Thread:ShockwaveDude120/@comment-26833018-20180704210638/@comment-26120048-20180704223037

I guess what makes it difficult is that fans desperately urged Nintendo to make some statements about continuity between the different games which ended up in this absolute clusterfuck of a timeline. Before that, each game stood as its own so this linear backstory was not required. But since it is all one big story now, the different character versions need to be connected somehow.

I think that what connects all forms of Ganon is that they try to destroy Link and Zelda by whatever means neccessary and that Ganon just assumes the form of whatever being is best for the task. Since he tried to usurp the kingdom through politics and manipulations in OOT, he appeared as a humanoid and when that failed, he assumed his real form. However, in other games like BOTW he just tried to use pure force and just utterly annihilated everything, hence why his initial form is some twisted monster. After failing as well, Ganon once more unleashes his true power and true form only to be defeated as well.