Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Ganondorf Boss Fight and True Ending
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☆ Demon King Ganondorf boss fight in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
0:00 - Phase 1
4:25 - Phase 2
11:15 - Phase 3
22:26 - Ending
29:34 - Credits
39:46 - Epilogue
BFD, Boss Fight Database.
Ganon final boss battle and true ending. - Hry
Imagine you're ganondorf, you're fighting link, you were warned by rauru, the king of hyrule to remember his name, and when you finally meet him he takes a photo of you in the middle of the fight
Could definitely see Link posting it saying “ggez” and that’s Breath of The Wild III folks
He is like: hold on, let me take a Picture of us
*takes picture*
Ok now you can try to kill me
Can you blame link tho. He's hot af
That’s another level of disrespect
Well he's Hyrule's last line of defence after all. He turtures Koroks for living, I don't see why Ganon would refuse being pictured by Link 🤣🤣🤣
I love that Ganandorf can do the same bullet time dodge that link can. First time he pulled it I was sure I was about to get flurried
It was even more surprising for me, because i flurried him, but then he immediately flurried me back
Same I was ready to accept my fate
worse part is he can do that up to 5 times in a row, happened to me when he was a hit away from death and i was on one heart. nothing could be more stressful
Well, he knows Link is a potential threat, but his arrogance makes him believe he will be victorious.
That’s how I died. I saw him dodge like that and I thought “oh fuck”
He can literally ERASE heart containers from your health.... again.
I mean if he did it in his weakened state it would make sense for him to be able to do it here
that completely caught me off guard ngl
Followed with his evil maniacal laughter.
I knew I had to play seriously.
Can you get heart containers back? Or no not really?
@@christinacordova6271 not during the fight, but afterwards it resets to before the fight with a star on your file and completion counters on the purah pad
I adore that he uses the same weapons as link. One handed sword, two handed club, spear and bow. Literally a dark reflection.
He also has his dodging backflip ability, and by the 3rd section he gains the ability to use that even with Link's signature and otherwise unavoidable flurry rush, to show he can match him in skill.
@@lachlancarter1707 he can flurry rush during phase 1 and 2, but it has to be basic attack, at phase 3 he can dodge flurry rush
Figuratively
I wish he'd gone for demise's sword for a 2 handed sword since he looks like him in phase 2
And he uses the "Perfect Dodge" against you. Smart move
The entire soundtrack to this fight gave me MASSIVE shivers, well played Nintendo, 10/10
The soundtrack is incredible, especially the theme for Ganondorfs second phase
Amen! It even brought tears to my eyes because of all the years I've played Zelda with my sons.... it somehow came rushing back. We started in 1988 and haven't stopped. The nostalgia in the room is palpable ❤
I straight up had tears running down my cheeks at 25:18. After everything Link and Zelda had been through, he finally had a second chance to take her hand. The music is Nintendo Magic.
My favorite part is the health bar thing in the second phase, the fact they actually kept it like that
That scared the shit out of me
“Oh… a unique healing animation. Whatever… wait why isn’t it stoping oh god it’s actually like that oh fuck-“
Can't wait to see how long the bar will extend in the Master Mode.
Ikr, its as if hes too strong that it breaks the game and his health bar goes out of the screen
I was genuinely afraid that it wasn't going to stop growing.
Matt really gave him character. Glad to see someone fulfill a lifelong dream of theirs
Well he the voice actor of jotaro so :P
@@theenderkirby939 And one of the key members of Critical Role
@@Denjiman-qz9mi yeah is a win win, they get an incredible VA and he get to voice his childhood franchise's prominent chaeacters
Cassidy Kujo knows how to get the job done. Simple as that.
Matt Mercer Aka McCree?
You can actually deflect his gloom attacks back unto him with the Master Sword. It's especially effective when he surrounds you with gloom: use a well-timed spin attack and every single 'flame' turns into a light orb and crashes into him inflicting a good amount of damage
I caught that as well, I love that he can be brought down the same way the Hero of Time took him down eons ago
You are a saint
I thank you , I couldn’t hit him at all died 4 times now I won thanks to you
I didn't realize that until the very end of the fight lol
I only figured that out because I was seeing if there was a dead mans volley attack
My absolutely all time favorite Ganondorf quotes is “Do not look away. For you witness a king’s revival. And the birth of his new world.”
I legitimately felt despair when fighting his second form. From his ability to dodge attacks, knock my arrows away from him, and straight up deleting heart containers not to mention when his health bar stretched far past the normal boundaries. I thought I was gonna lose. I even had all 40 hearts and still made me feel hopeless in defeating him.
I do love it when the final boss breaks the rules a bit. Even something simple like the upper HUD disappearing during the Bowser fight in Super Mario World can help you feel the pressure the hero is going through, and this game gives us three rule breaks for Ganondorf.
I'm with ya there. I made sure I had ALL my hearts back before I fought him and even with anti-gloom food, he STILL brought me down to below half my hearts the first time around. Such a good fight, atmosphere, stakes, and just all-around thrill.
His second phase looks so much like Demise from the skyward sword game, it's such a cool detail man
I'M SORRY "CALAMITY FROM SKYWARD SWORD" 😭😭😭😭 HIS NAME IS DEMISE
@@itaysharf3207 my bad, i'll edit that
The fact that Ganon more than doubles his own health bar, knows how to do perfect dodges, summons shadow clones of himself, and literally deletes your heart count is absolutely perfect. It really solidifies how sadistic he is, and if there's one thing truly sadistic villains never do, it's put up a fair fight. This sonofabitch fights DIRTY, and that is one of the many elements that makes this final boss an absolute masterpiece.
He goes all out here and I love it
The entire game built him up like some demigod
And this fight made him feel like the threat he truly is
BOTW Calamity Ganon is a joke compared to TOTK GANONDORF!!!
i wished he was even harder, just makes link even more badass
imagine ganondorf as a souls-boss...
They really made him dangerous than he has ever been. If he dared fight Jack Garland, he will regret it, Jack's power of Chaos is not to be underestimated, plus not to mention Jack will trash talk him like he did with Emperor Maetus.
Masterpiece? This fight is awful! I haven't seen a final boss this unfair since No More Heroes 2.
I really like how the master sword takes a more important role in this game compared to botw
Its the only weapon that wont break during this entire fight
And its little details like that makes this game so good
Now i want to see masterswordless ganondorf fight
In fairness, the Master Sword also won't break during the Calamity Ganon fight in BotW. But it definitely is a bit more important here, yeah.
@@SSM24_Some guy told me that the Master Sword can break in BOTW's Calamity Ganon fight. This can likely happen in Master Mode because his health keeps regenerating.
@@VergilGaming19 It can break during the Blight fights beforehand (if you haven't done the Divine Beasts), but once you actually reach Calamity Ganon I'm almost certain it's unbreakable.
The game actually forces you to get the master sword before the demon dragon fight begins. If you don’t have it the fight begins with the cutscene lf Link pulling it from the light dragon
It’s nice to see Ganondorf actually taking the fight seriously for once in contrast to his many other appearances where he doesn’t take the fight seriously at all such as in Ocarina Of Time.
Wind waker : 🗿
@@justadragonnamemarcus1751 I do not know what you mean by that exactly but in that game Ganondorf made several mistakes that led to his defeat such as not killing Link and Zelda when they were at his mercy.
@@Mario87456 did you even played the game? The story line explains why he didn't done that until final battle
@@justadragonnamemarcus1751 exactly, Wind Waker's Ganondorf battle in my opinion, still one of the best final fights from a Nintendo game period, not just Zelda games. He's just so quick and snappy with how he can dance with 2 katana's and do big dodges unlike any other Zelda game. Plus, Ganondorf slapping Zelda off to the floor for a few moments did catch me off gaurd a long time ago back
@@gdashfan13gd30 Same. Windwaker is still my favorite as well. There's just something mesmerizing about how he dances around the arena.
Even getting to this fight was incredible. The way the music kept building and building and seeing the extent to which the gloom grew so far down made my mouth drop. Such an amazing final act of this game.
There were... what, three abysses to jump into after the initial descent into the depths? Made me wonder whether Mementos from Persona 5 ran deeper. And I think Gloom Lair has it beat by depth, if not breadth.
Indeed, it really felt like delving into the deepest pits of hell to battle the devil himself.
@@Crichjo32when you put it like that...Nintendo basically did the perfect rendition of "heaven & hell"
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4:52 THIS moment, with the water drop and this banger of a theme bursting after a second silence, like the calm before the storm, is insane
And then his health bar going all the way over the maximum and his clones made you think "oh, shit" and then the Boys and girls chiming in was so cool
2:32 really like how Link’s face was different than he was when he fought Calamity Ganon. His face is nothing due to him having amnesia back in BotW. Here, he is straight up mad and determined to end Ganondorf for everything he has done to him and Hyrule.
Edit: Even in Phase 2, Link is still mad. 5:12
*Takes out camera*
*Echoes of "ITS GANON! WHEN AM I EVER GONNA SEE GANON AGAIN?!"*
"I GOT IT! I GOT THE PIC OF A LIFETIME!" proceeds to get slashed by Ganondorf
“C’mon Arin!!!!!!!”
Best iteration of this villain ever....now all we need is THIS Ganondorf in smash
Transform into the demon king after taking too much damage, and his dragon form should be his final smash.
Imagine if Nintendo announced a surprise 3rd Fighter's Pass, and this version of Ganondorf was the first character revealed
@@DanTheMan33088 I would not be surprised if they make a 3rd fighters pass. They should just keep adding to ultimate...there is no need for a whole new game
@@DBStudios2819 Yup and nintendo also just brought back a certain character that's been lost in obscurity for decades who is probably the most wanted smash character right now. It's all lining up
@@DBStudios2819 They just brought Geno back - he is the perfect candidate
"Enjoy these final moments. I will be taking far more than your arm this time..."
What a line
6:40 Also holy shit Tulin getting bodied
Ganondorf was beating the living shit out of a literal child, trying to kill poor Tulin. The guy has zero mercy.
Mineru not even helping him or anyone
@@hawks-wings His aura alone literally killed thousands of children during the calamity 😐
@@bruhmaster8272😂😂😂
God, nearly everything about this entire fight is perfection.
His first two forms act as a dark mirror of Link’s own combat style. Similar animations, mechanics, and everything, even flurry rushing you. The way he mocks you in the first phase if you get hit is so Ganondorf. He obviously didn’t even think he’d have to try.
The second phase only builds on the mirror with him able to dodge you mid flurry rush now, swat away arrows and REMOVE ENTIRE HEART CANISTERS. Combined with the music you can really feel the threat you’re facing.
Then, of course, the spectacle that is the final phase. The music being a mix of TOTK’s main theme, the dragon music, and Ganon’s theme is beautiful, all while riding on Zelda’s back. No better way to payoff the past two games.
Imagine becoming an immortal dragon and still managing to find a way to die
mans is not dead
@@SuperSaiyanMosesit’s close enough
Demon King Ganondorf looks so freaking badass. He reminds me so much of Akuma.
facts
Messatsu
Phase 2 is literally AREEEEEEEEES from God of War lol
@@IAmAlpharius20 it's funny cause it's true
X2
This is hands down the best climax in Zelda history, and I'm ready to throw hands for that opinion.
The moment he was able to perfect dodge Link and flurry rush him there wasn't any doubt left in me
His second phase sorta reminds me of Demise from Skyward Sword
I love how subtle and foreboding the first battle track is
OoT and TP are the only other ones that really come close to this one IMO.
Certainly an upgrade from Calamity Ganon and Dark Beast Ganon from BOTW.
Also, did anyone notice how similar his second form is to Demise?
i was kinda hoping demise would return but sadly he cant come back but this makes up for it lol
@@lachlangildea2021 Ganondorf is Demise's reincarnation, so he technically is in the game.
@@ZachStone3213 makes more since lol
and his Phase 2 theme is directly from Ocarina of Time
@@ZachStone3213 he's an incarnation of Demise's hatred
Ganondorf turning Japanese for his boss fight is awesome. Also Ganondorf transform into a demon dragon is way better than him turning into a pig.
Bruh...
Ong 💀
I thought the same thing! Was not expecting him to have a katana or to become a dragon!
So a snake is better than a pig, you say?
I’m joking
@@idkhmm8608 in fact that's debatable
5:03 Now that is Demise reborn! He truly is the descendant of the demon god from Skyward Swords.
This is clearly a different continuity. The design is just a call back to it.
Considering Demises boss theme plays for a brief moment confirms this.
@@onionking6486 when
@@LeocaprioDinardo Plays for a bit during phase 2 of the demon king fight.
@@hwangjungho-tv7ve Also Fi is very comunicative in this game
There were so many parts of this fight that just left me completely in awe. The fact that he can and will flurry rush you, and in phase 2 he can flurry rush you as a counter to you doing it to him. His health bar extending all the way to the end of the screen had me laughing because I was just so in shock. Then when the fight started back up I said out loud “Oh they weren’t kidding.” Then he turned into a dragon. He actually ate the stone and turned into a dragon. And Zelda came out of nowhere and it became a dragon boss battle in the sky.
This game is one of the best I’ve ever played, and this might be the best ending to a video game I’ve ever seen. This was truly worth the wait, and it exceeded all expectations for me.
Bro wtf are you saying this ending is mid
I could have sworn that you can hear a tiny bit of the OOT Ganon final boss theme just before Demon King Ganondorf eats the secret stone. Like a small part of it.
I heard it too, now that was a nice nod for sure
there's so many musical references in this game
Oh so I wish it went down that way...
Right as the big healthbar starts filling sounds an awful lot like the phase 1 Ganondorf fight from OOT as well. They brought all the motifs this go around
It's called a leitmotif, it's when a composer reuses a certain bit from a past composition to give you a connection to an event in the past if you've ever played Undertale there is a ton in that game.
From the Giant Boar Ganon to Ganondorf The Dragon.
There's a big difference.
From Ganonpork to Dragondorf
People after BOTW: No we no like pig, pig dumb
People after totk devs make Ganons final form a big mobile dragon monster: No No we want ocarina of time pig Boi we sad
Dragondorf
Si, dado que Ganon es la extensión del poder de Ganondolf.
I love the idea of Link casually pulling out his camera to take pictures of Ganondorf mid-fight
Also to those who have issues double flurry rushing, you can parry demon ganondorf to get hits in at the final phase, it's just easier
I think the tears manifest your interior power, so when Ganon touched the Tear he released Demise, or fused completely with him, no holding back, no more reencarnation, just straight up beef and chaos
so it's like Ganondorf unknowingly ended Demise's curse. just like Demise unknowingly let himself to be defeated by Zelda and Link every time he reincarnates.
It says in the games that the stones amplify the holder's power.
Ganondorf is the incarnation of Demise, so it strengthened his powers/darkness.
@@bat_mobile7545 No, the curse exists forever.?
Beef and Chaos as a band name
"Those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero shall be forever bound to this curse" with that quote Nintendo said " like hell we'll stop making these we make too much money of them lol"
I'm not much of a zelda fan. But the ending honestly made me cry. Its line one of those stories where the hero never gave up and even in his darkest time he looked evil in the eyes and fought on harder then he ever had.
26:05 That moment was amazing. This time he reaches her hand 😊
Tears of the Kingdom, more like tears of the moment but honestly fucking masterpiece absolute goosebumps at that part and tears not gonna lie
Ganondorf was willing to lose both his mind and his entire body just for the sake of ruling the world and when it comes to whole boss fight in general, we go head to head!
No help from the Divine Beasts to shorten that health bar by half, our allies are facing the enemies from each region of Hyrule, it’s just us using our wits on how to destroy the literal Demise incarnate!
Actually Ganondorf resurrected the four regional phenomena enemies and the sages fought them off so you did the first phase of the boss fight alone, then during the second phase, the reason why Ganondorf’s health bar is so high is because of the 5 Phantom Ganons he summons which the Sages come in to help with
That’s why Tulin screams Link, because halfway during the second phase, he disarms and knocks them out in the arena
4:55 The way his health bar not only refills in phase 2, but gets HUGE, is such a cool detail.
I think it's really cool how Gannondorf copies your Flurry Rush ability, testing your reflexes.
The not so cool part is when he copies himself to add artificial difficult, instead of seeing him doing more interesting attacks.
@@thebluerodriguez4085 the clones seem to aggro primarily on the Sages, not Link, it's Ganon making a 6v1 into a 6v6.
@@ethanhinton4549 Sure that's the kind of scene they wanted to portrait, still they can make checkmate on u if you don't pay enough attention and steal 1 or 3 unhealable hearts for the lols. Xddx
@@thebluerodriguez4085 That never happened to me in my playthrough, maybe you got too far from the main Ganondorf and he locked off you
my favorite antagonist:
-evil man, long hair, tall as fuck, the entire fanbase thinks he's hot for very good reason
-loves war and power for the sake of it
-an autocratic heir that forsook his own country and birthright in favor of becoming a demigod and destroying everything for fun
-says something outrageously cool every time he's on screen
-turns into a dragon with no regrets
-uses a katana for style points
-tests your reflexes in his final battle with the protagonist
-genuinely enjoys his own defeat because hard fought battles make him feel alive
that's right. i am talking about zenos yae galvus from final fantasy xiv
That last dragon sky fight is just...I...I don't have words....
Genuinely couldn't help but laugh when his health bar just kept going. I think more games should play mean pranks on the player like that.
25:40 God that rendition of Ocarina of Time and Zelda's theme gave me goosebumps
The way he draws his katana and almost admires the blade... Such a well done villain. I wish he had more screen time!
You do not know fear until Ganondorf perfect dodges your flurry rush, AKA your savior.
I think all our jaws hit the flaw when that happened the first time.
Yes! This was the Ganondorf I was hoping to see in Tears of the Kingdom. A pure evil, demon king bent on total destruction and conquest and not a misguided anti-hero.
For years, people tried to make Ganondorf a tragic villain: "He was trying to help his people" "Calamity Ganon was ruthlessly experimented on" "Ganondorf and his people were slaves" "Ganondorf is actually the hero from 10,000 year ago" "Ganondorf wants to free himself from the curse."
No, he's just pure evil, who willingly manipulated, hurt, and killed even the people he was meant to lead and protect. He had one very minor moment of self-reflection in the Wind Waker, which was more about his own jealously than anything else. In games and movies today, it's more refreshing than ever to just have a villain be simply evil and nothing more; villains and their missions have been romanticized to death at this point. It's nice to just have a villain so evil that we feel nothing but satisfaction when they get destroyed, like in this game.
I think subtext is important with stuff like this, and that whatever approach you choose should match the villain you're trying to create. I really enjoy both approaches to crafting antagonists but find that there can quickly be a disconnect if the idea is handled incorrectly.
For example villains like Demise, Sauron or Buu should be written as pure evil because they each embody evil to varying extents in their universe. Demon magic in Zelda is clearly associated with corruption and evil so to be the god of demons Demise naturally has to be only evil himself. Sauron was created by his universes embodiment of evil to spread more evil so ofcourse he's gonna be completely evil. Buu is the literal embodying of evil since time immemorial, nuff said.
On the other hand you have villains like the Joss cut of Justice League's Steppenwolf, who is completely evil for no good reason. There's no context for his lust for battle or signifier that he wasn't just born and decided to be evil just for fun, which doesn't make sense.
This Ganondorf for me is easily the most entertaining and badass version of the character on screen, i love all his lines and i adore the way he looks, but from a character perspective he sadly falls into the latter category. It's important to remember that wether by destiny, some curse or nothing Ganondorf ascended to the role of Demon King, it's a title he earned, as such he wasn't and cannot always have been pure evil, there must have been a motivation there at some point, and that's what people kling to with scenes like in windwaker or the implications about his upbringing in OOT and TP
I mean, he is wrath made flesh so being pure evil is second nature to him
@@falconboi9126 lorewise Ganondorf is ultimately an incarnation of Demise
the reason that Ganondorf will always be evil (regardless of the differences between any individual version/incarnation of him) is because 1, he kinda *is* Demise (who already fits within group 1 as you said) and 2, his entire existence is all just the result of a curse by Demise that all of Link and Zelda's future reincarnations would always have their lives plagued by an incarnation of Demise's hatred for them (that being Ganon/Ganondorf). some versions might find a more sympathetic ideal or motivation during their individual lives but all versions of Ganondorf have a pure evil core existing primarily to antagonize Link and Zelda. anything beyond that core purpose is just extra baggage picked up by a particular version.
Technically he isn’t Pure Evil since he isn’t capable of betraying his nature. His nature being that he was made to be evil, so he cannot be anything except evil even if he tried. Villains who are Pure Evil are capable of being good but choose not to be for whatever reason.
@@chadpeterson5698 if he's not even capable of doing good, doesn't that make him even more indicative of pure evil? It means there is no good in him at all. The definition of pure evil to me is quite literal: nothing but evil intentions. That fits this Ganondorf to a t.
gotta love how, in the deciding moment of hyrule's fate, link snaps a quick pic of ganon
Kilton's gonna LOVE this one
@@Rusty_Spy idk why but even though the game rewinds time and resets ganon, the photos stay the same. what would people think abt link having photos of someone he seemingly hasn;t encountered yet? kilton would just like funny demon monster man tho
I always hate how final bosses will use a super powerful attack in the opening cutscene and then in the final boss fight they will use basic attacks like fireballs and stuff like that. But in this boss fight he'll actually use his attack from the start of the game to permanently remove your hearts! Sure much less of a threat but its still a nice touch and much more logical that other fights.
Is it just me or is Ganondorf's second phase health bar triggers a lot of people's ocd
As an OCD person, it does.
It's not normally that big, Ganondorf fight is stronger the more memories you collect throughout the game
I really love the whole "rising health bar for boss intro" thing like Kirby does. But when it kept going and going, it was surprisingly terrifying.
Yes, yes it does
They could have increased the size bye both sides instead of one... AND NOT TRIGGER A SCREEN SHATTERING IMPULSE. But it was really a cool fight.
I LOVE that he talks and taunts you during his fight. Calling you weak and too slow. It’s so cool
You mean like any boss in games like this?
@@mikebelmont5919 this doesn’t typically happen in Zelda games, but in other games I’d say it happens more
Wound up at this fight with a fair amount of gloom damage and no more sunny food, so I basically had to learn how to get through the underground phases flawlessly. And doing so was so damn fun
When his healthbar went THAT far in his second phase I think I started to shit myself
Easily the best Ganondorf ever and damn, surpassing WW TP and OoT ones was rough. He got a bit of WW's charisma, darkness of OoT, and epic fight of TP. Truly a masterpiece and god, hearing an OoT theme in P2 was mindblowing.
And he's got the appearance of Demise too. It's like they combined all the previous versions into one.
He's always been "Demon Lord" now he is a true "Demon King"
?ganondorf has been the demon king since oot, ghirahim was called "demon lord"
Ghirahim is the demon lord. Ganondorf has either been the great king of evil or dark lord
He was King of Evil in OoT and TWW. He was titled Dark Lord in TP. And now he's called the Demon King in TotK.
"He flurry rushes now!"
"He flurry rushes now?"
"He flurry rushes now."
12:14 bro really used it as a Mario powerup
i absolutely ADORE the demon dragon fight. you cant say that someone fighting a dragon of pure darkness born from the heart of an ancient evil that plagued the land for thousands of years while riding ANOTHER dragon isnt cool.
Ganondorf's second form looks like he really tapped into his origins as Demise from Skyward Sword.
Ganondorf went full madara path of six sage in phase 2 with them limbo clones
This right here is everyting I wanted from Botw in terms of the main antagonist. We felt his presence constantly through the entire game and he taunted us and played with us the whole time which made us form a connection to him making the final fight feel more impactful.
Whereas botw had a flying gloopy roaring pig for most of the game and then right at the end we fight the mindless abomination beast which sadly didn't feel nearly as impactful.
@Magendus after the horror that was phase 2? A well deserved climactic rest.
@imthatoneguyirl8286 He's got a point. It's next to impossible to lose to him because the sunlight heals back any incidental damage from the gloom. Would've felt more impactful if the gloom could've erased three or so at a time rather than graying them out. It would show the power of his Demon Dragon form exceeding that of his humanoid form. Demon King breaks the rules. He flurry rushes your flurry rushes. He has a health bar that extends to the right edge of the screen. His gloom projectiles don't just gray out your health bar, but delete it outright. It's really effective at making the player feel the pressure Link probably would. The dragon... doesn't really do anything to pressure you. At all. I get the idea of a climactic rest, but it doesn't even feel climactic.
i love the second phase so much, no op heals no helpers just a pure 1v1 sword clash its great
Edit: i kinda wish it ended with a classic stab to the chest or head
Agreed. Although cool, I wasn't a fan of the dragon transformation. There's just something much more personal about 1-on-1 battle. I would have loved it if this fight ended with the sword stab.
@@JH24821 yeah the dragon was kinda just scenery in my opinion although I dont really know where you would put a dragon fight in the game, maybe dlc would have been better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@JH24821 thanks for replaying lol
@@Adam-iu7tf No problem. Thank you for the reply as well.
Swords to the forehead could also be considered classic though
I'm still a Zelda newbie but i absolutely love Ganons Design especially in Phase 2 with his dark eyes
Ganondorf copying Link's Flurry Rush - arguably one of the most overpowered combat abilities in Breath of the Wild - is incredible.
This fight was the first time in my time playing Zelda where I felt genuinely scared going into it.
The 2nd phase is a perfect counter act against the flurry rush abuse where botw had a big problem where you can activate flurry rush at will instead of after dodging attacks lol
When the music swells as he powers up, then complete silence except for his stone activating, then the score kicks back in….GOOSEBUMPS!
The fact that at 7:40 he knocks unconscious all the sages, now we know the reason why Rauru couldn't beat him and had to imprison Ganondorf.
He claps everyone except Link himself. Just shows that Link and Ganondorf are in a completely different league to everyone else.
I want a DLC for this amazing sequel ASAP.
Sadly, it is confirmed by the developers that there won't be a DLC for Tears of The Kingdom, and they're moving onto a brand new Zelda game.
But Aonuma said something about a return to the Breath of The Wild and Tears of The Kingdom, potentially setting up a third game. Whether it's a sequel or a new game, the game producer thinks that it's going to be a completely new game.
The fact he can dodge. Thats a true battle..
This boss fight is epic and the ending story too. Amazing masterpiece. Absolutely gorgeous. I loved Princess zelda in botw but she grows up here
This soundtrack making my toes curl
Same.
We done been on so many adventures to help link save the land of Hyrule from the perils of ganondorf but I must honestly say that this is by far one of the best final boss battles/endings for the story and idk but when ganondorf rises up and dies and we fly on top of Zelda’s head and see a clear blue sky with the words” destroy ganondorf completed “ I’m not gone lie that’s a feeling I won’t forget for a long time. Thank you For this Amazing game
Link: Wait hold on a moment!
**Snaps a picture**
Okay go ahea-ARGH!
I can't believe they pulled off this fight. It was incredible. Game of the decade. Best of all time, maybe.
I finished the Game yesterday and man was I happy that he actually posed a threat this time. Calamity Ganon was a joke compared this fight, this one felt like a fitting finale for a very epic game!
Makes sense if the Calamity is easier, as it's essentially just a roided up phantom Ganon. Whereas here you're fighting the real deal himself, of course it had to be harder.
Arin Hansen would be proud of you stopping in the middle of a Ganondorf duel to snap a photo
This guy can gloom-damage you. This guy can perfect-time. This guy can DESTROY YOUR HEARTS ENTIRELY. AND HE CAN DIO-POSE.
Did this fight with the Twilight set, Hylian Shield, Master Sword, and no bow. The cutscenes were nothing short of cinematic and really threw me back to all Zelda final bosses that came before. It was amazing
Imagine how the sages felt when the see link stop mid battle to take pictures
When his health bar reappeared when he turned back into the demon king, I was like “alright phase two here we go! Wait… why is his health bar not stopping? WHY IS HIS HEALTH BAR NOT STOPPING!?”
The health bar and the fact he could do perfect dodges too were what made me stare at the screen for half a minute
Kind of wish one of his phases was in his mummy form. He looked so cool like that.
All of the phantom ganon fights were like that already
Did anyone notice Zeldas tears finally drop at the end? This was a masterpiece.
I wonder, was Ganondorf’s second, ‘Demise-esque’ form inspired by the Oni of Japanese culture?
He's got a katana a kanabo and a gundao (even tho that's Chinese) so it's saff to assume the went Japanese yoki inspired.
@@cantremember6794 I do believe his spear is more specifically a naginata, which is the Japanese variant of the guandao. Still, I am in agreement: Ganondorf in this game is absolutely inspired by an Oni. The horns, the kanabo, his designation as a Demon King (Maou)... The only way it would be more Oni would be if he was wearing tiger-striped underwear.
It’s actually surprising how many people don’t know you can hit those plumes of gloom back at him
Wait you can like in Ocarina of Time?!
@@lubbo5261 yeah you can hit them back at him. The red stuff that comes at you on the floor
Tennis. Ganondorfs secret hobby and second greatest weakness
As a long time fan of the series as soon as I saw him do that attack I knew what to do lol
I finished the game last night. This fight was incredible.
I liked how he kept me on my guard by changing his fighting styles (Sword, Spear & Bow) And that he could Flurry Rush too.
Probably my favourite final boss in the series now. Oh and the Dragon form was amazing too.
I just finished TOTK. I like how Nintendo just brought the difficulty of BOTW to extreme with their new mechanics. The gloom effect stops you from spamming full restore meals. The anti flurry rush of Ganondorf adds another level of difficulty. I got used to the sages so when I reached the part of the chamber where they can't be summoned, i was terrified. XD
Also, there are a lot of stuff to complete post game.
But it just sends you back before the fight
Yeah kinda suck. Canonically, if the game really proceed after the battle, all monsters would be gone and the world would be empty though. But imagine the game turning into harvest moon like gameplay. XD
The boss fight was fantastic and the ending was even better than I ever imagined it would be. Really gave me Shovel Knight's "Catch Her" vibes of impact. This is a game I'm going to remember years into the future and I cannot possibly fathom how Nintendo will top this.
This Ganondorf is a masterpiece of an iconic Zelda boss of all time, very cunning and powerful, and the fact took a continuation Boss OST from BOTW is the cherry on the top
I personally love how in the final boss battle against Ganon and Ganondorf respectively in both BotW and in TotK Link draws the Master Sword and gives the face of “You wanna go bro?” Even though he got wrecked by TotK Ganon in the intro segment
I love how you can just hear how heavy he is every time he takes a step. He’s so big 😳🥵
My Final thoughts about Tears of the Kingdom.
I love all the new features they added, I like how we can fuse stuff to make them even more OP! I love how we can create anything we want! I love the rewind ability so much! It's saved me so many times! I like how we can just wall breach/ teleport to the top of some stuff by the phase through ability!
I loved the shrines! I love how they're not all copy & paste! They're very unique & very original! You can go from figuring out how to cross a quick sand field to being stripped of everything and proving your worth!
Seeing the First King of Hyrule Rauru & The First Queen Sonia after Zelda gets teleported back to beginning of the Hyrule Kingdom was crazy!
Seeing what lead up to the great war! Seeing Ganon leading the Gerudo, seeing the original Sages, seeing Zelda transforming into a Dragon, seeing all that was breathtaking and mind-blowing!
The Boss Fights were a mixture of Easy & Hard!
Imo the hardest boss fight for the sages was Queen Gibdo. All the other Gibdos were a pain to kill even with the lightning power!
The hardest temple in terms of activating all the switches was the Wind Temple.
I love how you can get all the original Amibo content and armor from side missions and from exploring the deep dark!
I loved the story telling! I love how some Characters actually grew up!
When I found out that Zelda was the Light Dragon, that was very unexpected!
Then the fight with Ganondorf. It blew my mind with how OP he was! I came in with about 1.5 rows of heart and he managed to bring me down to 3! He even managed to destroy the Hylian Shield! I barely took it out for the final fight & with a few attacks, he managed to break it and break some of my hearts!
Phase One: Very interesting, seeing him regain his strength and power.
Phase 2: That's when he started to get difficult! When I saw how big the healthbar was getting! His attacks hit like a truck & his ability to Dodge attacks like Link does was crazy to see.
Phase 3: Dark Beast Ganon 2.0 but way cooler! I can't believe Ganon became a Dragon and Zelda just zoomed towards us to help us fight Dragon Ganondorf. I love how when it's time to deal the killing blow, I'm not sure if the game forces the Master Sword or not, but using it, to deal the final blow was awesome!
Seeing the First King of Hyrule Rauru & The First Queen Sonia with Link, helping to turn Zelda back to Human was just epic!
If I could go in again blind, I'd do it as this was a great game!
@swampexpertextraordinaire6896 Imo, I saw them as an improvement.
Master Mode for this fight would be insane
How is no one talking about his health bar filling up way past his name and reaching nearly the end of the screen-
I was hysterically laughing because it's just a little bit silly, but also so fucking badass
I kinda like how the Demon Dragon isn’t technically the beast Ganon we’ve come to expect but you still just know that the dragon is Ganon because of the features it has like it’s nose being somewhat similar to that of a Boar’s and the colossal horns protruding from the skull of the beast and those eyes. Ganon is like a ghost appearing and disappearing at will taking the form of whatever it wants really. Ganon the beast in my mind is the curse of demise given form. A mindless monster that only seeks out destruction and the Demon Dragon certainly fits this description
Good way to think of it as the unholy trinity. Demise is the father, Ganondorf the son, and Ganon is the unholy spirit.
That long ass life bar threw me. I was like, is it gonna stop? Lol
Wym it just appears
Wow! That was intense, insane, psychotic and wonderful... the hat? Beautiful. Thank you for posting this ❤
That "click" though at 4:51 is supreme
I know exactly what I’m doing when I reach Ganondorf: I’m not using Flurry Rush. I’ve waited 17 years for a good fight with him, I’m not wasting it on a cheap tactic like that one, though valid and powerful it may be. I want to savor this fight the day I reach it.
Honestly, we haven’t had an honest to god duel with the guy since twilight princess. (I know that demise is just SS’s Ganon, but imo twilight princess was more intense to me.)
@@abysswalker2115 I mean Twilight Princess was the last time Ganondorf has shown up in a new mainline canon Zelda game, so yeah. That is entirely why I’m not using Flurry Rush on him.
It’s not like it would work anyway, if you try to flurry rush him, he’ll counter you with a flurry rush of his own, but if you flurry him when he’s countering, the rush will hit
@@sentientmustache8360 oh, cool! Honestly didn’t know he’d just counter Flurry Rush with his own Flurry Rush.
@@dancingwholeness just so you know, you literally HAVE to flurry rush to defeat him. You can’t hit him otherwise in his second phase.
Anyone else experience the horror of your fresh Hylian shield shattering before “badly damaged” popped up.
The pure shock I went through when he slashed right through my shield.
This was exactly my experience, i grabbed it right before going to fight him and it broke without even showing the low durability message
I was surprised luckily I had a few royal guards shields on me
I tried blocking his mace swing and it shattered without even warning me.
Same
I felt that too. Then I used three mighty zonai shields which broke, then royal shields, and finally a boko shield right at the end.
2:11 this is such a sick shot.
Man when he transforms the beat just hits hard
When I lost a heart during the fight I actually felt fear.
Bro the moment he broke my new Hylian shield in two hits with one of those malice projectiles I was sacred af
The fact he badly damaged my durability up hylian shield……..