There is tons of evidence this is not pre OOT. E.G Temple of Time in ruins, Koroks, the great bridge of Hylia.
I hate to disagree you...again, but:
1) You know people can always just repair and rebuild. There is also evidence that prove there could be a form of time travel like in SS. Watch this video by Zeltik:
He explains how time travel could be in the game and how it will work much like SS, only much more emphasized with a bigger role than ever, even more than it did in OoA. I believe that there will be two endings in BotW, just like OoT. Only instead one for the present and one for the future, there is one for the present and one for the past, but unlike OoT, these endings are by choices instead all in one go.
This is how I think it will go. Present ending, You beat Calamity Ganon in the present, peace is brought back to Hyrule, TP's Hyrule Castle is still there and so is the Great Bridge of Hylia. This is ending that would lead to TP. Then there is the altered past ending which changes the present, where Calamity Ganon was stopped before he could wreck Hyrule Castle apart. This would lead to OoT, where OoT's version of Hyrule Castle is still standing and so is the Temple of Time. And the Temple of Time would still be intact in this altered present. Thus making a pre-OoT placement perfect sense. Especially with these details known about BotW's Temple of Time:
a) In OoT, the Temple of Time had a Master Sword chamber and an altar mentioning the Hero of Time, the Song of Time, the Ocarina of Time, and the Spiritual Stones.
b) In BotW, the what starts off as the ruined Temple of Time at the beginning of the game has a Goddess Statue exactly like the one from SS and pews for people to sit and praise the Hylia as a goddess, which doesn't happen in OoT's era or later, since people forgot about Hylia as a goddess in OoT's era and forward. So the Temple of Time is like because, in BotW's time period, the legends/prophecies of the Hero of Time are not a thing yet.
With these two points said, it's highly suggested that BotW's Temple of Time is an early version of the OoT era foundation of the Temple of Time. Basically the OoT Temple of Time, the way it was, before the whole "Hero of Time" thing in OoT. And guarantee that the Hero of Time from OoT's legends as hinted at to Link by Sheik, who came before OoT Link is none other than BotW Link.
Thus, this evidence you're talking about, as debunked, corrected, and expanded on by me, is actually proof that this game is definitely before OoT. Now the next one.
2) A lot of people are saying now the koroks can exist in any point in the timeline now, which I agree with, except, as long as it's not too far deep in the timeline. So this "evidence" doesn't prove anything in this case at this point. Sorry.
3) And finally, last but not least, another easy one to debunk. And this could actually be one of the reasons why I decided to have TP on a separate timeline branch in my current fan timeline. That being that along the way after the past ending of BotW up until by the time of OoT, the bridge may have gotten destroyed. Either that or Nintendo just couldn't find a way to fit such a huge bridge in OoT back in the N64 era due to technological limitations. And the bridge may not have been in the 3DS version either, simply cause it wasn't intended to be a full on remake and that the map of OoT was too small to fit such a huge bridge, which is mainly due that such a small map originated from the N64 era. So this doesn't really prove anything in this case either. Again, sorry.
With that all said, there is more evidence that this is Pre-OoT than evidence that this isn't. Thus making a Pre-OoT placement still plausible. Especially since it's the placement that would make any sense at this point.
However Ganon could easily come before OOT. He already did in the form of Demise, who although went by a different name they were one and the same being. There was some debate before about wether he was the literal reincarnation or not but BoTW confirms it by stating Ganon is Hylias ancient enemy.
I mostly agree with this. Except, I believe that the monster Ganon is more like a son to Demise, the same kind of way that Jesus is the son of God. Only except Demise and monster Ganon are evil instead of good. And I believe that the son of Demise is actually originally known as Calamity, as in a curse of hatred, misfortune, greed, and chaos. Also that Calamity may have adapted to the name Ganon sometime around BotW's era. Then later, Ganondorf came along, bearing the dark cloud and evil aura of Calamity.
Also, if put the name Demise close to Calamity, this theory really starts to make sense as Demise and Calamity are so similar in nature, that it suggests that they are connected. Which further points at Calamity being the incarnation of hatred that Demise was talking about in the end of SS. Calamity's presence in the form monster Ganon in BotW would explain more as to why Ganondorf appears in OoT.
As for the Dorf bit of his name. It could be the Gerudo added that bit. It could be made a thing that all their male names ended in dorf perhaps it having a kingly connotation in the Gerudo tongue. Since the powerful witches Kotake and Koume raised him they could have and probably did know all along that the Demon King was reborn to their tribe and therefore called him Ganon and added the dorf bit as all Gerudo male names ended in dorf.
Now this, I agree with the most about your post. Very interesting theory there.
'
Edit: I just changed the shades and colors of colored words and colored numbers so it will be easier to read. I did this instead changing them to black because it's important for to which part of Deus's first quote in this post, I was talking about otherwise, people will be confused!
