I don't think about the timeline that much anymore, but here's a few stuff I thoughts about.

Firstly, I believe WW takes place in the Adult time-line because Ganon actually threatened the world in some way according to WW's intro, while in the Child Timeline, Ganon didn't pose a threat immediately as Zelda wasn't able to help him with his plans by being an idiot.

Now, MM takes place in the child timeline because of common sense.

Something that confuses me about Twilight Princess is Ganon's complete lack of memory concerning anything that had to do with OoT, which leads me to believe that Twilight Princess takes place in the Child timeline.

As for a Link to the Past, I believe it to take place in the Adult Time-line, because the Dark World is pretty much exactly like OoT describes it in Alttp. Broked version of the light world. I think something happened shortly after Alttp that set Ganon free, and making the world go flood-flood. So, it goez like this:

OoT>Alttp>WW>PH

Now, if I remember correctly, in the Oracle games, those two lovely ladies were trying to revive Ganon. So, unless I'm missing something important, the oracle games probably take place after Alttp. So, it goez like this now:

OoT>Alttp>OoA/OoS>WW>PH

Now, even though the boats from the Oracles Games and Link's Awakening look totally different, the way the timeline looks now, it seems as though the Oracle games may take place after Link's Awakening, along with the same Link from Alttp. I say this because in the booklet of Link's Awakening (According to intarweb folklore), Link's Awakening takes place after Alttp, as a direct sequel, with the same Link. So now...

OoT>Alttp>LA>OoA/OoS>WW>PH

Now, apparently, Alttp is a prequel to Legend of Zelda, once again according to the booklet. So, since Alttp, LA, OoA/OoS all apparently have the same Link, I guess it's in-between WW and OoS if it's in this timeline.

Now, one theory is that Ganon turned the land barren and crap after escaping, and before the land was finally flooded, Link was oblivious and killed the bastard anyway. Or whatever he did, since he appears in the WW. (Don't you love it how tight it seems at the beginning, but then it begins to loosen?)

Now, on the other hand, Nintendo could just go "Well, Alttp is BEFORE LoZ, but in another timeline!" which would actually hurt my brain much less, and if they ever announce the real timeline (if they have one), I hope they either do this, or remake the original LoZ with some more explanation on the story of that game. So, wherever LoZ goes, it looks like this in there, since Adventure of Link takes place right after LoZ according to common sense.

LoZ>AoL

And that's it for that.

Now, even though Four Swords Adventures seems to take place in a different age than OoT just by art-style, it still has similar locations for certain places on the world map, so I'll just say it comes after MM in the timeline. Now, Ganondorf is still alive here, mortally. So, perhaps a new Link came along, or perhaps it's the same one. Whatever. So, Link unseals Vaati from the sword, from who knows WHEN he was sealed before here, and it's like yeah. And Ganon is pretty much described as a Rogue here, a common thief. So, what I theorize is that after the events of OoT Child (Pretty much nothing). So, he tried a new plan, since the other one didn't quite work out, and it failed too. And now, he got a bad reputation with all the Gerudos. He finds the spear of total awesomesauce, and is now the lovely Ganon we all know and love who we also got from the Power of the Triforce, but now he's way bigger. This could be a connection to the original LoZ, hopefully. He like, shrunk though. Anyway, after you beat Vaati, you see some floaty thing float away, so Vaati escaped-ed.

OoT>MM>FSA

Now, obviously, the Minish Cap comes before FSA, because Vaati never got stuck in the sword before the Minish Cap. Now, this could either mean Four Sword (Not Adventures) takes place WAAAY after, or in between MC and OoT. Just because we need some time between MC and OoT, and because MC came out RIGHT after Four Sword, as though trying to adjust the story, I'll make it go like this now.

MC>FS>OOT>MM>FSA

Now, Twilight Princess clearly takes place close after OoT, as the world map is almost ripped from it. But it also clearly takes place long enough after to be put after FSA, since Ganon doesn't seem to be alive mortally, but as an immortal being, due to being able to turn into a spirit and corrupt Zant. On the OTHER hand though, one would assume he'd be all "I hate green clothing. You suck.". But perhaps since he didn't lose his kingdom after ruling it for a measely 7 years and then being sealed away only to end up getting killed by some 8 year old playing his SNES all night he didn't go insane. ANYWAY...


MC>FS>OOT>MM>FSA>TP

So there be mine theory.