And it would make a little bit of sense because Link joined Mario Kart

In the Metroid Universe.

@@tomsimmons7673 im also fond of f-zero being hosted somewhere in the galactic federation.

A version of Link was sleeping in a bed in Mario RPG

I mean since the Mario games setting is just Mario with its fantasy, urban, and sci-fi features coexisting it would make sense for the past to just be set in the just zelda setting.

May I know a source? I'm just curious ^\_(°~°)_/^

Source?

@@SiriusCygnus kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdtdqbSovtG9img.html

@@SiriusCygnus the source is Groose

@@karltaylor4064 seems legit.

And also Ordon Village is not part of hyrule, and it’s not it’s own world

[TP] The bread merchant in Castle Town (found on one end of the southern through fare) even talks about how he loved Castle Towns, and that each one was one culture shock after another. This implies that there are other Kingdoms with other Castle Towns.

I Majora’s Mask, myself.

Labrynna, Holodrum, Subrosia, and Hytopia are all kingdoms far from Hyrule that Link and Zelda travel to. So Hyrule is not a planet but a kingdom in a seemingly humongous and ever changing planet.

There's probably more games that in some way indicate that Hyrule is just one kingdom than there are that don't.

This theory has nothing to do with Terry Pratchett. It is the belief of Hinduism/Buddhism

Would this make the giant turtle in Majora’s Mask… a distant relative? Maybe one day it will get it’s own, with four great guardians to support it

You mean four DIVINE BEASTS?

What's underneath the turtle?

oh so basically earth in real life

Yes!!! Thank you! I am so tired of hearing this ignorant 100 years number thrown around like canon. The backstory even makes no damn sense if it was only 100 years between OoT and WW. Do you homework, Monster Maze, this is why I talk shit about you Zelda KZfaqrs! Edit: It's important to note, this 100 years number comes from a mistranslation of an Aonuma interview, where he gives a rough estimate for the setting of WW. He actually says a word that means 'between 100 and 1,000 years', or more accurately, 'hundreds of years' (which is exactly what the King says in WW). We don't know the exact time, but I would say 800 years makes sense, given the evidence and past events.

@@nickcurrant2254 exactly right I totally agree and you know what else gives this proof wind waker ganondorf he seemed to be the oldest he’s ever been out of his alternate incarnation twilight princess ganondorf which tells me that twilight princess ganondorf died much earlier then ganondorf of the adult timeline it also puts a big ranch into people saying wind waker and twilight princess take place at the same time NO IT DOES F 🤬NOT ganondorf different age and look in both timelines in games proves this. He’s older in wind waker lived longer in the adult timeline He’s younger in twilight princess and died earlier in the child timeline

@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003 Of course, some could argue that it's just the style they chose for WW that lead to Ganondorf's design, but I agree. He seems to be modeled similarly to the King's age, which makes sense given the timespan in the backstory: Comparing what we know, in regards to the distance between WW and OoT on the timeline, there needs to first be enough time after the Adult ending to OoT for the people of Hyrule to forget the details of the Hero's story and it passes into legend--enough to even leave the people waiting for the Hero to return. Next, Ganondorf resurrects from his imprisonment to wreak havock on society, just like he promised at the end of OoT. With no hero, they plead to the gods and are instructed to run for the hills from a coming flood. Then, enough time passes that the people forget where Hyrule is, and Ganondorf is resurrected again from his imprisonment beneath the sea, in Hyrule Castle (where many of his minions remain frozen in time). Afterward, King Daphne's is resurrected temporarily from his stasis and proceeds to search for the Hero and Zelda, but Ganondorf kills two sages before anyone knows. Then, after much searching, the King finally finds who he thinks is the Hero, but even Jabun wonders if he is. In summary, ONE HUNDRED YEARS, MY ASS!

Even more than 800 years, atleast 900 since the artist died in the very end of the "9th century". We also don't know how old the tomb stone is, but concidering there is a random guy dancing in front of it instead of paying respects it's most likely old enough for people to have forgotten about the artist. So more like 1000+ years.

One last couple of things: At the end of OoT, Ganondorf exclaims that when he finally breaks the seal, that is when he will exterminate Link and Zelda's descendants--*descendants*--so even Ganondorf knew he'd be sealed for a looooong time. Additionally, Zelda and the sages would have been fully aware of Link's story, and Zelda is even in perfect position to pass it on, so again enough time passed where the people of Hyrule *forgot* their history, despite it clearly having been passed on to later generations. This is only WW backstory, and it alone probably represents more than 100 years of time since OoT, before there was even a flood.

And then you have to team up with Legolas and Gimli because Monster Maze decided that Tolkien had the right idea all along

Then kirby just consumes Gannon

*screams in space*

you mean Hohaa Hum Haaaaaa!

Incredible

Could actually be the real reason they put them in

Ok so yeah this makes more sense

In Zeldas world Orion is probably called the hero chosen by the gods or simply the hero of time

Now we just need a game where Zelda turns into a bear

@Forty Five this is further shown in games such as breath of the wild or ocarina of time

yes made sense, and some zelda games play not even in hyrule and always moon and sun is part of zeldas worlds, about breath of the wild ibthink its so great like los angeles compared to our world. And its not an island because in open worlds its the best and only way i had in my mind to set a limit always water. like all gta games los santos in gta 5 too had just an endless ocean and a sky who made you feel you fly higher but you don't. i think next to hyrule is Termina whitch you can visit normal or by an accident, through fall down a cave and then find this river who is floating through the cave, in majoras mask its because of your magic ocarina you can restart normally i think the whole zelda planet would die. because without moon a Planet .just google it how the world is without moon, i mean not a crash just without the moon.

A country you say? Does that make Goron City, Zora Domain, Kakariko Vilalge all states in this country? I would think Hyrule is something like a continent. Kinda like how Europe is called a continent even tho it has Asia attached to it. A region agreed upon by many cultures but not clearly defined where the borders are.

@@Broockle those are more sovereign nations, if that. The country of Hyrule and the kingdom of Hyrule do not necessarily mean the same thing. Hyrule (kingdom) is at least smaller than the country it's on (the Zora also have a kingdom and their own societal hierarchy, yet live right next to Hyrule's borders)

@@emoryfinch3619 I agree with all that except with the "country" of hyrule. It would be more land or continent of hyrule. Country implies it's a governing body. So within the land of hyrule we have the kingdom of hyrule where the hylians live then the Gerudo desert, death mountains, Zora domain, kakariko village and deku kingdom.

You're the top comment when it comes to talking about the terrain outside of BotW's map. You get to hear a theory I've been holding onto for almost a year. Assuming that the size of Hyrule is reduced from the canon scale (like most videogames do), and that this change in size reduces the landscape by around 60x (given the 1:60 time ratio in the game). I've used several glitches to explore outside of the map, and I've determined that (if we assume the desert used to be a lush green environment with a large sea to the West, as seen in Skyward Sword), then the entire island seen in the game mostly resembles a heavily transformed Kalimantan, in Indonesia. Hyrule itself exists in the South Eastern Quadrant. This is, of course, is assuming that Zelda takes place in the future. If we're following the typical belief that it takes place in the past, then I have no idea where it is.

Splatoon, Pikmen, and Kirby all have a post apocalyptic version of earth, who is to say this isn't one?

@@613-shadow9 explain

@@cryptictriscuit207 the world of Splatoon is caused by rising sea levels that wiped us all out. it explains in the lore you can collect. in pikmen, there are several items you pick up that look like ordinary trash although humans are not present. kirby 64 has shiver star, the only world that is globe shaped and has a moon, look even closer and you can see earth's continents. the planet is in nuclear winter

@@tamorcetold I've got to issue a correction on part of your post here: The Lanayru Desert from Skyward Sword is not the Gerudo Desert but the Provence of Lanaryu, the location of Zora River and Zora's Domain. We know this because the same Spring we visit in the Lanayru Desert in SS is also in the Lanayru Provence in Breath of the Wild. 3 springs in Faron, Eldin, and Lanayru is both Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild. However, I will add that the earliest in the Zelda Timeline we see the Desert of Mystery (The Minish Cap), it is a Swamp. So there' still hope to your theory I think?

Hard to say but... for instance, Spirit Tracks takes place on a completely different continent. Thousands of years after Hyrule has ceased to exist to exist. And here too they have their own perils and demons plaguing them. But Ganondorf never wins, so we will never know how far he would go to take over the rest of the world haha.

I’ve always imagined the other places always talk crap about the amount of trouble the people of hyrule cause.

"Hey guys, have you heared about those medieval folks from Hyrule having trouble with that big 'ol pigface Ganon again? Yeeeeah I heared about that! Poor people those Hylians, look at them. *burps while sipping on another beer*

@@MonsterMaze wait, I’m no timeline expert and I’ve never played Spirit Tracks ... But don’t multiple games take place AFTER spirit tracks and take place in Hyrule? How does this make sense lol Not doubting that your comment about spirit tracks is correct just very confused

Termina?

Imagine Taluses originating from the Asteroid belt

@@seretith3513 I wouldn't rule that out; it's an interesting idea!

@@seretith3513 Metroid 6 : the Talusanian Invasion

@@gregpl9363 : Now I"m just picturing Metroid Prime gameplay of Samus shooting like crazy at the mailman while he's running forward to give her mail. XD

@@theoaremevano3227 lmao nice 💀

Underrated comment! My personal feeling is that it's a mix of nature gods and Hyrule's volcanic activity. Eldin volcano is MASSIVE, and if Vesuvius could bury Pompeii so thoroughly that people could build on top of it, you better believe Eldin volcano could REALLY mess with the geography of Hyrule. And when deities can literally yeet entire sections of the world into the sky or completely flood it, the fact that some locations are actually consistent between games is impressive!

There's also, half-jokingly, gorons. Especially since we know they can grow to truly absurd sizes. Biggoron could do some serious damage if he decided to roll over to Lake Hylia for a bath, and when he eventually meets his end, he's gonna be a large hill or small mountain all on his own.

Don't forget Ordona, too. Ordona technically isn't part of Hyrule proper.

@@meatmobile that too, I'm 110% sure hyrule is just a kingdom in their world

"No, the entire universe, no the entire multiverse, no-"

Did... did you watch the video? I mean they address that "Hyrule", per se, is not a planet. That's not what it's about.

@@docAvid314 if you meant when I made this comment then nope, afterwards ya huh, if you couldn't tell this is kinda like a prediction comment since as you said my comment wasn't what the videos point was

A Canadian one, eh.

America is a planet. A planet full of aliens.

We ARE pretty big

@@n1nj4l1nk love this

@@n1nj4l1nk a planet filled with guns

Agreed. "Sol" wasn't the name of the closest star, it was the ball in the sky which provided light. "Moon" is a generic term. It doesn't mean the only the moon orbiting planet Earth. Lots of planets have a moon or multiple moons. As you say, the constellations do provide convincing evidence of the planet in the game is Earth.

I refuse to pardon your pun. :)

In Pikmin series the captains have their own language but the game is designed for You to understand what they're saying so of course it'll be "translated" into something the player can understand. In Pikmin 2 they give a lot of their own names to objects found on earth. Such as a pine cone being named a "conifer spire..." How do they know what a conifer even is? Do they have pine tree's on their planet? Where are they even getting this earth name from? A more likely explanation is whatever they've named a pine tree is being "translated" to an English equivalent. So yeah I agree with this analogy

Game designers use landmarks and similarities from this planet to give the world a base in reality. Otherwise the world would not make sense to a human being. That there are a few constellations that look like some of them on earth is nothing more than a fun addition and for players a 'hey, that looks like Orion!' moment and not in any means proof that it's based on earth..

@@XpRnz I would argue that the fact that Hyrule's night sky is partially based on our night sky *is* proof that Hyrule is based on Earth.

That would be cool ^^ Planet Hylia

Planet Nintendo? 🤔

Cool idea.

@@omniscribblr . If you were Planning on making a game similar to Disney Magical Kingdom, i'll run with it. Except it would have all the Nintendo characters instead of the Disney ones. But it would have to be different too.

@@labelledamedumanor4876 let's just suppose Mario Galaxy is the cannon Nintendo universe and Mario haven't discovered the country Hylia😂

Thank you for thanking him for thanking you for watching.

@@copypaste3526 Thanks

@@copypaste3526 thank you for thanking me for thanking him for thanking me for watching

@@sel5855 You're welcome

@@copypaste3526 How did I know that's what the first reply would be? Lol

I would love if games started exploring beyond the borders of hyrule but close enough to the og hyrule map that we would know their location in the big picture.

termina is in an alternate dimension/reality sorta like the dark world/lorule. it's not another land on the same plane.

@@mailliw94 Why is termina a different universe? Why isnt on like another continent

😯

Well, the bear isn’t the monster, at least in Greek mythology, she’s the victim and the gods are the monsters

@@Wolfsinger96 Which also makes sense as Ganondorf never asked to be the mortal form of Demise. It is of fault of the gods he is the way he is. Demise also blames the golden goddesses and Hylia for everything that's happened. Ganondorf carries a hatred which is not his own.

If anyone’s Orion, it’s Ganondorf, not Link. Artemis kills Orion for trying to rape the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades star cluster) (and then Zeus is Zeus and puts them all in the sky so that Orion can continue to pursue them even in death. ASSHOLE.) HOWEVER: that’s all far to eurocentric. I prefer monstermaze’s dive into shinto, buddhist, and hindu interpretations for these same constellations. And well. Seven Sages/spirit maidens is a reoccurring theme throughout the franchise But as far as why these constellations are there? Dev’s easter eggs. They’re simply recognizable, especially to players from the northern hemisphere

Even better!

What about the Donut Earth Society? D:

Worm shaped earth

What happened to the triforce shaped earth society?

@@bigbraintype1537 That's what I was alluding to :)

@shark_eater09 I am also a space interested person and yeah, same feeling. Literally angers me, it has been proven that the Earth is literally round for hundred of years.

@@NovaDraconis The Greeks knew the earth was round, and there's evidence the Egyptians did before them. It's not honestly hard for any society to figure out. The fact that flat earthers exist just goes to prove that some people never should have passed kindergarten.

@@michellewilt4479 Or even better : some people shouldn’t have born to begin with.

@@NovaDraconis if only.

@@NovaDraconis I'd have some fun as a time traveler... Go back, give every flat earthers parents a condom, and say "you'll thank me later"

That sounds like a really solid theory!

Yeah same

Me too,, not sure I’m going to make it past the thesis statement lol

I'm seeing Hyrule like a continent similar to Asia who can have huge forests, very high mountains and deserts on the same area

I just left the same comment. Gonna skim this real quick first I think...

It *has* happened before, in Skyward Sword

Same

It's confirmed to be a parallel dimension.

@@Mari_Izu OOOOO I did'nt know that. Thats sick thanks.

Complete with a Dr. Who & Lyra Belaqua.

How about this: it's a pocket dimension created by higher beings, a simulated reality, like a video game of sorts

especially after botw. It straight up said to be the end of the legendary timeline, and all the past stories are now canonically mythical and legendary tales passed down over times. Thus, botw’s timeline are the only “real” events in the zelda universe. Now of course we the player know that these past events happened and where the master sword came from and yatta yatta. But the CHARACTERS don’t.

@@game-enjoyer13 a very fair point

YEAH! Make Link an Astronaut! Complete with weapons styled on those found in the Sheikah Temples in Breath of the Wild.

@@labelledamedumanor4876 i'd like such a Zelda to actully focuse on the Alien Cultures. I don't see it in the Timeline after BotW, i actully think between 10.000 years ago and BotW would sit well. It's not considered a Ganon-Calamity after all by Hylians if it's an Alien threat. I see him using one or two Sheikah techs, like Links Traveling Devise would make sense.

@@seretith3513 . Remember the aliens from Majora's Mask? What if there was a connection between them & the BOTW Malice?

@@labelledamedumanor4876 i think they're there own stuff And BTW, what makes BotW's Malice a different thing from that we've seen in Skyward Sword (Acient Cistern Underground), Windwaker (Enemys exploding animation after defeat) or Orcarina of Time (Bongo Bongo)?

You mean the Spirit of the Hero? That could make sense, a warrior favored by the Goddess Hylia forever engraved unto the stars.

That's a beautifully sweet idea. :-)

I love that idea.

Yeah I thought that was the most obvious of the constellations. A warrior with sword and prominent shield!!?? Come on

@@forrestrichard8133 yeah and Cassiopeia is Zelda.

I agree with this sentiment. Of the few countries we've visited so far we learned very little about them.

Yeah, the games divergence takes place after WW2 and they only started miniaturizing tech in the 2050s but have mastered nuke force.

It's very funny to me ^^ I think it's technically pronounced different, but everyone just says beetle juice ^^

@@MonsterMaze Everyone RIGHTFULLY calls it beetle juice. I would definitely be mad if that wasn't the case lol.

I think it's pronoumced bate-el-gezah or something, kind of similar to bethesda.

@@kacperwoch4368 I always just copy the pronounciation form "A journey to the Edge of the universe" (the british version that is). He says Beetle "Guzz".. sort of.

You said it once!

Who knows? Ever read Philip Pullman's books?

They don't exist? Then what ARE those tiny feathered things I've seen in multiple games so far?

@@Tatokat ganon replaced all birds with his magical creations that LOOK like birds

@@b.lloydreese2030 OF COURSE! It all makes sense now.

@@b.lloydreese2030 kinda like in zelda 2 with those fake villagers!

It's not, we've seen other countries on the same planet: New Hyrule, Holodrum and Labrynna. There's also Termina and while Nintendo much later said its a dream or something I still hold that is just another country on the same planet.

right!!

Homie was probably bored ASF and just needed something to burn time

Yes for this. I can even imagine a story where Samus acquires a beam capable of opening interdimensional portals (like in Echoes) and begins to hunt down Phantoon to defeat him/her/it and find out what they apparently have been collecting the most dangerous creatures from the bottleship for, only to run into Midna, who tries to fulfill her promise to Link from Twilight Princess and uses Ganondorfs sword of six Sages to travel between worlds to get back to Hyrule. Then they meet up with Link and Zelda and take on a coalition of multidimensional monsters led by Phantoon. It would fit completely into the canon of both Metroid and Zelda.

I'll admit, that doesn't sound like a bad spinoff idea. Could lead to unique gameplay and combat potential.

@@dragonbornexpress5650 Thanks! Sadly, it is so specific that there is basically zero chance for something like this to ever happen. Maybe I'll just write a fanfiction one day lol

@@g.f.martianshipyards9328 maybe but we got Mario + rabbits at this point anything is possible…

@@bagelgod946 Yeah, Nintendo does really weird stuff sometimes

Yes we do :)

@@MonsterMaze 🤣

flat earthers make me so angry