. Kind of like an oracle of ages/seasons-like game but with timelines. Each timeline would have its own map with similarities and differences compared to the rest and eventually you get to merge them all into one complete map.
      In HW the timelines get merged but if my memory serves me right, the timelines were split up again in the end. That would mean the other timelines still exist....but the child timeline now has influences from other timelines affecting it. I had the WiiU version of HW so it's been a while since I played it but I don't think my memory is that much off.
      I do find the argument compelling though and I am also quite impressed by how so far the comments have been extremely positive to this idea. I'm used to people rushing to the comments to trash the theory. Well done, by everyone.

    • @alexp6667
      @alexp6667 4 года назад +1

      @@larstallinger6795 this aint the Hollow Knight vid, to which, i thought to be true... until i truly thought about it for a sec

    • @Nanashi20
      @Nanashi20 4 года назад +2

      @@alexp6667 you really didnt need to think too hard about the hollow knight game if you played it to be honest, it was such a dumb, and horribly bad theory.

    • @alexp6667
      @alexp6667 4 года назад

      @@Nanashi20 I have already beaten the game once, doing it again in Steel Soul, and finishing it in Godmaster mode. I had trouble following the story, so i had trouble denying the theory, but then it hit me.
      If we are the king, then why are we siblings to Horneta and the Hollow Knight, wouldnt they know what their fathers presence was like?
      If we are the king, how could we have united the voidheart? It cannot be from simple things such as "Oh, he has been reincarnated as a sibling" no, the Voidheart allows you to command the void beings, beings completely oppossed to the power of the king. If we were the king, the task would be impossible, if we were a child of the king, we have the ability of sacrificing one part of our body for that union, the "Light" part.

    • @eldmusic
      @eldmusic 4 года назад +3

      rocstac or that one scene from spongebob
      Nintendo: Hyrule Warriors isn’t cannon!
      Matpat: HMMM! HMMMM!!! HHHHHHHMMMMMMM!!!!!

  • @senjugold6977
    @senjugold6977 4 года назад +1446

    Matpat: fixes timeline
    Nintendo: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN.

    • @joshualayton1905
      @joshualayton1905 4 года назад +30

      Senju Gold WRITE THAT DOWN OR YOUR FIRED

    • @AtMr8MinutesIsReal
      @AtMr8MinutesIsReal 4 года назад +20

      *SCRIBBLES TIC-TAC-TOE*

    • @pyroblade888
      @pyroblade888 4 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @popopopolo
      @popopopolo 4 года назад +5

      Charles french

    • @Tandwar
      @Tandwar 4 года назад +18

      Matpat: Fixes Timeline
      Nintendo: Dam we gotta change it again

  • @gingerbreadguy6764
    @gingerbreadguy6764 2 года назад +38

    This theory actually makes sense and fits nearly perfectly into the timline... I can totally see this being canon at some point in future. Phenomenal theory Mat! you've done well, kid.

  • @High-Voltage17
    @High-Voltage17 Год назад +7

    With the Divine Beast reference from Midna and how the various Champions had been tasked to pilot (and/or train in) one, it reminds me of the dungeon Link can complete within the Shrine of Resurrection as part of the Champion's Ballad. I was extremely disappointed that the architecture was not in resemblance of a wolf! Such a missed opportunity!

  • @faye1957
    @faye1957 4 года назад +782

    Matpat: “I solved the entire Zelda timeline with Hyrule Warriors.”
    Bdg: “Hold my Skyrim Book Report.”

  • @mooselove
    @mooselove 4 года назад +175

    Actually... it’s Zelda Monopoly that connects them all.

  • @avee5771
    @avee5771 Год назад +4

    Absolutely wild totk came out last week and 3 years ago we had hot Ganon memes

  • @decaytale
    @decaytale 2 года назад +46

    I always considered botw to be at the end of whatever timeliness you want it to be. Like, what split do you think is Canon? Okay. Cool. You like the games in a particular timeliness? Nice. Well congrats, this game falls at the end of it. You are continuing whatever timeline you loved the most. Like all of them? Interpret what you like. All that matters is that this continues it all

    • @tori54595
      @tori54595 2 года назад +4

      Yeah, I think that's what Nintendo was going for mostly. Just a way to continue a timeline (any of the timelines) and to keep the game moving forward instead of having different games for different timelines

  • @gumedrop5214
    @gumedrop5214 4 года назад +677

    Nintendo: Use your imagination to create Zelda's timeline ^.^
    MatPat: *exist*
    Nintendo: ... did we make a mistake?

    • @user-vn5jt2gh1z
      @user-vn5jt2gh1z 4 года назад +12

      Matpat: YES

    • @theworldplaysoverheaven9605
      @theworldplaysoverheaven9605 4 года назад +7

      PoProstu Weronika
      You have made the gravest of mistakes.
      You created a Monster.

    • @unusualsheep
      @unusualsheep 4 года назад +3

      Always count the noncannon games as cannon

    • @kaijurider5153
      @kaijurider5153 4 года назад +1

      Yes you did nintendo

    • @wessltov
      @wessltov 4 года назад +3

      Nintendo: Use your imagination to create Zelda's timeline ^.^
      Rule34: *exists*
      Nintendo: ...did we make a mistake?

  • @Edelsteinsammler
    @Edelsteinsammler 4 года назад +577

    Matpat: ah yes the first timeline, the downfall timeline
    BDG: SO OVER HERE IN BASKETBALL...

  • @littlep33p
    @littlep33p 10 месяцев назад +4

    MatPat then: “Breath of the Wild 2: The Breath Just Got Wilder”
    Nintendo: Well, yes, but actually no.

  • @ebirdo5547
    @ebirdo5547 Год назад +3

    2019 MatPat: "the Zelda timeline is one of the longest topics I've ever covered"
    The FNAF timeline: "am i a joke to you?"

  • @akilw.3360
    @akilw.3360 4 года назад +450

    You: Epic of Stew is Mat and Steph first collab
    Me, an intellectual: Epic of Stew is Oliver's older brother

  • @personalRCH
    @personalRCH 4 года назад +383

    *One Decade Later.*
    Nintendoes: "Breath of the Wild 2 is actually a prequel."

    • @localcrazyrussian4511
      @localcrazyrussian4511 4 года назад +25

      Since when was Nintendo jk Rowling?

    • @seishonagon8468
      @seishonagon8468 4 года назад

      @@localcrazyrussian4511 lol

    • @Lahombre
      @Lahombre 4 года назад

      Don’t. You. Dare!

    • @joonwhang185
      @joonwhang185 4 года назад

      Vivaldithe2nd Reptiles and Amphibians Language!

    • @JulesTheSleepyDemon
      @JulesTheSleepyDemon 4 года назад +1

      The disappointing thing is that it could actually be possible. For all we know, that trailer took place before they discovered everything, before any of the memories in BotW, even.
      I hope it's not, though.

  • @damiengamez1909
    @damiengamez1909 10 месяцев назад +3

    Mat is gonna flip when he sees what totk did to the timeline

  • @superpigcat5954
    @superpigcat5954 2 года назад +13

    I love this franchise and you just made my childhood better!!

  • @Yekulten
    @Yekulten 4 года назад +615

    ocarina of time: "Oops, I ripped reality into three parts."
    Hyrule Warriors: "Let me fix that for you."

    • @peterlaursen5722
      @peterlaursen5722 4 года назад +60

      Hyrule Warriors: i Will show you the power of Flex tape

    • @jacobsmith7094
      @jacobsmith7094 4 года назад +10

      if only Nintendo made hyrule warriors canon

    • @I_like_pi_
      @I_like_pi_ 4 года назад +30

      @@peterlaursen5722 To show you the power of flex tape, I sawed this timeline in half!

    • @nonoctoro4933
      @nonoctoro4933 4 года назад +4

      Two parts*
      Aktually OOT never took place in the "Downfall" Timeline.

    • @camsterasmar975
      @camsterasmar975 4 года назад +1

      Nonoctoro When Link dies in OOT the downfall timeline begins.

  • @SpiralSine6
    @SpiralSine6 4 года назад +661

    Sorry Mat, but as Polygon clearly proved, the real uniter of the three timelines is Legend of Zelda: Monopoly.

    • @connorschultz380
      @connorschultz380 4 года назад +1

      I,you, Are people...serious? I have no frame of reference for these comments.(tho they definition aren't going to use the canon argument lol)

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 4 года назад +16

      @@connorschultz380 Your horrendous grammar aside, if you want context, look up a channel called Polygon. One of the playlists should be called Unraveled. Just watch the first video, and you're good.

    • @XxXNightcoreQueenXxX
      @XxXNightcoreQueenXxX 4 года назад +3

      @@connorschultz380 psst. ruclips.net/video/Q-25c8Rsobw/видео.html&ab_channel=Polygon

    • @grumpymacaron
      @grumpymacaron 4 года назад +10

      ayyyy a true bdg intellectual

    • @dr.balance3377
      @dr.balance3377 4 года назад +1

      Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half

  • @emirald555
    @emirald555 5 месяцев назад +2

    I like how once totk come out you can get outfits to most of the games

  • @michaelplantarich3375
    @michaelplantarich3375 Год назад +4

    Considering they said Warriors is non-cannon, I wonder if Tears of the Kingdom will be the game that unites them all? I think I've heard it's supposed to be pre-breathe, so it would potentially fit there. Curious to see when it comes out next month!
    Love rewatching these old videos. Less to see "how wrong you were" as a lot of comments do, but really to see how the games and channel have grown. It's great to see, and I'm happy to be along for the ride!

  • @PGhostCZ
    @PGhostCZ 4 года назад +496

    Game dev: "This is not canon"
    MatPat: "THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING"

    • @mightyoneproductions2232
      @mightyoneproductions2232 4 года назад +2

      So True. MatPat does connect the dots quite nicely. It fits in perfectly, thereby combining the three timelines.

    • @thedragonballgod9472
      @thedragonballgod9472 4 года назад

      MightyOne Productions but he didn’t include four swords so the theory is debunked

    • @BiohazardScott
      @BiohazardScott 4 года назад

      Nintendo: "There's no timeline, all games are stories apart"
      Also Nintendo_ "Here's your timeline, now buy! So you make me richer."

    • @mightyoneproductions2232
      @mightyoneproductions2232 4 года назад

      @The Dragon Ball God Uh, how is it debunked if Four Swords Adventure is apart of the child timeline? He didn't need to cover Four Swords, because it was doing it's own thing, and just made it so that there were four Links.

    • @thedragonballgod9472
      @thedragonballgod9472 4 года назад

      MightyOne Productions hold I’m watching the video again to find what he said about four swords

  • @HumanOnEarth128
    @HumanOnEarth128 4 года назад +759

    when you said "timeline solved," I thought it was an exaggeration, but watching this I believe you
    Make Hyrule Warriors canon

    • @Vlannary
      @Vlannary 4 года назад +41

      you could say we should make it Ganon

    • @the1hero182
      @the1hero182 4 года назад +4

      Dabs

    • @kyotheman69
      @kyotheman69 4 года назад +6

      its for sure canon, the creator of zelda is just lying, anytime Nintendo has company that works on any of their main IP's they have direct involvement, so yes i believe Hyrule is canon and Nintendo needs stop denying it, plus its a great game

    • @GizmoHey
      @GizmoHey 4 года назад +2

      @@Vlannary LOL

    • @quindao4431
      @quindao4431 4 года назад

      matthew houlihan Ikr this is my new head cannon for sure

  • @JessicaTheEm
    @JessicaTheEm Год назад +4

    We NEED a new timeline theory for tears of the kingdom

    • @slidersides
      @slidersides Год назад

      And you NEED to explain your pfp cuz wth is that?!

  • @bigmyke2008
    @bigmyke2008 Год назад +3

    Botw 2 “The Breath got Wilder” is admittedly a much cooler title than Tears of the Kingdom. I’m sure Matt will be busy with another timeline in the next month

  • @literallyredacted1934
    @literallyredacted1934 4 года назад +360

    BDG predicted Hyrule warriors' importance. We called him a madman, but he was speaking the truth and saying the sooth

    • @packardgoose400
      @packardgoose400 4 года назад +62

      "We rejected His message. We hated Him because He told us the truth."

    • @justkon1789
      @justkon1789 4 года назад +5

      Who’s BDG

    • @packardgoose400
      @packardgoose400 4 года назад +21

      @@justkon1789 Brian David Gilbert. He works for Polygon and we're referencing his Unraveled series.

    • @literallyredacted1934
      @literallyredacted1934 4 года назад +7

      @@justkon1789 the dude from the Polygon series Unravelled. It's really funny.

    • @Merrygate_
      @Merrygate_ 4 года назад +7

      He is a visionary come to enlighten us all

  • @nalinea18
    @nalinea18 4 года назад +334

    MatPat: ”Thirsty time-sorceress.”
    Me: ”Dang it, Ultimecia, not again! Stop re-incarnating yourself!”

    • @honeychroma
      @honeychroma 4 года назад +10

      I laughed really hard at this, Final Fantasy VIII was gREaT

    • @TheShardsFamily
      @TheShardsFamily 4 года назад +1

      I bet you could make plenty of theories with her cause... time travel is a frak

    • @RealSkoolmaster
      @RealSkoolmaster 4 года назад +1

      Well, this comment is better than the entire video and it was a good one this time. Kudos to you

  • @Re-legendary
    @Re-legendary 5 месяцев назад +3

    More suitable
    hero of Multi warriors

  • @zanewollack2612
    @zanewollack2612 Год назад +3

    Still holds up with totk imo

  • @batmanator101
    @batmanator101 4 года назад +740

    Nintendo: “Everyone can use their imagination to enjoy this story”
    MatPat: “I have the RIGHT timeline and you’re all gonna listen!!!”

    • @DrDolan2000
      @DrDolan2000 4 года назад +25

      He's right, I will listen. It's relaxing

    • @reddokun
      @reddokun 4 года назад +16

      JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST ANOTHER THEORY!
      Not but forreal, let's not take Mat's interpretations as /fact/. Let him have his fun, it's certainly entertaining.

    • @AJSSPACEPLACE
      @AJSSPACEPLACE 4 года назад +2

      Neko blitz I remember the day MatPat put a gun to my head and yelled “BELIEVE MY THEORIES!”

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Год назад +1

      @@reddokun The Nintendrone is salty. XD

  • @sammuelsilva7058
    @sammuelsilva7058 4 года назад +197

    The Game Theorists: (this video)
    Nintendo:My god he’s always two steps ahead

    • @stormcrowlegendary3512
      @stormcrowlegendary3512 4 года назад +9

      Downfall Link: But I had a blue tunic too!

    • @bmhedgehog2
      @bmhedgehog2 4 года назад

      @@stormcrowlegendary3512 but Downfall Link that required an item to make it blue. BotW tunic is default and doesn't require an item for it.

    • @wilfridolopezthecrazymistery
      @wilfridolopezthecrazymistery 4 года назад

      bmhedgehog2 JMV wkkkpkmpmmuuo u

  • @captianbacon
    @captianbacon Год назад +3

    This theory has aged like a fine wine...

  • @squirrelspown
    @squirrelspown 2 года назад +1

    I felt the blue tunic was definitely referring to wind waker costume after you beat the game

  • @solarwindbear
    @solarwindbear 4 года назад +1119

    Smh everyone knows Legend of Zelda Monopoly is what connected the timelines.

  • @reallyreal2007
    @reallyreal2007 4 года назад +392

    MatPat: I fixed the Zelda timeline!
    Nintendo: wAiT tHaTs ilEaGaL

    • @kate_gam3zalot105
      @kate_gam3zalot105 4 года назад +1

      Underrated comment XD

    • @runedoom
      @runedoom 4 года назад +1

      Yeah! We all know B.D.G did it first.

    • @Mr_Mimestamp
      @Mr_Mimestamp 4 года назад +3

      Nintendo: doesn’t completely have a solid timeline
      MatPat: wait that’s illegal

  • @BenjaminWirtz
    @BenjaminWirtz 2 года назад +5

    My theory since BotW was that the timelines were combined and that would have solved it. Using Hyrule Warriors as the catalyst does make sense. Perhaps Super Smash Bros. could play in it too, since not only does it involve multiple Zelda Timelines, but the entire Nintendo multiverse.

  • @xbrosx321
    @xbrosx321 Год назад +2

    Hyrule Warriors is 2015 secret wars for Zelda. Got it. Great video.

  • @The_Earl_ofIDK
    @The_Earl_ofIDK 3 года назад +2126

    Matpat: ok repeat after me
    Hyrule Warriors
    Nintendo: Hyrule Warriors
    Matpat: is cannon
    Nintendo: is cannon
    Matpat: and connects all timelines
    Nintendo: and connects all timelines
    Matpat: *Hyrule Warriors is cannon and connects all timelines*
    Nintendo: *Create a new Hyrule Warriors 100 years before Breath of the Wild*

    • @The_Earl_ofIDK
      @The_Earl_ofIDK 3 года назад +76

      Really guys don't understand the message
      *Tldr Nintendo Announced new Hyrule Warriors that takes place 100 years before Breath of the Wild*

    • @archedmash9501
      @archedmash9501 3 года назад +34

      Hyrule warriors isn't canon, won't be canon and doesn't connect all the games. You would know if you actually played the game instead of parroting matpat.

    • @The_Earl_ofIDK
      @The_Earl_ofIDK 3 года назад +97

      @@archedmash9501 fair I mean *It's Just A Therory*

    • @archedmash9501
      @archedmash9501 3 года назад +8

      @Robertino Tanos Prove it, moron.

    • @jaob8855
      @jaob8855 3 года назад +38

      @@archedmash9501 they said it's up to the player i think

  • @boxythepiplup9515
    @boxythepiplup9515 2 года назад +3

    In Botw dlc it is shown that that the champions tunic was hand-crafted by Zelda btw for new viewers.

  • @familyyeap7719
    @familyyeap7719 2 года назад +4

    I've played hyrule warriors before, and I've always questioned it's logic, but I never thought it connected to any of the other games

  • @strangestcraze7743
    @strangestcraze7743 4 года назад +218

    MatPat: *says Nintendo should know its timeline they created*
    Nintendo: *says Hyrule Warriors isn't canon to the timeline*
    MatPat: *proceeds to include it in said timeline*

    • @jacobsmith7094
      @jacobsmith7094 4 года назад +11

      well nintendo probably never thought about a connection to the timeline they just figured that the game was so different that they shouldn't even include it. But maybe if someone at nintendo sees this the game will (hopefully) become a part of the timeline

    • @randomduck8679
      @randomduck8679 4 года назад

      Jacob Smith aren’t there multiple links in that game

    • @polodoesthings395
      @polodoesthings395 4 года назад

      @@jacobsmith7094 CDI

  • @JamVsJam.
    @JamVsJam. 4 года назад +1100

    *One week later*
    Nintendo reveals that Hyrule Warriors is CANON!

    • @matthewmagnani2915
      @matthewmagnani2915 4 года назад +38

      We can dream. Problem is that the original characters from Warriors are owned by Koei Tecmo, not Nintendo. But again, we can dream.

    • @nuketwins4040
      @nuketwins4040 4 года назад +3

      I wish. Favorite game

    • @H2SO4pyro
      @H2SO4pyro 4 года назад +7

      Spiderman is now canon in the mcu, so yes, we can dream

    • @alexp6667
      @alexp6667 4 года назад +6

      @@H2SO4pyro Thats... not... never mind

    • @Svrahe
      @Svrahe 4 года назад +8

      Hyrule Warriors was bomb, it’s canon to me. xD I’m using my iiiimaaaginaaatioon.

  • @miralavenzia
    @miralavenzia 3 года назад +1

    you could have also connected the fact that the more dark and spirit/particle-based form of Ganon that is shown at the beginning of the game at the tapestry and again as being released from Hyrule castle before he turns into a boar is HIGHLY reminiscent of some of Ganondorf's attacks in Hyrule warriors where he seems to summon a similar spirit like an apparition that attacks in a monster-esque darkness particle form which is basically what Ganon is before Zelda loses power and he regains a more physical appearance. I always found it weird that he seemed to be able to create this beast out of nowhere, but in BOTW that seems to be the same form, you see him take before being released from his imprisonment.

    • @miralavenzia
      @miralavenzia 3 года назад

      on a side note to this comment, I also wanted to say that I miss the Kokiri children, like I know the Koroks are the technically evolved form from the great sea but it is still sad all the same

  • @bulbasaur001
    @bulbasaur001 4 года назад +1008

    When all the BDG fans point out that MatPat forgot the most crucial game of all:
    *Legend of Zelda Monopoly*

    • @cadenrcr
      @cadenrcr 4 года назад +9

      Bulbasaur001 this is the best comment ever

    • @flashdr1ve
      @flashdr1ve 4 года назад +14

      legend of zelda monopoly was an instant classic my friend

    • @Mike-hq7wy
      @Mike-hq7wy 4 года назад +1

      Bulbasaur001 isn’t this a copied comment?

    • @melly4538
      @melly4538 4 года назад +1

      Copied from another comment but okay

    • @ViIvaNunner
      @ViIvaNunner 4 года назад +16

      The most important game is clearly Tingle's Rosy Rupee Land

  • @8ByteBrian
    @8ByteBrian 4 года назад +849

    *You forgot the Nintendo: Legend of Zelda Board Game*
    *rumbling*
    *Timeline collapses*

    • @marojohn4926
      @marojohn4926 4 года назад +63

      Imagine thinking the board game holds the timeline together. We all know the breakfast cereal was the most important

    • @lumosnite5935
      @lumosnite5935 4 года назад +47

      Y’all never heard that Brain David Gilbert saved the Zelda timeline with Monopoly and it shows

    • @connermorg
      @connermorg 4 года назад +6

      What About The DLC's and Amibo's? Lol

    • @loxicarus695
      @loxicarus695 4 года назад +9

      You thought the Board game and Breakfast cereal was important. Well let me tell you the Legend of Zelda Trash can truely holds the timeline together.

    • @jojo58
      @jojo58 4 года назад +4

      They forgot cadence of hyrule too

  • @TheWildKnight_
    @TheWildKnight_ 3 года назад +2

    AGE OF CALAMITY Is the the fourth time line!! Shocking I hope!

  • @vekkul
    @vekkul 3 года назад +2

    Actually makes perfect sense and Age of Calamity doesn't interrupt this theory at all, you just put it after Hyrule Warriors and 100 years before BotW in the Reunited Timeline. Bravo.

  • @tzisorey
    @tzisorey 4 года назад +233

    "Timeline may change depending on new discoveries" read as "There's still a time-travelling Link out there somewhere who's fudging stuff up"

    • @Azure70
      @Azure70 4 года назад +22

      Well, excuuuuuuse me.

    • @rushingwater2.0
      @rushingwater2.0 4 года назад +5

      Azure Phoenix we don’t talk about that...

    • @the1hero182
      @the1hero182 4 года назад +5

      Azure Phoenix the TV timeline (plus CDI)

    • @BUTTERSKY11
      @BUTTERSKY11 4 года назад +9

      @@the1hero182 the tv timeline is a hole in the Universe that gets bigger every time link says well EXCUSE ME PRINCESS

    • @rossperk
      @rossperk 4 года назад +3

      Great Scott!

  • @rainyskye8323
    @rainyskye8323 4 года назад +665

    "So how do you do that sort of thing without an endgame level of time-heist?"
    Me, an intellectual: Zelda monopoly

  • @jcs2436
    @jcs2436 Год назад +2

    Now it’s in the child timeline because of ToTK because it shows that Ganondorf has gotten a secret stone and made all the creatures and malice .

  • @thejonbrownshow8470
    @thejonbrownshow8470 2 года назад +3

    The wording of "4 timelines" make me go like rami's Osborn's "oh" *lore impales*

  • @chloeevans6510
    @chloeevans6510 4 года назад +233

    Nintendo: *sees this video*
    Nintendo: Let’s make Hyrule Warriors canon now

    • @Shrooblord
      @Shrooblord 4 года назад +3

      Please do!

    • @voltrainer
      @voltrainer 4 года назад +1

      I mean it really shoulda been. Then the "theories" of a dragonbreak would just be hyrule warriors XD

  • @GameTheory
    @GameTheory  4 года назад +1557

    Who wants a Game Theory/Unraveled CROSSOVER!?!