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=Continuity Notes= | =Continuity Notes= | ||
− | *This game specifically takes place several years after ''The Legend of Zelda'' with the same Link and Impa (although the ancient Zelda appears in | + | *This game specifically takes place several years after ''The Legend of Zelda'' with the same Link and Impa (although the ancient Zelda appears in pace of the Zelda of the previous game). Ganon's minions also seek to revive him due to his destruction at Link's hands in the previous game's ending. At the end of the game Link is also shown to still have the Triforces of Wisdom and Power from the previous game. The [[Hyrule Historia]] clarifies that takes place six years after ''The Legend of Zelda'' and is part of the alternate timeline which follows a hypothetical version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' where the Hero of Time failed to defeat Ganon. ''Zelda II'' is the last title set in this branch of the timeline. |
*A small portion of the overworld resembles a reduced version of the overworld from ''The Legend of Zelda'', including [[Death Mountain]]. This has caused the expansive overworld that is exclusive to this game to be referred to as North Hyrule. | *A small portion of the overworld resembles a reduced version of the overworld from ''The Legend of Zelda'', including [[Death Mountain]]. This has caused the expansive overworld that is exclusive to this game to be referred to as North Hyrule. | ||
− | *This game sets several story precedents for the ''Zelda'' series, as it introduced the whole Triforce (with its last piece, the Triforce of Courage) and establishes multiple generations of Princess Zeldas. This has also caused confusion about the timeline placement of ''Zelda II'''s backstory, as the story of the sleeping Zelda is implied to have taken place at an early point in Hyrule's history, which made it difficult to match up with other games associated with the "early" canon such as ''Ocarina of Time''. It has since been established | + | *This game sets several story precedents for the ''Zelda'' series, as it introduced the whole Triforce (with its last piece, the Triforce of Courage) and establishes multiple generations of Princess Zeldas. This has also caused confusion about the timeline placement of ''Zelda II'''s backstory, as the story of the sleeping Zelda is implied to have taken place at an early point in Hyrule's history, which made it difficult to match up with other games associated with the "early" canon such as ''Ocarina of Time''. It has since been established that the sleeping princess backstory instead took place in the era just prior to ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''Zelda II''. |
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