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== Action-Adventure Games ==

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' is a bit of a mess, as [[Fanon]] persists in trying to find some coherent continuity between the games. [[Word of God]] stated the [[Time Travel]] shenanigans in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' actually ''split'' the timeline, giving twice the elbow room for [[Fan Wank]]-ery. Though thanks to Shigeru Miyamoto's occasional nonsensical statements, nobody's sure if [[Word of God]] knows what it's talking about at any given time anyways.

** The situation becomes even more complicated, as [[Word of God]] has a tendency to contradict itself on this matter. ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the ~~Past|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He~~ Past]]'' is before the original two games, then it's after; ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' has gone in and out of being considered the [[Backstory]] to ''Link To The Past''. About the only constant has been that ''Ocarina'' is the major series starting point, giving a definitive origin to Ganon, the series [[Big Bad]]. Though even that position is being usurped by ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', which is giving a definitive origin for the [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Master Sword]] (which was already in play during ''Ocarina'').

** The situation becomes even more complicated, as [[Word of God]] has a tendency to contradict itself on this matter. ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' is before the original two games, then it's after; ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' has gone in and out of being considered the [[Backstory]] to ''Link To The Past''. About the only constant has been that ''Ocarina'' is the major series starting point, giving a definitive origin to Ganon, the series [[Big Bad]]. Though even that position is being usurped by ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', which is giving a definitive origin for the [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Master Sword]] (which was already in play during ''Ocarina'').

** The series timeline has been recently revealed in the book "Hyrule Historia", turns out the timeline was split in 3 branches in OOT.

* The ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series plays around with the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] and as a result only the first two, ''Blood Omen'' and ''Soul Reaver'', are in normal order. ''Soul Reaver 2'' picked up where ''Soul Reaver'' left off with the main characters travelling back in time to a couple decades before ''Blood Omen'', then they travel forward to several centuries after ''Blood Omen'', then back to centuries before ''Blood Omen''. The fourth game, ''Blood Omen 2'', takes place between ''Blood Omen'' and ''Soul Reaver'' in an altered timeline caused by the fifth game, ''Defiance''. Defiance picks up right where ''Soul Reaver 2'' left off and switches between the two heroes who are in different time periods, one is still in the time period centuries before ''Blood Omen'' and the other is exactly in the same timeframe as ''Blood Omen'', the events of that game occuring unseen at the same time as the events of ''Defiance''. If you followed all that, congratulations, you just mastered one of the most complex time travel plots ever known.