How Ganondorf became the Demon King - Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Backstory on how Ganondorf became the Demon King
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[@TheRoomforImprovement]

Zelda: You’re an irredeemable monster! Ganondorf: Oh! Oh! What took you so long, idiot?

[@chrisnichols9014]

Zelda is a bit slow, I think. lmfao

[@masonstewart6232]

Zelda knew pretty fast, but the plan and action taken by Rauru wasn't the best

[@DarlexGardenWarden]

Like bbro how does she not know after so long like I get some games feature completely different Links and Zelda's but still

[@SylasReidd777]

Ganondorf: *looks at Link* you are not chatty are you? Link: ..........

[@DarlexGardenWarden]

@@SylasReidd777 Real

[@1darksoul786]

The theories were true, Calamity Ganon is a product of Ganondorf's gloom/malice which accumulates just below Hyrule Castle every 10,000 years

[@Denjiman-qz9mi]

So the imprisoning war still happens long before the the first hero and princess defeated Calamity Ganon then

[@BlackBladeSombra]

@@Denjiman-qz9mi Yes, calamity ganon only started appearing after Ganondorf was sealed

[@AMAZINGDAVE]

Smart ass

[@Broomer52]

I thought that was implied in the first game how did no one pick up on that?

[@Link32831]

I didn’t know that and I’ve been a long time zelda fan since I played Breath of the Wild in 2019

[@matiaspereyra9375]

6:54 That smile. That damned smile.

[@omarkhalili6948]

When the

[@Googlethetakerofram]

:troll:

[@theintenseguy4671]

So this Ganondorf is basically a newly reincarnated Ganondorf with his own completely different set of ideals. OG Ganondorf actually cared about his people but this psychotic bastard was even willing to destroy his home along with the rest of the world.

[@wolfzend5964]

I mean, to be fair, originally in ALTTP it was said that Ganon betrayed and wiped out his followers and fellow thieves purely so he could, alone, take the Triforce. This is actually more aligned to the Original Ganon concept.

[@hopefulsemblance]

Literally just told my friend, “After years of finally sympathizing with this guy…” lol

[@flap.d.jack247]

This is the first ganondorf...

[@zirrous]

This ganondorf precedes the era of the Hero of time doesn't he? and was rebirthed by Twinrova. I've been severely confused whether this is retconning ganondorf swearing fealty to OoT's father or if this was the first incarnation.

[@hopefulsemblance]

@@zirrous I think it’s safe to say this is either a completely separate timeline, or the Fallen Hero timeline no longer refers to OoT Link but maybe a Link between SS and OoT or just the theory that most people had pre-Hyrule Historia that most of the games are just retellings of each other. It’s hard to believe the Gerudo keep producing and falling for a king of the same exact name that keeps shaming their culture and leading this into ruin and kingdom war. It’s like if in 100 years another guy named Hitler runs for German Chancellor and no one puts two and two together.

[@thelunarlunatic9681]

6:55 Is a masterpiece.

[@jamarcusdavis4023]

6:55 -That face reminds me of Agent Smith laughing after killing the Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions. Seriously, it's the same energy.

[@khoamai2072]

Ganondorf honest reaction

[@AlchemistJay]

Ninetodo when they decided to say fk all to the established lore

[@zigaudrey]

So, it was Ganondorf as a dry statue in the trailer and the hand is Rauru. During that time, theories were flying around telling that Ganondorf didn't start as a bad guy and this was a mean to purify himself from the source of evil, in hope to break the cycle.

[@StarzGecko]

I wished that theory was true… it would been so cool of a redemption story for Ganondorf

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Instead we got a version of Ganondorf that became literally the Heir of Demise by turning into a being that resembles Demise very much.

[@blackchecker2009]

Link, Zelda and the other don‘t know about the Cycle

[@blackchecker2009]

Link, Zelda and the other don‘t know about the Cycle

[@zacziggarot]

​@@blackchecker2009 don't they? I thought this Zelda was a scholar. Surely she understands the LITERAL legend of Zelda right? Or does the royal family just name their princesses Zelda and not tell them about WHY they're named Zelda? Even in botw Zelda lists other times a hero has used the master sword. Was it just forgotten that they were all named Link?

[@natk205]

And this came out mere days after Risen King Chrom was made playable in FEH. May truly is the month of Dark Mercer.

[@benjaminschellhardt2818]

It's that image of Evil Carousel Matt Mercer

[@NRoachV]

not the first mercer that turned evil only difference he's video game character

[@barunmajumdar679]

6:55 Hola! It Seems you have caught me Mid-Sauvemente

[@StandUpConorDy]

Suave

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

6:55 Meme material right here! Write it down! 😂

[@Notlikesus_]

This man killed 1000 persons and one dog , have you seen him?

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

@@Notlikesus_ why’s his laugh so goofy tho? I can’t take it seriously and the face seals the deal 🤣

[@Notlikesus_]

@@ivanexell-uz4mv me too bro,I mean,It is too good to be truth

[@Guylock]

this meme needs to be official! Make it viral! :D

[@Dandelion-dawg8]

​@@Guylock somehow i have this feeling it will become a meme

[@upgradED32]

What's so cool about this is that these Zelda games are so repayable so in many ways knowing the story ahead of time isn't too bad if ur gonna find out eventually anyways. So cool to see this.

[@cannabishornliu6119]

6:55 When the leakers got their hands on Totk.

[@desireemontalvo-dobao3411]

Who knew rauru had a double job as both king and sage

[@desireemontalvo-dobao3411]

By the way is this the same rauru in ocarina of time

[@GabrieleTarallo]

@@desireemontalvo-dobao3411 this is not set in the same universe as ocarina of time, it’s a completely different lore

[@latorreroja1196]

​@@GabrieleTarallo It's in the main canon, but so far in the future, that it doesn't even matter. (Clearly a move to avoid thinking on which timeline takes place)

[@desireemontalvo-dobao3411]

My theory is after ganon completely torched hyrule In the first 2 zelda games with there being no family left,so rauru marries a decent of the royal family (sonia) and they founded a new hyrule like in spirit tracks

[@soloknight7197]

​@@GabrieleTarallosource? Oot is the time cornerstone

[@eduardoargueta5074]

the starting scene is so badass, yet not many people talk about it.

[@softicecream3322]

From the looks of it the tear has enhanced Ganon’s power to be like demises since that would make sense since ganon is just an embodiment of hatred for demise

[@stefanzivkovic6927]

6:56: It's the Joker Smile!!!!

[@kingoftwilight13]

I really love the bell toll sound effect as Rauru's spell activates. Just is a nice symbolism for Ganon's inevitable end.

[@KronosSatanael]

6:56 that’s 100% meme material right tf is that face XD

[@tysondennis1016]

Theory: Ganondorf targeted Queen Sonia, because he wanted to demoralize Rauru for only using the secret stones as tools of peace. And also, he thought that there were only 3-4 of them in existence.

[@thatoneguy5343]

Good on Rauru for keeping spares.

[@princesscadance197]

I find myself focusing on the sound and music facet of these animations more and more. While a simple melody and a potentially-overused family of instruments, the melody at 17:00 sure is effective at its job.

[@Marek82313]

😶 This Ganondorf really gives me chills

[@princesscadance197]

Upon hearing the name 'Zonai' mentioned in the beginning of the game, I thought 'The Zelda theory community is going to go absolutely nuts over this information.'

[@kaustubhiyer8912]

hmmm, so he is a compleatly new ganondorf. interesting...which makes sense as he was killed by the end of all 3 timelines so he had to be reincarnated

[@my2randomcents]

I think this one is the very 1st Ganondorf after Demise He was technically"killed" and thus the cycle restarted again without him

[@Denjiman-qz9mi]

So Is the timeline retconned or does Rauru still occur long after skyward sword and ocarina of time?

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@Denjiman-qz9miRauru is the first King of Hyrule, so the flashbacks happened after Skyward Sword but before Minish Cap

[@thedeathofreason]

@@chadpeterson5698 not necessarily. Rauru could just be the first king of this iteration of Hyrule. We have to remember that all other bits and pieces of information we have showed that botw was the furthest in the timeline of any other game. And the great calamity before botw happened 10,000 years in the past. The great plateau also has ruins that look like the castle town from OoT. So the environmental storytelling from that alone would indicate this took place after that.

[@evanbao93]

@@thedeathofreason That's just mere references. If fans actually looked into Age of Calamity, the Great Plateau was actually once a thriving town with four temples (three for the Golden Goddesses and one for the Temple of Time) just 100 years ago, not ancient ruins from Ocarina of Time. And then TOTK showcased that the original castle and kingdom was indeed on the Great Plateau. That's where Rauru and Sonia lived the whole time. So yes, there is no Ocarina of Time or Skyward Sword in this new rebooted timeline.

[@spiritpyros]

6:55 Thats just yujiro hanma right here

[@johnsantos507]

Man, that Ganondorf looks different than his counterparts from the alternate universes.

[@flukalucas5732]

Arent every zelda connected to this one?

[@johnsantos507]

@@flukalucas5732 That I don't know? There are many alternate universes of Hyrule world.

[@elibelen2010]

Ganondorf is a military leader and a king who only wanted to give a healthy life to his people and end the tyranny of the rulers of Hyrule who attacked the entire kingdom (they destroyed it in Wind Waker). I understand that it is a different Ganondorf but do not make it very clear that if he is possessed by Ganon or directly is Ganon finally reincarnating in human form is confusing, Ganondorf is not a psychopath, he did not kill to kill

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

IKR! All of them were basically all fully clothed and always had capes behind him but this one does not.

[@itsturniptime3699]

@@johnsantos507 There are three distinct timelines in the Zelda universe however Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom appear to converge all three together into one point somehow. Breath of the Wild takes so far into the future of the timeline that it’s absurd, thousands of years over.

[@elpibeplay2255]

6:55 Suavemente

[@photo138]

Man of culture

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsc1447]

so, from what i can tell. in this new reboot of the zelda lore. Ganondorf and Demise are essentially the same person now. if / when we get future zelda games, i suspect they'll either take place in between the events of past totk, and botw, or in a DLC we'll see ganondorf place a similar curse on link and Zelda that Demise did in ss

[@AlchemistJay]

hate it. OOt was the cornerstone of LOZ storytelling. So disappointing if that's the cop-out.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsc1447]

​@@AlchemistJaydon't get me wrong, OOT was a great game, but it also gave rise to that bs triple timeline. something I've been hoping they'd get rid of for years now. and seeing as how these new games are a reboot, I'm glad they finally did it.

[@Broomer52]

This isn’t a reboot. It’s a continuation but it’s so far into the future that this Hyrule is two ages apart from it. It’s so far in the future the previous games exist in what they call “The Age of Legends” and is so far back it’s barely remembered. Although it is confusing they call Rauru “The First King of Hyrule” because that’s just plain untrue unless this takes place in Wind Wakers Timeline when they went looking for a new land to call Hyrule

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsc1447]

@@Broomer52 this smells like copium to me

[@mmmmmmmmman7199]

well I assumed OOT still happened considering it has been mentioned in the game.

[@Secretstove.]

Honestly this feels like a reboot and I don’t mind. I love those old Zelda games but it got to a point where the story and timeline was just so damn confusing and it seemed like Nintendo didn’t even know what the story was. I like that in botw and Totk, Ganondorf and Demise are basically the same person. I also like this new version of Hyrule’s creating. I love oot and ss but I hate the whole timeline split so I don’t mind getting a reboot of the franchise. Also this new imprisoning war is so much better than the old one.

[@Wanten-the-stormtrooper]

I'm fine with this being a reboot so long as we do get games in the old timeline too. I don't want to abandon the old stuff entirely.

[@jamescoleman3103]

So no one wants to talk about the fact that Queen Sonia is married to a fox man?

[@iambatman.5894]

What about she dont have any children. How does that work?

[@Dusteus]

Idk. What i can tell you is that he has a feminine type body and his clothes are kinda... also feminine type. I mean aside from his reasonable manly voice.

[@numberfork]

Goat*

[@rysspace2511]

Dad: don’t laugh if you’re not lying. His face: 6:55

[@breadlord2855]

Maybe All of this might have been avoided if they just ripped the stone from his head when he was sealed

[@rances4418]

Probably would just unseal him

[@sundew3848]

@@rances4418 Yeah, but then he’d just be a man.

[@heroofmasks]

​@@sundew3848 yea but then the king would've died and even before getting the stone he was incredibly powerful so chances are he'd kill the past sages and get there stones and be even more powerful.

[@sutishati9503]

Man you work fast

[@markelcraig5042]

First Bowser, now Ganondorf

[@nickiroth5765]

My boi ganon in his demon form looks like a burn victim

[@LinkIsMe_]

On the first day of TotK (May 12th) I got all the Geoglyphs I found the Zelda,Rauru,and Sonia beam so invigorating.

[@weebmaster]

So zelda caused everything good to hear

[@mahendrap1960]

She's always been useless

[@TwentyTwo0809]

The weird smile he’s doing in the thumbnail is scarier than anything currently in this game.

[@SkylineGuy]

I can't believe Chrom became the king of evil.

[@dabooce6636]

Bro changed after smash ultimate

[@lz9275]

Grima found a new host

[@SkylineGuy]

@@lz9275 FE Heroes be like: *Introducing Risen King Chrom*

[@keithfilibeck2390]

it is rather fitting that it is once again Good men's hubris that lead to evil triumphing, Rauru made the same mistake the Hyrulean King did in OOT, but had even more knowledge and power, and even insight into Ganondorf, being so sure you can control the situation despite someone from the future warning you, is the height of arrogance and hubris, it is foolishness to a level no one in actual human history can compare to.

[@chrisrey0018]

Ganon BADASSERY

[@myleswelnetz6700]

4:45 It reminds her of a certain Calamity.

[@jmhunter1040]

These graphics are just beautiful, it’s like watching a movie in 8k

[@EJAXK13]

Ganondorf audience with the king is a familiar.

[@aaandSCENE]

Right??? Just like in OoT with Zelda watcying him through the window and telling Link she sees through his shit. Love it.

[@felixlubbers3192]

@@aaandSCENE I've also come to think that it is supposed to be a reinterpretation of that exact scene/situation from OOT

[@vincepaolopagaling3074]

Did she just time travel to the distant past of the Zonai?

[@farandr]

yes, at the beginning of the game she travels to the time when the kingdom was stablished on this timeline, 10000 years ago. And to be able to heal the master sword that was destroyed at the beginning of the game.

[@vincepaolopagaling3074]

@Farandr So, in other words, Zelda IS Hylia?

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsc1447]

​@farandr it was WAY more than 10'000 years bud.

[@ShadowGod715]

I thought Demise was the Demon King and Ganon/Ganondorf was the constant reincarnation of his hatred for them. How does this fit in the timeline?

[@schwartz478]

Ganondorf has alway been the reincarnation of demise. Also if one looks at the tear one could see a golden triangle, implying it could be containing the tri force of power

[@blackchecker2009]

yes Demise its the demon king and Ganondorf its not a reincarnation of him he its a own person.. Ganondorf, Link & Zelda were cursed by Demise and in fact only Ganondorf knows about the curse

[@tipodeincognito5660]

@@blackchecker2009 He is probably ldemise reborn as a mortal, pulling the same tactic that Hylia did as a final middle finger to the heroes.

[@evanmisejka4062]

After careful thinking, I'm absolutely positive that this is a completely different Legend of Zelda origin story than Skyward Sword. Meaning it's a completely different timeline separate from the other games. This Ganondorf is what Demise was. The war that Hylia fought didn't happen, it was Zelda and the Zonai. That to me is a better explanation than "oh it's just so far in the future that everything melts together." Especially since the Zonai didn't exist in Skyward Sword and the battle was over the Triforce not Tear Stones.

[@DAVISITHO1520]

This happens after skywar sword and before the minish cap. It´s in the era of prosperity when the kingdom was created many years after skyward.

[@yorukage5926]

At least they kept the fact he was the king of the gerudo

[@LunarEquity93]

Ganondorf is back Oh no he's more darker and evil this time around

[@chrisnichols9014]

Voice acting!? Nice!

[@myleswelnetz6700]

6:26 Arieth’s death from Final Fantasy 7.

[@matiaspereyra9375]

6:54 When your dad's joke is terrible but you gotta ask him for some money later

[@masonstewart6232]

I have a bit of a big question. If this is part of the Zelda connected timeline, this would technically be the very first incarnation of Ganondorf after Demise. If that is the case, why did other Ganondorf's come to exist? Totk Ganondorf never died, he's still alive and was just sealed away, meaning that as time passed, another Ganondorf came to exist with similar goals and motives to the first. With that being the case, this Ganondorf would not be a part of the resurrection cycle as through each timeline, through every fight between Link and Ganondorf, Totk's Ganondorf was always there, biding his time until he was released.

[@Lukozzz234]

Well, the only case I can remember is that time the soul of hero of time Link meet his descendant to train him in order to save hyrule, so the reincarnation can work if the the predecesoe is in some way dead or sealed. But in some point Ganon has the memories of his 2 predecesors so he remembers zelda and link from past events.

[@evanbao93]

That's the funny thing. It's not. It's a different universe.

[@metallicbass]

BoTW is at the end of the timeline, and TotK is assumed thousands of years after the previous games. And in Skyward Sword, Demise curses Zelda and Link and they and Ganonddorf are 3 parts of the triforce cursed to repeat this tragic battle through the ages.

[@Broomer52]

This isn’t the first Ganondorf. This Ganondorf is one in the FAR Distant Future that the past games are only remembered as myths and legends. I’m betting this takes place in the Wind Waker timeline because at the end of that game they sailed off to find a new Hyrule. Considering one of the Leviathans in the previous game was essentially a beached whale and in game they say it probably died when the sea dried, I’m willing to bet this is Hyrule reclaimed from the Great Sea.

[@DAVISITHO1520]

Well technically he was killed and the other three are one and the same.

[@TinyMeatGaang]

Oh yea. 6:55 will be memed so hard

[@savaget2058]

Seems like the Triforce doesn't even exist in this game, it was barely even in BotW 🙄

[@alphamoose4385]

I want to battle demise again.

[@mekdramon]

I really wish they came up with a something better for Zelda to say... Like you just defeated calamity gannon and you can't see the connection between their names

[@mercianthane2503]

Trust me, writers really messed up great in this plot which feels much more like a fan fiction

[@mahendrap1960]

​​@@mercianthane2503 this plot created many plotholes, how Zelda didn't mention calamity ganon to first hyrule king Raru which happened 10k years ago, if she mentioned about calamity ganon to him I'm sure he would capture ganondorf and imprisoned him way before he's doing evil things

[@mercianthane2503]

@@mahendrap1960 That's literally one of my issues. How did she not connected the names Ganon and Ganondorf and say: "Bruh, they're the same dude".

[@mahendrap1960]

@@mercianthane2503 I am very confused with this story, even you defeated ganondorf, he'll back with another calamity ganon, also queen sonia died before they had any children, where sonia mentioned that she has blood connection with Zelda so how the heck Zelda still exist in the timeline , if her ancestors died before offspring this game doesn't follow " Grandfather paradox "

[@arthapz]

@@mahendrap1960 maybe botw zelda made a child with rauru xD

[@SpaceDetectiveTravis]

6:54 - Oh, you know that smile is from someone who's about to do a bit of... Suavemente

[@patrickempson7366]

The power of plot armor...come raise your hand with me while this light glows. Oh yeah why didn't he just slap Zelda and take the other half of that pendant at the beginning and he would of been powerful enough to slap Deerman and could of been done with it.

[@devinallen7706]

It kinda makes sense after all. Calamity Ganon was only the beginning. Just like in the Wink Waker puppet ganon took on the forms of a spider, a boar, and a snake.

[@multifunfunman3241]

No Triforce; only dark magic.

[@flukalucas5732]

This ganon looks a lot like demise

[@niteriemcfarlane5285]

yall are only saying that because of red hair and clothes he wears looks more like wind waker Ganondorf to me /:

[@thenewguyinred]

He is the incarnation of Demise after all.

[@lucashampton6269]

Trying to sort out where this game is on the timeline is tricky. They just name drop this conflict as the Imprisoning War. And it partly matches what LTTP tells us. There's clearly no Link/hero for this battle. So the forces of Hyrule and 7 sages band together to stem the tide and seal Ganondorf away. But what we see in LTTP doesnt lineup with this game. In this game, there's no triforce, no sacred realm. My first thought was that Nintendo is just massively retconning past games. Using the purposefully muddled timeline references all throughout the BOTW/TOTK Hyrule as a way to say that the more time passes between events, the more distorted memory of them becomes. Maybe what we play in LTTP is just the result of the actual story being lost to time and changing. But that can't happen because if TOTK is the REAL story of the Imprisoning War, then everything else about Hyrule's history is wrong. LTTP happens because the Hero of Time failed his quest to stop Ganondorf in OOT. But, if the real story of the Imprisoning War is as we see in TOTK, we wouldnt have a Ganon for Link to fight in the original LOZ and onward. The Gerudo in the BOTW note that a male is born among them only once every 100 years. But, no male Gerudo have been born since the one who became the Calamity. Which is this same Ganondorf we see in TOTK. His power reaching out in the form of malice/gloom WAS Calamity Ganon. It's clear that despite being a mummy, trapped by Rauru's magic for thousands of years, Ganondorf was still very much alive. When Calamity Ganon resurfaced for BOTW, he wasted no time in hijacking the same methods used to beat him last time in taking over the Guardians, Divine Beasts, etc. There's no way this Imprisoning War is the same one from LTTP. Ganondorf, as previously mentioned, is sealed by Rauru's magic for thousands of years. The Gerudo haven't seen a male born to them since the one who became the Calamity. We couldn't even have OOT if this was the case. So when I thought that this was a retcon by Nintendo, I thought it was changing the events of past games, but its not. I think Nintendo is using this to retcon the entirety of the Zelda timeline away from the triple split and to a more unified one thats easier to keep track of and build on. There just isnt a way for TOTK to be the real story of what happened while the events of other games also exist as actual moments in Hyrule's history. I nearly convinced myself that the humans we see in Skyward Sword were actually Zonai and when they came down from the sky, they founded Hyrule and all that good stuff. But that can't work because that would mean the Zonai built all this fancy technology and then forgot how to do so when they went skyward. Which makes Rauru's musings on the Zonai constructs still sticking to their labors after many thousands of years all moot because he shouldn't remember much, if anything, about them. Point is, I think Nintendo is using these games as a chance to get away from the triple split timeline and move to a more cohesive one.

[@DrJuJu-po6ob]

Bro hit that *TRI-BEAM!!!*

[@upgradED32]

Epic!

[@juliox9]

Is pretty much oot all over again, qlso these confirms that botw and totk are not port of any time line and are a reboot or alternate reality

[@gonefishing476]

8:08 might be a neat detail here. It looks as if Ganondorf tries to release his energy here but doesn't quite get it the first time so he tries another time but doesn't get it and on the third try he gets it to work. Kinda neat how it shows us how he's staggering after just getting a big battery boost on his power and how he's not used to it yet and gets over confident trying to use it. But it could just be the animation and im looking too much into it.

[@Sean-qu2xl]

Ganondorf is chad dude

[@uzi_so_fine]

That smile got me 😂

[@Nimzo25]

11:26-11:46 Are those weapons Boko Spears or Long Sticks, Sturdy Thick Sticks or Boko Bats, Sturdy Wooden Sticks, wielded by Bokoblins, Blue Bokoblins, Stalkoblins, Stalizalfos, Stalmoblins, Boss Bokoblins, etc and is the Horriblin during Ganondorf leading the charge to destroy Hyrule weaponless? Just checking because I want models of those for an upcoming project I’m working on.

[@Durahan82]

4:55 Hubris hits like a Truck

[@Waffle_enjoyer]

At least he didn't become a fucking prime soul

[@nashgonzalez6154]

8:18 ganondorf after to much coffee XD

[@feierabenddude3353]

Now listening his Voice in English i must say, we germans have the better end. His voice here sounds too... well mannered, so boyish. The german one wells more of crude power and more of an mid-adult tone. And to the scenes: i'm happy to finally can see them in order ingame^^ Confusing to see them the first time out of order, but i really like them. EDIT: Nice edit of your side btw! pretty seamless

[@TheEmeraldTyrant]

Closest he's ever been to being like demise

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

Wait hold on! His voice Ive heard that voice before! Is that Crispin Freeman? Or the guy who voiced Hit off of DBS? Also anyone else notice when he has his powered up transformation Ganondorf resembles Demise the one who brought original curse of the Hero's Bloodline? He has flowing endless hair and and even that kilt type of design demise had too. To even the claws on his hands and feet.

[@frankkuncio2065]

That's Matt Mercer. He voices Leon in RE6. Cassidy in overwatch, Jotaro in JoJo part 3, Levi in AoT. and as you mentioned, Hit in DBS.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

@@frankkuncio2065 Yes I knew that was him and hes great as this version of Ganondorf too :(

[@polskillz]

The queen reminds me of Xavier Renegade Angel

[@stevenreyes7779]

Wait so if ganandorf was sealed underneath the castle in the beginning hyrule’s history then…how did he keep getting reincarnated throughout history

[@GorbWasHere]

My guess... there are two different ganondorfs

[@stevenreyes7779]

@@GorbWasHere either that or the leftover malice from when got 1st sealed was the ganondorf we kept fighting through history

[@coreywhitehead8873]

And Zelda thought Calamity Ganon was enough

[@phantomnio3918]

My first thought when I watched this video. Ganon TALKS!? I don't play Zelda and didn't realize he spoke lol.

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

So Basically Ganondorf was the (piglet demon king) but he wasn't the first OG evil big bad man guy. Yeah, that's about all I had understood at first.

[@doomguy1015]

My only question is when Quinson he was being killed one in Zelda use your ceiling powers to do something you could’ve done something, and I just stood there and let her die

[@darkblue62]

Ganondorf can burn in the dephs under Eldin Volcano

[@Sans76938]

Me clicks on this video *long ago* me:fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@SolRngGambler517]

If you didn't know, that is a reference from dragon ball super (Super Saiyan 100)

[@master_atlas]

Wait, what if this took place directly after Skyward Sword, before Minish Cap (the zonai were never seen again so the first king could have risen from the bloodline Sonia and Rauru left behind?) and every incarnation of Ganondorf is just a flesh Calamity Ganon? Think about it, the King in the previous game mentioned Ganon gave up on reincarnating, the royal family did not know Ganondorf was sealed below them and couldn't explore the catacombs below, but the calamity took a pure, enraged form of malice over the years and in fact the time between two calamities also benefited Ganondorf. Also, Ganondorf duplicates himself in his battle so perhaps malice accumulating over the years grows strong enough is how he does this?

[@solvorr6111]

there's too many references to things that happened far after skyward sword as "in a distant past" or "according to legend". This is probably so far into the future that we're talking about a new hyrule and a new ganondorf

[@OrbitalShell]

So, the triforce no longer exists??

[@TheLun4tic]

So the Zonai were the people of Skyloft back in the day of Skyward Sword.

[@DAVISITHO1520]

Diferent civilization.

[@mrmichifus2396]

15:45 Whas that Chris Hackney’s voice?

[@heitormedina7098]

Who?

[@slaper12x]

Yup that was Chris! Glad to see he's getting some big roles he deserves em!

[@heitormedina7098]

@@slaper12x who is Chris Hackney

[@slaper12x]

@@heitormedina7098 He's mostly known as the voice actor for Dimitri in Fire Emblem 3 Houses, the warriors spin off and Engage. He's also done tons of dub work in the last few years and appeared in games like SMT3 Remastered, Scarlet Nexus, and lots of others!

[@eshswam]

6:55 goddamn the animators did this one flaw.

[@AlchemistJay]

Can someone explain to me htf this doesn't retcon OOT Ganondorf? Are we to assume he is also reincarnated in the same way Link and Zelda do? Also, how does this make sense in the OOT timeline if he's born into the Gerudo tribe during that time - is ALL of this before OOT?

[@santiagojpr4779]

1):Yes,is before ocarina ando before minish cap but after of Skyward Sword. 2):Ganondorf is reincarnated Four Swords Adventures,this is not new.

[@mercianthane2503]

​@@santiagojpr4779 How can you claim this takes place after Skyward Sword and before Minish Cap?

[@yanmanuelmarrero1223]

@@mercianthane2503If you think about it, in Zelda’s first encounter, both Rauru and Sonia mentioned that they were the founders of the Kingdom.

[@mercianthane2503]

@@yanmanuelmarrero1223 That still makes no sense. In fact, I don't care at all. I'm making my own timeline headcanon.

[@santiagojpr4779]

​@@mercianthane2503 in no document or hyrule history or hyrule Encyclopedia say that Zelda (Skyward Sword) is the founder of hyrule, that is, it is likely that they have created a civilization, but not a kingdom, Sonnia is probably a descendant of Zelda (Skyward Sword) and when the zonnan came down from the heavens, there they did found hyrule with the help of the civilization created by Zelda (mortgage) after skyward sword, for minish cap, the kingdom is already founded, so these events had to have already happened, the foundation of hyrule is before ocarina, in summary, the foundation of hyrule that we are told in the timeline of hyrule History, it is probably this, that is: Skyward Sword -> The Intruder War-> The sealing of the Triforce in the sacred realm by the ANCIENT SAGES (who are mentioned in ToTK)-> Hyrule Foundation-> Age of Legends (where Zelda travels in time), unless you think I'm saying that ToTK (the gameplay itself )happen before ocarina, in that case, that's not what I meant.

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

The amount of Drip BOTW2 has is crazy.

[@williamtweedy9141]

In Demon King form Ganondorf almost looks a bit like Demise except without the scales.

[@a-mole6776]

And with the beard

[@jessieh0928]

I love Ganon’s voice! Who’s the VA?

[@Harborline_KFP_Racecar]

Matt Mercer is his VA

[@jessieh0928]

@@Harborline_KFP_Racecar thank you!

[@Chickennugget730]

is it just me or is ganon so goddamn hot 😩 YALL EXCEPT FOR THE FRICKING SMILE AT 6:54

[@ashleywessels9860]

So uhhh why not remove the stone off his head once he was sealed?

[@luckluca8982]

The only way I see this make any sense in the current lore is if this ganon is a different ganon than the ocarina of time, I think something similar happend before on the timeline, but from the flashback and current year was a thousend years, we really need a new lore explanation for all of this...

[@mekhiboyd652]

How I see this is that both botw and totk take place on a fourth timeline branch after the events in Skyward Sword.

[@rapidcola9465]

This game makes it clear that the Zelda team does not care about connecting one game to another in terms of lore. Tears of the kingdom does very little to nothing referencing the guardians or divine beasts from BOTW as if they never happened. Calamity ganon is never mentioned by Zelda in the past even when she sees ganondorf as if those events never happened. The literal Triforce is never mentioned either as the focus is now on these secret stones that were also created by the gods. Rauru being the first king of hyrule makes absolutely no sense either. It’s clear that the Zelda team wants to try new ideas and move on from the pre established lore without officially saying they are done with the old stories.

[@felixlubbers3192]

@@rapidcola9465 This

[@yajidoppleman]

The Kid In Me Is Excited About This LoZ Game. They are also busy laughing about the goat from goat simulator being added into a LoZ game.

[@KentonTheKnight]

3:52 Is it just me, or does Ganondorf somewhat look like morshu if he was gerudo

[@DAVISITHO1520]

I see a lot of people confused thnking this is a new universe or that this is not the first Ganondorf. The truth is, this is , the same universe and this is the first incarnation of ganondorf. The memories take place when the kingdom was founded hence, in the era of prosperity, after the skyward sword which proceded the era of chaos and before the minish cap. It was in this era when the Kingdom was stablished canonically. So yeah this is the first ganondorf after demise that´s why he looks so similar. He was techincally killed by rauru that´s why he was re encarnated in the Ganondorf of ocarina of time. The games are old so ofcourse there would be some retcons but it fits perfectly in the timeline. This is the first sealing war. The other games occured in the time expand of more than 10 thousand years, all the enviromental references that appear in breath of the wild confirms this. One even mentions Link from twilight princess. Or also Zelda referencing the heros of sky, twilight and sea. It´s hard to bealive that this Ganondorf was sealed deep under the castle in all the previous games but that is a side effect of a 35 year old franchise.

[@TheBluePilledPebric]

Tribeam ha!

[@luisgomes8688]

Just kill him when he bowed there's no reason to keep him close bad plot, it's like villain plot armor