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Nintendo has revealed The Legend of Zelda: 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.

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The official Zelda timeline has been added to reveal how The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom fits with the rest of the series.

God, seriously, calm down. It’s OK. Listen to me: it’s ooooooh-kayyyyyy. Shhhhhhh. After the recent absolute horror of learning that Breath of the Wild does not exist on the official timeline of Zelda games,

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.