Evolution of Final Boss Fights in Zelda Games (1986 - 2024)

All Final Boss Battles in The Legend of Zelda series.
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Games
00:00:00 Ganon, The Legend of Zelda
00:01:08 Dark Link, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
00:01:36 Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
00:03:58 Shadow Nightmares, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
00:08:50 Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
00:16:37 Majora's Wrath, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
00:19:14 Onox, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
00:23:18 Veran, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
00:27:47 Twinrova & Ganon, Linked Game
00:33:36 Vaati, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
00:38:47 Ganondorf, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
00:43:16 Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
00:49:07 Vaati, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
00:58:34 Ganondorf, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
01:09:10 Bellum, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
01:23:31 Malladus, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
01:32:09 Demise, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
01:36:22 Yuga Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
01:43:06 The Lady, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
01:48:32 Calamity Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
02:01:00 Shadow Nightmares, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
02:06:01 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Friends

[NintenUnity]

Since this video is already long enough, I decided to limit it to canon games only. Remakes that don't change much were left out too.
I might do a separate video for the Zelda spin-offs.

[alvaroperez]

This series has come a long way since then, went from fighting a Demonic Pig Man, to a Dragon Dogfight in the skies.

[-memoria-]

I like how every Zelda final boss falls into two categories:
Eldritch demonic monster
Guy with a sword

Or they're both

[zayk]

I love how we go from fighting the lady in Triforce Heroes to Calamity Ganon in BoTW.

[enavy]

The Gannondorf fight at the end of Wind Waker is perhaps my favorite. Notably at 40:33 in the video, Gannondorf purposefully knocks Tetra/ Zelda out instead of killing her. She's shooting at him, but instead of attacking with his sword, he purposefully puts it away. Also, this is the first time I ever saw him push her aside like that @ 41:20. I think this is a much older and wiser Gannondorf who realizes that all of his attempts to claim power always fail, and this one last attempt is no different. He clearly outclasses Link the whole fight, but is probably just trying to go out his way.

[mattiamessina]

The oracle games are so underrated, they Need a remake for the switch Just like link's awakening

[Deathtrooper-kncr]

1:05:18 the best by far. No transformations, no magic, no items, no outside help, just 2 men fighting with swords and epic music playing

[ProjectCelest]

The combat was so fun in wind waker and kinda wish we had something like that again.

[gandalfpotter]

Honestly I think totk is my personal favorite. It provides a real challenge because ganondorf isn’t just a damage sponge, he’s a real swordsman who mirrors link’s fighting style. Also the fight is just so cool, the part where his health bar just kept going up actually made me nervous. And his attacks actually deplete your max health so you can’t even heal if you wanted to. Honestly just a really fun and challenging boss fight

[OrbitAndy]

Something I noticed about BOTW and TOTK is that in BOTW Calamity Ganon's health is cut in half by the divine beasts, but for TOTK, Ganondorf's health actually more than doubles itself in the second phase. It's like in both games, the health goes the opposite direction!

[SeydinaMouhamedMoukhtarDiallo]

The malladus fight is my favorite. It's so epic

[rocketgruntkirby]

Ganon has come a literal long way in TOTK

[davidthemusicman]

Finally a Zelda final boss video that shows all the final bosses with no edits thank you so much.

[_kevosan]

I think Demise will never be topped for me. That fight in Hero Mode is probably the most challenging fight in the series. The arena is so unbelievably raw too. Chef’s kiss.

[Ultranger]

When you and everyone with the spirit of the hero are doomed to endure a non-ending looping of clashes with darkness

[ThreeHeadedGhast]

The Majora's Mask boss fight will always be my favorite, mainly because of how in one of the phases, he runs around like coo coo crazy and doing moon walks like a maniac. Plus, this boss is difficult and easy at the same time.

[TheTyrantAussie]

Ok we can all agree the music in every one of these hits hard

[Korbloxiangames]

The ganondorf battle in twilight princess is fire even though the game is over 15 years old

[ibrahimvelasquez]

The way Link lands in BoTW gives me chills bro. My boy ready to destroy! 1:49:39

[tailslover]

Because of Terminalmontage, I keep laughing at the Tears of the kingdom fight (suevamente song)