An idea popped into my head last night. This was not a new idea that I had, but one that I had several years ago, but I did not think that I had the time to do it. I was in graduate school at the time, and I was trying to keep my sanity in check. When I had the idea last night though, things were different. Now I am no longer in graduate school, and I have a flexible work schedule. At this point, you are probably dying to know what this crazy idea of mine was. Well, I decided that I wanted to play all of The Legend of Zelda games in chronological order. I did not want to play them in publication order, but chronological order. I decided to do this for two reasons: (1) I would be able to mix up the consoles that I would be using (e.g., Wii to Game Boy Advanced to New Nintendo 3DS) and (2) I could see if the order made sense, lore-wise. I wanted to inundate myself with Hyrule lore. I do not have the Four Swords or Four Swords Adventure games, so I am going to watch a YouTube Let’s Play of them unless I am able to get copies of them. I do have Tri Force Heroes, but I may watch a Let’s Play, because the game does not work well without two additional people. I am not going to play the CD-ROM or other spin-off games, because they are not included in the timeline.
I mentioned this idea to my husband and noted that I also wanted to combine this project with a website. I had not created a website in a while, and I was yearning to return to the world of websites and social media. Hide Your Pots was thus created. You might be wondering why the name Hide Your Pots. Well, my Zelda enthusiasts know the answer, but I will explain the name to the rest of the crowd. Link (the protagonist) in The Legend of Zelda series tends to break a lot of pots. In The Wind Waker, you can get into trouble for this, but most people do not even comment on the number of pots that you break. I like breaking pots in Zelda games, so I thought it would be a good idea to warn people of my intentions.
Below is the Zelda timeline that Nintendo created with a few additions that most people agree with. Breath of the Wild is not included yet, because there is some controversy as to where it goes. It seems to go somewhere around Ocarina of Time, but there are discussions that it goes someplace else entirely. At this point, I am going to play through all of the games through Ocarina of Time and see if there is an agreement as to where Breath of the Wild should go. If there is no agreement, I might decide to play it as my final game in the series just to end on a high note.