First it's Ocarina of time when Link was a young kid and then he had to skip 7 years to his adulthood to defeat Ganon but after that,he was sent back 7 years to relive his childhood and then Majoras mask started.But wait hold the -blam!-ing phone because it gets more complicated than that.Since we are dealing with time travel in Ocarina of Time.There are 3 periods;One where Ganon loses,One where Ganon wins,and the other one I don't even know.And then those periods have other games like A Link to the past is supposed to be in the timeline where Ganon wins because the plot is to stop Ganon and save the 7 wisdom people.But I don't even know!?
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When link dies his expierances pass on to the next link(or his son) becoming more powerful with every life.