While The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may have supposedly ended the franchise's branching timelines, it could be Nintendo's chance to refresh a well-known and long-standing tradition by introducing new potential futures based on the Era of the Wilds' endings. Since it had already been confirmed that Breath of the Wild was set at the furthest and ultimate endpoint of the series' timeline, there was no speculation about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's position as its direct sequel. But knowing that Tears of the Kingdom upholds this new single timeline raises new questions about the canonical future of the series.