LTTP definitely had the best Like Like design. EDIT: Are you allergic to Link to the past or something? You've completely skipped it over.

Your subjective opinions are objectively wrong.

Well I watched the whole video so I guess I did find it interesting

There is a giant asterisk with Hyrule Castle, in so far that the castle has presumably been destroyed and rebuilt in different physical locations. If you're counting it no matter where it's built, than TotK should count for Hyrule Castle twice. If not, there's a whole rabbit hole to go down.

04:33 well hold on, the desert in TP is in the Lanayru Region so the one from skyward sword technically counts yeah?

Hyrule Castle. Saved you from wasting your time.

The first location I thought of is Spectacle Rock, with it being in Zelda 1, Zelda 2, A Link to the Past, Four Sword Adventure, Minish Cap, and a number of other games. Even if not named in other entries, there are clear reference as two mounds in a mountainous region, with the right mound often being bombable.

Forgetting TP and TOTK gohmas is a crime considering they are by far the best two designs

For me, Link's Shadow in Zelda 2 is the best Dark Link. It's difficult to depcit a shadow in 3D, for me, whereas the jet black of Zelda 2 just works. Couldn't work in not-8-bit, though.

Ganondorf being a Gerudo, he must have their caracteristic nose, and to me it directly eliminate the WW, TP and HW designs (and him looking like a "punk" in OoT makes sense since his tribe has to steal peoples to survive, I mean he's not called the "king of the Gerudo thieves" for nothing). And for Phantom Ganon, Just the detail of the sewn mouth makes it a win to me.

Another lost woods consideration is Forest Haven since the Deku Tree is even there.

Nah dude, ocarina of time phantom ganon is way cooler. WW phantom definitely fits it's game, but the original is way more intimidating.

Ganondorf is a tough one especially imo. OoT ks probably the weakest, but I like all of the other ones for various reasons. TP looks the most like a king, but WW fit his personality in that game so damn well and probably had the most compelling iteration of him. He was old and patient at that point and felt so beyond the calabilities of Link and Zelda.

I made copius amounts of energy smoothies and basically played as link my first playthrough.

I think you’re brain linking Ganondorf to his TP style is probably influenced by Smash Bros.

10:09 I thought both of them were open world games. What?

A potential issue with these debatables is your question didn't set the ground rules. There's effectively two ways the question can be interpreted, "how many times has a level theme/design been used in the Zelda series" or "how many times does a canonically named area, or its presumed future iteration, been featured in the series". Still a very good breakdown, but remember, its your question, you're setting the parameters for classification. And doing accepting both versions at the same time is still relatively valid.

I think its safe to label the any place west of the highlands and valley Gerudo Desert collectively, as essentially the Valley is the rocky area the separates Hyrule from the desert (which is a surprisingly consistent feature), the haunted wasteland/arbiters grounds being the immediate entrance of the desert, and various other areas like the desert of doubt/desert colossus/fairy fountain being much much deeper in the desert. Though this assumption puts a wrench in the idea that Arbiter's Ground in TP is the Spirit Temple in OOT... I'm fairly confident that despite the Haunted Wasteland being a maze the Colossus is further west from the valley. A) If people want to ascribe to that theory... well its not the first time a historical religious site miraculously moved between games and B) Its more than likely there's a LOT of abandoned Gerudo sites and temples, the entire backstory of OOT/TP is about the tensions Hyrule had with civil wars and persecution of "dark magic" which likely included the Gerudo, and Ganon's speech in Wind Waker seems to support the idea that the Gerudo moved into the Valley because the desert was inhospitable and they were preparing for retaliating against Hyrule.

How am I so stupid to not realize that this channel, Pichupedia and Piantapedia are all the same person lmao 😂

my first zelda game was on snes an i love twilight princess look. now if only totk ganon an the depths under hyrule castle where more difficult.

I would like the reason for Ganondorf being so hellbent on the conquest of Hyrule to be him believing in the law of the strongest. He believes himself to be the most powerful in all of Hyrule therefore he should rule. It perfectly fits with the character we know without braking any established lore.

The Lost Woods has portals that lead all over Hyrule and even break the walls of reality to go to the parallel world that is termina. It's not that much of a stretch to say that maybe they have a portal to holodrum as well. The Lost Woods in Oracle of Seasons is most likely the same Lost Woods from Hyrule. Especially since we know that holodrum is a kingdom that borders Hyrule

What about spin-offs? Hyrule Warriors has Death Mountain and Lake Hylia stages and the CD-i games both feature Hyrule Castle prominently in the cutscenes

4:26 Does the Ghoma in Twilight Princess not count?

6:46 I really need a WW chuchu punching bag.

3:00 The Dodongo boss from Seasons is cool, but Dimitri will always be the best dodongo in my heart

Very interesting, I personally prefer the simple cartoony designs over the realistic ones, so my opinions differed from yours a lot. But I think BOTW and TOTK were really excellent at bridging the gap between the cartoony and the gritty.

Wind Waker Ganondorf will always be my favourite because he looks like he's so built he doesn't need armour. You come up to the king of all evil and he's wearing armour, you think "I just need to get through that armour". You come up to the king of all evil and he's in a fancy robe? You know he's confident that your sword ain't doing anything against him.

Like Volvagia (which appeared in Zelda II before Ocarina of Time), Barinade had a reappearance in Echoes of Wisdom as an optional boss. Jabu-Jabu also returned, although you didn't really fight him in OOT like you do in EOW. Also, I'm surprised you left out King Dodongo and Gohma from Hyrule Warriors, given you considered Manhandla's HW design.

My personal take on what the "Lost Woods" Is that its not a spesific location But an occurrence An interdimensional series of gateways That can connect upto pretty much anywhere as needed Receding, expanding & moving about as it wished Kinda like the Room of Requirement

I’d argue kakiriko is windfall island

WW Ganondorf is dripped down to the socks though. The robe with the distorted pig/dragon face, the sash with the blue and red symbolising Twinrova, the fact his swords are the equivalent of the "Mom" sailor tattoo. Great stuff

Correction with The Hyrule Fantasy Zelda no Densetsu (Zelda 1): The art was made to match the sprites, not the other way around. Said sprites were limited by the colour palettes of the FDS, of which they could pull from four at any given time. That's why so much of the art for the game is so monochromatic. Most enemies pulled from spirites that were either just red or blue.

Volvagia appeared first in Zelda II, though

for some reason, i didn't even think of hyrule castle. i had my money on death mountain lol

I agreed with every take until you praised the sprite work of FSA Ganon. Possibly my least favourite incarnation of any character or enemy the whole series :P they couldn’t even get his trident straight and the whole thing is so muddy.

Cadence of Hyrule also does some interesting things her, wish it had been included

The Wind Waker version of Chuchus coming back in Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks has nothing to do with Nintendo liking or not liking that design. It's just the art style.

Gohma and (king) dodongo (2 variant of the latter) are also in HW actually

“Turning him into more of a generic insect” Proceeds to show a Gohma with too many appendages & body segments to be anywhere near close to being an insect.

Prolly the temple of time

Good video You forgot to mention that there are 2 ganondorfs in OOT they are similar but slightly different. Also with what you said about TP ganondorf. Just remember that version has been used in other media as well most notably super smash bros

ehat happened to minish cap chuchu?

Technically, Volvagia was in Zelda II. They just translated his name diffferently.

I can never hate the Imprisoned with the tail. It's just so pointlessly extra. Also you didn't cover the Hyrule Warriors versions of any boss except Manhandla. Where's the Hyrule Warriors Ganon? Or Gohma?

Picking WW Phantom ganon over oot is CRAZY

for ganondorf def totk

No king dodongo, dodongorongo, armogohma?