Timeline Theories

Neat theory

But that hinges completely on the "Split timeline" theory

Which I don't think works

Now, what I reckon is:

OOT
-->MM

[The triforce splits when OOT Link leaves Hyrule. Ganon somehow gets out, kills one of the sages and is sent to the twilight realm. Could TP Link be descended from OOT Link and MALON? There's the whole ranch thing, and Epona's song hinting at that. Oh, and the Temple of Time crumbles to rubble, and is absorbed into the Lost Woods]

TP

[Ganondorf gets out AGAIN, and this time he isn't defeated. Hyrule floods]

WW
-->PH

[When Ganondorf turns to stone, his spirit is trapped in the dark world - where the Triforce also went as Hyrule was destroyed. The many centuries in the Dark World mutate him permenently into his pig form. Meanwhile, the flood waters recede over many years]

LTTP
-->LA

[The retrieved Triforce is placed deep in Hyrule castle]

OOA/OOS

[As the Triforce sends Oracles Link to far-off realms, it splits apart in order to send its courage portion with him]

LOZ
-->AOL

[It's unclear what happens, besides the Master Sword being stuck into a large chest and enshrined. Ganon seems to return somehow, that too is yet to be explained. His Trident from LTTP is also enshrined in a pyramid]

MC
-->4S
-->4SA

There are a couple of holes in this, but it seems to work better than most theories. Bear in mind that much of the timeline is yet to be revealed, and so there is no way of knowing how accurate any theories are

Random bit of trivia: only in Four Swords Adventures is the protagonist called Link; the other heroes are named by the player