Zelda: Breath of the Wild Has an Official Place in the Series’ Timeline… Sort Of

The Legend of Zelda series timeline has recently been updated to include Breath of the Wild, but it’s not as revelatory as you might think.

Nintendo’s Japanese website has been updated with the new timeline, and Breath of the Wild sits at the end, unconnected to any of the other three timelines. In an interview with Famitsu, (translated by Siliconera), Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi says exactly which timeline it rounds out is “up  to the player’s imagination.”

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