What the three-pronged timeline does is that it reinstates OoT as (the lead-in to) ALttP's backstory. It's an elegant solution, implicitly explaining how Ganondorf obtained the complete Triforce. Him not dying further simplifies matters, although as Khuutra said, that is never a problem in the long run.
What is truly important about the official timeline is that it shows that the chronological canon of the series is fairly solidified, and that Nintendo generally tries to respect the original intent behind the games. There is plainly a general pathological mythos as well, which is treated with the same respect. The only true retcon here is the ALttP/Oracles-LA connection, and that was fairly blatant within the Oracles themselves. With Fujibayashi now in the main director's chair, there was really no reason to dispute it anymore. On a related note, the reasoning behind the Four Swords games is consistent with what we have been told, but the details (if any) will be interesting to read about, nonetheless.
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