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Everything that might come across as being religious was altered by Nintendo of America. Not even the subtitles stayed untouched. Parts of the story were changed for the same reason. One example: Agahnim is no longer a priest but a wizard. The Loyal Priest has his name changed in the English version to The Loyal Sage in the Sanctuary Also the Hexagram symbol in the Eastern Palace has been altered to a compass symbol. Also at the Desert Palace, the Hieroglyphs has been changed to nonsense gibberish.
Not exactly. In 2011, the producers of Zelda finally created an official timeline of the series, which details how all installments are related to each other chronologically. They had to reconcile many continuity problems and discrepancies that had arisen over the decades, so their chronology splits in 3 separate timelines in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) (Ocarina of Time). The first timeline continues the child era from Ocarina of Time, and gives rise to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) (Majora's Mask) and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) (Twilight Princess). The second timeline continues the Adult era, where the Seven Sages are Link's friends of different species, who help him seal Ganon into the Sacred Realm. This timeline leads into The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) (Wind Waker), The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) (Phantom Hourglass) and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) (Spirit Tracks).
The third timeline in Ocarina of Time occurs off-screen. In the originally conceived backstory (before Ocarina was released), Ganondorf had stumbled upon a way into the Sacred Realm (or Golden Land, as it is called in Link to the Past), and obtained the Triforce. After the release of Ocarina, this was retconned; the events of Ocarina occurred up to the point where adult Link has his final duel with Ganon. However, in this timeline, Ganon is successful in defeating Link and Zelda, and obtains their Triforce pieces, becoming the Dark God Ganon. Link's Sage friends then use their power to seal Ganon and the Triforce into the Sacred Realm. A long period of peace ensues, while under Ganon's twisted influence, the Sacred Realm turns into the Dark World. Several people who enter the Realm in search of the Triforce are drafted into his dark army. Many years later, Ganon breaks the seal and invades Hyrule in an attempt to conquer both the Light and Dark World. The then-King of Hyrule appoints Seven Sages who re-seal the entrance to the Sacred Realm, again trapping Ganon inside. Three or four generations later, Ganon manages to control the wizard Agahnim from inside the Dark World; together they make the descendants of the Sages disappear, weakening the seal and allowing his escape.
Link to the Past is a successor to this specific backstory: the Seven Sages were men and Link has to find their descendants (also human) to defeat Ganon. It is also interesting to note that the nature of the imprisonment is different in the timelines. In the first, Ganon is cast away in what is later identified as the Twilight Realm (seen in Twilight Princess); in the second and third, Ganon is imprisoned in the Dark World (which is shown only in Link to the Past as a twisted version of Hyrule) from which he escapes.
The third timeline in Ocarina of Time occurs off-screen. In the originally conceived backstory (before Ocarina was released), Ganondorf had stumbled upon a way into the Sacred Realm (or Golden Land, as it is called in Link to the Past), and obtained the Triforce. After the release of Ocarina, this was retconned; the events of Ocarina occurred up to the point where adult Link has his final duel with Ganon. However, in this timeline, Ganon is successful in defeating Link and Zelda, and obtains their Triforce pieces, becoming the Dark God Ganon. Link's Sage friends then use their power to seal Ganon and the Triforce into the Sacred Realm. A long period of peace ensues, while under Ganon's twisted influence, the Sacred Realm turns into the Dark World. Several people who enter the Realm in search of the Triforce are drafted into his dark army. Many years later, Ganon breaks the seal and invades Hyrule in an attempt to conquer both the Light and Dark World. The then-King of Hyrule appoints Seven Sages who re-seal the entrance to the Sacred Realm, again trapping Ganon inside. Three or four generations later, Ganon manages to control the wizard Agahnim from inside the Dark World; together they make the descendants of the Sages disappear, weakening the seal and allowing his escape.
Link to the Past is a successor to this specific backstory: the Seven Sages were men and Link has to find their descendants (also human) to defeat Ganon. It is also interesting to note that the nature of the imprisonment is different in the timelines. In the first, Ganon is cast away in what is later identified as the Twilight Realm (seen in Twilight Princess); in the second and third, Ganon is imprisoned in the Dark World (which is shown only in Link to the Past as a twisted version of Hyrule) from which he escapes.
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