how did hyrule get flooded

[dangerd0g9]

from the very first time that i played wind waker i always wondred ho hyrule got flooded. i never finished the game so i dont know if it was revield at the end. if so i would like to know how it happened. if not i would like to hear any ideas that you have about it.

 

[Mr_Stoukaph]

In the game after Twilight Princess it should explain why.

 

[Napalmbrain]

Who knows? Phantom Hourglass for the DS (released sometime this year) might provide some answers.

My theory is that many years before the events of Wind Waker, Ganon managed to invade Hyrule, but unlike before there was no hero to defeat him, so in a desperate last resort the Three Goddesses (Din, Nayru and Farore), or some other power, flooded the land.

 

[zelduke]

i thougt it was cause the king had one wished, and wished hyrule was sunk so that gannon couldnt take over it (killing himself and gannon) and he also wished the children to be safe (zelda, link etc:

 

[Nintendocam]

Yeah, after Gannon was vanquished, the gods flodded the place to cleanse the lands and take away the, um, eviliness.