Zelda and Link's sister meet up by chance in the Hyrulian forest. They talk and eventually Link comes up in the conversation. Sis recalls(maybe, depending on D.O.B.) the past days. And everything else can follow from there. But seriously, Zelda better be in the damned game otherwise all hell will break loose from me, considering most if not all the past Zelda games had Zelda in it and or had you rescuing Zelda.

Errmm... It never says Zelda won't be in it... it just says that Link will be saving his sister instead of Zelda...

CAN'T ZELDA BE IN A ROLE THAT DOESN'T PUT HER IN GRAVE DANGER FOR ONCE!? SHEESH!

:D

I know change is good, but don't change it drastically. Some people will be like "Yet another move by Nintendo to put a franchise in an entirely new and stupid way" or something like that. But the change might be good.

This could be (is most likely) an entirely different Link from OoT and MM. And no one knows (except for Nintendo) when it takes place after MM, if it does. Like DH said, Zelda games move around on the timeline.



Or you could go with the no overall storyline with the Zelda games being like Final Fantasy, only with the same or simliar characters.

Yeah, the Zelda series might just be that way... totally new adventures not related to each other at all (except for a few... but I'm talking the major ones like the first one, LttP, OoT, etc... I know OoT and MM are linked)... except they have the same main character and princess and sometimes the main area and all that... but the games are not related to each other and therefore can jump around all over the place... :D

But then it might be that the whole series is on a timeline and there are just different generations of Link's'n'Zelda's and such... cuz Link's looks have changed each game... He was all short in the first game... then taller in the second game (with brown hair)... I dunno about LttP... then in N64 games he was like a kid and turned into a young adult type person with blonde hair... but he always has the same outfit so I dunno... but anyways...

I read some timeline awhile back... explaining that there were different generations of peoples... and why all the princesses are named zelda and the heroes are Link... and explaining different events (even some that weren't in Zelda games... at least not that I know of)... but I dunno if that was something true or just something a fan made up... *shrugs*

There are several ideas of what the timeline is, there not being one is one of them.


What I believe is this:



OoT,MM: LinkI, ZeldaII

LttP> LinkII, ZeldaIII

Oracle Series, LA: LinkIII, ZeldaIV

LoZ, AoL: LinkIV, ZeldaV (the Zelda in LoZ), ZeldaI (ZeldaI is the sleeping princess. She was put to sleep by a wizard at least 50 years before OoT)


That's my theory. The Link's were coincidence or fate, whichever you prefer. In between some of the games are centuries while others may just be decades. Obviously that means that ZeldaV might be the hundreth Zelda as opposed to just the fifth.



Then there's the GCN Zelda and GBA Zelda to figure in but not enough is known to really figure...

oh oh oh!

http://cube.ign.com/articles/360/360102p1.html

A little poster showing link in a little sailboat crossing the sea!

I've been saying that they should bring the raft back... A sailboat sounds good enough though :D I wonder where you can take it... or if you even control it yourself... maybe the game will just have to do with having to go all around a world that's made up of a bunch of islands... and you don't actually control the sailboat yourself... I dunno but still :p I can't wait to see mo bout dis game... I want it NOW... :(

GBA Zelda? I must have missed something very major........

Me too.. I'm confused. What's going on here?!

There's obviously going to be one at some point. I'm just looking past it not being announced....


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Link's sister now has a name and no its not Zelda. Link's sibling's name is called Arill.




If you need the Link (pun intended) here it is:
Hands-On Zelda



Its in there somewhere. A little more than halfway through.




It also seems that mini-games can be downloaded into the GBA. It doesn't say whether you'll need the LttP GBA port or not although I think not.

I just thought of something. Wouldn't it be funny if Zelda grew up in this one too? Like later on in the game they have an adult Link without the weird eyes and everything, and we all spaz over him supposed to be looking like a kid.

I think it would be funny :)

Well that's a good point. Maybe Link was separated from his sister for a valid reason. If Link "abused" her then she probably doesn't want to be found. Someone needs to tell Link to leave his sister alone. :(

It's in the trailer. He even seems to jump in the sailboat.

4 player GBA Zelda was shown during the press confrence. Person who collects the most rupees by the end of the game wins. Certain puzzles require multiple people to solve.

EDIT:

http://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/c..._agb_mov02.wmv

Format: Game Boy® Advance
Launch Date: December 9, 2002
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Action/Adventure
Accessories: Game Boy Advance Game Link® cable
Players: 1-4
MSRP: $29.95

Game Summary

This game features two games in one-the complete Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game plus an all-new first-ever multiplayer Zelda™ game! In the one-player mode, A Link to the Past, Link receives a telepathic message from Zelda, imploring him to help. He must find the Master Sword, then travel to the Dark World to defeat Ganon and restore peaceto the land of Hyrule. In the multiplayer game, Four Swords, between two to four players take on the roles of young adventurers who answer a challenge from the Triforce™. They must brave the dangers of multiple dungeons in a quest to find the Master Sword. Their strength will be tested by fierce monsters, their wisdom tested by complex puzzles, and their courage tested by having to cooperate with each other to overcome obstacles.

Features

* Talk to all sorts of people and creatures to gain information about how to move forward in his quest.
* Fight enemies and battle through dangerous and complicated dungeons to recover key objects that open new areas.
* Wield swords throw bombs, perform dash attacks, lift and throw, and push and pull objects; acquire items that give additional abilities.
* In Four Swords, face puzzles that require the cooperation of two or more players to solve. They can exchange items, but they also will be competing to pick up as many Rupees as they can to increase their individual scores. It's a unique blend of cooperation and backstabbing.