Looking for another opinion. I've always had a problem with the "official" timeline for Zelda that Nintendo released. Mainly the "downfall of the hero" branch of it. At the start of that branch the Hyrule Historia says:

[quote=Hyrule Historia]
Link is defeated by Ganondorf during the final battle of "Ocarina of Time". After this, Ganondorf obtains all three pieces of the Triforce. Led by Princess Zelda, the people of Hyrule manage to seal Ganon and the Triforce in the Sacred Realm.
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Except I'm playing A Link to the Past and this minute I'm looking at one of the Seven Sages telling me:

[quote=Third Sage ALTTP]
If a person with an evil heart gets the Triforce, a Hero is destined to appear and he alone must face the person who unleashed the Great Cataclysm. If the evil one destroys the hero, nothing can save the world from his wicked reign.
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[i]Nothing[/i] in this case apparently meaning Princess Zelda and the People of Hyrule.