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Ganon (also known as '''Ganondorf''') is the final '' was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. CHARACTER BACKGROUND According to '''', Ganon was a member of the Gerudo tribe and was their king, at which time he was named Ganondorf - the sole male of his kind, as only one male is born to the Gerudo every century. Koume And Kotake are described as his surrogate mothers, raising him in an environment where death is an almost-daily event. Ganondorf coveted the Triforce and the lush green lands where Hyrule stood. The hero Link had been used by Ganondorf and unwittingly helped him gain access to the Triforce when Link acquired the Master Sword, unlocking the entrance to the Sacred Realm where the Triforce resided. However, once Ganondorf touched the Triforce itself, it split into its three components that embedded themselves in the three people destined to receive them - Ganondorf received the Triforce of Power, Link the Triforce of Courage, and Princess Zelda the Triforce of Wisdom. With the Triforce of Power, Ganondorf was able to conquer the land of Hyrule and rule unopposed for seven years, obtaining the title of King of Evil/King of Darkness (Dark Lord or Devil King in the Japanese version). At that point, Link, who had been held in stasis for those seven years, was awakened by Rauru, the Sage of Light. Rauru encouraged him to awaken the other six Sages (whose power had been dormant in the leaders of Hyrule) to oppose and defeat Ganondorf's rule. Now a young adult, Link had succeeded in awakening the Sages and attacked Ganondorf's stronghold for a final showdown. After his initial defeat, Ganondorf's piece of the Triforce, combined with his hatred and lust for power, could not contain the evil within his heart. Ganondorf was transformed into an immensely powerful, porcine monster of terrifying evil. After his transformation Ganondorf was to be known as Ganon. After an intense battle, Link and Zelda (whom Ganon needed for the Triforce of Wisdom and Courage) were able to fight and finally subdued the demonic Ganon long enough for the Seven Sages to combine their powers and seal him away. As Ganon screamed that he would return and destroy Link and Zelda's descendants. True to his words, Ganondorf broke free from his prison in the Wind Waker and once again ruled Hyrule with his brutal violence. The people prayed for the Hero of Legend, but the Hero never appeared. There is no clear reason why he did not appear, though one theory states that because he was adventuring in the forsaken land of Termina, he could not defend Hyrule against Ganon. Another states that because the Hero was sent back in time, he did not exist in any form in the timeline of Hyrule's doom. One possible reason for the sages seal to break is that since Link was returned to his child form, time went ahead, to the point where Ganondorf ruled Hyrule before he was defeated by the heroic Link. But this time, Link wasn't there to defeat the Devil King. The people of Hyrule realized that the hero was not going to save them again and began to pray desperately to the gods, Din , Farore , and Nayru . The gods responded by flooding Hyrule with endless rains. As time went on, the people evolved into short-eared forms, and the Zoras into winged mailmen. Few long-eared Hylians existed. Since cities and towns lay on islands separated by thousands of miles of sea, Ganondorf was not able to control Hyrule very easily. What the King of Evil didn't notice was that on the fishing isle of Outset another hero was being born. Years later, the time came when the young boy had come of age and was required to wear clothes just like the Hero of Legend. Although, on the fateful birthday, Tetra the pirate, also known as Zelda , was kidnapped by a giant bird which was shot down over Outset Island. Link went to save the fair lady and when he was coming back, his sister, Aryll, came rushing over to greet him. The giant bird, seeing that Aryll had pointy ears just like Tetra's accidentally picked the unwitting girl up and carried her over to the Forsaken Fortress, where Ganondorf lay. Determined to save his sister, Link was catapulted into a wild adventure where he discovered the ancient Hyrule below the sea. GAME APPEARANCES '' The Legend Of Zelda '' ''.]] Ganon first appeared in the original '' The Legend Of Zelda '' game for the Famicom in 1986; the following year, the game was brought over to the American NES . In that game, Ganon first appeared sort of like a monstrous blue pig. During Link's actual fight with him, however, he turns invisible and randomly warps around the room throwing fireballs at the hero. Only a sword can cause him damage, and after being struck by it enough times he will turn red (and visible) and stop warping. At that point, Link must quickly use a Silver Arrow to finish him off once and for all. This technique for defeating him also works in the remake, '' BS Zelda ''. This sword/silver arrow pattern is typically used to dispatch him in future Zelda games also. '''' Ganon only makes a brief cameo in '''', as a shadowy figure in the Game Over screen, although the plot of the game partially involves an attempt by Ganon's followers to revive him using Link's blood. '''' ''.]] In '''' were similar. '' Ocarina Of Time '' ''.]] In '' Ocarina Of Time '', Ganondorf was known as the King of the Gerudo, a tribe of female humans. When fighting Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, he shoots balls of magic from his hand that is then supposed to be deflected by Link using his sword. Ganondorf will often reflect the attack back at Link continuing the cycle until either Link or Ganondorf is unable to reflect it (this method of fighting is similar to how the player defeats Phantom Ganon in the Forest Temple where the player had to keep deflecting Phantom Ganon's magic balls back at him until he fell to the ground and could be attacked using a sword. This is also how players defeat the wizard Agahnim in ''Link to the Past''). When Ganondorf is hit, Link must shoot him with a Light Arrow, which then causes Ganondorf to fall to the ground so that Link can attack using his sword. Ganondorf also summons dark energy to power up for a severe attack. Link can bring down Ganondorf with a Light Arrow when Ganondorf is powering up as well, or he can charge up a spin attack and reflect all the Magic back at Ganondorf to stun him - then fire a Light arrow to bring him to his knees. After Ganondorf was finally defeated, he used his last remaining strength to bring down his castle with Link and Zelda still in it. They escaped, but when it seemed that they had finally won, Ganondorf burst out from under the rubble, the energy of the Triforce of Power overtaking him and transforming him (likely for the first time) into the great boar demon Ganon. When fighting him, Ganon creates a wall of fire around the arena and will attempt to slash Link using the two large weapons he is holding to hurt Link. The weapons noticeably resemble the ninja weapon sai, or shortened tridents, although Ganon wields two. He can be stunned by firing a Light Arrow into his face and be damaged by hitting him in the tail with just about any weapon in Link's arsenal (minus the Master Sword, which is flung out of Link's hands at the beginning of the fight). Link can also roll through Ganon's legs and hit the tail. Then after damaging Ganon enough, the firewall around the arena will fade allowing Link to grab the Master Sword again. During the second round, Ganon can only be damaged by hitting him in the tail with either the Megaton Hammer , the Biggoron's Sword or the Master Sword . After being damaged enough, Ganon will be stunned by Zelda, allowing Link to inflict the final blow using the now glowing Master Sword. The Seven Sages then imprison Ganondorf in the Sacred Realm, as he vows to return and "exterminate your descendants!" '''' Ganon was the hidden final boss of '''', using his trident very aggressively and teleporting around the arena. His most powerful attack is a gigantic variation of the bolts of magic he uses throughout the series. At certain points in the battle Ganon would warp the battlefield, and player's directional controls were reversed. Without the Master Sword, he can only be beaten with Spin Attacks. '''' ''.]] In '''', it is told in legend that the Hero of Time, Link, lost the elements that made him a hero when he left Hyrule. During this time, the seal keeping Ganondorf held in the Sacred Realm is somehow weakened or broken, allowing him to return to Hyrule. In response, the Gods sank Hyrule below a large ocean, known as the Great Sea. However, knowing this would only fulfill Ganon's desire of destruction, the Gods had the Hylians retreat to the mountaintops, where the sea did not reach. Even so, Ganondorf eventually escaped above the waves of the Great Sea. Ganondorf appears as a human in The Wind Waker, but is also seen as his demon-self, Ganon, in the intro, and on a stained glass window in the Hyrule Castle basement. Ganondorf's ghastly image, known as Phantom Ganon also appears in the game. Ganondorf also uses Puppet Ganon, a puppet in the shape of Ganon, as a final test to see if Link was the Hero he had been awaiting. Establishing his base of operations in the Forsaken Fortress in the northeast of the Great Sea, Ganondorf musters his troops and launches a massive search for girls with long, pointy ears, in an attempt to locate Princess Zelda, who had seemingly vanished since the Great Sea appeared. Aryll , Link's sister, is one of the children who is taken away to his lair. After the girls are released by Link prior to the defeat of the Helmaroc King , Link formally meets Ganondorf for the first time. It is here that Ganondorf learns that the pirate, Tetra , is in fact the descendant of Princess Zelda. His attempt to take her away, however, is foiled when the Forsaken Fortress is attacked by the Rito tribe and their guardian Valoo the dragon, snatching Tetra from Ganondorf's grasp and rescuing an injured Link. Although Valoo later states that the attack surely did not kill Ganondorf, the villain is not seen or heard from for a long period of time. However, it is eventually learned that Ganondorf had managed to make it down to Hyrule below the waves, where Zelda was hiding in safety. She is taken away to his new citadel, located near Hyrule Castle in order to lure Link to her, ultimately gathering all three pieces of the Triforce in one place. This is a similar strategy that he also used in Ocarina Of Time . When he successfully manages to take Link and Zelda's Triforces away, he tries to make his wish, which is to command the gods to give Hyrule to him. However, he did not touch the Triforce when he called to the heavens, giving the oppurtunity to King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule to make his own wish in the proper fashion. He wishes for the gods to drown Hyrule under the sea, along with Ganondorf himself. Ganondorf is amused at the fact that the King of Hyrule thinks that there is hope for those who live above, but even so, his plans to obtain the Triforce are effectively thwarted, and in blind rage, he attacks Link and Zelda with duel swords. In the final battle, Zelda helps Link defeat Ganondorf by shooting Light Arrows at Link's Mirror Shield which are thereby reflected at Ganondorf, stuning him long enough for Link to get close enough to finish him off with the Master Sword. He is turned into stone by the power of the Master Sword, and is defeated once again. Twilight Princess Ganondorf and his role in '''''The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess''''' are, as of yet, unclear. It seems likely he will return, possibly as the beast-like Ganon The CD-i Zeldas Ganon appears in his "pig" form in all three of the CD-i Zelda titles, '''', and '' Zelda's Adventure ''. Missing in action In other Zelda games, Ganon is hardly touched upon, if at all. He does not appear in ' is unclear. While it is not sure what he will look like, it was announced in Nintendo Power (vol. 193) that Ganon will''' be in Twilight Princess, and that Nintendo is "preparing more than you could possibly ever, ever, expect".1 '' Super Smash Bros. Melee '' Ganondorf is also an unlockable character in ''''). Also, whereas Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch has a flame in a shape of a falcon, Ganon's has no particular shape. ANIMATED SERIES APPEARANCES Legend of Zelda Series Ganon was also the main villain of 1989 's '' Legend Of Zelda '' cartoon, which was shown as part of '' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show '' in syndication that year. In the cartoon, Ganon was peach-skinned, a pig and apparently a wizard. He was in possession of the Triforce of Power, and, despite seemingly endless abilities and magics at his finger tips, bungled away each and every chance he had to nab the Triforce of Wisdom. He spent most of his time living in his subterranean lair, referred to as his "castle." He was voiced by the late Len Carlson , who would later go on to voice Klump in ''Donkey Kong Country'' . Captain N: The Game Master Ganon (just like Link and Zelda) also appeared in ''''), during which Ganon is weakened. Through the course of the episode he becomes revived, double-crosses Mother Brain , and is then killed again by the Reflect magic on Link's shield. NAME CONFUSION A number of conflicting sources have led to confusion regarding Ganon's correct name. ''Ganon'' and ''Ganondorf'' are commonly believed to be interchangeable names for the same being; according to Japanese texts, Ganon is a nickname for Ganondorf. This is backed up by the English in-game text of '''' where one of the maidens (the one that Blind impersonated and trapped in his hideout) tells Link "''You are the only one who can destroy Ganondorf, the thief — no, Ganon, the evil King Of Darkness!''". In the retranslated GBA port, this line is delivered by the second Maiden in the Swamp Palace. On the other hand, this statement has also been interpreted as describing Ganondorf's metamorphosis from Ganondorf, the King of Thieves, to Ganon, the King of Evil. This is supported by the on-screen boss names in '''' takes place long before those games and serves as a backstory for Ganon. In addition, "Gannon" has shown up from time to time. After '''', and the CD-i game '' Zelda's Adventure ''. Similarly, the names "Ganondorf Dragmire" and "Mandrag Ganon" are apparently mistranslations as well. These names appear only in the English '''' manual. They do not appear in the original Japanese version at all, or in the American in-game text. The Japanese manual just says that "the man's name was Ganondorf, and his common name was Ganon of the race of evil thieves." NOTES |
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