Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom: Lore, History & Speculation

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Tears of the Kingdom marks Ganondorf's return to the series. How is he related to the Calamity Ganon that has plagued Hyrule for millennia, and what is his history?

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0:00 Intro - Ganondorf's Body
2:35 Ganondorf and the Calamity
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9:51 History of Ganondorf
17:25 Calamity Ganondorf
23:06 Outro

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[Zeltik]

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[antiveggiegamer]

“But Link, I’m not sure you’ll be able to stop him.” Nothing 30 hearty meals, 37 fairies, and half an hour of tier 3 attack buffs can’t handle.

[royolaniye]

I just realized it's been over 10 years since we saw Ganondorf in a new Zelda game

[game-enjoyer]

How have I never realized that TP Ganondorf really is the dark lord, the great king of evil, CHOOSING to wield a holy sage of light sword as his weapon, JUST out of spite and to say “fuck you, good guys. Imma kill all of you with your own power”

[markh]

You touched on something that never occurred to me before. Ganondorf is always absent and we only ever hear of his evil from legends and npcs up until the end of the games. It would be awesome to get cut scenes and dialog from him the whole way through

[rushmorris]

it’s going to be so interesting to see how ganondorf and the zonai are connected. cannot wait

[mememan]

If the green (courage) Zonai are in the sky, and the blue (wisdom) Sheika are on the surface, does that mean that the red (power) Ganon is underground? I know that Ganon is probably underground due to the trailers but this might mean that all of the underground sections are based on malice.

[thomasjones]

That... that was the most I've ever understood the Zelda time line. Thank you Zeltic.

[Vereid]

5:25 I can’t believe that I only realised that when you said it. “A phantom” - Calamity Ganon is in fact a very strong version of Phantom Ganon lol. It’s not as if Ganondorf doesn’t have a history of using them after all.

[TrueWolves]

I would love to see Ganondorf using the same 3 weapon classes Link does, with his own twist. Twin blades instead of a sword and shield, a trident against spear, and a great sword against great sword.

[bruhmomentum]

Here’s my two cents: Calamity Ganon is to Ganondorf what The Imprisoned is to Demise. I think that Ganondorfs mummification simulates the scenario that Demise found himself in during skyward sword. My theory, both The Imprisoned and Calamity Ganon are beings of concentrated malice created so that the demon king can continue to spread his influence throughout Hyrule even while sealed away.

[n.t.w]

It probably won't happen, but I always thought it would be cool if ganondor acknowledges the past link's and all their battles or how he feels about everything in general, like in wind waker he questions why he took things as far as he did

[nigoki]

Imagine we see Kotake and Komue in some way in TotK. The witches always impressed me as a child in OOT and I also loved their roles in Majoras Mask. It would be very epic to fight or meet the twin witches again.

[desmondschneider]

Honest to god, I hope that the “I’m not sure you’ll be able to stop him…” means that he’ll be a lot more challenging. That’d be sweet!

[Mossbergg]

Playful and fun gameplay with a dark and sinister story sounds like the perfect mix tbh

[yggdrasilsaltar]

ganondorf really is just “man so angry he literally cant die”

[Mikabii]

When I was a kid, I never really paid much mind to Ganondorf, he was just the classic BBEG. But after watching your lore videos on him and remembering his cutscenes and dialogue in these games, I've realised how absolutely badass and interesting he is.

[MegaVirus]

I just hope we have plenty of interactions between link and Ganondorf and that Ganondorf isn't just waiting around for link to fight him.

[Rowdy]

“Next month we’ll find out” sweeter words have never been spoken

[Hellraiser]

God I was so happy when the first Tears of the Kingdom trailer came out and all but confirmed Ganondorf's return. He was always my favourite character in the games.