Hype, after I beat TotK I can't wait to see where he goes and how he recontextualizes Calamity Ganon. His Gloom alone is much scaries than Malice ever was
Isn't demise the start of Gannon? Don't know if you plan on addressing that in the update? But some kind of a reason would be nice if you chose not to include him. Hope the new video goes well!
This version of this Ganon is definitely the strongest, yeah I didn't play nearly all of the games mentioned minus botw, but still based on your description none lifted an entire castle and broke the master sword, yeah no triforce or whatever but even those that have the triforce weren't able to break the master sword immediately after the seal was broken
Well considering Calamity Ganon was basically just a Puppet and could still utterly destroy all of Hyrule that would mean Mummy Ganondorf is beyond that when his seal breaks in the Sequel trailer.
Pablo Enrique Rodríguez Rivera I mean in the trailer there is Gerudo Text saying Ganon Seal coming out of the hand holding the body so it is super implied to be Ganondorfs body.
One of my favorite things about Twilight Ganon is that he dies standing on his own two feet. His sheer determination did not allow for him to fall as many have before from fatal wounds. What a legend.
Twilight Ganon is best gannon. Not strongest. But best. Also best bossfight! The fact you duel him at the end... perfection! Just wished he would have taken a more active roll throughout the story instead of just being the puppet master mind.
He was my favorite ganon for sure, dude took a gut stab, from a balde if light, witch was supposed to EXECUTE him, from the literal sages and the dude literally just ripped his chains and crunched one of them, with one hand, and then took the blade that was still inside him and used it as his own from then on!
@@ethribin4188 I've never played TP, but WW Ganondorf was my favorite, purely because at the end, he doesn't turn into a monster. It's just a duel to the death. After seeing this video, I definitely need to play TP.
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@@TheClassyGamesman "its gonna be a long long time, till touchdown brings me 'round to find I'm not the man they think I am at home. oh no no, I'm a Ganon man, burning down the kingdom out here on my own.'
@@MVJORV Indeed, it was my favorite of the Zelda games. Played the first Zelda/The 2nd adventure of link/link to the past/oot/mm/wind waker and lastly TP in 2006. Never played Botw and dont really want to seeing how Nintendo is pretty much abandoning all lore from previous games to create a fresh "start" of a genre.
@@yeahyeah2899 Twilight Princess is my favorite Zelda game. The first one I played was alttp, then Minish Cap, the oracle games, the first zelda. Never really liked aol. Twilight Princess was the first 3d zelda game I've played. Second was oot. Twilight princess remains the best Zelda game I've ever played.
Fun fact: The ocarina of time Ganon’s transformation was planned to be as big as his tower. Having link climb him and fight. The N64 just couldn’t handle that size
I hope he is going to be fully revived. After fighting some mindless beast in botw, it would be so cool to fight the man himself. Unlike with the calamity, it would be personal. And it would be the most epic sword fight in Zelda's history.
Calamity Ganon was powerful enough in Breath of the Wild and was able to create enough malice to take control of the Guardians and Divine Beasts, granting him possibly the strongest army of any Ganon or Ganondorf. In the trailer, it seemed like all that malice was coming from Ganondorf's corpse. If his power was able to create Calamity Ganon, take control over the Guardians and have as much of an effect on Hyrule as it did, we can only imagine what he'll be capable of in the sequel. He must rank somewhere near the top.
I still think that Twilight Princess Ganondorf is the most threatening. The dude literally lived an execution, took the sword out of himself, and killed an ethereal being before being cast into the twilight realm.
100%. Dude tanked that, took over the entire twilight realm based off MAGIC alone, then continued to turn almost all of hyrule into twilight. He managed to posses the wielder of the triforce of wisdom, beat the ancient magic of the twilight realm, and still went 3 rounds with the hero of time. Imo, he is the strongest Ganon of the series by a mile. Then again I haven’t ever played link to the past so I can’t comment on the last one.
@@adampeterson9662 he hadn't gone 3 rounds as twilight princess (tp) takes place in the child timeline and in it ocarina of time (oot) link and ganon never fought as that only happened when link pulls out the master sword which only happens in the adult timeline. a link to the past ganon (alttp) is fought in the fallen hero timeline so tp ganon could not have fought the hero 3 times as each fight takes place in a different timeline. He's still very powerful but by no means the strongest i hasn't played tp but i do know enough about the general zelda timeline to say to ganon never fought link 3 times. also tp ganon never fough the hero of time which is oot link 3 times only once as when they fought it lead to two different outcomes but that doesn't mean two different fights so tp ganon only fought the hero twilight, tp link. alttp ganon fought oot and beat him and lost to alttp link. so alttp ganon fought two different heroes tp ganon only fought one.
@@hessexm8065 mate, I don’t understand a single thing of what you just said. Did you play the damn game? TP Ganon had 3 stages where he went basically 1v1 against Link. 2 if you ignore the horseback. I said 3 rounds referring to a UFC or boxing match? I’m literallly only talking about TP. How the ever living fuck did you even bring up multiple Zelda games? Gotta be the weirdest comment I’ve ever read and THE DEFINITON of weird flex.
Imagine if instead of possessing zelda he simply stole the triforce of wisdom after the fight. Its even funnier how he wasnt going to die at all before the neck crack. It seems like this version of him had a much deeper connection and ability to use the triforce of power considering he did the whole invinice barrior around hyrule castle as well
After fighting calamity Ganon in age of calamity, I’d say that is when Ganon was at his strongest, if you count calamity Ganon as a form of Ganon. It took link, Zelda, impa, the king, all the champions, and all the champions successors to defeat him. And that was only after terrako sacrificed itself to weaken calamity Ganon. If terrako hadn’t done that, they would have lost.
Imagine getting killed, coming back to life, and everytime it happens, it's by the same guy, but reincarnated. Needless to say, I can understand Ganon's grudge🤷🏿♂️
Power is not “the dark side.” There is no dark side when it comes to the triforce. It is quite literally beyond good and evil. Just because it is the part most commonly used by evil, that doesn’t make it evil itself. In fact ganon has possessed every piece of the triforce at some point in the timeline.
@@Goodbutevilgenius lol if that were true it would be impossible for Ganon or any other being with evil in their heart (aka everyone) to use it. It would be impossible to use it for an evil wish. There would be no point in desperately trying to stop evil people from getting it if the relic itself was bound to morality and that morality is set to lawful good.
In all fairness it took a f$&#ing country's worth of guardians, link, zelda, and the champions to put him down the first time, and that was a temporary fix
Interesting tidbit about Twilight Princess Ganondorf. The only reason Link and Midna can hurt him in his beast form is because of the wound left by the Sages, and if you do actually get close enough to hit on horseback before Zelda shoots him with a Light Arrow, then the Master Sword won't have any effect. It's fairly common for Link to need help against Ganondorf, in this game the fights with him would be outright unwinnable if weren't injured or if Link were on his own.
The blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero unite to face the incarnation of Demise's hatred. Hylia, the divine guardian of the legendary Triforce wasn't strong enough to defeat Demise alone, which speaks to the power of the one true Demon King.
I think you failed to realize that his technique of darkness in A Link to the Past doesn't just turn out the lights, it makes him completely invincible. That is, unless the lights are turned back on. Shrouded in darkness he is completely impervious to any damage. A bit more than just turning off the lights I'd say.
Now we know breath of the wild's Gannon was just the heavily suppressed malice of a near dead and sealed Gannon deep underground. Basically, this Gannon should be a beast of all Gannons
Nowadays, we can infer from the TotK trailer that Calamity Ganon is purely a construct of unimaginable amounts of malice, rather than Ganondorf himself, who is sealed underground with unknown magic, possibly magic of the Goddesses. Within his seal, if we assume the information we have been given in BotW's lore is consistent across Calamities, it takes him 10,000 years to build up enough malice to unleash one Calamity. It seems obvious that he can receive information from Calamity Ganon despite Calamity Ganon acting autonomously and with its own intelligence, seeing as he learned from the last, failed attempt which ended in Calamity Ganon getting completely obliterated, and came up with a plan to get the jump on Hyrule this time around. Despite being without the Triforce of Power, and despite merely being a product of malice produced by Ganondorf, and despite the fact that that product of malice had to act without any help from Ganondorf courtesy of the mysterious hand keeping him sealed tightly, it is still an absolute beast, and is extraordinarily powerful and certainly nothing to be trifled with. In addition, seeing as he is a construct of malice, it is clear now why he could not be destroyed without Zelda's powers: it was too much malice to be destroyed by the Bow of Light or the Master Sword alone, and so Zelda needed to use her powers to erase this colossal amount of malice from existence, as the malice can apparently act even with much of it destroyed, seeing as it can split apart and each part can act of its own accord. All of it needed to be destroyed, and Zelda's powers are the only thing that can erase that much malice from existence. Calamity Ganon is truly a powerful entity, potentially one of the most powerful in the series.
Ganondorf is incredibly powerful. Can we talk about how insane Link is for going up against all these increasingly powerful reincarnations and winning?
Well he technically has no choice. He is Hylia's chosen hero and must defeat whatever threatens Hyrule. Which is kinda sad when you think about it because they gotta leave everything behind just to fulfill a prophecy
Now that TOTK is out there can be no denying this Ganondorf is the strongest. The Secret Stone seems to have fully restored the dark power he held as Demise. Even when shriveled up, he transformed the world when he caused the Upheaval. He destroyed the Master Sword with a single shot. It took 10k years for it to recover and be at the level where it can match Ol’ Dorf.
Strength: 10 Dominion: 10 Wizardry: 10 Intelligence: 10 As we know, this Ganondorf is the closest to his original Demise form, which means his power is overwhelming, he had the entire kingdom at the bottom of his heel. He had everything in the world in a tight chokehold. It’s not even fair. The only disadvantage is I don’t think he has the Triforce of Power.
lmao it’s literally botw zelda and spirit tracks phantom zelda slaughtering every other one with no competition. more than half of them are completely locked away for their games and are virtually useless. and we don’t even know about botw zelda’s actual abilities, she was busy holding back calamity ganon the whole time
You've done Link. You've done Ganon and Ganondorf. It's been a long time, but could you do one on Zelda herself, the girl who the series was named after? (Maybe throw in Midna and Hilda into that list as a bonus?)
Which Ganon do you think is the strongest? Also, I didn't rank Demise - though he's sort of the father of all Ganons, he's not a Ganon if we're being strict :P AND YEAH I'LL USE A BETTER COLOUR FOR THE STATS BARS NEXT TIME MY BAD 😅
@@Zeltik Is it explained that each incarnation afterwards is only the embodiment of his hatred? I'm pretty sure it's Demise himself seeing as each Ganon has a Demon King form reminiscent of Demis' demon form with their human forms obviously being the same as his humanoid form that he fights SS Link in.
Twilight Princess He literally made Zelda his puppet, survived an execution because of his power and hatred. He is the embodiment of hatred. Even when stabbed with the master sword. He survived for a few moments before he lost the triforce of power. He is powerful.
Hey Reagan seeing how Powerful ganondorf was in twilight princess goes to show How powerful link was in that game seeing as how link defeated both of them
@@andysolis8819 Link was definately strong but there are some flaws with that He had SO MUCH help there were 5 phases 1. zelda puppet- link solos 2. beast ganon- link and midna 3. weird fire ganon- only midna 4. horseback- link, zelda and light spirits 5. ganondorf 1v1- link Not to mention he had a hole in his chest
Survived a few moments after the final blow? Cute, Ocarina of time ganon survived being stabbed in the freaking skull with the master sword Made zelda his puppet? cool, Alttp ganon made the entire kingdom his puppet while the seal of the sages was still active, and calamity ganon made the literal weapons designed to kill him puppets, all by using more puppets, created by another puppet Heck, Wind waker ganon survived many hits from the master sword and the light arrows, but unlike twilight princess ganon he didn't have his part of the triforce, he was just a man, and he survived that, and with his part of the triforce he literally stopped the earth rotation, EAT THAT MAJORA! YOUR FALLING MOON FEAT IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS YOU THINK!
You know, I was wondering how you could do a Zelda version since Zelda typically doesn't do as much as Link and Ganon but I think I have some criteria for you to use, assuming you haven't already come up with something. Wisdom: An obvious criteria for someone with the Triforce of Wisdom. This will gauge how intelligent they are. How clever are they, do they come up with any plans to oppose Ganon, are any of their actions reasonable, rational and smart in some way? Do they make the right choices based on what they are dealing with? Magic: Most, if not all Zeldas seem to have some degree of magical skill so this would be a good thing to judge. We have seen Zeldas with telepathy, summoning weapons like the light arrows and altering their shape. What Zelda has the best and/or most varied magical skillset? Presence: Given how the series is literally named after her, we should expect Zelda to be an important part of the games so how much of a presence does each Zelda have. Are they actively fighting against Ganon or the other villain? Are they helping Link at all or are they merely a damsel in distress that needs saving? State of Hyrule: You could probably come up with a better 4th category but this is something that could be unique to look at. Given that Zelda is the princess and is destined to rule Hyrule if not already ruling it, how is her kingdom faring in the events of the game? Is it doing well, is it only troubled during the game or had it already gone to shit? Did they already lose it? Do they even really have one? I am not sure how you could rate Tetra with this as she doesn't have a kingdom at all in WW/PH but she does create a new Hyrule we see in Spirit Tracks but that could moreso count for that Zelda since she's ruling it at that point in the series, not Tetra so we may need a better 4th category. Either way, it would be cool to see how each Zelda is and how they are ranked.
The sequel we’ve all been waiting for, and this suggested criteria is honestly pretty fair. The last one is on the right track, but I believe that maybe it should just be simplified to “Leadership”. How good of a leader is this Zelda? Does she show any military prowess? How does she handle the situation at hand and try to rally/appease her people?
The way I see it, due to The Hero of Time's time travel shenanigans, he was sent back to the past with his Triforce of Courage. This caused an imbalance, making the Triforce of Courage from the past disappear, and the Wisdom and Power pieces going to Zelda and Ganondorf respectively. This'd explain how Ganondorf had the Triforce of Power during his banishment in Twilight Princess.
There's a bit of a hole in that theory. In Wind Waker, it's said that the departure of the Hero of Time cause the Triforce of Courage to break into pieces. The Hero of Winds has to Reassemble them before taking on Ganondorf.
@@jonathanflanagan1504 Perhaps, when the Hero of Time left, he inadvertently made two Triforces, one to stay in the past, and the other to remain in the future, since this is working on Chrono Trigger logic that affecting the past doesn't directly affect the future. Link was sent much farther into the past, before Ganondorf attacked the castle and Zelda ran away with Impa.
Great video, but I think you’re underrating Calamity Ganon. Causing that much destruction with no triforce is absolutely insane; his magic power would easily be one of the top.
I’m thoroughly convinced that TotK Ganondorf is going to be a Lich or a Lich-equivalent being, meaning that his spirit would be unkillable unless his phylactery is found and destroyed. Ganondorf is clearly seen to be highly proficient in necromancy (blood moons in BotW are massive resurrection events and are the best example of his necromantic abilities), which is necessary for becoming a Lich. It would also explain the line in BotW saying Ganon gave up on reincarnation, implying he has at least searched for immortality. I think this also explains why in the TotK trailers Ganondorf is a mummified corpse. Liches are the highest form of undead, retaining all of their living memories and intelligence while taking the form of a skeletal or mummified body.
Being further in the game than 10 minutes, I'm gonna say definitely right. The geoglyph quests alone show a pretty stark picture of how strong he is, even if we didn't already understand on some level that the entire Calamity Ganon we fought last game was basically this guy's Stand.
I am. I assume he will have a raspy hollow Voice, fitting to his mummefied and dead corpse. Than I personly assume he will become stronger and stroger over the course of the Story and revert more back to his original Gerudo self wich will make his Voice become deeper and clearer
@@danahira7084 I hope they wont go for the simple dark manacing Voice. Ganandorf is a scheemer, a more dark but also kinda charming Voice could fit him well. Well it all depends how he will be in the Game. For all we know they could go fully for creepy. That Ganandorf stays a Mummie but will, overtime enhance his Bodey with Shieka Technologie until he is a Cybernetic abomination of flesh, malice and cybernetics. Kinda like his Spider form in the first Game but even MORE terrefying and unsettling.
The opening scene of TotK kinda made it clear that the BotW/TotK Ganon is the strongest we’ve seen. Not even considering what he did during that intro cutscene, you need to acknowledge this: throughout BotW, Ganondorf’s human form is trapped underneath Hyrule Castle. But his evil magic is seeping out into the world still, manifesting as Calamity Ganon. Calamity Ganon took control of the divine beasts, beat Link and was held back for 100 years by Zelda so Link could revive and return to save a destroyed kingdom. Calamity Ganon nearly won and he was just a projection of a sealed Ganondorf. He didn’t even recognize Link in the opening cutscene despite his aspect having been banished by Link in the previous game. Your video didn’t cover that because we didn’t have the information yet, but I don’t think there’s any Ganon who can touch the sheer power of BotW/TotK Ganondorf who can nearly destroy Hyrule and only be narrowly defeated all accidentally while unconscious and imprisoned, unaware it’s even happening. TotK showed us the man behind the earthquake who’s very existence is a threat even when he’s “defeated”. Disclaimer: I haven’t beaten TotK yet so please no spoilers on the ending. I only mentioned the opening scene for a reason :)
There's a big mistake here 19:42 was a mistranslation by the crappy English localization team The real meaning was actually the complete OPPOSITE. He didn't give up, He REFUSED to give up, and this form was the result of his refusal to give up. It was basically he either die, or become a beast. He chose to be a beast. Official ENG translation: He has given up on reincarnation and assumed his pure, enraged form. Literal Japanese: This form was born from his obsessive refusal to give up on revival.
Looking at tears of the kingdom, it really breathes new life into ganondorf in this game, marking that all of calamity ganon was just energy that he collected while *already* sealed from underground, after being unable to be killed for 10,000 years
With the trailer release of BotW 2, its basically been confirmed that Calamity Ganon isnt Ganondorf, its just his rage thats been oozing out of his body for millennium. It bunches together and wreaks havok on hyrule, is defeated, and slowly returns, because ganondorf himself remains alive, albeit frozen in agony. I look forward to meeting the King of Thieves again in the newest game.
There probably won't be a ganon as powerful as ALTTP ganon again in the franchise, simply because at the time, I don't believe the triforce was as much of an all powerful macguffin as it would become later. It's a weird case of an older entry in the series becoming more powerful due to power creep later in the franchise.
Next up, the strongest zelda. Most people may say it is WW's tetra, but I say it is BotW's zelda. She held ganandorf sealed for 100 years. Also, I wanted TP ganon to win, but it is ok. He stole zant's spotlight. Also, I knew who the 3 frontrunners would be. Nvm, forgot about yuganon. Though it is a shock he beat ganon from OoT
I'd say that Tetra isn't terribly powerful as Zeldas go, but she's by far the most active and willing to get her hands dirty. In Phantom Hourglass she actually gets insulted when called "Zelda" as she'd rather be seen as a ruthless captain than a pretty princess.
@@Attaxalotl That is actually a fair point lol, sorry it was just an assumption. Idr much but when she seals calamity ganon it shows her lifting her hand and the full triforce appearing before her. Not just one like the Triforce of Wisdom. We also know that Ganon doesn't have his triforce so it's a hypothesis I suppose. You could say if she had the full triforce she would of been able to defeat Ganon without having to seal him, which is probably true. And that also calls into regard of the triforce of courage. Though understanding where or what sealing magic is or comes from besides just from the triforce of wisdom is confusing. As if the triforce of wisdom possessed all the power to seal a being like Ganon away, wouldn't she of been able to do it by herself in Ocarina of Time? Instead of having to use the sages to assist?
I mean...if Ganon From AlttP is basically GOD, what is Link in that context, beeing able to defeat a GOD wielding the full Triforce, without having anything but his own strengh and arsenal? And thats a Link in his FIRST adventure. Thats not even after the 4 games he was in, that was just at the start.
To think about it, yeah, Ganon can just make a wish to make him disappear, but he doesn't, and I guess the reason is that the Master Sword, that repells any evil, no matter how powerful, is immune to the Magic of the Triforce when controlled by Evil according to the A Link to the past Manual (The Japanese Translation is the more reliable one since the English has mistakes in Translation.) My suggestion is, that Ganon realized that the Triforce is useless as long as the Hero is either ownimg this sword or as long as he is alive, so he decided to kill him with his own strength - and failed.
In all fairness, said 10-year old restored the Master Sword, rebuilt the Triforce of Courage and forced the Golden Goddesses to choose him as the Hero of Winds.
@@ls190v2 absolutely none of those things added to his physical strength though. He still has the strength of an above average 10 year old so you're right but it's not like those things make him less physically weak
@@Aligames5747 I mean it kinda does, maybe not on an insane level, but throughout the game he’s running everywhere, jumping everywhere, using his sword all the time, able to walk in the iron boots, able to slam a long hammer despite being pretty short, and to top it off he has the power bracelets which allows him to pick up giant heavy boulders with ease and throw them.
@@JaftenLKA Link had the complete triforce + the master sword at full power + a brain that isn't just here to kill things, and it still didn't end Demise for good.
@Jerry Smith Huh, last i checked, the only Link with the full triforce is the Link from skyward sword, without forgetting that the master sword have her full power only in skyward sword and twillight princess. And really, it comes more as skyward Link being the strongest Link(in my opinion), and that he is much stronger than Alttp Ganon.
Just a little something I want to point out, but it's only in the English localization where it's stated that Ganon gave up on reincarnation and became the Dark Beast. In reality, that form is achieved BECAUSE he refuses to give up, and draws strength to take on another form.
Spoiler alert, worst boss fight of all the Gannons. Even worse when you get all the beasts. BotW sucked, and robot calamity Gannon blew so much D in her 100 year sleep he was a joke. Whose fault is it really. Fuckin Carol Baskin.
I feel like I have to mention this. there is a severe slight you make against the original ganon's magical capabilities. why was it true that we did not see much of what he can do in terms of magic in our final fight with him, you must consider that he still had the magic to create the majority of the monsters, and magically created most of the boss monsters if not all the boss monsters in the game. it's possible that his magic is different in nature than what we are used to thinking of, but reducing his magical capabilities to the throne room disregards the magic that he used to lay the kingdom low.
@SAMUEL CASTILLO Majora is a weird case. It has absolute power in a very narrow spectrum. Dumped all of its stat points in one place, and got more by taking a bunch of flaws, so to speak. It has a very good trick, but I don't actually think it's all that strong in a well rounded sense. I mean, think about it. Its true form was killed by a kid with a pigsticker, and/or one of three more or less unremarkable members of the other races. No need for a special blade, a weapon forged by the gods, a titanic wrestling match, or a mighty, arcane seal of power. Just straight up prison shanked by a twelve year old, bish bash bosh, and the evil is gone forever. And then it gets worn as an accessory in BotW or used as a tasteful wall piece in Link Between Worlds. When was the last time anyone wore Ganondorf as an accessory, or pinned up Vaati on the wall? They wouldn't stand for that, but Majora can't stand at all. Dumped its leg stat for more attack.
Not gonna lie Link VS Ganondorf in twilight princess is probably my favorite boss fight in the entire franchise in terms of final boss fights on the epic scale it's probably only 2nd to the demise fight in skyward sword
See I didn't love skyward sword as a game but that end fight was amazing. I was a little bit sad it got left off of this list but I know it's not actually a ganon so.
Kinda make sense. The most trained and most powerful Link as to take down the most powerful Ganon. I mean he did killed hero of Time Link just to get full triforce and have the maidens with Zelda lock him away. The most strongest protagonist need most strongest antagonist.
@@tuilleri It probably when they do battle and the player loses to Ganon or Ganondorf. What happens is that Ganondorf gets Link Triforce.. Ganon altered the Golden Land to Dark World with images but Ganon wanted to conquer Hyrule too. Zelda and the other seven Sages locked him into Dark World with full power of the Triforce. Ganon curses Hyrule. Years past Sages have descendant which are the maidens, Zelda (Oot) had a descendant herself which is Zelda (LTTP). Ganon creates Avatar of himself which his name is Agahnim. Agahnim goes to Hyrule.. kills Zelda (LTTP) father.. king of Hyrule and sent each maiden to Dark World. He about to sent Zelda (LTTP) to the Dark the World. Link to past starts. The reason why this timeline exist is because this basically how first Zelda games started in. The bad time line where Ganondorf had to defeat Link the hero of time to take Triforce of Courage away from him. That whole gimmick of OOT. So the player can defeat Ganondorf and prevent the bad timeline happening.
now that totk is out we know that calamity ganon is a part of ganondorf that was created to terrorize hyrule while he couldn’t, due to being sealed by rauru
@@hunger-hane yep, he Zelda had them all for some reason. Now that I think about it, was she just not able to give the Courage to Link or did she not know how to? I mean, he can wield the Master Sword, he'd definitely be accepted
@@MonochromaticPrism I mean,you can't really make a titanic pig a challenge in an open world game even if you give it a triangle. Some people would still find it easy or hard.
“These toys are too much for you!” Greatest Ganondorf quote of all time! I literally still say it sometimes to this day to my daughter. Matter of fact I’m bout to tell her that now lol.
One thing you left out about Wind Waker G-Dorf, he's MUCH wiser. Throughout the game, whenever you do get to speak with him, he basically admits that his prior methods (hint hint ocarina of time) were childish, brash, and single-minded. He even explains his reasoning for doing what he did (whether he's telling the truth or not, who knows). He comes off as somewhat sympathetic when explaining how he and the Gerudo had to live in the harsh desert while close by the Hylians lived in peace and were prosperous. Again, he could be lying, but he kind of comes off as noble in a way in that what he did he was doing because he wanted better for the Gerudo. WW G-Dorf is best G-Dorf IMHO. He has the most character development, comes off as far more cunning than any other incarnation of G-Dorf, and if he is lying and was just trying to pull sympathy from Link, shows he's more manipulative.
I hope BotW2 will give us a Ganondorf reflecting on _everything_ that's happened. He lived through an untold number of ages. I guess this never-ending struggle must weight on him quite a bit despite the power of his spite and malice. :/
WW Ganondorf is very explicitly telling the truth. In the New Game+ Hero mode, the Hero's New Clothes state that only honest can see them. While the game changes certain characters' dialog to reference Link's blue shirt (like Medli), Ganondorf can still see the outfit.
15 years ago i struggled on ganondorf and ganon in ocarina of time, but today I think it's pretty easy cause my gaming mechanics and my general knowledge increased over the time but for me is the oot specially the n64 version the best atmosphere and experience I had on a ganon fight, the dark background and the music was so great.
Matthew Pelletier I agree with ALTTL Link as the most complete. Buuuuut Ganon... he was a friking beast (not pun intended I guess) in Twilight Princess. Still I think he will rank either BOTW or SS Zelda as the most powerful or complete
The Strongest Link is the one in Link to the Past. He killed Ganon with TRIFORCE, and after this he did the Oracle game and Link's awakening game. Hero of twilight is a baby in face of him.
Ganon from Link to the Past was stupid enough to leave the Triforce in throne room, he didn't have it when battling Link. Lucky shot. Hero of Twilight overpowered the Triforce of Power wielder in sword duel. Hero of Legend is nothing in comparison.
@@Noname-ue6ho Hero of legend have way more arsenal, a better sword, armor and way more experience. And without triforce he killed Ganon, who still have it and used it in the story. Maybe you can't possess triforce like a fragment when it's complete ? In wind waker it seems to become an object when completed. But in Link's between world we learn than Ganon used it against the hero so.... Even if the Hero of Legend isn't the strongest, the Link of links between world killed Yuganon with 2 fragment.
I think Ganondorf might actually have been in BOTW because I was replaying it and a cutscene said something like "and all of the hate and malice turned him into a beast" so I think he maybe in a prequel. But at the same time it says that ganon lay dormant under hyrule castle... idk hopefully some other people have some incite on this!
and In the Cutscene where Nabooris gets in position to fire, Urbosa said the Calamity once took the Form of a Gerudo, alluding to the man himself... I didn't really like not having the Gerudo king in BOTW, I think a one on one duel with BOTW's engine would have been epic!
Personally, i think BotW Ganon is somewhere at the distant end of one of the timelines... He's degraded to the point where he isn't even regarded as an individual anymore... but as a force of nature. Although he seems to possess some deviousness in taking control of the shiekah machines, he's less a super villain and more a natural disaster of swirling malice and hatred. I.E. this is a Ganon at the end of his rope. How many dozens of plans thwarted? How many reincarnations killed? How many loops tried? Over and over and over, until nothing but his hatred for Link, Zelda, and Hyrule is left.
I LOVE the format for these. You do your research and put real thought into your presentations. Thank you for that. Can't wait to see your videos on Zelda, Impa and maybe even the races of Hyrule. Cheers!
I can 200% agree that Link to the Past Ganon is the most powerful Ganon. Few Ganons ever came close to the sheer power shown in LTTP's Ganon and those guys were terrifying in their own right. LTTP Ganon was literally 1 step away from legit total victory. He was powerful enough to nearly bring the end times with just the triforce of power years before he even reshaped the sacred realm and kidnapped the descendants of the sages. Imagine being so powerful that even the guardians of the sacred realm and the literal people destined to wield and safeguard the triforce can't beat you. This guy beat Hyrule twice, once as Ganondorf and a second time as Agahnim, and he had complete control over the sacred realm too. He had complete dominion over Hyrule and its forces while being imprisoned, had complete control over the triforce, corrupted the sacred realm to the point he was pretty much god, and banished/killed every single one of the sages descendants with the exception of Zelda. No lie this dude was 99/100. He was the closest any Ganon got to a flawless victory. And what's even more terrifying is this is the same Ganon seen in Ocarina of Time which means this is the SECOND time he faces Link. I can't actually think of a logical reason why Ganon in LTTP lost, tbh. Like outside of the plot demanding Link wins I don't see how Ganon could have lost. He had literally everything. Only reason why he was 99/100 wasn't because of his power but because he just didn't manage to get Zelda banished in time. I mean, Ganon even says he's in disbelief Link manages to beat him.
Do you think calamity ganon would also be susceptible to a giant tasty banana being tugged on a string away from hyrule castle? I think I just solved the calamity ganon problem without violence.
I think age of calamity made calamity ganon even smarter since it’s revealed he was the one who engineered hyrule into uncovering the divine beasts via astor being the fortune teller that botw mentions. Talk about insane intelligence.
@@cocob0l0 well I mean not entirely, the only huge impact the egg did is bring the current champion to the past and beat the blights, and without that it will be pretty much canon
The Ocarina of time Gannon is still the only Gannon that actually looks kind of scary I don't know what it is he just gives me the creeps in his normal form 😳
I'm glad to see someone looked into the lore of the older games. Ganon was pretty cool in the older games, too, but most of the lore was in the instruction manual. Back then, the SNES just wasn't nearly powerful enough to really pull out all the cool cinematics of later games, but they still did pretty well as a whole. Funny thing, both the strongest Link and strongest Ganon are from the same game, although Link hadn't reached his full power yet. This is still the same Link that can do stuff like control the weather and generate earthquakes, mind you, but minus the extra experience from multiple adventures.
I think Dhemise should've been counted, he was technically the first Ganondorf since they all reincarnated from him. Although they have different names I, personally, count him as a Ganon
It’s actually interesting to think that the being Ganon is derived from Demise possessing (influencing? cursing?) Ganondorf, and when he becomes Ganon, he loses a part of himself to make room for Demise. So really, the only reason that we see Ganon so often is because Ganondorf is the most convenient vessel for Demise to reside in.
Vaati was the minish cap's version of Demise's curse, so that technically means Vaati would need to be counted if it was all of demise's reincarnations.
@@Dexuz well Vaati fought his way to get the light power and become an all powerful being, whereas Ganondorf had to resort to manipulation until the kingdom was "ready" for him to take over. Idk maybe it's not a comparison but with the Minish Cap and the light power, Vaati doesn't die until you kill him in his fourth form. Ganondorf has two forms. Sorry. I just see Vaati as super powerful. He was only able to be stopped by the Four Sword. Idk what good the master sword would've been in that scenario.
@@MVJORV That's not correct though, Vaati didn't managed to extract Zelda's Light Force, Link stopped the ritual before it was completed. Now, let's analyse the power, it was said that the Light Force grants unlimited power, alongside Ezlo's hat which also supposedly grants any wish. Now these statements are obviously hyperbolic so we should in turn analyse from where these powers came from. The Light Force is part of Zelda, and Zelda is the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia, a deity that is inferior to the Golden Goddesses for evident reasons; in the past Hylia couldn't use the Triforce to erradicate Demise and his demons as deities can't use the Triforce, this fact instantaneously puts the top gods above everything that have been seen in Minish Cap, just as the Triforce itself. It's even worse for Vaati as he didn't even acquired the Light Force (which is inferior to the Triforce) he just got a portion of it, which means the Four Sword is not at the level of the Master Sword. And Vaati would in turn not be at the level of A Link to the Past Ganon, possibly neither Yuganon with two chunks of the Triforce.
Calamity Ganon,in my opinion,is a lot higher than you give him credit for.Even after being heavily incapacitated by Link,it still took Zelda with a full Triforce to seal/destroy him. Edit: Apparently it didn't even kill him,based off the sequel trailer. Or it was a Puppet Ganon,which,considering what it caused and the fact most base Ganondorfs are above their puppets.. *Somebody better get the Lorule Triforce to help out-*
At the beginning of this video I was thinking like "oh calamity ganon is secured for number one" but then I see him adding that intelligence stat and I knew that might hinder him, but the strength stat he gave him is an understatement, it should of been a bit higher.
@@MChief123 I think he understated his magical ability as well, seeing as he was able to take control of an entire mechanical army originally designed to stop him and he actively resurrect his entire army every blood moon.
@@MChief123 My guess is that his agility cost him quite a bit of physical might. Let's remember that it's not just raw stregnth, it is general physical power and agility is part of that. That said, I think that, even with his reduced agility, his strenght and resilience should have more than made it for it. On the other hand, he do lack the triforce of power.
@@lenlimbo Also unlike other Ganons he can be harmed with weapons outside of the Master Sword and Light Bow, so really he can't be too resilient when so many of the other Ganons were only harmed by the strongest things in game.
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For those asking... YES, an updated version of this video is in the works, including Tears of the Kingdom! Stay tuned...
Hype, after I beat TotK I can't wait to see where he goes and how he recontextualizes Calamity Ganon. His Gloom alone is much scaries than Malice ever was
Isn't demise the start of Gannon? Don't know if you plan on addressing that in the update? But some kind of a reason would be nice if you chose not to include him. Hope the new video goes well!
Sounds great!
HYPE!!!
This version of this Ganon is definitely the strongest, yeah I didn't play nearly all of the games mentioned minus botw, but still based on your description none lifted an entire castle and broke the master sword, yeah no triforce or whatever but even those that have the triforce weren't able to break the master sword immediately after the seal was broken
Now knowing that Calamity Ganon was possibly just a puppet of the true Ganondorf makes me wonder how powerful the Ganon from BOTW2 will be.
Well considering Calamity Ganon was basically just a Puppet and could still utterly destroy all of Hyrule that would mean Mummy Ganondorf is beyond that when his seal breaks in the Sequel trailer.
Same
Wait is it it like 100% confirmed that the mummy is actually Ganon?
Pablo Enrique Rodríguez Rivera I mean in the trailer there is Gerudo Text saying Ganon Seal coming out of the hand holding the body so it is super implied to be Ganondorfs body.
@@DarknessXER plus Gerudo jewelry
you missed the opportunity to call this video "the strongest ganon in canon"
No point in watching the video now.
‘The strongest in-cannon Ganon’
XD
@@adminanonymous1521 ifkr
Perhaps the strength of a canon ganon is random?
I think that Ganon from smash is the most powerful being able to kill every character from ledge at 20%
*DORIYAH!*
but isnt that ocarina of time ganon? i think it should be calamity ganon though
Tbh i think its twilight princess ganon
@@Doggof2p
It's the Ocarina of Time Ganondorf.
Which smash are we talking about cause
Wii= twilight princess
Wii u=still twilight princess but more fluid
One of my favorite things about Twilight Ganon is that he dies standing on his own two feet. His sheer determination did not allow for him to fall as many have before from fatal wounds. What a legend.
Absolute Chad
Did he have any scars on his back?
Twilight Ganon is best gannon.
Not strongest.
But best.
Also best bossfight!
The fact you duel him at the end... perfection!
Just wished he would have taken a more active roll throughout the story instead of just being the puppet master mind.
He was my favorite ganon for sure, dude took a gut stab, from a balde if light, witch was supposed to EXECUTE him, from the literal sages and the dude literally just ripped his chains and crunched one of them, with one hand, and then took the blade that was still inside him and used it as his own from then on!
@@ethribin4188 I've never played TP, but WW Ganondorf was my favorite, purely because at the end, he doesn't turn into a monster. It's just a duel to the death. After seeing this video, I definitely need to play TP.
Why didn’t you factor in playing the organ? That requires both intelligence and physicality.
plus it's a bonus to dominion since it's a known fact that playing an instrument makes you more popular. My dude's basically an evil Warlock Elton John
Evil Warlock Elton John is fanfic I might actually read!
@@TheClassyGamesman "its gonna be a long long time, till touchdown brings me 'round to find I'm not the man they think I am at home. oh no no, I'm a Ganon man, burning down the kingdom out here on my own.'
the strongest Gannon is the one you fight at the end of skyward Sword
@@KO-mh6kt That's Demise, he ain't a Ganon/dorf
"The triforce of power was given to him as a divine prank" what is this, greek mythology
Twilight Princess was a fucking good game
@@MVJORV Indeed, it was my favorite of the Zelda games. Played the first Zelda/The 2nd adventure of link/link to the past/oot/mm/wind waker and lastly TP in 2006. Never played Botw and dont really want to seeing how Nintendo is pretty much abandoning all lore from previous games to create a fresh "start" of a genre.
@@yeahyeah2899 Twilight Princess is my favorite Zelda game. The first one I played was alttp, then Minish Cap, the oracle games, the first zelda. Never really liked aol. Twilight Princess was the first 3d zelda game I've played. Second was oot. Twilight princess remains the best Zelda game I've ever played.
@Commander Fox
Lol you just can't please everyone
I cant tell what Greek god u are referring to with that line. Cause feels like u are referring to multiple yet u arent referring to any
Calamity Ganon: Destroys a civilization with their own weapons.
Ocarina Ganon: Noob, I can play the piano
Elijahvincent coronado and organ
the four horsemen of playing the piano
1. Ganondorf
2. Captain Hook
3. Davy Jones
4. Louis Lortie
@@chriscompton2989 where is giorno giovanna
You have 69 likes nice
OOT Ganon: Also I took over Hyrule, built a castle and found this nice Piano to play
Fun fact: The ocarina of time Ganon’s transformation was planned to be as big as his tower. Having link climb him and fight. The N64 just couldn’t handle that size
And then the fight ended up becoming mario galaxy first boss
Man, I wanted Shadow of the Colossus Ganon
And then they went and made an entire fricking moon in majora's mask 💀
I’m glad they couldn’t get it to work, because I like how it works
the fact i have dream on a giant ganon final boss in my childhood bro 💀💀💀💀💀
Well Cdi is the weakest cuz he DIES FROM A BOOK
*iT bUrNs*
*nOt* *iNtO* *tHe* *PiT*
I just wonder what he's up to
No you are just underestimating the book. That book is clearly the strongest
Lol
Ganon: Picks up a stick
Zeltik: *"It's pretty clear from his actions that this Ganondorf is VERY intelligent"*
Imkantus here we see a ganon in the wild watch as this incredible intelligent animal picks up a stick and throws it at the hunter
It's more than a stick it's a magic trident that is basically a boomerang on steroids.
Magic pig that’s all ima say
Rivals the intelligence of botw Link
@@chadpeterson5698 It also shoots lightning and Keese-shaped fireballs!
cant wait to see how powerful botw 2 ganondorf will be
I hope he is going to be fully revived. After fighting some mindless beast in botw, it would be so cool to fight the man himself. Unlike with the calamity, it would be personal. And it would be the most epic sword fight in Zelda's history.
Kacper Lubiński the most powerful ganon ever maybe if he gets the triforce of power??? Maybe a game where he wins since it seems to have a dark tone
Calamity Ganon was powerful enough in Breath of the Wild and was able to create enough malice to take control of the Guardians and Divine Beasts, granting him possibly the strongest army of any Ganon or Ganondorf. In the trailer, it seemed like all that malice was coming from Ganondorf's corpse. If his power was able to create Calamity Ganon, take control over the Guardians and have as much of an effect on Hyrule as it did, we can only imagine what he'll be capable of in the sequel. He must rank somewhere near the top.
Still VERY hyped for the BoTW sequel!! I hope it comes out sooner than we expect because I literally cannot wait for it!!!
Megan King ya I know I’m hyped out of my mind
I still think that Twilight Princess Ganondorf is the most threatening. The dude literally lived an execution, took the sword out of himself, and killed an ethereal being before being cast into the twilight realm.
100%. Dude tanked that, took over the entire twilight realm based off MAGIC alone, then continued to turn almost all of hyrule into twilight. He managed to posses the wielder of the triforce of wisdom, beat the ancient magic of the twilight realm, and still went 3 rounds with the hero of time. Imo, he is the strongest Ganon of the series by a mile. Then again I haven’t ever played link to the past so I can’t comment on the last one.
@@adampeterson9662 he hadn't gone 3 rounds as twilight princess (tp) takes place in the child timeline and in it ocarina of time (oot) link and ganon never fought as that only happened when link pulls out the master sword which only happens in the adult timeline. a link to the past ganon (alttp) is fought in the fallen hero timeline so tp ganon could not have fought the hero 3 times as each fight takes place in a different timeline. He's still very powerful but by no means the strongest i hasn't played tp but i do know enough about the general zelda timeline to say to ganon never fought link 3 times. also tp ganon never fough the hero of time which is oot link 3 times only once as when they fought it lead to two different outcomes but that doesn't mean two different fights so tp ganon only fought the hero twilight, tp link. alttp ganon fought oot and beat him and lost to alttp link. so alttp ganon fought two different heroes tp ganon only fought one.
@@hessexm8065 mate, I don’t understand a single thing of what you just said. Did you play the damn game? TP Ganon had 3 stages where he went basically 1v1 against Link. 2 if you ignore the horseback. I said 3 rounds referring to a UFC or boxing match? I’m literallly only talking about TP. How the ever living fuck did you even bring up multiple Zelda games? Gotta be the weirdest comment I’ve ever read and THE DEFINITON of weird flex.
@@adampeterson9662
You said 3 rounds against the Hero of Time, not the Hero of Twilight.
Imagine if instead of possessing zelda he simply stole the triforce of wisdom after the fight. Its even funnier how he wasnt going to die at all before the neck crack. It seems like this version of him had a much deeper connection and ability to use the triforce of power considering he did the whole invinice barrior around hyrule castle as well
Calamity ganon is really powerful
Speed runners: are you sure about that I just killed him with a broom and a stick
Challengers: I beat him with a leaf... a goddamn leaf!
Speed runners: just gotta do some house cleaning *proceeds to murder spider calamity with a broom*
Why is Tingle like the Big Chungus of Zelda?
After fighting calamity Ganon in age of calamity, I’d say that is when Ganon was at his strongest, if you count calamity Ganon as a form of Ganon. It took link, Zelda, impa, the king, all the champions, and all the champions successors to defeat him. And that was only after terrako sacrificed itself to weaken calamity Ganon. If terrako hadn’t done that, they would have lost.
The master sword:stronk
Master sword after trial of the sword p:haha you are so innocent
Speed runners with a stick:so are you
Imagine getting killed, coming back to life, and everytime it happens, it's by the same guy, but reincarnated. Needless to say, I can understand Ganon's grudge🤷🏿♂️
Link doesn't reincarnate. No one in the series does.
@@dom604 So how do you explain the many Links, and Zeldas?
@@wesmyone9562 its different timelines
@@dulo4674 Alright then
@@dulo4674 no most of it is the same timeline. There’s just a few split timelines.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link in the Description
YES
Not funny didn't laugh
Why you monster
Yes
And gannon is a rock roll
For the last time Link is not in the description
I know right, so misleading
He's say's it some much but no one seems to notice, the dislikes surely don't so it
GEE, IT SURE IS BORING AROUND HERE. There's your Link.
Ganon: *TRIGGERED*
Well excuuuuuuuse me princess.
Zeltik: Calamity ganon is not that strong
Also Zeltik: He could only be defeated by zelda wielding all three of the triforce
Physically, at first, plus he used all the machines, so, yes he is strong, but without help in his physical form? No.
@@zionthedragon8866 what?
@@uh3301 hm?
@@zionthedragon8866 gjxuhhd7cjdjc7jrjvjv
@@hexamethylenediamine7934 ?
I hope there will be a Zelda tier list. Some of the princesses have actively participated in combat
Also, combat aside he could still rank their feats of magical prowess and intelligence.
Tetra would win. Id say besides (now) BOTW Zelda, Tetra participated in Link's adventure the most.
Lilkxdude4101 Spirit Tracks Zelda says hi
@@Jack-xq1eq Yeeeeeaaaaa I can see that
Or a hottest zeldas lists
Power is not “the dark side.” There is no dark side when it comes to the triforce. It is quite literally beyond good and evil. Just because it is the part most commonly used by evil, that doesn’t make it evil itself. In fact ganon has possessed every piece of the triforce at some point in the timeline.
Counterpoint: it's not beyond good and evil - it's all sacred and all good.
@@Goodbutevilgenius lol if that were true it would be impossible for Ganon or any other being with evil in their heart (aka everyone) to use it. It would be impossible to use it for an evil wish. There would be no point in desperately trying to stop evil people from getting it if the relic itself was bound to morality and that morality is set to lawful good.
@@Goodbutevilgenius I don't think something capable of so much destruction can be called sacred and good.
Power is just power it will only be evil and good depending on the user
@@NekuroMC yet it consistently goes to the bad guy.
tips to surviving in a zelda game: dont live in castle town
Yeah just live in Clock Town. Its the best way to live
@@gradyyuga6189 no kakariko would be better
@@chickenlord9873 it was sarcasm actually. Since you know Clock Town will be....
@@chickenlord9873 well, you see....
@@wren8996 double meaning haha
Twillight Ganondorf will always be my favourite.
Schnittchen011 hold your horses buckaroo, botw2 is coming out
Brill Billy hold your horses. Your a fucking dumbass. Twilight is the best.
*_Bob Ross?_*
@@tripphealy1059 twilight princess is boring
It was to call of duty in terms of colors and graphics
And the battles are boring
Y’all need to chill b/c y’all have your own opinion
Calamity Ganon: *destroys literally AN ENTIRE KINGDOM WITH EASE*
Zeltik: "He's not that strong"
Didnt do it with his own power. Merely took possession of the tools that best him prior.
And other Ganons didn't do that?
In all fairness it took a f$&#ing country's worth of guardians, link, zelda, and the champions to put him down the first time, and that was a temporary fix
Cjinfernolord 15 but it was easy sooooo
I agree
Interesting tidbit about Twilight Princess Ganondorf. The only reason Link and Midna can hurt him in his beast form is because of the wound left by the Sages, and if you do actually get close enough to hit on horseback before Zelda shoots him with a Light Arrow, then the Master Sword won't have any effect.
It's fairly common for Link to need help against Ganondorf, in this game the fights with him would be outright unwinnable if weren't injured or if Link were on his own.
The blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero unite to face the incarnation of Demise's hatred. Hylia, the divine guardian of the legendary Triforce wasn't strong enough to defeat Demise alone, which speaks to the power of the one true Demon King.
27:34 “Link is a beast,” you say, referring to a game where Link can transform into a wolf.
I think you failed to realize that his technique of darkness in A Link to the Past doesn't just turn out the lights, it makes him completely invincible. That is, unless the lights are turned back on. Shrouded in darkness he is completely impervious to any damage. A bit more than just turning off the lights I'd say.
Now we know breath of the wild's Gannon was just the heavily suppressed malice of a near dead and sealed Gannon deep underground. Basically, this Gannon should be a beast of all Gannons
Unless it's one of the previous Ganon's. I'm still holding on to the theory that it's Twilight Princess Ganon.
@@ilikenougat8892 I think it's either ww or tp since the hand could be a reference to his death in to or ww althought tp is more similar
@@whydoiexist2180 WW and TP are the same Ganondorf
Ganon* Ganon* Ganon* Ganon*
@@stronk9760 what
Edit: oh i see you corrected that he said Gannon instead of Ganon
Nowadays, we can infer from the TotK trailer that Calamity Ganon is purely a construct of unimaginable amounts of malice, rather than Ganondorf himself, who is sealed underground with unknown magic, possibly magic of the Goddesses.
Within his seal, if we assume the information we have been given in BotW's lore is consistent across Calamities, it takes him 10,000 years to build up enough malice to unleash one Calamity.
It seems obvious that he can receive information from Calamity Ganon despite Calamity Ganon acting autonomously and with its own intelligence, seeing as he learned from the last, failed attempt which ended in Calamity Ganon getting completely obliterated, and came up with a plan to get the jump on Hyrule this time around.
Despite being without the Triforce of Power, and despite merely being a product of malice produced by Ganondorf, and despite the fact that that product of malice had to act without any help from Ganondorf courtesy of the mysterious hand keeping him sealed tightly, it is still an absolute beast, and is extraordinarily powerful and certainly nothing to be trifled with.
In addition, seeing as he is a construct of malice, it is clear now why he could not be destroyed without Zelda's powers: it was too much malice to be destroyed by the Bow of Light or the Master Sword alone, and so Zelda needed to use her powers to erase this colossal amount of malice from existence, as the malice can apparently act even with much of it destroyed, seeing as it can split apart and each part can act of its own accord. All of it needed to be destroyed, and Zelda's powers are the only thing that can erase that much malice from existence.
Calamity Ganon is truly a powerful entity, potentially one of the most powerful in the series.
What if you did a “which non-ganon antagonist is strongest?” I honestly don’t think the other villains get enough love.
I guess vaati
@@abstraction6212 It'd be Majora, most likely, but Vaati would be somewhat close behind.
Definitely chuchu jelly
Demise obviously.
Yuga is Lorule Ganon so i'd guess he is pretty high up there too
Ganondorf is incredibly powerful. Can we talk about how insane Link is for going up against all these increasingly powerful reincarnations and winning?
Especially The Hero of Legend. He went up against a Ganon that had the full Triforce and still won.
Well, link has unlimited courage I guess.
You're not counting how many times first time players died to him. Some not first time players too. But... Mostly first time players.
Well he technically has no choice. He is Hylia's chosen hero and must defeat whatever threatens Hyrule. Which is kinda sad when you think about it because they gotta leave everything behind just to fulfill a prophecy
However link also gets stronger with every reincarnation. So that kind of just devalues your point or at least in my opinion it does.
Now that TOTK is out there can be no denying this Ganondorf is the strongest. The Secret Stone seems to have fully restored the dark power he held as Demise. Even when shriveled up, he transformed the world when he caused the Upheaval. He destroyed the Master Sword with a single shot. It took 10k years for it to recover and be at the level where it can match Ol’ Dorf.
Way more than 10000 years...
That's when Calamity Ganon had already come back numerous times, and that's way after the first king of the kingdom.
Not to mention the Imprisoning War, where he easily defeated 7 other secret stone wielders
Definitely something to consider now in this video
Strength: 10
Dominion: 10
Wizardry: 10
Intelligence: 10
As we know, this Ganondorf is the closest to his original Demise form, which means his power is overwhelming, he had the entire kingdom at the bottom of his heel. He had everything in the world in a tight chokehold. It’s not even fair. The only disadvantage is I don’t think he has the Triforce of Power.
Eh I'm not sure if TOTK Ganondorf is the same Ganondorf as the others, the lore in that game is confusing as hell.
We’ve had Courage, then Power, now we need Zeltik to rank the Zeldas
Do it! Do it!
Thats a great idea
lmao it’s literally botw zelda and spirit tracks phantom zelda slaughtering every other one with no competition. more than half of them are completely locked away for their games and are virtually useless. and we don’t even know about botw zelda’s actual abilities, she was busy holding back calamity ganon the whole time
On what, their uslessness or their blandness?
Imma be honest Zelda is like the Sakura of zelda
When you realize that calamity ganon was just leaked malice from his actual body.
This is late but that’s mind boggling. Isn’t it one of the same ganondorfs from the previous games?
Implied to be TP's Ganondorf with the grevious chest wound and all
@@leavemealone4487 thanks and that’s awesome
@@leavemealone4487 lol and tp Ganon canonically is oot ganon this mf just don’t die
@@bt9813 this man thought he was abt to be reincarnated but was j kept alive for thousands of years🤣
So basically, Calamity Ganon executed Order 66 on Hyrule.
Holy shit I never thought of it like that
@@foopfoop6670 yes I know when i saw this I nearly passed out that man is a genius
If I knew, what Order 66 is...
@@porky1118 look it up
@@porky1118 star wars scene
You've done Link. You've done Ganon and Ganondorf.
It's been a long time, but could you do one on Zelda herself, the girl who the series was named after? (Maybe throw in Midna and Hilda into that list as a bonus?)
Dw you got your wish
Which Ganon do you think is the strongest?
Also, I didn't rank Demise - though he's sort of the father of all Ganons, he's not a Ganon if we're being strict :P
AND YEAH I'LL USE A BETTER COLOUR FOR THE STATS BARS NEXT TIME MY BAD 😅
Wwganon
Demise is technically the original, no? He's the one that brings the cycle of reincarnation to begin with.
@@blakewalker94 he is, but he's not a Ganon/Ganondorf, he's the Demon King who's hatred is incarnated in Ganon
@@Zeltik Is it explained that each incarnation afterwards is only the embodiment of his hatred? I'm pretty sure it's Demise himself seeing as each Ganon has a Demon King form reminiscent of Demis' demon form with their human forms obviously being the same as his humanoid form that he fights SS Link in.
Well I feel stupid after my post 🤤🤤
Twilight Princess
He literally made Zelda his puppet, survived an execution because of his power and hatred. He is the embodiment of hatred. Even when stabbed with the master sword. He survived for a few moments before he lost the triforce of power. He is powerful.
Yeah and dark beast Ganon is also called the incarnation of hatred and evil so what's your point
Hey Reagan seeing how
Powerful ganondorf was in twilight princess goes to show
How powerful link was in that game seeing as how link defeated both of them
@@andysolis8819 Link was definately strong but there are some flaws with that
He had SO MUCH help
there were 5 phases
1. zelda puppet- link solos
2. beast ganon- link and midna
3. weird fire ganon- only midna
4. horseback- link, zelda and light spirits
5. ganondorf 1v1- link
Not to mention he had a hole in his chest
Survived a few moments after the final blow? Cute, Ocarina of time ganon survived being stabbed in the freaking skull with the master sword
Made zelda his puppet? cool, Alttp ganon made the entire kingdom his puppet while the seal of the sages was still active, and calamity ganon made the literal weapons designed to kill him puppets, all by using more puppets, created by another puppet
Heck, Wind waker ganon survived many hits from the master sword and the light arrows, but unlike twilight princess ganon he didn't have his part of the triforce, he was just a man, and he survived that, and with his part of the triforce he literally stopped the earth rotation, EAT THAT MAJORA! YOUR FALLING MOON FEAT IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS YOU THINK!
Andy Solis Ganon pointing at Ganon
You know, I was wondering how you could do a Zelda version since Zelda typically doesn't do as much as Link and Ganon but I think I have some criteria for you to use, assuming you haven't already come up with something.
Wisdom: An obvious criteria for someone with the Triforce of Wisdom. This will gauge how intelligent they are. How clever are they, do they come up with any plans to oppose Ganon, are any of their actions reasonable, rational and smart in some way? Do they make the right choices based on what they are dealing with?
Magic: Most, if not all Zeldas seem to have some degree of magical skill so this would be a good thing to judge. We have seen Zeldas with telepathy, summoning weapons like the light arrows and altering their shape. What Zelda has the best and/or most varied magical skillset?
Presence: Given how the series is literally named after her, we should expect Zelda to be an important part of the games so how much of a presence does each Zelda have. Are they actively fighting against Ganon or the other villain? Are they helping Link at all or are they merely a damsel in distress that needs saving?
State of Hyrule: You could probably come up with a better 4th category but this is something that could be unique to look at. Given that Zelda is the princess and is destined to rule Hyrule if not already ruling it, how is her kingdom faring in the events of the game? Is it doing well, is it only troubled during the game or had it already gone to shit? Did they already lose it? Do they even really have one? I am not sure how you could rate Tetra with this as she doesn't have a kingdom at all in WW/PH but she does create a new Hyrule we see in Spirit Tracks but that could moreso count for that Zelda since she's ruling it at that point in the series, not Tetra so we may need a better 4th category.
Either way, it would be cool to see how each Zelda is and how they are ranked.
The sequel we’ve all been waiting for, and this suggested criteria is honestly pretty fair. The last one is on the right track, but I believe that maybe it should just be simplified to “Leadership”. How good of a leader is this Zelda? Does she show any military prowess? How does she handle the situation at hand and try to rally/appease her people?
It would be either Zelda from Twilight Princess or Breath Of The Wild. There's definitely a big gap between those two and the rest.
@@thegamerfe8751 idk Tetra would probably be up there too
They can do which Zelda is the hottest 😆. My vote is Twilight Princess Zelda.
@@DancingCrickets04 Yeah, I thought Tetra since one of them is prescence, amd Tetra is literally there for the whole game
The way I see it, due to The Hero of Time's time travel shenanigans, he was sent back to the past with his Triforce of Courage. This caused an imbalance, making the Triforce of Courage from the past disappear, and the Wisdom and Power pieces going to Zelda and Ganondorf respectively. This'd explain how Ganondorf had the Triforce of Power during his banishment in Twilight Princess.
There's a bit of a hole in that theory. In Wind Waker, it's said that the departure of the Hero of Time cause the Triforce of Courage to break into pieces. The Hero of Winds has to Reassemble them before taking on Ganondorf.
@@jonathanflanagan1504 Perhaps, when the Hero of Time left, he inadvertently made two Triforces, one to stay in the past, and the other to remain in the future, since this is working on Chrono Trigger logic that affecting the past doesn't directly affect the future. Link was sent much farther into the past, before Ganondorf attacked the castle and Zelda ran away with Impa.
@@jonathanflanagan1504And yet at the very end of Ocarina of Time, we see yong Link with the Triforce of Courage on his hand.
Zeltik: (for the 8th time) this ganon is physically powerful
Me: is he now
Francisco Lopez hmmmmm yes this *this floor is made out of floor* XD
Even a silver bokoblin is harder then Dark Beast Ganon from Botw.
I sadly agree.
What an easy final boss, Dark Beast is at least cool to fight.
Oof sadly true
Nah man maybe a silver moblin or a stalker/helecopter/fortress. Gaurdian
Yeah lol, the final fight was so easy!
yet canonically, dark beast ganon is much much much much more powerful
Great video, but I think you’re underrating Calamity Ganon. Causing that much destruction with no triforce is absolutely insane; his magic power would easily be one of the top.
Yup
Calamity Ganon can die from getting spammed with arrows
Charles Daunt same with the other ones
ch1pzip actually no bc in tp oot you have to play tennis with the electricity ball
Charles Daunt Hmm....maybe this is something called game design
Gonna need an updated list eventually. I reckon TotK is going to be the most powerful Ganon in canon 😁
I’m thoroughly convinced that TotK Ganondorf is going to be a Lich or a Lich-equivalent being, meaning that his spirit would be unkillable unless his phylactery is found and destroyed. Ganondorf is clearly seen to be highly proficient in necromancy (blood moons in BotW are massive resurrection events and are the best example of his necromantic abilities), which is necessary for becoming a Lich. It would also explain the line in BotW saying Ganon gave up on reincarnation, implying he has at least searched for immortality. I think this also explains why in the TotK trailers Ganondorf is a mummified corpse. Liches are the highest form of undead, retaining all of their living memories and intelligence while taking the form of a skeletal or mummified body.
10 minutes into the game I think you're right
Being further in the game than 10 minutes, I'm gonna say definitely right. The geoglyph quests alone show a pretty stark picture of how strong he is, even if we didn't already understand on some level that the entire Calamity Ganon we fought last game was basically this guy's Stand.
I’m a few hours in and yeah dude makes his previous incarnations look like fucking Chu chus
hope hes so strong that he kills link and we dont get another open world zelda
*has 30 second attention span*
*Zeltik makes 40 minute video*
*has 40 minute attention span suddenly*
"What is he on about, it's not like that video even close to 40 mins"
*scrolls up*
".oh"
*Video ends*
*Completely forget what you just did for the last hour*
_sets it to 2x speed_
Adhd
actually, the strongest Ganondorf is Nairo.
agreed he 5-0d samsora
Koe Lee lol you just had to do that didn’t you?
You mean bizarro flame
@@saltyscrub3192
Nah man, Bizarro Flame is the strongest attorney.
Who's Nairo?
Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW POWERFUL BOTW2 GANONDORF WILL BE BUT NOBODY'S EXCITED TO HEAR HIM TALKING FOR THE FIRST TIME
..........yes.....
Omg!!! Never crossed my mind 😱
I am. I assume he will have a raspy hollow Voice, fitting to his mummefied and dead corpse. Than I personly assume he will become stronger and stroger over the course of the Story and revert more back to his original Gerudo self wich will make his Voice become deeper and clearer
@@neptuneplaneptune3367 hopefully! I like how you described it
@@danahira7084 I hope they wont go for the simple dark manacing Voice. Ganandorf is a scheemer, a more dark but also kinda charming Voice could fit him well. Well it all depends how he will be in the Game. For all we know they could go fully for creepy. That Ganandorf stays a Mummie but will, overtime enhance his Bodey with Shieka Technologie until he is a Cybernetic abomination of flesh, malice and cybernetics. Kinda like his Spider form in the first Game but even MORE terrefying and unsettling.
The opening scene of TotK kinda made it clear that the BotW/TotK Ganon is the strongest we’ve seen. Not even considering what he did during that intro cutscene, you need to acknowledge this: throughout BotW, Ganondorf’s human form is trapped underneath Hyrule Castle. But his evil magic is seeping out into the world still, manifesting as Calamity Ganon. Calamity Ganon took control of the divine beasts, beat Link and was held back for 100 years by Zelda so Link could revive and return to save a destroyed kingdom. Calamity Ganon nearly won and he was just a projection of a sealed Ganondorf. He didn’t even recognize Link in the opening cutscene despite his aspect having been banished by Link in the previous game. Your video didn’t cover that because we didn’t have the information yet, but I don’t think there’s any Ganon who can touch the sheer power of BotW/TotK Ganondorf who can nearly destroy Hyrule and only be narrowly defeated all accidentally while unconscious and imprisoned, unaware it’s even happening. TotK showed us the man behind the earthquake who’s very existence is a threat even when he’s “defeated”.
Disclaimer: I haven’t beaten TotK yet so please no spoilers on the ending. I only mentioned the opening scene for a reason :)
2:00 oh no! A Link in the Description? We need to save him!
Don't worry, zelda put him there
The Legend of Zelda: A Link in the Description 😂
“He’s not smart, he’s just a Incredibly angry magic pig.”
I died 🤣
Best. Line. Ever.
With a final score of pig out of ten.
Why do i scroll comments while watching XD
"🐖/10"
Ganon main in SSBU be like
There's a big mistake here
19:42 was a mistranslation by the crappy English localization team
The real meaning was actually the complete OPPOSITE. He didn't give up, He REFUSED to give up, and this form was the result of his refusal to give up. It was basically he either die, or become a beast. He chose to be a beast.
Official ENG translation: He has given up on reincarnation and assumed his pure, enraged form.
Literal Japanese: This form was born from his obsessive refusal to give up on revival.
Looking at tears of the kingdom, it really breathes new life into ganondorf in this game, marking that all of calamity ganon was just energy that he collected while *already* sealed from underground, after being unable to be killed for 10,000 years
Please make the bars brighter, they are to hard to see
I agree, it has light colors, but has dark colors that almost fade into the background.
@@mandalorianhunter1 Ya it's a total mess :p good video still
You’re colorblind, my friend.
@@JayKSilver no and being colorblind doest change the fact that i cant really diferentaite a dark color with black
Martin Baraldi Lobe I can see it perfectly fine, you’re some kind of blind.
Super amazing, can't wait to find out the strongest zelda next
Ya let's
Obviously the Zelda from Majora's Mask is the best because he has masks
@@aweirdoontheinternet8543 that's Link you're describing...
@@aweirdoontheinternet8543 Is your comment supposed to be a joke?
@@thesymbiotenation.4552 what're you talking about
Zelda is a boy and you play as him. Check your facts, obviously the princess is Link
With the trailer release of BotW 2, its basically been confirmed that Calamity Ganon isnt Ganondorf, its just his rage thats been oozing out of his body for millennium. It bunches together and wreaks havok on hyrule, is defeated, and slowly returns, because ganondorf himself remains alive, albeit frozen in agony.
I look forward to meeting the King of Thieves again in the newest game.
There probably won't be a ganon as powerful as ALTTP ganon again in the franchise, simply because at the time, I don't believe the triforce was as much of an all powerful macguffin as it would become later. It's a weird case of an older entry in the series becoming more powerful due to power creep later in the franchise.
It seems TotK proved you wrong.
Ok you've done Link and Ganon so clearly there's only one logical thing you have to do next...
TINGLE BATTLE ROYALE
I was thinking Beadle but that works too
There is only one criteria:
how many rupees do they have
Zelda
Fuck yeah sign me up for that shit
The king next?
Next up, the strongest zelda. Most people may say it is WW's tetra, but I say it is BotW's zelda. She held ganandorf sealed for 100 years. Also, I wanted TP ganon to win, but it is ok. He stole zant's spotlight. Also, I knew who the 3 frontrunners would be. Nvm, forgot about yuganon. Though it is a shock he beat ganon from OoT
It’s gonna Be botw Zelda, she has the full triforce
I'd say that Tetra isn't terribly powerful as Zeldas go, but she's by far the most active and willing to get her hands dirty.
In Phantom Hourglass she actually gets insulted when called "Zelda" as she'd rather be seen as a ruthless captain than a pretty princess.
@@angeldude101 spirit tracks? You are thinking of phantom hourglass. Spirit tracks' zelda and link are different incarnations.
@@loganvantrease5023 Yes. Yes I was. I'll go change it now. Thank you.
Cdi cuz she actually goes on aventures
"Oracle Ganon isn't the sharpest tool in the shed" **All-Star plays briefly in the background**
Link don’t stop runnin and he don’t stop runnin... until the stamina bar runs out
Is my little brother the only on who says
“Community Gannon”
And
“High-row”
Well, the TotK Ganondorf was able to take down hyrule while dormant🤔 Let us find out tomorrow what his hydrated version is able to do😌
Now we just need a ranking list for the Zeldas and we’ll have the whole Ttiforce.
Papulapop TRUE!!!
But how can we rank Zelda? She's always the side character
Do we factor in BotW when she had full access to the triforce?
@@XxAgeofLovexX How do we know she had the full triforce?
@@Attaxalotl That is actually a fair point lol, sorry it was just an assumption. Idr much but when she seals calamity ganon it shows her lifting her hand and the full triforce appearing before her. Not just one like the Triforce of Wisdom. We also know that Ganon doesn't have his triforce so it's a hypothesis I suppose. You could say if she had the full triforce she would of been able to defeat Ganon without having to seal him, which is probably true. And that also calls into regard of the triforce of courage. Though understanding where or what sealing magic is or comes from besides just from the triforce of wisdom is confusing. As if the triforce of wisdom possessed all the power to seal a being like Ganon away, wouldn't she of been able to do it by herself in Ocarina of Time? Instead of having to use the sages to assist?
but in smash he has magic, the mighty spell: FIST
*B O O T*
*S* *W* *O* *R* *D*
-Falcon- purple punch
He actually uses magic in his taunts and Final Smash lmao (maybe also in his smash attacks, he pulls the sword out of nowhere)
@@gv82089 bruh a joke sooo have a r/wooooooosh
I mean...if Ganon From AlttP is basically GOD, what is Link in that context, beeing able to defeat a GOD wielding the full Triforce, without having anything but his own strengh and arsenal? And thats a Link in his FIRST adventure. Thats not even after the 4 games he was in, that was just at the start.
Do you think that Link using the Fierce Deity Mask from Majora's Mask would be enough to take him down?
There’s a reason he’s called the hero of legend. (Zeltik also ranked him the best hero)
That guy is loaded with magical artifacts, did you see his inventory?
@@shawnlee6775 link literaly become a god with that mask.....
To think about it, yeah, Ganon can just make a wish to make him disappear, but he doesn't, and I guess the reason is that the Master Sword, that repells any evil, no matter how powerful, is immune to the Magic of the Triforce when controlled by Evil according to the A Link to the past Manual (The Japanese Translation is the more reliable one since the English has mistakes in Translation.)
My suggestion is, that Ganon realized that the Triforce is useless as long as the Hero is either ownimg this sword or as long as he is alive, so he decided to kill him with his own strength - and failed.
"He can fight off the Hero of Winds with ease" yeah round of applause he can dropkick a ten year old LOL
In all fairness, said 10-year old restored the Master Sword, rebuilt the Triforce of Courage and forced the Golden Goddesses to choose him as the Hero of Winds.
@@ls190v2 absolutely none of those things added to his physical strength though. He still has the strength of an above average 10 year old so you're right but it's not like those things make him less physically weak
Actually, he's 12, as stated in several official sources.
@@Aligames5747 I mean it kinda does, maybe not on an insane level, but throughout the game he’s running everywhere, jumping everywhere, using his sword all the time, able to walk in the iron boots, able to slam a long hammer despite being pretty short, and to top it off he has the power bracelets which allows him to pick up giant heavy boulders with ease and throw them.
Have you ever tried to dropkick a 10 year old? Them mfs bounce back like demons. Wait.. this is incriminating
Didn't rank Demise because he would break the stats bar, understandable
CrestedSkipper He’s so powerful that he can only be defeated with...
_the Master Sword with _*_MOTION CONTROLS!_*
Eh, no.
ALTTP Ganon with complete Triforce would still be more powerful than Demise.
@@JaftenLKA Sorry to break it to you, but Ganon, or Ganondorf would be nothing if not for Demise. You should play Skyward Sword...
@@JaftenLKA Link had the complete triforce + the master sword at full power + a brain that isn't just here to kill things, and it still didn't end Demise for good.
@Jerry Smith Huh, last i checked, the only Link with the full triforce is the Link from skyward sword, without forgetting that the master sword have her full power only in skyward sword and twillight princess. And really, it comes more as skyward Link being the strongest Link(in my opinion), and that he is much stronger than Alttp Ganon.
Just a little something I want to point out, but it's only in the English localization where it's stated that Ganon gave up on reincarnation and became the Dark Beast. In reality, that form is achieved BECAUSE he refuses to give up, and draws strength to take on another form.
Spoiler alert, worst boss fight of all the Gannons. Even worse when you get all the beasts. BotW sucked, and robot calamity Gannon blew so much D in her 100 year sleep he was a joke. Whose fault is it really. Fuckin Carol Baskin.
The localization team really messed up there, huh
Hey Wud Up Chill out man, don’t cut yourself on that edge of yours
@@TempestRex_ ...I don't think that word means what you think it means my dude.
Why not complete the trifecta and do a video on the best version of zelda
you gonna help him
I feel like I have to mention this. there is a severe slight you make against the original ganon's magical capabilities. why was it true that we did not see much of what he can do in terms of magic in our final fight with him, you must consider that he still had the magic to create the majority of the monsters, and magically created most of the boss monsters if not all the boss monsters in the game. it's possible that his magic is different in nature than what we are used to thinking of, but reducing his magical capabilities to the throne room disregards the magic that he used to lay the kingdom low.
You should do a video of the weakest to strongest main Zelda villains that aren’t Ganondorf/Ganon. IE: Demise, Majora’s Mask, Vaati, Bellum, etc.
Or demise
@SAMUEL CASTILLO
Majora is a weird case.
It has absolute power in a very narrow spectrum. Dumped all of its stat points in one place, and got more by taking a bunch of flaws, so to speak. It has a very good trick, but I don't actually think it's all that strong in a well rounded sense.
I mean, think about it. Its true form was killed by a kid with a pigsticker, and/or one of three more or less unremarkable members of the other races.
No need for a special blade, a weapon forged by the gods, a titanic wrestling match, or a mighty, arcane seal of power. Just straight up prison shanked by a twelve year old, bish bash bosh, and the evil is gone forever.
And then it gets worn as an accessory in BotW or used as a tasteful wall piece in Link Between Worlds. When was the last time anyone wore Ganondorf as an accessory, or pinned up Vaati on the wall? They wouldn't stand for that, but Majora can't stand at all. Dumped its leg stat for more attack.
Cole 😍
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 you literally need to become a god to defeat majora
@@Walrus5
No.
You CAN become a god to defeat Majora. Trivialize him really.
But you don't need to.
Not gonna lie Link VS Ganondorf in twilight princess is probably my favorite boss fight in the entire franchise in terms of final boss fights on the epic scale it's probably only 2nd to the demise fight in skyward sword
See I didn't love skyward sword as a game but that end fight was amazing. I was a little bit sad it got left off of this list but I know it's not actually a ganon so.
So basically everyone in a link to the past is overpowered
Yeah, basically
Kinda make sense. The most trained and most powerful Link as to take down the most powerful Ganon. I mean he did killed hero of Time Link just to get full triforce and have the maidens with Zelda lock him away. The most strongest protagonist need most strongest antagonist.
@@christophercardarelli1328 wait when did he kill hero of time link ?
@@tuilleri It probably when they do battle and the player loses to Ganon or Ganondorf. What happens is that Ganondorf gets Link Triforce.. Ganon altered the Golden Land to Dark World with images but Ganon wanted to conquer Hyrule too. Zelda and the other seven Sages locked him into Dark World with full power of the Triforce. Ganon curses Hyrule. Years past Sages have descendant which are the maidens, Zelda (Oot) had a descendant herself which is Zelda (LTTP). Ganon creates Avatar of himself which his name is Agahnim. Agahnim goes to Hyrule.. kills Zelda (LTTP) father.. king of Hyrule and sent each maiden to Dark World. He about to sent Zelda (LTTP) to the Dark the World. Link to past starts. The reason why this timeline exist is because this basically how first Zelda games started in. The bad time line where Ganondorf had to defeat Link the hero of time to take Triforce of Courage away from him. That whole gimmick of OOT. So the player can defeat Ganondorf and prevent the bad timeline happening.
@@christophercardarelli1328 so much info but thanks
now that totk is out we know that calamity ganon is a part of ganondorf that was created to terrorize hyrule while he couldn’t, due to being sealed by rauru
Imagine Calamity Ganon if he had the triforce of power...
Yeah, yikes.
But he does
It's Ganon
@@schaefer76 He doesn't, Zelda has the full triforce in that game.
@@hunger-hane yep, he Zelda had them all for some reason. Now that I think about it, was she just not able to give the Courage to Link or did she not know how to? I mean, he can wield the Master Sword, he'd definitely be accepted
Yeah, he might have made for a challenging boss fight then.
@@MonochromaticPrism
I mean,you can't really make a titanic pig a challenge in an open world game even if you give it a triangle.
Some people would still find it easy or hard.
"He's just an incredibly angry magic pig." -Zeltic, March 2019
Calamity ganon has thunderblight ganon which automatically makes him more powerful than the rest
What kind of logic is that?
@@RandomDrawer_tm try beating him in master mode and you'll see
@@FlavioPrez Just loot the balloon guys makes sure you get lucky from the chests and get a good weapon then he becomes a joke.
@@alstef09 I spent 30 minutes trying to hit him one in phase 2 lol
Master sword, that's all
“These toys are too much for you!” Greatest Ganondorf quote of all time! I literally still say it sometimes to this day to my daughter. Matter of fact I’m bout to tell her that now lol.
I love how he thinks Link and Zelda are think of the triforce as toys but really he's just showing how he feels
One thing you left out about Wind Waker G-Dorf, he's MUCH wiser. Throughout the game, whenever you do get to speak with him, he basically admits that his prior methods (hint hint ocarina of time) were childish, brash, and single-minded. He even explains his reasoning for doing what he did (whether he's telling the truth or not, who knows). He comes off as somewhat sympathetic when explaining how he and the Gerudo had to live in the harsh desert while close by the Hylians lived in peace and were prosperous. Again, he could be lying, but he kind of comes off as noble in a way in that what he did he was doing because he wanted better for the Gerudo.
WW G-Dorf is best G-Dorf IMHO. He has the most character development, comes off as far more cunning than any other incarnation of G-Dorf, and if he is lying and was just trying to pull sympathy from Link, shows he's more manipulative.
I hope BotW2 will give us a Ganondorf reflecting on _everything_ that's happened. He lived through an untold number of ages. I guess this never-ending struggle must weight on him quite a bit despite the power of his spite and malice. :/
WW Ganondorf is very explicitly telling the truth. In the New Game+ Hero mode, the Hero's New Clothes state that only honest can see them. While the game changes certain characters' dialog to reference Link's blue shirt (like Medli), Ganondorf can still see the outfit.
@@xdragoonzero0 Damn Medli is a liar
K…
@@Archon3960 so how does it feel?
15 years ago i struggled on ganondorf and ganon in ocarina of time, but today I think it's pretty easy cause my gaming mechanics and my general knowledge increased over the time but for me is the oot specially the n64 version the best atmosphere and experience I had on a ganon fight, the dark background and the music was so great.
Ok gotta finish the triforce trio now.
RANK
THOSE
ZELDAAAAS
:)
Cdi
he already did (This was a joke)
If he does I bet he ranks Link to the Past Zelda the highest. He seems to love that game. Rated both the Link and Ganon as the strongest versions.
The greatest Zelda is BotW zelda because of dat @$$
Matthew Pelletier I agree with ALTTL Link as the most complete. Buuuuut Ganon... he was a friking beast (not pun intended I guess) in Twilight Princess. Still I think he will rank either BOTW or SS Zelda as the most powerful or complete
Is nobody going to mention how cool that ganon motage at the beginning was
It’s spelled “montage” not “motage.”
Very true, it would only be better if the music was all being played on an organ! LOL 🎹🎹🎹
19:42 this was actually a mistranslation. In Japanese it actually says he’s refusing to give up on reincarnation
Strongest link vs the weakest ganon
Now that’s unfair
Fudgey The Quail it's why he won so easily
Strongest Link is the Hero of Twilight, so it's totally OK.
The Strongest Link is the one in Link to the Past.
He killed Ganon with TRIFORCE, and after this he did the Oracle game and Link's awakening game.
Hero of twilight is a baby in face of him.
Ganon from Link to the Past was stupid enough to leave the Triforce in throne room, he didn't have it when battling Link. Lucky shot.
Hero of Twilight overpowered the Triforce of Power wielder in sword duel. Hero of Legend is nothing in comparison.
@@Noname-ue6ho Hero of legend have way more arsenal, a better sword, armor and way more experience.
And without triforce he killed Ganon, who still have it and used it in the story.
Maybe you can't possess triforce like a fragment when it's complete ? In wind waker it seems to become an object when completed.
But in Link's between world we learn than Ganon used it against the hero so....
Even if the Hero of Legend isn't the strongest, the Link of links between world killed Yuganon with 2 fragment.
Twilight Princess Ganon is my favorite
Same
@@SCHAAAD same
Same. In some of my videos ive discussed TP and exemplified how awesome Ganondorf is.
Right when you think Midna going sicko mode might be able to weaken him, he comes back in a few seconds without a scratch. Yeah he's pretty cool
Wind Waker Ganondorf is my favorite
29:47 Actually, I've heard a theory that earlier on, Zelda saved Midna by giving HER the triforce of wisdom.
I think Ganondorf might actually have been in BOTW because I was replaying it and a cutscene said something like "and all of the hate and malice turned him into a beast" so I think he maybe in a prequel.
But at the same time it says that ganon lay dormant under hyrule castle... idk hopefully some other people have some incite on this!
Samerkia I think Ganons Reincarnation is in not the main Ganon
and In the Cutscene where Nabooris gets in position to fire, Urbosa said the Calamity once took the Form of a Gerudo, alluding to the man himself... I didn't really like not having the Gerudo king in BOTW, I think a one on one duel with BOTW's engine would have been epic!
@@treybrzezowski3259 That would be awesome!!
Personally, i think BotW Ganon is somewhere at the distant end of one of the timelines... He's degraded to the point where he isn't even regarded as an individual anymore... but as a force of nature. Although he seems to possess some deviousness in taking control of the shiekah machines, he's less a super villain and more a natural disaster of swirling malice and hatred.
I.E. this is a Ganon at the end of his rope. How many dozens of plans thwarted? How many reincarnations killed? How many loops tried? Over and over and over, until nothing but his hatred for Link, Zelda, and Hyrule is left.
r/boneappletea
Another credit to OoT Gannons intelligence: during the 2nd half he tricks Zelda into revealing herself with Link!
That's not much of a trick. Zelda was gonna reveal herself to Link eventually, all Ganon had to do was wait
Zeltik: *doesnt add ssbu ganondorf*
Ganondorf: “you’re excluding a lot for somebody in fsmash distance”
When he's sleeping, the last sound he will here is
*DORIYAH!*
ssbu ganon is twilight ganon
@@calvin5174 1st of all, it's OoT, second, it's a joke.
Zaref Farhaan oh my bad it was smash 4 he was from twilight
@@zareffarhaan6106 arent they the same guy tough?
I appreciate that you use Ganondorf for the human and Ganon for the boar firm, embodiment of his power.
this came before the 11 of June but the new loz trailer reveals the ganon THE real ganon of botw!
Botw2 Gannon I'm calling it that he's TP Gannon with the sword in him.
@@BirdiePlaysYT yeah same head ornaments also notice the TRIFORCE awakens with ganondorf. Meaning the mastersword will also be useful again
@@BirdiePlaysYT I hope so. Twilight was my all time favorite Zelda game, so I hope it's him.
I LOVE the format for these. You do your research and put real thought into your presentations. Thank you for that. Can't wait to see your videos on Zelda, Impa and maybe even the races of Hyrule. Cheers!
6:53 Aren't Ganon's attack named, like, *WARLOCK* Punch ? There's some kind of magic behind that, to be sure.
Yeah and wizard foot
“I cast FIST!”
@@2445elijah "i cast death!" "Thats not a spell!" *proceeds to set hyrule on fire and kill thousands* "i stand corrected"
I can 200% agree that Link to the Past Ganon is the most powerful Ganon. Few Ganons ever came close to the sheer power shown in LTTP's Ganon and those guys were terrifying in their own right. LTTP Ganon was literally 1 step away from legit total victory. He was powerful enough to nearly bring the end times with just the triforce of power years before he even reshaped the sacred realm and kidnapped the descendants of the sages. Imagine being so powerful that even the guardians of the sacred realm and the literal people destined to wield and safeguard the triforce can't beat you. This guy beat Hyrule twice, once as Ganondorf and a second time as Agahnim, and he had complete control over the sacred realm too. He had complete dominion over Hyrule and its forces while being imprisoned, had complete control over the triforce, corrupted the sacred realm to the point he was pretty much god, and banished/killed every single one of the sages descendants with the exception of Zelda. No lie this dude was 99/100. He was the closest any Ganon got to a flawless victory. And what's even more terrifying is this is the same Ganon seen in Ocarina of Time which means this is the SECOND time he faces Link. I can't actually think of a logical reason why Ganon in LTTP lost, tbh. Like outside of the plot demanding Link wins I don't see how Ganon could have lost. He had literally everything. Only reason why he was 99/100 wasn't because of his power but because he just didn't manage to get Zelda banished in time. I mean, Ganon even says he's in disbelief Link manages to beat him.
A Link in the Description should be the next zelda game
This is the only comment here that actually made me laugh.
lol
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Didn't calamity Ganon receive help from the Yiga clan who pledged their alliance to him?
These annoying buggers...
Yes. This is correct.
Do you think calamity ganon would also be susceptible to a giant tasty banana being tugged on a string away from hyrule castle? I think I just solved the calamity ganon problem without violence.
He’s so powerful a pot lid can reflect his beams back at him seriously this ganon sucks
Firenze 64 well that pot lid is held by link so idk
I think age of calamity made calamity ganon even smarter since it’s revealed he was the one who engineered hyrule into uncovering the divine beasts via astor being the fortune teller that botw mentions. Talk about insane intelligence.
Yeah but Age of Calamity isn't canon
@@twinzzlersit is kinda minus egg shenanigans
@@GreenTameemThe egg shenanigans are the entire game though, no?
@@cocob0l0 well I mean not entirely, the only huge impact the egg did is bring the current champion to the past and beat the blights, and without that it will be pretty much canon
@@GreenTameem Well no not exactly since didn’t the towers rise like 100 years earlier than they were supposed to?
The Ocarina of time Gannon is still the only Gannon that actually looks kind of scary I don't know what it is he just gives me the creeps in his normal form 😳
Dehidritaded ganondolf would want to speak with you
I'm glad to see someone looked into the lore of the older games. Ganon was pretty cool in the older games, too, but most of the lore was in the instruction manual. Back then, the SNES just wasn't nearly powerful enough to really pull out all the cool cinematics of later games, but they still did pretty well as a whole.
Funny thing, both the strongest Link and strongest Ganon are from the same game, although Link hadn't reached his full power yet. This is still the same Link that can do stuff like control the weather and generate earthquakes, mind you, but minus the extra experience from multiple adventures.
I think Dhemise should've been counted, he was technically the first Ganondorf since they all reincarnated from him. Although they have different names I, personally, count him as a Ganon
It’s actually interesting to think that the being Ganon is derived from Demise possessing (influencing? cursing?) Ganondorf, and when he becomes Ganon, he loses a part of himself to make room for Demise. So really, the only reason that we see Ganon so often is because Ganondorf is the most convenient vessel for Demise to reside in.
@@grackleking6413 bruh thats some sad shit destined to be evil
If demise counts than groose counts
Vaati was the minish cap's version of Demise's curse, so that technically means Vaati would need to be counted if it was all of demise's reincarnations.
This Ganon is Canon
Imagine being an all powerful being and getting beat by a child 😂
Minish Cap be like:
@@MVJORV Vaati wasn't all powerful, he just was.. powerful, almost eldritch like though, hmm, I wonder how he did that.
@@Dexuz well Vaati fought his way to get the light power and become an all powerful being, whereas Ganondorf had to resort to manipulation until the kingdom was "ready" for him to take over. Idk maybe it's not a comparison but with the Minish Cap and the light power, Vaati doesn't die until you kill him in his fourth form. Ganondorf has two forms. Sorry. I just see Vaati as super powerful. He was only able to be stopped by the Four Sword. Idk what good the master sword would've been in that scenario.
@@MVJORV That's not correct though, Vaati didn't managed to extract Zelda's Light Force, Link stopped the ritual before it was completed.
Now, let's analyse the power, it was said that the Light Force grants unlimited power, alongside Ezlo's hat which also supposedly grants any wish. Now these statements are obviously hyperbolic so we should in turn analyse from where these powers came from.
The Light Force is part of Zelda, and Zelda is the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia, a deity that is inferior to the Golden Goddesses for evident reasons; in the past Hylia couldn't use the Triforce to erradicate Demise and his demons as deities can't use the Triforce, this fact instantaneously puts the top gods above everything that have been seen in Minish Cap, just as the Triforce itself.
It's even worse for Vaati as he didn't even acquired the Light Force (which is inferior to the Triforce) he just got a portion of it, which means the Four Sword is not at the level of the Master Sword.
And Vaati would in turn not be at the level of A Link to the Past Ganon, possibly neither Yuganon with two chunks of the Triforce.
@@Dexuz touche
I like it that the breath of the wild Ganon is more of a force of nature rather than an actual being acting with conscious
Calamity Ganon,in my opinion,is a lot higher than you give him credit for.Even after being heavily incapacitated by Link,it still took Zelda with a full Triforce to seal/destroy him.
Edit: Apparently it didn't even kill him,based off the sequel trailer. Or it was a Puppet Ganon,which,considering what it caused and the fact most base Ganondorfs are above their puppets..
*Somebody better get the Lorule Triforce to help out-*
At the beginning of this video I was thinking like "oh calamity ganon is secured for number one" but then I see him adding that intelligence stat and I knew that might hinder him, but the strength stat he gave him is an understatement, it should of been a bit higher.
@@MChief123 I think he understated his magical ability as well, seeing as he was able to take control of an entire mechanical army originally designed to stop him and he actively resurrect his entire army every blood moon.
@@MChief123 My guess is that his agility cost him quite a bit of physical might. Let's remember that it's not just raw stregnth, it is general physical power and agility is part of that. That said, I think that, even with his reduced agility, his strenght and resilience should have more than made it for it. On the other hand, he do lack the triforce of power.
@@lenlimbo Also unlike other Ganons he can be harmed with weapons outside of the Master Sword and Light Bow, so really he can't be too resilient when so many of the other Ganons were only harmed by the strongest things in game.
He can be defeated by a pot lid and moves slower than a snail in his second form