Nintendo just broke the Zelda timeline by 10,000 years

Nintendo of America has updated the official English-language Zelda timeline, placing the first Great Calamity far closer to Breath of the Wild than previously understood. The change has reignited debate among fans because it conflicts with the game’s portrayal of the pre-Calamity era as ancient history.

The revised chronology puts 9,900 years between the Imprisoning War and the Great Calamity, followed by 100 years before Ganon’s return and the start of Breath of the Wild. Previously, the Great Calamity was understood to have happened 10,000 years before the game. The update also reflects Nintendo’s earlier clarification that the Hyrule founded in Tears of the Kingdom’s flashbacks is a refounded kingdom.