An argument as to why I believe OoT and TotK Ganondorf to be one in the same.

[Vaati]

Plenty of people say that TotK Ganondorf doesn't know about the Triforce, but him not mentioning it isn't necessarily proof that he does or doesn't know about it. He may not know about it, or might but not know its current whereabouts, making him settle for the Secret Stones in the era of Rauru's (re)founding. Howecer, saying that a character doesn't kknow about something because they don't mention it is fallacious reasoning.

In the JP version, (found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eu42Oj7XRJSwkFugowhsJReW6UzY2MyfYHnAJwAtOcs/edit) Ganon recognizes the MS as soon as he awakes from his seal. Sure, Rauru told him about it, but not what it looks like, so if they're not meant to be the same, then is quite peculiar that he would recognize it.

Also, in the JP version, Sidon says that Ganondorf has resurrected AGAIN after defeating Phantom Ganon, meaning that he has been sealed and/or destroyed and revived before. This is made clear in CaC, where it says that he continued to be revived until he became malice itself. Also, Sidon of all people should be a good source of information due to the Zora's history retention skills(see the monuments about Ruto).

Interestingly, Ganon is ''coded'' as an OoT-era Gerudo. He's literally the only Gerudo to have round ears in the refounding era, which also applies to not only to him in OoT, but the other Gerudo of that time, whereas the other BotW/TotK Gerudo do not. CaC(and maybe BotW, I'm not sure) even makes a point of saying that the Gerudo from long ago had round ears and that modern ones don't due to losing their connection with the gods, so this had to have been intentional.

Also, CaC and BotW both make it clear that the Ganon that became Calamity is the result of OoT's Ganon descent into malice after multiple revivals and defeats, with BotW saying that CG used to be known as the ''Great Demon King''(JP) and the ''Great King of Evil''(EN):

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These titles are given to OoT Ganondorf, but not FSA Ganondorf, who is the only Ganon confirmed to be different. And since Impa says that TotK Ganon is the one that became CG, this means that both BotW/TotK Ganon and OoT Ganon should be considered the same, alongside the fact that Aonuma confirmed that BotW takes place in a world with many battles with Ganon, and that we should be able to figure out the timeline based on that. How can we do that in a world that has seen many battles with a Ganon we don't know? He was referring to BotW Ganon when saying this, and since we know that TotK Ganon is the same person as CG as per Impa, we know that in order for this to be true, it must be the Ganon that we are all familiar with.

Prob true. But it makes no sense for Ganon(dorf) to be resurected in the Hero Victorious or era of decline timeline, that means either he comes after the events of the Wind Waker, and hyrule is drained, after him being underneath Hyrule Castle, and a new Hyrule Caslte is atop the OOT/WW ruins, or he is in another timeline.

 

[Vaati]

He was just plain pig ganon for the era of decline timeline through LOZ, AoL, LTTP, Oracle games, and ALBW. SO he shoudlnt be able to be resurected as ganondorf, because they clearly state that his consciousness is gone; Kotake and Koume do, that is, and

 

[Daku Rinku]

Question: Ganondorf comes from a poor desert village, and leaves to seek power and help his people; he's basically Luke Skywalker. Why not give him the whole Triforce, so he has the wisdom to know what is best and the courage to do what is right? Refusing to help him in OOT screwed everubody from having a good king.

That might work, give him Wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong, Courage to choose the right, and Power to execute it; end Demise’s Curse.

 

[Daku Rinku]

In fact that would be amazing, Ganon ending Demise’s curse.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Hmmm. It seems like it could be a parallel reality, yes, but it is pointed towards taking place After OoT, as the ruins of LonLon Ranch are very visible in Hyrule Field, both in BOTW and TOTK. Bosses such as the Gohma point back to OoT, perhaps evolving from the old one, like onix evolves into Steelix through the passing of time.

We don't know if the ranch ruins... are ruins, lol, in the era Zelda travelled back to in TotK. There is a lot of Hyrule during that era we don't get to see besides during that establishing shot in memory #3, which shows there is no Hyrule Castle and that Central Hyrule is a forest rather than a cleared out field.

So that era would have to be before OoT if we are trying to assert it is Hyrule's original founding rather than a refounding.

 

[Vaati]

Hmm. I feel like totk takes place on BOTH ends of the timeline, and SS is after