The Legend of Zelda
Theories, references, and project materials
External Theories
Links to Zelda theory posts and threads I have found elsewhere.
- Sealing Divergence Timeline
Unconvential timeline theory about BotW/TotK/AoI. Original author and post are Japanese, but a translation is available below.
- Sealing Divergence Timeline [English Translation]
AI-assisted translation I had done of the above theory by Tabun. This is very rough and translated piecemeal by ChatGPT so take this with an extreme grain of salt, but the general core of the theory is intact.
Textures
Google Drive folders with texture image references from selected games. Links open in a new tab.
None of these folders I can vouch are complete and all have textures dumped from my own personal play sessions.
The vast majority of textures should be present, but some may be missing.
Feel free to use these texture dumps for your own projects. I own none of the assets so I do not need credit.
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Textures dumped using Cemu. I played the entire game so this is likely complete.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Textures dumped using Dolphin. I played the entire game so this is likely complete.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Textures dumped using Cemu.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Textures dumped using Dolphin.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Textures dumped using Citra. I loaded a complete save file and explored so this one may be more incomplete than the others.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask I forget which emulator I used for this one. I loaded a complete save file and explored so this one may be more incomplete than the others.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Textured dumped using Citra.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Textured dumped using Dolphin.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Textured dumped using Citra.Open folder in Google Drive
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Textures dumped using Dolphin.Open folder in Google Drive
- Hyrule Warriors Textured dumped using Cemu.Open folder in Google Drive
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Cutscenes These are ripped from Cemu. They have no audio.Open folder in Google Drive
- General Video References Sometimes I need to record a short video to reference a texture. This folder contains those videos.Open folder in Google Drive
Resources
Sites with useful assets, reference material, or lore I want to remember. Each entry opens in a new tab; I do not run these sites.
- The Cutting Room Floor — Zelda series
Category hub on a community wiki for unused and changed content, prototypes, regional differences, and other development-focused notes across many Zelda games.
- noclip.website
noclip.website is an open source application for viewing 3D models from a selection of video games. Many Zelda games are present and allow you to view things you normally can't see.
- The Spriters Resource
A repository of sprite assets for many video games, including Zelda.