Alright. I put about 3 solid hours into Swordorf testing last night, and as a Ganon main I think I'm prepared to give a solid first critique.
Alright. Lets put it lightly:
THIS IS AMAZING WORK!
Like seriously, I had so much fun. First off, the fact that you can switch in and out of Fist -> Sword is nice, and approachable for people that are used to Brawlingdorf. He essentially feels the same, just with more reach, different options for spiking, and damage lessened or gained in some places.
Pros: (Apart from the above)
-Dat reach. (The dair and bair had my jaw on the floor, although sometimes I found myself switching back to the fist stance for some tstomp action).
-The down-b has insane damage on the tip. Kills at 50%+ wat?
-I've found it alot easier to edgeguard, on account of the reach, and the properties of the dair in general.
-The sword moveset combos with flame choke much better in my opinion than the brawling set ever did. Jab has such a wide arc and so does the dsmash you almost always hit it.
-It's alot of fun, and gives Ganon a whole new dimension, without stepping all over the glory of Brawlingdorf.
Cons:
-The down-b is strong, but SUPER MEGA gimpable. Falco lasers, PK Freeze, razor leaf and Link in general make it nearly useless as an approach option. It's so cool though. I think if possible, it definitely NEEDS super armor to be a viable choice. It has enough lag on it that it shouldn't be overly broken.
-The up-b feels weird, and I can't really tell what it's supposed to be doing. It's an arcing slash now, but sometimes I grabbed them like with the other stance, and couldn't tell how or why that happened even with multiple attempts.
-I'll miss you, utaunt laugh.
-The Fsmash. I like the electric fist, and it's duration is longer than expected. (At one point a Pikachu CPU QA'd into it a second after I used it, and still got hit. However, the second attack feels awkward when used, and comes out alot slower than I expected sometimes. Overall I just switched to dsmash to use it, because I could almost always get the second hit to land. Not so with Fsmash. Not sure if its intentional, but just felt weird.
Honestly LOVING this set. It's the sword Ganon I've always wanted, and it feels so surreal to actually have it!
Edit: A couple more things: Adding to what others have said, dair and bair can't be l-cancelled. The f-air definitely can, but that animation is a little off. (Is he bashing them with the hilt? I didn't quite get it.)
The dair works nicely though, apart from lack of l-cancel. I've found that since it can poke through stages like battlefield, it's got at gimping DK, Ike, etc. if they're below the edge, because tip = very excellent spike.
Edit 2: Ganon Boogaloo: Well, after a couple hours of more testing, I realized that in addition to the lack of l-cancels, there's another problem; Ganon's up-b in his Brawlingdorf mode doesn't do anything anymore aside from jump. I'm fairly certain it's because it's beta, but I just wanted to bring it to your attention.