Come off of it. You have no idea what you're talking about if you think the timeline came out with the book. It was officially confirmed in the book. But fans have had this thing worked out since Windwaker. I'm sorry you missed the fun discussions over the last 10 years, but that's your loss of fun.

I really hate to be that guy, but to say that the Zelda series didn't have any sort of canon is a bit shortsighted. I mean, it's entirely fine if you choose to take each experience as it comes. But to imply that Windwaker doesn't build on the events of OoT, that MM doesn't directly take place after OoT, that TP…