According to Hyrule Historia, this is the chronology for the Zelda games. I knew some shit was up about eight years ago when I read Twilight Princess took place a hundred years after Ocarina of Time. Until then I thought Zelda was like Final Fantasy: games with similar elements but without any relation to one another. Nintendo devotes a lot of time in this book explaining how each one is connected, but it just doesn't make sense. The series began without any intention of creating this timeline. Yeah, okay, Zelda II was a sequel, but A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening sure weren't. I feel like in the mid-2000s suddenly someone in Nintendo said, "Hey! Why don't we make this all one universe?" I said this at the time on xanga, but let's just compare Twilight and Ocarina then. If that's the case, how the hell did the Temple of Time acquire legs, move away from Hyrule Town, and plop itself in the middle of the Lost Woods? Why is Hyrule Town in the middle of Hyrule Field instead of to the north of it? Why is Zora's Domain northwest of Death Mountain instead of southeast? The fucking tectonic plates don't move that fast in a century!

But you have to ask, what is the point? Is there anything to be gained from saying all Zelda games are in the same universe? Nope. I can't think of how this develops the series. Except for direct sequels, saying Minish Cap comes after Skyward Sword doesn't help in any way. So why make this effort?

Consequently, regardless of what Nintendo claims, I'm just going to recognize these:
Legend of Zelda → Zelda II
Ocarina of Time → Majora's Mask → Wind Waker → Phantom Hourglass → Spirit Tracks
And maybe Minish Cap → Four Swords → Four Swords Adventures