Josiah Ames He reminds me of Thanos. They both seem to have a cognitive bias against humanity to the point where they think their way of life is the correct one. I like how Ganondorf isn’t the typical villain who does what he does just for the sake of it and instead truly believes of what he’s doing is the right thing. It makes for both a sympathetic and interesting character.
The idea of Ganondorf failing so thoroughly, and wanting nothing but to take you down with him at the end with this battle makes this fight so much more intense and personal than the usual "good vs evil" cliche. This is about the past an d the future fighting. Ganondorf wants the future and all hope to die with him, a relic of the past. The idea that this isn't a battle to save the world, as it's already largely saved thanks to the King, and rather a fight for Link and Zelda's futures and very lives makes it so intense and personal.
Yeah, he could've killed Zelda but just smacked her instead. He also could've killed Link when he was taking the triforce peice but just backhanded him too. It almost seemed like he just wanted them to kill him.
Thanks for reaffirm me with your insight why out of all Ganondorf battles this one is my favorite The adventurous sailing-pirating the sea atmosphere turning into dark ominous atmosphere the very moment I enter Ganon’s tower for the first time is something unique not seen in other Zelda Games
i find it very sad when ganondorf realizes that everything he loves is lost forever... he stars laughing maniacally and psychotically, even though hes practically screaming and crying in anguish inside... his mind litterally shattered beyond reason... hes actually relived when he gets a sword through his brain... it would have been better if there were tears running down his cheeks... its really brutal and heartbreaking...
On top of that, I think he's relived because the human side of him is no longer fighting a losing battle against Demise's hatred's reincarnation the Beast/Demon Ganon. (It makes you wonder how Ganondorf could have turned out if he wasn't raised by Twinrova and turned evil? I think that Demise's hatred was dormant but was awaked by Twinrova when Ganondorf was extremely young. )
While this is true. The ganondorf you see in wind waker is the same ganondorf from ocarina of time. In oot we learn that ganondorf was the king of thieves and that he would steal from women and children and he came to hyrule for the triforce and would do anything to get his hands on it. He is also the embodiment of demise so he must be sealed before he causes a calamitous disaster
The juxtaposition between Ganondorf’s genuinely moving monologue to Link’s “uhhh tf old man I didn’t ask for your life story, you gonna fight me or what?” expression gets me every time. When you consider that this Ganon was defeated by the very Link who died with regrets, it hits you Ganon also has ones that hurt just as much. The Hero and the Villain were in this way not so different at the end of their lives. And then there’s this guy 😂
That's really interesting and deep anaylsis. Link, Zelda and Ganon from OoT never really got a happy ending and continued on full of regrets. Link was sent back in time, never really receiving the reward he deserved and his entire life messed up. Zelda had to continue ruling over a broken Hyrule without Link by her side, and whatever she rebuilt was eventually destroyed by Ganon's return, meaning her victory was shortlived. While Ganon lost all the power he had, and whenever he gets back on top it is all stripped away from him by divine fate. By the time of TWW he has lived a long life of constantly gaining and losing power, and has had much time to reflect on all the shit he's done. He is still evil but full of regret, and is trying to take back everything he lost. But as he realizes in the end, fate will not allow him to, and he can't help but manically laugh at the cruel pranks of the gods.
That’s why Toon Link will always be my favorite, his facial expressions are so perfect at communicating what he’s thinking. And he has NO patience for ANYONE’S shit
His death is sad for me since he's talking about how the wind killed everyone in his village or something along the lines of that and his final words were "The wind is still blowing."
Either that, or he is saying that the wind of death is blowing through him. Either way, all of his plans to take over Hyrule in Ocarina of Time were all originally meant to help his people... which makes it sad when he got mad with power and eventually had to be killed. Twice.
That laugh, that’s the laugh of a man who has NOTHING left to lose, and thus with this games release we got the best version of Ganondorf we’ve ever saw.
Ganondorf in this game reminds me a lot of Thanos in IW. He generally believes that what he's doing is right, he's motivated by the downfall of his homeworld and is seeking the ultimate power in order to make the world a better place in his mind. He also has an honorary code he sticks by like not killing Link and Zelda when he easily could have done.
What I like about this final battle is that you’re fighting the games antagonist in self-defense instead of to save the world because the worlds fate is already sealed
I remember. I cried like a son of a bitch when I saw the King underwater. I literally screamed at Link to swim harder. God, this game, this _series_, gets me everytime. Thank you, Nintendo.
Then you realise that the King wasn't the only thing Link left behind. The Master Sword as well, Fi, is abandoned in the dark abyss forever, destined to never meet its master again. It makes the goodbye scene in Skyward Sword so much depressing.
Yeah, it looks fantastic. The really amazing thing is that all they've changed is the lighting, render resolution and the resolution of the textures. All of the games geometry; the 3D models of the scenery and characters, are exactly the same as the original Gamecube version. There are no extra polygons at all. It's a testament to the original Gamecube version.
Epic, to say the least. The ocean pouring down around them, the MUSIC, Ganondorf’s agility and the drama of his robes billowing in the wind. Masterpiece.
One of my favourite things about these final boss battles is that the cutscenes show Link actually *struggling.* He's exhausted after the fight with the puppet, he's still tired by the time he makes it up to the top, and Ganondorf beats him down easily and lifts him up by the arm like a rag doll, and he's about to collapse at the end of the battle. It really made Ganondorf feel like an actual threat and gave him more weight as the powerful final villain, in addition to all the other things they did right with his character in Wind Waker.
Calamity ganon was pretty well done climactically, especially after defeating all 4 divine beasts. I was disappointed with the second phase tbh, but it wasn't that bad.
24:42 that moment when Dorf has had enough of your antics and decided to grow eyes on the back of his head. Blocked the sword (which, granted, Link's done on him enough times for him to wise up by now) and then immediately dodged the following arrow all without even turning his head.
20:00 This laugh. THIS. FUCKING. LAUGH. I've never gotten tired of listening to it. It starts out as a normie laugh, and Ganondorf decides to go full psycho.
That’s way more brutal then Ganon’s death in OoT. Two swings and a head stab, brutal, Windwaker jumps above Ganondorf with enough force to go through his cranium.
MysteriousM honestly, oot, ww, and tp honestly were brutal on ganon lol, ganon got sliced and stabbed by OoT, stabbed again in the head by ww, stabbed in the chest by the sages, and stabbed in the same wound so hard it made him scream in agony as he was stabbed into the ground and got up again. Damn link can sound like a bully lol
Aside from Ganondorf 's breakdown and sad death, and the brutally cool kill at the end, what I love about this battle is that Zelda actually fights alongside Link, not just watch on the sidelines or being imprisoned.
Best Ganon fight of the entire series. This Ganon was a BEAST tapping into his inner Yoda and the fact the all three wielders of the pieces of Triforce fought in this battle made it even more epic. (Best part was when Ganon wised up and slapped the Tetra out of Zelda @23:06). And the head stab...Most brutal ending to a Ganon bout ever.
They say the most dangerous type of person is one who’s lost everything. That definitely holds up with Ganondorf in the final scene before his true battle begins.
I remember just how much fun this battle was for me as a kid- I would literally replay it plenty of times just to experiment and see what ways I could use to draw it out and have a little more fun dueling hand-to-hand with good ol' Ganondorf.
Honestly one thing I love about Nintendo when it comes to fighting Ganondorf is that every time he's lost it's because of ONE SINGLE FACTOR he failed to consider or ever realize is a factor. In Ocarina of Time it was simply he underestimated Link, believing himself invincible thanks to the Triforce of Power. In Twilight Princess he didn't realize the power of the Fused Shadows was enough to shatter the barrier he set up to keep Link AWAY from him. Heck he probably didn't expect the Master Sword to protect Link from the Twilight. Even Breath of the Wild Ganondorf falls to this issue, he wasn't aware of the Shrine of Resurrection, as far as he knew Link was dead, then suddenly one of his Blight Ganons die, even the Yiga caught wind of Link's return before Ganondorf did. But here in Wind Waker it's especially obvious. He knows that even with the Triforce of Power he is vulnerable, so his first step was to weaken the Master Sword- And was aware that restoring it's power was possible. Next was to find Zelda, this he wasn't fully aware of considering Hyrule is sunk and there is no actual Kingdom in the Great Sea, nonetheless he knew what to look for and sent out his minions to find her (And despite a few misses they did find Tetra). When Link appeared he ordered the kind to be flung out into the ocean, and Link would have died if not for timely intervention, but Ganondorf wasn't too surprised when Link returned as he knew that if Link was anything like the Hero of Time, he was tenacious. Heck Valoo destroying the Forsaken Fortress was just a factor he considered an annoyance. In the end he managed to get the Triforce, and as far as he knew the only ones around were him Link and Zelda, so he relished the moment. Then the King of Hyrule shows up and steals the Triforce wish and it shatters Ganondorf. Heck Ganondorf practically gives up while fighting Link, he doesn't care if Link wins at this point he is gonna die anyway. He's still putting effort into the fight, but he doesn't care considering how in his fight with the Hero of Time he goes Beast Ganon in desperation.
That's a very well written analysis! I enjoyed reading it. I noticed as well that WW Ganondorf doesn't really put his heart into his final fight with Link. For me it felt he was testing the resolve of the destined Hero. Like he wants Link to prove that a future without Hyrule is still worth fighting for.
One thing I like about this boss battle is Ganondorf is not doing his usual three form boss battle, where he does magic and spells. This is him matured: a master swordsman, no longer flashy, and committed to taking down Link and Zelda to the grave with him. And laughing hysterically that they have no future.
After watching this ending,I believe that this is the true ending to the adult time line. I didn’t really care that they found a new land to live in the later games. That didn’t make much sense to me seeing the Zelda said “Let’s go back to our ocean.” This timeline was pretty tragic though. Hyrule, Fi and the Master Sword are gone. Ganondorf actually had good intentions in some ways, the King is dead, and millions of people were washed away in the sea. The Zelda series can be pretty dark. I love it.
Think of it being the ending of the first chapter of the adult timeline, after this game there’s a second adventure in Phantom Hourglass and then after successfully finding a new land the finale of the adult timeline is Spirit Tracks.
I always feel bad for Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker Ganondorf. All they wanted was to live life and, for once, not have to worry about the endless torrent of death that the Gerudo Desert had at almost every moment. He wanted to move from the Gerudo Desert to the rest of Hyrule so his family and friends from the Desert could live in piece.
In Wind Waker i agree. In OoT nope, all what he wanted was the triforce and nearly fucking destroyed Hyrule in the proccess, yeah maybe his purpose was to get the gerudo to live in Hyrule, far away from the desert, but he caused a lot of trouble and started to kill and curse everyone lol
Whenever Ganon slapped Zelda into unconsciousness, I always wondered why Ganon didn't just stab her right then and there. He knew that Zelda would just keep shooting light arrows at him, so it would have made his job of killing Link a lot easier if she was not interfering. At this point, all his hopes of resurfacing the land he once knew was lost, and his intent on taking down Link and Zelda were very clear when he took out his swords... but he didn't kill Zelda when he had the chance.
This entire game feels like it was just an accident, if Link's sister never got kidnapped, he wouldn't go on the ship, if he didn't go on the ship, he didn't know that Tetra is Zelda, the list goes on. The fact that link literally scoured the oceans looking for the triforce pieces, by FORCE taking the triforce.
@Michael Bailey while he is one of the best I consider WW ganondorf the best since he had a reason to do this and a good one and it felt like he had a lot more character
They are the same. Though TP is my favorite game of all time, WW’s is better, however they both show that ganon has grown since Oot and is still after trying to avenge his kingdom
Link is too young here to understand, and maybe if he and Zelda were older, things would've been different. Ganon is human enough to be sympathetic in Wind Waker, perhaps the only time in the series he is so.
That laugh at the end that is the laugh of a man without a future and with a lot of hate and it's amazing I wish Nintendo brought Takashi Nagasako back to voice Ganondorf for Tears of the Kingdom serious he would have gone full ham with the guy.
Michael Bailey tp fight was boring So what if it had horses? The horse riding mechanic is kinda sloppy if you'd ask me Light arrows were also involved here in wind waker The fight was taking place as the ocean floods what's left of old hyrule aka ocarina of time hyrule
A 17 year old playing lethal ping pong with a possessed princess, turning into a wolf and throwing around a giant rampaging warthog, riding a horse and striking with sword and light arrows, and finally clashing blades until you finally plunge yours into the Evil King’s chest. But that’s just my opinion.
It could be worse. He could've easily sliced Zelda in half during the fight, but he put away his sword instead and backhanded her unconcious. He could've been a lot more cruel.
Flipper Jr. honestly, hes a pretty nice guy if he didn’t get crazy for the triforce. The whole reason that he was evil in the beginning of Oot was to help his village. Then his reason changed to just purely for power after link opened the door to the sacred realm.
Just now i completed the game for the first time, and i was having difficulties with ganon, both as a puppet and as himself. I think his hardest form in all is his snake form. He keeps moving around, and he comes at you. There are also those spiky things that slow you down
There is an easy counter if you are smart. You see the platforms a little above the arena? You can use your grapple to get there, and you will find arrows, magic potions and hearts while being untargetable and having a clear angle to land arrows. It's still hard because the damn things keeps moving, but it's way easier and safer than doing it on the ground
I don’t care what anybody says, Zelda gets her moments in this game, even at the end after the fight with Gannon; she’s the only one who can still stand and has to hold Link up.
Well, the Ganondorf fight at least. I don't think I'd rate all that much out of the Puppet Ganon fight in Wind Waker. ;) In terms of a finale fights, I'd probably rank Skyward Sword first, with Twilight Princess close behind. But Ganondorf's *character* in Wind Waker's finale stands out with his wistfulness. Just finished Breath of the Wild last night in a live stream, ended up talking a fair bit about the finale and the games ultimate short comings in not really having a true villain, instead being left with a more general sense of impending doom. It's much like Skyward Sword in that regard, but without a mouth piece like Ghirahim and then Demise himself, it does fall a little flat after such a large adventure.
BrySkye i think they went for that on purpose, focussing completely on the simple premise of the game and characters having to deal with what happened, rather than a bunch of short term reactions we saw in something like skyward sword. and i think due to the nature of the game it works pretty well, but of course that does mean that there isn't a lot of room for character development for ganon. i mean from a gameplay perspective i really liked the first phase of the fight, but it was kind of disappointing that his giant form after that really didn't do much at all. i get why they didn't go for the sword duel with ganon having lost all his remaining humanity at this point, but a smaller scale final fight or some sort of more interactive version of what we got would have been awesome.
That's really not saying much. I'd say that most zelda games have a better final boss than BOTW's, hell most zelda games have better bosses period. That game is so overhyped. But yes this fight was badass.
@Crack Head Indeed I have~ And it looks like its going to try to make up for everything I said, given all the Gerudo symbols and, well, Ganondorf's corpse re-animating. (The long hair is also more a lot more along the lines of Demise/Ganondorf from Hyrule Warriors too)
It's a cartoon looking Zelda game but when link puts a sword right through Ganondorfs head at the very end it is pretty legendary and sad.. :0 I mean he turns into a rock
At many instances, Ganondorf's honor causes him to lose this fight. For example, the fact that he sheaths his blade to punch a little girl out (if he's gonna do that, might as well behead her). Furthermore, a second example is at the beginning of the Triforce fight when he spares link as he's defenseless and is on his back in clear exhaustion. All this being said, what Ganon preached maked a lot of sense and you could argue he's not that bad and is a good guy trying to save a drowned world that used to be lush. The way he wishes to do it however, is perhaps unjustifiable. In conclusion, a fucking amazing game My favorite growing up on the CUBE Edit: Ganon's fighting style is fucking sexy and massively intimidating, especially the goddamn flips 20 feet high into a spinning dual wield crosscut
They did make that a lot easier, or rather less tedious, in the Wii U version. I wouldn't be surprised if Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD make it to the Switch in some form or another, either in a compilation, 'budget' separate cartridge releases or e-shop exclusives.
Check your IN-credible chart. It will tell you where they are. And when you are done deciphering them with tingle in either the Normal or the HD version the triforce emblem will be on a square. Go to those squares and look for a glowing pillar of light. Then use the grapple hook to fish up the treasure chest containing your chart/triforce shard. Rinse and repeat 3 to 8 times however many you need. And presto your done. Btw u need tingle to decipher the charts. He charges a pretty penny for it too. 398 rupees per chart. Make sure u have a big wallet to get these done.
25:13 in links head ... IVE HAD IT WITH YOUR ASS .... ALL THAT SAILING FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND , FIGHTING ALL THOSE BIG ASS MONSTERS AND DYING AND CRYING ... AHHHHHH
A wild meme has returned from the grave! not for a legend of Zelda game, why don't you go back to majora's mask, ocarina of times shadow dungeon and twilight princess. the chills
But the meme returned guy is still right. This is the only game (and aged too, released in 2003) that even you winning to Ganondorf, you still lose. You lose Hyrule and all those legends and tales from that land. All the base and memories of the previous games. Even the finnal goodbye, leaving the King and the Ganondorf statue, with the Master Sword on it, for behind, all that only means that Hyrule is no more. I love the sequels (The direct one, Phanthom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks), but they didn't got this impact, you saying goodbye to the land that make all this legend to be what it is. (I played the sequels first, long time ago, and only played WW this year, and my prespective of this timeline totally changed after this).
after playing many Nintendo games, one learn the creepy stuff become a core part of its best entrances. Look out for Earthbound or Majora's Mask, even Mario games has some weird stuff
Lighthearted story, huh? How about this - *HYRULE YOU ALL KNEW AND LOVED IS DEAD FOR GOOD! MASTER SWORD AND FI ARE LOST FOREVER ON BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN!* "May we meet again in another life." *That's the last time you've met Link, Fi!* In this timeline, anyway. I wonder if Outset Island residents are taken to New Hyrule after Phantom Hourglass. At least Aryll should be taken by Link - she's his sister, after all. Ohh, I really shouldn't dig into Tear Jerker section on TV Tropes. Now I understand that history of Hyrule can be depressing as f*ck.
@@yasinn9492 the former two are two of the pre-split games. While the last one (which is called four swords ADVENTURES, might I add) had made sure to have the least of references to the triforce or the master sword
Have you noticed gannondorf looks kinda sad but filled with pride in this game
Josiah Ames He reminds me of Thanos.
They both seem to have a cognitive bias against humanity to the point where they think their way of life is the correct one.
I like how Ganondorf isn’t the typical villain who does what he does just for the sake of it and instead truly believes of what he’s doing is the right thing.
It makes for both a sympathetic and interesting character.
Thanks. It's a long fight, indeed.
He is, all he wants is his home back.
Like the father of a homosexual child
*Ganondorf
The idea of Ganondorf failing so thoroughly, and wanting nothing but to take you down with him at the end with this battle makes this fight so much more intense and personal than the usual "good vs evil" cliche.
This is about the past an d the future fighting. Ganondorf wants the future and all hope to die with him, a relic of the past.
The idea that this isn't a battle to save the world, as it's already largely saved thanks to the King, and rather a fight for Link and Zelda's futures and very lives makes it so intense and personal.
Good analysis. I agree
Well said.
Yeah, he could've killed Zelda but just smacked her instead. He also could've killed Link when he was taking the triforce peice but just backhanded him too. It almost seemed like he just wanted them to kill him.
Thanks for reaffirm me with your insight why out of all Ganondorf battles this one is my favorite
The adventurous sailing-pirating the sea atmosphere turning into dark ominous atmosphere the very moment I enter Ganon’s tower for the first time is something unique not seen in other Zelda Games
Easily my favorite portrayal of Ganondorf in the series.
FINALY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME!!!
the Ganondorf in Twilight Princess was better.
Dexter Miguel couldn't agree more
He gets distracted from a fishing pole.... i rest my case
+Luke Deary I... RESPECTFULLY.... disagree
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*Goes to open door*
*Pause*
*Turns to smash pot*
Honestly the most Link thing I've ever seen
Lol
He is truly a Link
i find it very sad when ganondorf realizes that everything he loves is lost forever... he stars laughing maniacally and psychotically, even though hes practically screaming and crying in anguish inside... his mind litterally shattered beyond reason... hes actually relived when he gets a sword through his brain... it would have been better if there were tears running down his cheeks... its really brutal and heartbreaking...
On top of that, I think he's relived because the human side of him is no longer fighting a losing battle against Demise's hatred's reincarnation the Beast/Demon Ganon. (It makes you wonder how Ganondorf could have turned out if he wasn't raised by Twinrova and turned evil? I think that Demise's hatred was dormant but was awaked by Twinrova when Ganondorf was extremely young. )
Zachary Kenniston
I well say if there was tears going down his cheeks i would probly cry
Medea Agapishvili kinda how light laughed when he knew his Time had come
Talk about self-pity.
While this is true. The ganondorf you see in wind waker is the same ganondorf from ocarina of time. In oot we learn that ganondorf was the king of thieves and that he would steal from women and children and he came to hyrule for the triforce and would do anything to get his hands on it. He is also the embodiment of demise so he must be sealed before he causes a calamitous disaster
The juxtaposition between Ganondorf’s genuinely moving monologue to Link’s “uhhh tf old man I didn’t ask for your life story, you gonna fight me or what?” expression gets me every time. When you consider that this Ganon was defeated by the very Link who died with regrets, it hits you Ganon also has ones that hurt just as much. The Hero and the Villain were in this way not so different at the end of their lives.
And then there’s this guy 😂
That's really interesting and deep anaylsis. Link, Zelda and Ganon from OoT never really got a happy ending and continued on full of regrets. Link was sent back in time, never really receiving the reward he deserved and his entire life messed up. Zelda had to continue ruling over a broken Hyrule without Link by her side, and whatever she rebuilt was eventually destroyed by Ganon's return, meaning her victory was shortlived. While Ganon lost all the power he had, and whenever he gets back on top it is all stripped away from him by divine fate. By the time of TWW he has lived a long life of constantly gaining and losing power, and has had much time to reflect on all the shit he's done. He is still evil but full of regret, and is trying to take back everything he lost. But as he realizes in the end, fate will not allow him to, and he can't help but manically laugh at the cruel pranks of the gods.
@@Crichjo32 man, I can't agree with you more
That’s why Toon Link will always be my favorite, his facial expressions are so perfect at communicating what he’s thinking. And he has NO patience for ANYONE’S shit
His death is sad for me since he's talking about how the wind killed everyone in his village or something along the lines of that and his final words were "The wind is still blowing."
Either that, or he is saying that the wind of death is blowing through him.
Either way, all of his plans to take over Hyrule in Ocarina of Time were all originally meant to help his people... which makes it sad when he got mad with power and eventually had to be killed. Twice.
Damn... I never knew there was so much to Ganon's story...
Yeah, this is the same Ganon from Ocarina of Time, so it makes it pretty sad. He had the Triforce twice, but never got to help his people.
Hmm isent Ganondorf just the human form of Ganon?
@@DJPon7 He dident help his people. They hate him.
That laugh, that’s the laugh of a man who has NOTHING left to lose, and thus with this games release we got the best version of Ganondorf we’ve ever saw.
This is by far my favorite version of Ganondorf. He was trying to resurrect his timeline, the world that he knew.
Ganondorf in this game reminds me a lot of Thanos in IW. He generally believes that what he's doing is right, he's motivated by the downfall of his homeworld and is seeking the ultimate power in order to make the world a better place in his mind. He also has an honorary code he sticks by like not killing Link and Zelda when he easily could have done.
Exactly ! Best version of Ganondorf :)
He also wanted hyrule to have light shine on it again. Literally king of red lions killed the people in there.
*THANONDORF*
Crichjo32 atleast when hes not crazy for the triforce, if so then thats the downfall era for ya.
And he also gets his prize snatched out from right under his nose and used to kill him and he accepts his death right at the end.
What I like about this final battle is that you’re fighting the games antagonist in self-defense instead of to save the world because the worlds fate is already sealed
I remember. I cried like a son of a bitch when I saw the King underwater. I literally screamed at Link to swim harder.
God, this game, this _series_, gets me everytime. Thank you, Nintendo.
Then you realise that the King wasn't the only thing Link left behind. The Master Sword as well, Fi, is abandoned in the dark abyss forever, destined to never meet its master again. It makes the goodbye scene in Skyward Sword so much depressing.
@@Dracogame so that means this part of the timeline comes to an end?
Shadow this timeline continues with PH and ST, both set in a different land and without the Master Sword.
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@@rylanhack2553 ???
BRING WIND WAKER TO THE SWITCH NOW!
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Hell yea
Christ, this game looks beautiful! Never actually took the time to look at the HD version.
Yeah, it looks fantastic.
The really amazing thing is that all they've changed is the lighting, render resolution and the resolution of the textures.
All of the games geometry; the 3D models of the scenery and characters, are exactly the same as the original Gamecube version.
There are no extra polygons at all.
It's a testament to the original Gamecube version.
BrySkye Oh wow. That's pretty awesome o:.
BrySkye they took out the cell shading
? Erm, no they didn't. Wind Waker HD is still very much cell shaded...
no its not the said it themselfs
Epic, to say the least. The ocean pouring down around them, the MUSIC, Ganondorf’s agility and the drama of his robes billowing in the wind. Masterpiece.
One of my favourite things about these final boss battles is that the cutscenes show Link actually *struggling.* He's exhausted after the fight with the puppet, he's still tired by the time he makes it up to the top, and Ganondorf beats him down easily and lifts him up by the arm like a rag doll, and he's about to collapse at the end of the battle. It really made Ganondorf feel like an actual threat and gave him more weight as the powerful final villain, in addition to all the other things they did right with his character in Wind Waker.
My favorite Ganondorf in the Zelda series by far.
Oh the facial expressions in this game are the life of me
the facial expressions are good
This battle was and build up was so perfectly done. 10x better than the anti-climatic Calamity Ganon fight and ending afterwards.
Calamity ganon was pretty well done climactically, especially after defeating all 4 divine beasts. I was disappointed with the second phase tbh, but it wasn't that bad.
Considering I had made it to beast ganon with only 3 hearts and that dying to him just meant restarting the battle. I was quite pleased.
AiNaKa he was taken over by malice that’s why he lost his mind
@@zacharygiles2984 i meant the second phase was underwhelmingly easy.
AiNaKa the point was that it was a “finish him!” Phase.
The ending of this game is so sad.
BOATY *NO*
Dan Daman alexa... PLAY DESPACITO
Why?
@@Jose_Ruiz932 XDDD
Not as sad as Ocarina of Time
I’ve always liked how he says that Link is the Hero of Time reborn. He remembers battling with Link from Ocarina of Time.
24:42 that moment when Dorf has had enough of your antics and decided to grow eyes on the back of his head. Blocked the sword (which, granted, Link's done on him enough times for him to wise up by now) and then immediately dodged the following arrow all without even turning his head.
Can we acknowledge that this is one of the times in Zelda where Ganondorf actually almost won.
But the King comes in clutch.
I mean... breath of the wild starts with Ganon not only winning handily but destroying almost all of Hyrule
@@volleyballfanatic808 botw is not even a zelda game, it only has the name
Jason Lobo not even remotely true
Ganondorf won at 1 point
20:00 This laugh. THIS. FUCKING. LAUGH. I've never gotten tired of listening to it. It starts out as a normie laugh, and Ganondorf decides to go full psycho.
Hu ha HA HEH HA
HEHEHE! HAHEHAHHAH! HAHAHA!
25:12 the best satisfying battle cry ever!!!
I remember when playing i really didn't expect that and i was like OMG OMG DAMN IT YES YES YES OMG OH NO IS THIS ALREADY THE END OH DAMN
This game brings back way too much nostalgia
Yes. Yes it does. And it hits ya right in the feels...
That’s way more brutal then Ganon’s death in OoT. Two swings and a head stab, brutal, Windwaker jumps above Ganondorf with enough force to go through his cranium.
MysteriousM honestly, oot, ww, and tp honestly were brutal on ganon lol, ganon got sliced and stabbed by OoT, stabbed again in the head by ww, stabbed in the chest by the sages, and stabbed in the same wound so hard it made him scream in agony as he was stabbed into the ground and got up again. Damn link can sound like a bully lol
Well in OOT he technically doesn't die..
You're forgetting that in the original N64 OOT, Link hit him in the freaking MOUTH.
I just finished the game for the 4th time today. This is actually my favorite Zelda game and I play it on a daily basis, because why not?
Aside from Ganondorf 's breakdown and sad death, and the brutally cool kill at the end, what I love about this battle is that Zelda actually fights alongside Link, not just watch on the sidelines or being imprisoned.
one question... HOW IN THE WORLD DID ZELDA NOT WAKE UP TO ALL OF THAT!? dear lord she must be the deepest sleeper ever
She just overslept
Zelda: just give me 5 more minutes
ikr link and zelda have plenty of things in common and one of them is not waking tf up
One of the greatest games of all time. Such a stellar ending, as well.
Best Ganon fight of the entire series. This Ganon was a BEAST tapping into his inner Yoda and the fact the all three wielders of the pieces of Triforce fought in this battle made it even more epic. (Best part was when Ganon wised up and slapped the Tetra out of Zelda @23:06). And the head stab...Most brutal ending to a Ganon bout ever.
Best? Nah...
@@LITTLE1994 yeah... Still think so to this day.
They say the most dangerous type of person is one who’s lost everything. That definitely holds up with Ganondorf in the final scene before his true battle begins.
15:33 Stop making that face, Link. -_-
He said: 👁👅👁
Heather Atteberry that’s frisk’s
20:03 The same bleak laugh I make when I don't have a girlfriend and someone tells me to try online dating.
Lmao
I can confirm it doesnt work
Everyone back then was wrong. This art style made this game TIMELESS.
25:12 Take notes, Thor. This is how you should've gone for Thanos's head.
Among the most stunning credits sequences I've ever seen.
I remember just how much fun this battle was for me as a kid- I would literally replay it plenty of times just to experiment and see what ways I could use to draw it out and have a little more fun dueling hand-to-hand with good ol' Ganondorf.
I was really happy when Grandma saw Aryll again.I almost cried.
Honestly one thing I love about Nintendo when it comes to fighting Ganondorf is that every time he's lost it's because of ONE SINGLE FACTOR he failed to consider or ever realize is a factor.
In Ocarina of Time it was simply he underestimated Link, believing himself invincible thanks to the Triforce of Power.
In Twilight Princess he didn't realize the power of the Fused Shadows was enough to shatter the barrier he set up to keep Link AWAY from him. Heck he probably didn't expect the Master Sword to protect Link from the Twilight.
Even Breath of the Wild Ganondorf falls to this issue, he wasn't aware of the Shrine of Resurrection, as far as he knew Link was dead, then suddenly one of his Blight Ganons die, even the Yiga caught wind of Link's return before Ganondorf did.
But here in Wind Waker it's especially obvious. He knows that even with the Triforce of Power he is vulnerable, so his first step was to weaken the Master Sword- And was aware that restoring it's power was possible. Next was to find Zelda, this he wasn't fully aware of considering Hyrule is sunk and there is no actual Kingdom in the Great Sea, nonetheless he knew what to look for and sent out his minions to find her (And despite a few misses they did find Tetra). When Link appeared he ordered the kind to be flung out into the ocean, and Link would have died if not for timely intervention, but Ganondorf wasn't too surprised when Link returned as he knew that if Link was anything like the Hero of Time, he was tenacious. Heck Valoo destroying the Forsaken Fortress was just a factor he considered an annoyance. In the end he managed to get the Triforce, and as far as he knew the only ones around were him Link and Zelda, so he relished the moment. Then the King of Hyrule shows up and steals the Triforce wish and it shatters Ganondorf.
Heck Ganondorf practically gives up while fighting Link, he doesn't care if Link wins at this point he is gonna die anyway. He's still putting effort into the fight, but he doesn't care considering how in his fight with the Hero of Time he goes Beast Ganon in desperation.
That's a very well written analysis! I enjoyed reading it. I noticed as well that WW Ganondorf doesn't really put his heart into his final fight with Link. For me it felt he was testing the resolve of the destined Hero. Like he wants Link to prove that a future without Hyrule is still worth fighting for.
I swear toon link is the cutest thing ever
He is probably 17 xD
@@danielymatiaspet4875 nope
@@danielymatiaspet4875 he is 12
Link is 16, it says that when I searched up of how old is Wind Waker Link.
This game looks so beautiful. I might buy a wiiu bundle for this game
What's nice is this ganon isnt just all taking hyrule. He actually tried to provide for his people
One thing I like about this boss battle is Ganondorf is not doing his usual three form boss battle, where he does magic and spells. This is him matured: a master swordsman, no longer flashy, and committed to taking down Link and Zelda to the grave with him. And laughing hysterically that they have no future.
I never understood why Ganon just stood there while the King was screwing him over
he couldn't believe it, until the sea came drowning the place
Ganon isn't that actually that bad.
He just want to save his people.
He was in shock that the king knew instant transmission
Wasn't the King a ghost? Not much he could do in that situation if that was the case.
Hey, they made link say a sound when Zelda got knocked out. Nice touch.
So far, this is still one of my most favorite video game endings!
WW Link driving the Master Sword through Ganondorf's skull is easily top 3, maybe even the top Zelda moment of all time.
After watching this ending,I believe that this is the true ending to the adult time line. I didn’t really care that they found a new land to live in the later games. That didn’t make much sense to me seeing the Zelda said “Let’s go back to our ocean.”
This timeline was pretty tragic though. Hyrule, Fi and the Master Sword are gone. Ganondorf actually had good intentions in some ways, the King is dead, and millions of people were washed away in the sea. The Zelda series can be pretty dark. I love it.
Think of it being the ending of the first chapter of the adult timeline, after this game there’s a second adventure in Phantom Hourglass and then after successfully finding a new land the finale of the adult timeline is Spirit Tracks.
I always feel bad for Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker Ganondorf. All they wanted was to live life and, for once, not have to worry about the endless torrent of death that the Gerudo Desert had at almost every moment. He wanted to move from the Gerudo Desert to the rest of Hyrule so his family and friends from the Desert could live in piece.
In Wind Waker i agree.
In OoT nope, all what he wanted was the triforce and nearly fucking destroyed Hyrule in the proccess, yeah maybe his purpose was to get the gerudo to live in Hyrule, far away from the desert, but he caused a lot of trouble and started to kill and curse everyone lol
Wally Graham You do know that Ganondorf in both games is the same person right?
@@misaeltoral508 Yeah, that's why I said OoT and Wind Waker Ganon.
@@Morbonful Yeah, once the king fucked him over not to mention the fact that OoT ganon and Wind Waker Ganon are the same person.
@@Morbonful Uh... But Wind Waker takes place directly AFTER OoT, so that's uh... the same Ganon.
Whenever Ganon slapped Zelda into unconsciousness, I always wondered why Ganon didn't just stab her right then and there. He knew that Zelda would just keep shooting light arrows at him, so it would have made his job of killing Link a lot easier if she was not interfering. At this point, all his hopes of resurfacing the land he once knew was lost, and his intent on taking down Link and Zelda were very clear when he took out his swords... but he didn't kill Zelda when he had the chance.
Lmao i love how every ganondorf laughs in thr middle of the battle even in totk
This entire game feels like it was just an accident, if Link's sister never got kidnapped, he wouldn't go on the ship, if he didn't go on the ship, he didn't know that Tetra is Zelda, the list goes on. The fact that link literally scoured the oceans looking for the triforce pieces, by FORCE taking the triforce.
WW Ganondorf is the best
@Michael Bailey while he is one of the best I consider WW ganondorf the best since he had a reason to do this and a good one and it felt like he had a lot more character
They are the same. Though TP is my favorite game of all time, WW’s is better, however they both show that ganon has grown since Oot and is still after trying to avenge his kingdom
Link is too young here to understand, and maybe if he and Zelda were older, things would've been different. Ganon is human enough to be sympathetic in Wind Waker, perhaps the only time in the series he is so.
That laugh at the end that is the laugh of a man without a future and with a lot of hate and it's amazing I wish Nintendo brought Takashi Nagasako back to voice Ganondorf for Tears of the Kingdom serious he would have gone full ham with the guy.
The best part is at the end where the bird just magically flies through the ship.
This is far more epic than the sword fight in Twilight Princess.
Michael Bailey tp fight was boring
So what if it had horses?
The horse riding mechanic is kinda sloppy if you'd ask me
Light arrows were also involved here in wind waker
The fight was taking place as the ocean floods what's left of old hyrule aka ocarina of time hyrule
Michael Bailey also the triforce itself was used
@Michael Bailey It was his opinion. You can't mess with someones opinion
@Perfect Shrek it's his opinion so shut up
A 17 year old playing lethal ping pong with a possessed princess, turning into a wolf and throwing around a giant rampaging warthog, riding a horse and striking with sword and light arrows, and finally clashing blades until you finally plunge yours into the Evil King’s chest. But that’s just my opinion.
17:05 the last thing you see after getting your shield broken by a Ganondorf
If link could talk while fighting ganondorf
Ganondorf: you cant defeat me
Zelda: die already
Link: JUST DIE ALREADY
*stabs ganon in the heart*
2:53 Wait did that guy just hit the other guy? 😂
RachelFC every time they do that I always say dumbass
thanks for turning up the action
You can’t even lie, the final kill to end the game is defo the best out of all Zelda games out there.
It's great, but not the actual best
Just beat this on the Gamecube earlier today, what a banger of a game
18:39
The greatest plot twist in Zelda history.
Handsdown bar none point blank period. One of THE BEST ENDINGS IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY.
thats child abuse ganon needs to be arrested xD
but Link and Zelda are his sworn enemies.
It could be worse. He could've easily sliced Zelda in half during the fight, but he put away his sword instead and backhanded her unconcious. He could've been a lot more cruel.
They came with one intent to slay him. He defended himself.
Flipper Jr. honestly, hes a pretty nice guy if he didn’t get crazy for the triforce.
The whole reason that he was evil in the beginning of Oot was to help his village.
Then his reason changed to just purely for power after link opened the door to the sacred realm.
After 7 years, i am finally at this point. Almost completing the game😃
Finally, after 7 years, its done
This masterpiece is only behind Ocarina Of Time
alex bispo anunciação and BOTW
7:53 Puppet Ganons moves every time he wants to get somewhere are weird but funny XD
Just now i completed the game for the first time, and i was having difficulties with ganon, both as a puppet and as himself. I think his hardest form in all is his snake form. He keeps moving around, and he comes at you. There are also those spiky things that slow you down
There is an easy counter if you are smart. You see the platforms a little above the arena? You can use your grapple to get there, and you will find arrows, magic potions and hearts while being untargetable and having a clear angle to land arrows. It's still hard because the damn things keeps moving, but it's way easier and safer than doing it on the ground
ok thanks dude. i'm currently playing through another file, this time on the wii u
I don’t care what anybody says, Zelda gets her moments in this game, even at the end after the fight with Gannon; she’s the only one who can still stand and has to hold Link up.
way better gannon fight than breath of the wilds
Well, the Ganondorf fight at least. I don't think I'd rate all that much out of the Puppet Ganon fight in Wind Waker. ;)
In terms of a finale fights, I'd probably rank Skyward Sword first, with Twilight Princess close behind.
But Ganondorf's *character* in Wind Waker's finale stands out with his wistfulness.
Just finished Breath of the Wild last night in a live stream, ended up talking a fair bit about the finale and the games ultimate short comings in not really having a true villain, instead being left with a more general sense of impending doom.
It's much like Skyward Sword in that regard, but without a mouth piece like Ghirahim and then Demise himself, it does fall a little flat after such a large adventure.
Bobo Won yep
BrySkye i think they went for that on purpose, focussing completely on the simple premise of the game and characters having to deal with what happened, rather than a bunch of short term reactions we saw in something like skyward sword. and i think due to the nature of the game it works pretty well, but of course that does mean that there isn't a lot of room for character development for ganon. i mean from a gameplay perspective i really liked the first phase of the fight, but it was kind of disappointing that his giant form after that really didn't do much at all. i get why they didn't go for the sword duel with ganon having lost all his remaining humanity at this point, but a smaller scale final fight or some sort of more interactive version of what we got would have been awesome.
That's really not saying much. I'd say that most zelda games have a better final boss than BOTW's, hell most zelda games have better bosses period. That game is so overhyped. But yes this fight was badass.
@Crack Head Indeed I have~
And it looks like its going to try to make up for everything I said, given all the Gerudo symbols and, well, Ganondorf's corpse re-animating. (The long hair is also more a lot more along the lines of Demise/Ganondorf from Hyrule Warriors too)
I love this fight because it’s a straight up sword fight
Critics in 2003 questioned the art style. So as with masterpieces.
This game has the best ending of the series, with Link's Awakening a close second
who else remembers that one graphical glitch in the gamecube version where the master swords hilt turned upside down when you stab Gannondorf xD
We tend to forget how great that game looked (and still does by today's standards) Cell-shading games really age well in general
God, Ganon's monologue is just scary.
I mean hell, when he was transforming even Link was frightened.
give this world the breath of the wild treatment and i'm 100% in
It's a cartoon looking Zelda game but when link puts a sword right through Ganondorfs head at the very end it is pretty legendary and sad.. :0 I mean he turns into a rock
Best ganondorf theme in the franchise
*change my mind*
Thank you for uploading this. I just wish you wouldn't let each text box hang for so long.
It's not my own personal pace, but I have to try and be considerate towards slightly slower readers as well.
If people want to read the boxs they can pause the video
At many instances, Ganondorf's honor causes him to lose this fight. For example, the fact that he sheaths his blade to punch a little girl out (if he's gonna do that, might as well behead her). Furthermore, a second example is at the beginning of the Triforce fight when he spares link as he's defenseless and is on his back in clear exhaustion. All this being said, what Ganon preached maked a lot of sense and you could argue he's not that bad and is a good guy trying to save a drowned world that used to be lush. The way he wishes to do it however, is perhaps unjustifiable.
In conclusion, a fucking amazing game
My favorite growing up on the CUBE
Edit: Ganon's fighting style is fucking sexy and massively intimidating, especially the goddamn flips 20 feet high into a spinning dual wield crosscut
25:54 didn't expect the king's final speech in a Zelda game to hit me with the climate grief. damn.
I could never find all of the damn triforce pieces. :(
They did make that a lot easier, or rather less tedious, in the Wii U version.
I wouldn't be surprised if Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD make it to the Switch in some form or another, either in a compilation, 'budget' separate cartridge releases or e-shop exclusives.
BrySkye I sure hope so. I want another shot at this shit.
I couldnt find the triforce peices to :(
Check your IN-credible chart. It will tell you where they are. And when you are done deciphering them with tingle in either the Normal or the HD version the triforce emblem will be on a square. Go to those squares and look for a glowing pillar of light. Then use the grapple hook to fish up the treasure chest containing your chart/triforce shard. Rinse and repeat 3 to 8 times however many you need. And presto your done. Btw u need tingle to decipher the charts. He charges a pretty penny for it too. 398 rupees per chart. Make sure u have a big wallet to get these done.
I found it funny that Ganondorf says hes ganna kill Link and Tetra even though he puts away his sword to hit Tetra at 23:09
This Ganon-Worm-Thing is the wet nightmare of my childhood...
Beautiful.
12:50 What a thrill
Lmfaoooo last place I'd expect mgs to be brought up
25:13 in links head ... IVE HAD IT WITH YOUR ASS .... ALL THAT SAILING FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND , FIGHTING ALL THOSE BIG ASS MONSTERS AND DYING AND CRYING ... AHHHHHH
*This is strangely creepy for a Nintendo game, of all things…*
A wild meme has returned from the grave! not for a legend of Zelda game, why don't you go back to majora's mask, ocarina of times shadow dungeon and twilight princess. the chills
But the meme returned guy is still right. This is the only game (and aged too, released in 2003) that even you winning to Ganondorf, you still lose. You lose Hyrule and all those legends and tales from that land. All the base and memories of the previous games. Even the finnal goodbye, leaving the King and the Ganondorf statue, with the Master Sword on it, for behind, all that only means that Hyrule is no more.
I love the sequels (The direct one, Phanthom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks), but they didn't got this impact, you saying goodbye to the land that make all this legend to be what it is. (I played the sequels first, long time ago, and only played WW this year, and my prespective of this timeline totally changed after this).
@Scrotie McBoogerballs It's already was chilling before the Ben Drowned creepypasta.
Scrotie McBoogerballs he cant help anybody it seems
after playing many Nintendo games, one learn the creepy stuff become a core part of its best entrances. Look out for Earthbound or Majora's Mask, even Mario games has some weird stuff
FRIENDLY FIRE FOR THE WIN: 2:50
Link realized he had to yeet his shield for the final blow lmao it just went flying.
Man, I freaking love this game!
did anyone else notice that this was uploaded on christmas day 2013?
oh i didnt noice to know
I love Toon Link's expressions in this game! (did you notice that the one seagull flew THROUGH the Pirate Ship at the end of the game? Weird!)
Forget it I know now, king of Hyrule theme. Its actually quite obvious.. ^^'
Link’s beat up is still as brutal as I remember, outch.
Lighthearted story, huh?
How about this - *HYRULE YOU ALL KNEW AND LOVED IS DEAD FOR GOOD! MASTER SWORD AND FI ARE LOST FOREVER ON BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN!* "May we meet again in another life." *That's the last time you've met Link, Fi!* In this timeline, anyway.
I wonder if Outset Island residents are taken to New Hyrule after Phantom Hourglass. At least Aryll should be taken by Link - she's his sister, after all.
Ohh, I really shouldn't dig into Tear Jerker section on TV Tropes. Now I understand that history of Hyrule can be depressing as f*ck.
Except now with Breath of the Wild converging all timelines, it means just 1 link won't be with Fi now (spirit tracks link).
@@XxsoapywolfxX What about the Links from The Minish Cap, Four Swords and Four Swords Plus?
@@yasinn9492 the former two are two of the pre-split games.
While the last one (which is called four swords ADVENTURES, might I add) had made sure to have the least of references to the triforce or the master sword