Mange har spurt seg om hvordan Hyrule Warriors passer inn i seriens tidslinje etter at spillet ble annonsert sent i fjor. Det enkle svaret på dette er at det ikke eksisterer i det samme universet som de andre spillene engang, men er egen, frittstående tittel.
Dette forteller Zelda-utvikleren Eiji Aonuma i en samtale med Gameinformer.
"Within the Zelda canon, there is the timeline, but there has always been the sense of the main story and kind of a side story. Like, Majora's Mask might be considered part of that, though it does exist as part of the timeline. With Hyrule Warriors, there is a link between the two, but it exists as a separate dimension, so it doesn't exist as part of the main canon."
Dermed var det mysteriet løst. Hyrule Warriors slippes 26. september til Wii U.