Kotake and Koume (Oot)

[bspurka]

How is it that Link defeats K&K during Oot and they come back in the Oracle games? I understand that the oracles are located under the hero is defeated split. But according to the Hyrule Hystoria The hero is defeated by Ganondorf, during the final battle. Link defeats K&K before he fights ganondorf. So how is it that the hags come back?

 

[A Link In Time]

The placement of the Oracle games in the timeline is very fuzzy as is and I've always considered them to be side stories much like Majora's Mask wherein the narratives of previous games are negated. The linked ending is essentially a removable discontinuity which could arguably be slapped anywhere on the Hyrule Historia timeline.

The only clear statement we receive from Koume and Kotake concerning their return is upon besting the couple in the Spirit Temple,

I'll come back to haunt you.

Perhaps the Oracle hags can be likened to apparitions much like Phantom Ganon or are revived by subservient minions, along the lines of those striving for Ganon's resurrection in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

 

[bspurka]

The placement of the Oracle games in the timeline is very fuzzy as is and I've always considered them to be side stories much like Majora's Mask wherein the narratives of previous games are negated. The linked ending is essentially a removable discontinuity which could arguably be slapped anywhere on the Hyrule Historia timeline.

The only clear statement we receive from Koume and Kotake concerning their return is upon besting the couple in the Spirit Temple,



Perhaps the Oracle hags can be likened to apparitions much like Phantom Ganon or are revived by subservient minions, along the lines of those striving for Ganon's resurrection in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

I don't think they are apparitions, otherwise they would have stated that in the HH. maybe that game you are hoping for will feature how K&K come back.

 

[r2d93]

To be honest, there isn't really a good reason. The oracle games weren't really created to be in the spot they're in, and to be honest, at that time Nintendo probably hadn't even thought of one timeline split let alone splitting it into 3 parts.

So the only explanation is that Nintendo had no way of knowing really

 

[A Link In Time]

I don't think they are apparitions, otherwise they would have stated that in the HH. maybe that game you are hoping for will feature how K&K come back.

You raise a good point but in many areas concerning the minor games, the HH provides a perfunctory description of the narrative's aspects, quickly glossing over them without second thought.

Concerning the Oracle Twinrova, this is all it has to say,

The foster mothers of Ganon once known as the thief Ganondorf. Ganondorf became Demon King Ganon and Twinrova are now trying to revive him.

Browsing online, I did find the suggestion that Koume and Kotake die in a manner different from other OoT's bosses interesting. Rather than disintegrate into ashes, the two are transported away by blue beams resembling those Link leaves dungeons through. While the halos above their heads are certainly suggestive of death, perhaps they possess hidden special powers which could also explain why the two lived for around four centuries.

Given the Oracles' placement on the Decline Timeline after A Link to the Past, it's also likely Ganon used the Triforce to revive his surrogate mothers after conquering the Sacred Realm and transforming it into the Dark World.