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Echoes of Wisdom's official place on the Zelda timeline, and it turns out that the princess's adventure happens directly before the events of the first game. The Zelda timeline is, frankly, rather confusing – there's a whole timeline split after the events of Ocarina of Time depending on whether or not Link is defeated,

Nintendo has updated the official Zelda history page and included Echoes of Wisdom's place on the timeline. Appearing in the timeline where The Hero is defeated in Ocarina of Time

Nintendo has revealed The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s position on the official franchise timeline just two months after the Zelda-led adventure arrived on Switch. According to the Zelda loremasters,

The official Zelda timeline is the focus of much debate among the series’ hardcore fans, with rumblings over Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom’s place in all this recently settled when Nintendo popped both in a time and place all their own.