Question: So Eiji’s worked on a couple of Zelda games, and knows a thing or two about the franchise…he talked a lot in his presentation about Zeldaness and that sort of thing. What has he learned about storytelling?

Eiji Aonuma: Well, obviously there are a lot of games that other developers are making that have really in-depth stories. And I personally don’t know how they develop their stories. But the way that we do it is maybe somewhat different from what they do, in the sense that with Zelda, (((we don’t start off with a storyline and then build a game around it, we start off with a framework for the game, we create the game, and then we develop the storyline based on the type of game we’ve created))).(((Obviously Zelda isn’t a story that exists already that we’re then taking and turning into games, it’s something that, essentially, the storylines evolves as we add new games in the series.))) And part of the reason that we do this is because if you start off with a story and try to turn that into a game, you essentially end up with some of the Aku, or impurities, that [chuckles]—basically, things don’t feel natural [since] you’re trying to make a game based on a story and you aren’t able to express everything the way you want to, whereas once you start with the game and build the story around that and you have your core framework, and then the story evolves based on what we’re doing with the game. Obviously, when it comes down to the reality of the Zelda series the storyline is really there to make the gameplay more interesting.
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No actual storyline but he says there is a Document that shows the storyline What does that mean somewhere he lied…

by the way: the ending of this video was kind of epic!! :D
how great would it be if there was a zelda movie!?

Just another quick note:

This can all be read in the Zelda manga’s. They’re pretty good for clearing up some interesting story.

Just A Thought…

my idea is that link did go back into hyrule a to live out his child hood and to later go into termina in mm and leas the timeline for hyrule a leaving no link in hyrule b but as there may be no link gannon and zelda are still in hyrule b and i think gannon got locked away into the secred realm or what ever it is you guys wanna make out what happened to him but i think that zelda lived a somewhat normal life living to be about 40 in my opinion and then having 2 children the link and zelda for tp and died giving birth and link ended up split from her sister and living in the ordon village as an orphan having no parents and zelda growing and then zelda growing up as a princess but is seen with no parents either this so far makes enough sence.

and as for people saying that the technology and land advances in oot at the end i think its safe to estimate zelda in her 20 just for the sake of this next part. ok so for my theory if zelda was around 20 then she died at 40 with 2 kids thats 20 years there and then in tp i have the guide for it and it clearly states that link is 17 years old so thats 37 years for some stuff to develope over time since link defeated ganon in oot.

i think my theory makes perfect sence and if you have any questions on my theory just ask please i am all for helping figure out the time line i am a huge fan of zelda and have played most of the games and am open for an arguement and if anyone has anyquestions on the game ww or tp let me know i have played both games at least 7 times each and have guides for both so i will gladly help.

p.s. legend of zelda is fliping awesome.