@Clearly Those possible examples of the foreshadowing you explained would involve visuals. Those are the sorts of roles I imagine Ganondorf having in SS, and they would involve visuals of him as I've been saying.
Well, those were "what could fill this gap on a logically structured plot level" kind of estimations; but there's still nothing to say we'll actually see a 'visual' of Ganondorf. Even if my favoured 'evil spirit infusion... thing' theory is in any way correct, all it would really require is one of Ganondorf's ancestors, not him or a visual of him. The same ultimately works for the lesser theories I presented as well (though those were a bit more rubbish).
I do agree that "Ganon will not appear" is potentially a little nebulous a comment. Aunoma could have meant "Ganon will not appear... in the
game at all" (which sounds a little more accurate given the wording, or lack thereof); but he also could have meant "Ganon will not appear... as
the primary antagonist, or even as a notable character within the plot,". However, when quibbling over exact linguistic syntax, the fact that it's a translation does widen the gap of doubt between Aunoma's quote and his exact meaning. We'll just have to wait and see.
And you seem to agree with me about TP. Very good.
Well Darlin', all I ever wanted in life was your approval. (Zing!)
In all seriousness, TP really gets unfairly hammered from pretty much all angles. It's got a couple points that I didn't enjoy (the snowboarding race for that piece of heart comes to mind); but ultimately I felt it was a really strong entry into the series. I've noticed that a lot of the gripes people seem to have with it just boil down to nerd-rage (or rather fan-rage to use a less derogatory and amusing phrase). Some of the blame for it's highly critical reception goes to Nintendo for unwisely hyping TP as the grandest epic ever conceived years before its release (do you remember that "Blades will bleed" trailer?); but despite those overly high and even silly exceptions, a great deal of the 'issues' I consistently hear about TP sound suspiciously like the red-faced tantrums of fans with short memories, who want things their way, without understanding the reality of their desires. I've been guilty of that in the past myself.
The argumentative conjecture over the 'villains image' from the intro is a bit silly. They're so vague, I could probably make an argument that
Tingle is among their ranks. Now, I'm willing to concede Girahim's presence in that image; less because his blob looks faintly reminiscent
of him, and more because he's already a confirmed character within the game. My 'suspicion' that the main baddie in that image is at least the
'source' of Ganondorf's later evil ambitions, is an estimation based primarily on Aunouma's comment about the rise of Ganon in OoT; but there's also a rather large chance that I couldn't be more wrong. The theory that the Happy Mask Salesman, or Majora, or the Fierce Deity isn't impossible, but because thus far it's based on little more than fan appeal and a Rorschach-esque blob, it's likelihood is statistically less definite. If screen-shots are released tomorrow showing those characters, I'll tip my hat to you.
