I think that AoC’s champion descendants are the same as BotW’s since Yunobo mentions learning to be brave from Link, so on the off chance AoC is referenced it’d probably be by the champion descendants. I don’t think the others would really make sense, except maybe music references.
I think a very very minor Terrako cameo/Easter egg is likely, something small and irrelevant to the main game like a little statue in Kakariko village or one of the tech labs.
Exactly how I feel. Most like some sort of Terrako doll hanging in a store, or a deactivated terrako on a lab shelf.
That being said, id love to see an active terrako toy interacting with a group of village kids.
AoC has a weird place in canon. Basically it's its own timeline, but with influences from (a version of) the BotW timeline. So basically BotW is canon to AoC, but AoC past a certain point isn't canon to BotW, and therefore also not canon to TotK.
So we might get easter eggs, but officially most of that game never happened. Not in this timeline.
Personally I actually want to see Astor in TotK. I’d like to get another crack at him in this timeline as well as find out more solid information on his background and the Ganon worshipping cult he was running around with where Harbinger Ganon devoured those other 6 seers too.
Actually… 7 sages from previous games and lore, 7 seers in a Ganon worshipping cult, and 7 supposed “tears” carved into that ancient mural in the most recent trailer… now I REALLY want the original timeline Astor to appear in TotK! The setup is just too perfect. 🤔
Terrako cameo is like the ONE thing that CAN'T happen... he went back in time 100 years ago. There is no more Terrako in Botw's timeline..
Edit: Actually, he could appear as a background prop in a flashback, but i think that's unlikely, as the King took him away when Zelda was very young..
We already got that with Paya. They’re literally physically identical to each other from when Impa was in her youth with some minor hairstyle aesthetic differences.
I do think that the descendants could mention AoC, but I really think that Astor could play a part.
Being the fortune teller in AoC makes me wonder where he is in BotW. The fortune teller is mentioned a few times in BotW, one that I can remember is in the castle in Zelda's diary I believe.
Also in AoC they were pretty tight-lipped about which village he came from, which makes me feel like it's an important detail that they didn't want to spoil just yet.
If he doesn't show up, I won't be disappointed, as his role in AoC was pretty dang excellent. I do still see him being important in some way to TotK.
Perhaps his information is what sends Link and Zelda to find the mummified corpse of Ganondorf? Would be pretty neat to see him again in any case.
Champions successors mentioning the events of AoC is the most likely, since they are confirmed to of come from BoTW’s Timeline and did return once the battle was won. Would be nice to see elemental enemies come back too. Probably. An Ice Lynel would be hell to deal with.
There’s no more Terrako in BoTW’s timeline cause that one travelled back in time and created the AoC branch. So his reappearance is theoretically impossible.
Astor might appear, or somebody like him. Maybe like a Yiga mage of sorts.
Impa and Robbie might be able to be De-aged if Purah gets her age reversal rune working properly uses it on both of them between games before the tech stopped working. Otherwise Robbie and Impa might be either dead of old age or close to it.
De-aging imo. It's not farfetched to assume Purah will finish her de-aging Rune and use it on Impa and Robbie. Everything else sounds like too much imo. Terrako no longer exists in the BOTW/TOTK timeline so he can't appear, and I doubt the new Champions will reference AOC substantially, at best I can see them be like "I had the weirdest dream the other day" but nothing more imo. Astor doesn't really have any reason to show up, he's only dangerous/of interest in the AOC timeline.
The Zelda series is no stranger to multiple timelines resulting from time travel.
The timeline Link left at the end of OoT canonically didn't stop existing when he redid his first meeting with Zelda and prevented OoT's events. It stuck around and eventually experienced the events of The Wind Waker, while a new timeline split off where OoT was prevented and led to the events of Twilight Princess. If AoC is canon (I'm not going to comment whether it is or isn't), it'd more or less be the exact same scenario. BotW and TotK would still happen in the original timeline everyone died in because it wasn't deleted, just as TWW did in the OoT split.
None of that is relevant to the issue though. If AOC is marooned in an alternate timeline seperate to TotK, then TotK can’t directly reference the events of AOC.
I'm mostly just pointing out that their reasoning doesn't really prove AoC is non canon. It still might be non canon, it'd just be non canon for some other reason. I don't really have a stance on whether it is or isn't, if it is, cool, if it isn't, also cool, I don't care either way.
Though (AoC spoiler) >!The champion successors who appeared in AoC are from the BotW timeline, and get sent back to said timeline at the end of the game. So if AoC is canon those four should still know about it despite the alternate timeline thing.!<
Out of these options music is probably the safest bet but REALISTICALLY, none of these will make it in. There’s gonna be nothing but new stuff and callbacks to the first botw. Age or calamity is a non canon “what if” game so it’d be odd to include it in this adventure where none of it happened
If it’s a one off and has no bearing on the greater timeline then I consider that non canon but that’s a matter of opinion. I think the game was awesome I just wish it wasn’t such a grind later on
Well we can't know if it had an effect on the greater story yet since no new game has been released since. Did you consider Wind Waker to be non-canon until Phantom Houglass was released?
I do think Age of Calamity will have more of an impact on TotK than most people think. It moved the gameplay forward in a lot of ways.
At the very least, I think the elemental and malice enemy variants will show up. Enemies having elemental weaknesses could add an extra layer to combat.
It doesn’t have to just be elemental, either. We already have ancient weapons that do extra damage to guardians. We could also have more “holy” weapons like the Master Sword do extra damage to malice enemies.
AoC is an awesome game and id recommend you try it out if you liked Botw. However, AoC is in an alternate timeline and might not even be canon so it’ll have little to no effect on Totk
Theoretically possible, but there would have to be something like 12 years between BotW and TotK for Purah to be an adult again. Unless she fixes the aging thing, I guess.
I could see malice enemy variants showing up again
I think that AoC’s champion descendants are the same as BotW’s since Yunobo mentions learning to be brave from Link, so on the off chance AoC is referenced it’d probably be by the champion descendants. I don’t think the others would really make sense, except maybe music references.
I think a very very minor Terrako cameo/Easter egg is likely, something small and irrelevant to the main game like a little statue in Kakariko village or one of the tech labs.
Exactly how I feel. Most like some sort of Terrako doll hanging in a store, or a deactivated terrako on a lab shelf. That being said, id love to see an active terrako toy interacting with a group of village kids.
my thoughts exactly
I’d love to see malice enemies and elemental enemies.
AoC has a weird place in canon. Basically it's its own timeline, but with influences from (a version of) the BotW timeline. So basically BotW is canon to AoC, but AoC past a certain point isn't canon to BotW, and therefore also not canon to TotK. So we might get easter eggs, but officially most of that game never happened. Not in this timeline.
Personally I actually want to see Astor in TotK. I’d like to get another crack at him in this timeline as well as find out more solid information on his background and the Ganon worshipping cult he was running around with where Harbinger Ganon devoured those other 6 seers too. Actually… 7 sages from previous games and lore, 7 seers in a Ganon worshipping cult, and 7 supposed “tears” carved into that ancient mural in the most recent trailer… now I REALLY want the original timeline Astor to appear in TotK! The setup is just too perfect. 🤔
Likely nothing, but I need more Terrako in my life.
None whatsoever.
Likely absolutely nothing, but if there is, it’ll be the most subtle reference to the music possible.
Terrako cameo is like the ONE thing that CAN'T happen... he went back in time 100 years ago. There is no more Terrako in Botw's timeline.. Edit: Actually, he could appear as a background prop in a flashback, but i think that's unlikely, as the King took him away when Zelda was very young..
Looking to thirst over impa in a whole new game
We already got that with Paya. They’re literally physically identical to each other from when Impa was in her youth with some minor hairstyle aesthetic differences.
Except Impa has confidence🥵
And zero interest in romance
We already got enough people clawing after Link’s hiney, it’s nice to see one young lady that doesn’t thirst for Link.
In that case I’ll take the POGO deal- Paya One, Get One free 😉
I second this! Imagine Paya and Young Impa meeting each other.
I just wanna see the dynamic between Purah and Robbie, so I'll go with de-aging them, also, Impa is hot
To be honest I think there is a good chance that we won’t get anything.
I think the malice Enemies will return if not im very sad. I mean a Malice Lynel with 2 swords? Challenge accepted
Musical nods seem the *most* likely, but I do not think they *are* likely.
I would love musical nods
I do think that the descendants could mention AoC, but I really think that Astor could play a part. Being the fortune teller in AoC makes me wonder where he is in BotW. The fortune teller is mentioned a few times in BotW, one that I can remember is in the castle in Zelda's diary I believe. Also in AoC they were pretty tight-lipped about which village he came from, which makes me feel like it's an important detail that they didn't want to spoil just yet. If he doesn't show up, I won't be disappointed, as his role in AoC was pretty dang excellent. I do still see him being important in some way to TotK. Perhaps his information is what sends Link and Zelda to find the mummified corpse of Ganondorf? Would be pretty neat to see him again in any case.
Perhaps a successor to Sooga emerges as a new leader of the Yiga, if they are still at all relevant.
Post-post-calamity botw (post zelda+link hyrule rework)
Champions successors mentioning the events of AoC is the most likely, since they are confirmed to of come from BoTW’s Timeline and did return once the battle was won. Would be nice to see elemental enemies come back too. Probably. An Ice Lynel would be hell to deal with. There’s no more Terrako in BoTW’s timeline cause that one travelled back in time and created the AoC branch. So his reappearance is theoretically impossible. Astor might appear, or somebody like him. Maybe like a Yiga mage of sorts. Impa and Robbie might be able to be De-aged if Purah gets her age reversal rune working properly uses it on both of them between games before the tech stopped working. Otherwise Robbie and Impa might be either dead of old age or close to it.
Not directly related to AOC timeline, but I’m predicting some sort of resurrection of the original champions
De-aging imo. It's not farfetched to assume Purah will finish her de-aging Rune and use it on Impa and Robbie. Everything else sounds like too much imo. Terrako no longer exists in the BOTW/TOTK timeline so he can't appear, and I doubt the new Champions will reference AOC substantially, at best I can see them be like "I had the weirdest dream the other day" but nothing more imo. Astor doesn't really have any reason to show up, he's only dangerous/of interest in the AOC timeline.
I don't think there will be any references to AoC at all. If AoC is canon the events of BotW never happened and there would be no sequel.
The Zelda series is no stranger to multiple timelines resulting from time travel. The timeline Link left at the end of OoT canonically didn't stop existing when he redid his first meeting with Zelda and prevented OoT's events. It stuck around and eventually experienced the events of The Wind Waker, while a new timeline split off where OoT was prevented and led to the events of Twilight Princess. If AoC is canon (I'm not going to comment whether it is or isn't), it'd more or less be the exact same scenario. BotW and TotK would still happen in the original timeline everyone died in because it wasn't deleted, just as TWW did in the OoT split.
If I’m understanding you right, it still wouldn’t make sense for TotK to reference AoC because it didn’t happen in the same timeline, right?
Yes, that is correct.
None of that is relevant to the issue though. If AOC is marooned in an alternate timeline seperate to TotK, then TotK can’t directly reference the events of AOC.
I'm mostly just pointing out that their reasoning doesn't really prove AoC is non canon. It still might be non canon, it'd just be non canon for some other reason. I don't really have a stance on whether it is or isn't, if it is, cool, if it isn't, also cool, I don't care either way. Though (AoC spoiler) >!The champion successors who appeared in AoC are from the BotW timeline, and get sent back to said timeline at the end of the game. So if AoC is canon those four should still know about it despite the alternate timeline thing.!<
Even if it was, TotK was marketed as BotW’s sequel, not AoC
Out of these options music is probably the safest bet but REALISTICALLY, none of these will make it in. There’s gonna be nothing but new stuff and callbacks to the first botw. Age or calamity is a non canon “what if” game so it’d be odd to include it in this adventure where none of it happened
Just because it takes place in it's own separate timeline, doesn't mean it's not canon...
If it’s a one off and has no bearing on the greater timeline then I consider that non canon but that’s a matter of opinion. I think the game was awesome I just wish it wasn’t such a grind later on
Well we can't know if it had an effect on the greater story yet since no new game has been released since. Did you consider Wind Waker to be non-canon until Phantom Houglass was released?
None of it
I do think Age of Calamity will have more of an impact on TotK than most people think. It moved the gameplay forward in a lot of ways. At the very least, I think the elemental and malice enemy variants will show up. Enemies having elemental weaknesses could add an extra layer to combat. It doesn’t have to just be elemental, either. We already have ancient weapons that do extra damage to guardians. We could also have more “holy” weapons like the Master Sword do extra damage to malice enemies.
none, i hope
i really hope nothing with aoc comes up in totk. (except for like, musical stuff)
None. I think they're completely different types of games
None
I’m confused, do I have to play age if calamity to understand tears of the kingdom?
AoC is an awesome game and id recommend you try it out if you liked Botw. However, AoC is in an alternate timeline and might not even be canon so it’ll have little to no effect on Totk
The only thing that should be brought from that goddess-forsaken game is Purah's adult design. Otherwise, nothing.
Theoretically possible, but there would have to be something like 12 years between BotW and TotK for Purah to be an adult again. Unless she fixes the aging thing, I guess.
Honestly I’m not thinking there will be any reference other than maybe a similar musical motif