Zelda Timeline Last verified: 2026-11-10
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When two pages disagree I keep both. Nintendo's current web chart is what I treat as the present tense.
Key art © Nintendo, used with a link to the product page. Chart art on this site is original.
| Source | Good for | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo US timeline | Current era labels and which games are listed | One branch on screen at a time |
| Nintendo Japan chronicle | Japanese wording and regional comparison | Our English is a reading, not an official translation |
| Hyrule Historia and Encyclopedia | The 2011 and 2017 book charts | They disagree with each other and with 2026 |
| Wikipedia media list | Release dates by region | Not a lore authority |
| Zelda Wiki | Branch arguments and citations | Community prose, sometimes blocked to a script |
| IGN and GameRant | Dated news of a placement or a wording change | One newsroom is one source |
Reddit is linked from the community as a place people argue. I did not take a plot fact from a thread for this build. Zelda Dungeon's timeline page returned an error on 10 Nov 2026, so it is not a source for any date here.
- r/zelda community discussions
- r/truezelda theory discussions
- Zelda Wiki timeline
- Zelda Dungeon timeline (access may vary)
- How a fact gets on a page
- Nintendo's chart
Sources
- Nintendo US — Zelda timeline · checked 2026-11-10
- Nintendo Japan — Zelda chronicle · checked 2026-11-10
- Wikipedia — List of The Legend of Zelda media · checked 2026-11-10