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>>7340513
There's a theory in an earlier thread that Dark Link was supposed to be in the Forest Temple back when it more blatantly looked like a Palace as a giant Zelda II reference. Dark Link as a copy of Link would've matched the boss theme, with Phantom Ganon being a doppelganger of Ganondorf. Someone also mentioned that, in the room you fight Stalfos in the final game, Dark Link is spawned in the debug room, which was thought to be an AI test. Finally, consider that there's even an elevator in the final Forest Temple, completing the callback.

>>7333904
Also consider Phantom Ganon, being a doppelganger of Ganondorf, is the main boss of the Forest Temple. Dark Link being the mini-boss of the Forest Temple might've fit the theme and been better explained there.