Single Link Theory

The Single Link Theory was a commonly believed theory by Zelda Fans up until 2003, during the release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The theory stated that unlike most, if not all current timeline theories that instead of Link existing as several separate people linked together in some way throughout the series, Link was a single person that went on a lot of adventures, and that all of the games in the series took place during the life time of one Link. For example while current timeline theories say that the Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was different from the one from the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the single timeline theory said that they were the same person and that the games they were in only took a few years apart from on another (no more then 10).

While this theory might seem foolish today it was hotly debated by Zelda Fans similar to the Single and Split Timeline theories of today. However just before the release of The Wind Waker in 2003 Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an interview with Nintendo Power that there were multiple Links throughout the series. All suspicions were put aside when The Wind Waker was finally released, and confirmed that there were at lest 2 or more Links within the timeline. Today this theory is considered an impossibility among Zelda fans, and is rarely still talked about. Virtually the only time this theory is ever brought up today is when people talk about this theory or when someone less familiar with the series and have played less of the games still think there is a single Link.