The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Trivia

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• Executive Meddling: The original Japanese subtitle was "Triforce of the Gods", which Nintendo deemed necessary to change for the American release, since this was still during the era where they were wary of Moral Guardians saying anything about references to religion and gods. The American manual for the game still uses the term "gods" in explaining the game's backstory and Hyrule's creation myth.
• Flip-Flop of God:
  • At the time of this game's release, the back of the box said it was a prequel to the NES installments, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link); the story told in the manual seems to reflect this, detailing the origin of Hyrule, the Triforce, and Ganon. During an interview in 1998, Shigeru Miyamoto seemed to have changed his mind on this, stating that it was a sequel; this makes almost no sense plot-wise, and is now mostly seen as a slip of the tongue from his part, as another interview with him in 1999 seemed to confirm the originally-intended order.
  • The 1998 release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (the fifth game in the series) created even more of a Continuity Snarl down the line due to its use of time-travel based Dual World Gameplay - Wind Waker, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess all continuing from various points of that game's multiple timelines, which in turn begged the question of where this game fell within the chronology as well. In 2011, Hyrule Historia would eventually re-confirm what was originally stated: A Link to the Past took place after Ganon defeated the adult Link in the final battle, resulting in him being sealed within the corrupted Sacred Realm as a last resort, and this game's events would eventually lead to those of the NES games.