The whole point of Cross is to rescue Schala after the events of Zeal in trigger. True, it feels disconnected at first, but it becomes a real sequel later on. But Cross ends on a complete cliffhanger, even more after the additions of Trigger DS. At the end , Schala is lost in times, Magus is amnesic, Dalton has taken…

People who thought Nintendo would release finished game as they always did on precedants generations and not game that require 2+ Gb updates to work.

In the mean time, zero’s story is available in a (fan translated only) manga form. I can’t remember its name but every bit of footage i see confirm i already read that story two years ago.

In my headcanon, i still put the “link failures” (ALTTP & sequels) games where they were originaly supposed to be in the original plan, meaning after FSA. That way it eliminates the third branch that makes no sense.