When Nintendo called Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment "canonical" to the Zelda timeline during the July Partner Direct, I did whatever the audible equivalent of a double-take is. Nintendo, so averse to timelines. Nintendo, who had Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma on record saying the history of Zelda-world really doesn't matter that much.

Then, I remembered something I've tried to forget over the last five years —

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