About the Wind Waker intro (Score 1)

I found the article very interesting, however there was one thing in it that I found strange...

Didn't The Wind Waker clearly state that after Ocarina of Time, the Hero of Time vanished and Ganon came back?

Is the intro to Wind Waker really about Ocarina of Time? I did not feel that it was "clearly stated", but rather hinted at most. Just because OOT takes place before WW, doesn't mean that there could be more games in between them, so that the hero's return in the intro is actually about Twilight Princess... Either way, I'm so looking forward to this game. It will hopefully be great.