@@lexsims2516 Yes but no. First the sages help and attack the clones, but then Ganondorf gathers his clones after a while and pushes all Sages away at once. Nontheless, the Sages defeating all the bosses before that on ther own was incredible!
@@scarletletter6836 I meant to just mention that if you don't do the main events in the 4 regions, ganondorf won't give a shit and still summon his clones to kick your ass.
That has to be the most brilliant addition. At first I was shocked, then I was like hell yeah! Ganondorf has the effing Triforce of Power; why wouldn't he have some of the same powers as Link?
@@nahor88fun fact! In totk he actually doesn’t have the triforce of power and it was all sheer strength and skill he used Plus some secret stone thingies
@@Silvergrove41 That will really annoy me until Nintendo gives an official update on the Zelda timeline. The initial theory was that BOTW takes place hundreds of years after the prior Zelda games, but after this game it seems like they're on a completely new branch of the timeline, MAYBE directly after Skyward Sword, but hundreds of years later.
When I saw it, I was like "NO STOP. IT'S GONNA GO OFF THE SCREEN." It just reminded me of that AVGN episode in Star Wars when he's talking about how long the healthbars are. That is an accurate representation of how I felt seeing Demon King Ganon's bar fill up.
The pure PANIC watching his health bar KEEP FRICKEN GROWING STRAIGHT OFF THE SCREEN. Then you’re like nah that’s purely cinematic, I’m sure somethings gonna happen that brings it back. Nothing happens. Just you fighting a dude with alot of health.
No bro that made my jaw drop okay that was awesome I had no clue he was actually going to have like any sort of battle sense and then the way he kept switching between the weapons and how you could just swat the projectiles away and earn your stolen hearts back it was amazing
I love the way he beckons link forward with his finger. He must've been exhilarated to find someone of equal power to fight him. A true epic final battle with the famed swordsman of the future.
It seems like the theme of the blights and calamity ganon is to remind us how terrified we were and how angered we were trying to beat them and reminding us this is how they all formed
And nothing about the Ocarina of Time remix in the very beginning setting the tone of epicness? Come on man. That added to the perfection of this theme.
@SmurfkillerSquee sorry, I don't have as much nostalgia for that theme, lol. Botw was my first Zelda game (I'm 21, just didn't check out the franchise for a long time) It's always nice to hear, but I honestly thought the BOTW theme was going to stay in that game, where the OOT theme has come back multiple times, I believe
@@Insert.Oregano Actually, I think, before this, that the only time the OOC ganon battle was brought back was in the OOC remakes. They've always done a good job giving Ganon a different theme every game (except how his theme in Four Swords Adventures is a remix of the Ganon theme in Link to the past).
Ganondorf being able to perfect dodge your attacks is a great way of showing that he was just as good as fighter as Link. In addition he uses a Sword, Lance, Club and Bow. A 1v1 fight between two skilled fighters.
Ganondorf's fight in TotK is basically a mirror fight of yourself: He wields a Demon Bow He can use parry on your arrows He uses a one handed weapon (Gloom Sword) He uses a long range two handed weapon (Gloom Spear) He uses a heavy two handed weapon (Gloom Club) He can Flurry Rush your attacks He summons 5 Phantom Ganons as his own dark versions of the Sage's Vows When he activates his secret stone to transform into the Demon King, it's the equivalent of eating a hearty food to regain his back to full and the temporary health is the part that extends all the way to the corner of the screen
I like how it’s like the blights, which has weapons and skills that are targeting the champions they’re targeting. Ganondorf is exactly that, but his target is Link.
Hearing the blight theme come back only at the very end was so fantastic. They knew exactly how powerful that theme was and they made you think it wasn't going to return just so they could make it more impactful here
To put in perspective how powerful this version of Demon King Ganondorf is, during the final phase of his boss fight, he can easily break most of your shields in only 3-4 hits. Even a *brand new Hylian Shield* won't last much longer than a dozen hits! When you consider all of the other incarnations of the Demon King throughout the series, and none of the others can even *scratch it*, it's no wonder Rauru had no choice but to try and seal him away.
@@snekladyrobin I had a guard up Hylian Shield, and it tanked everything for me. Projectiles, the stupid delay on sword attacks, even the floor smash. It never broke
@@Rage983all shields are vulnerable to gloom attacks. In my case, while the hylian shield blocked normal attacks, 2 gloom attacks were enough to break it
The motif that plays when the sages arrive at 0:36 gets me every time. The build up and spectacle of this boss fight keeps me coming back to challenge Ganondorf over and over
the influence from Princess Mononoke (ghibli in general) in this game design is so cool to me like in the instant ganon used his magic for the first time in the prologue i was like "holy shit its like the demon god in mononoke" even this music here sounds very inspired by that scene with the drums in the bg and it slaps
I fought and completed the game with Yiga armor, cause I thought it was funny and ironic that a random Yiga footsoldier had enough of Ganon and just took the matter into their own hands, not caring about Zelda.
Oh shoot, he's rehealing- wait... WHY IS IT STILL GOING? HE FLURRY RUSHED ME? HE STRAIGHT-UP DELETED MY HEARTS? Man... this game is just full of surprises.
You could do that, orrrrrrr, you could send his projectiles back at him with the Master Sword. Nothing cooler than when that circle of gloom closes in on you, and you spin attack all of it right back at him.
Three ways to eff up an Botw/Totk player's mind: 1.Break the limits of boss health bar 2. Easily decimate Hylian Shield with 2 attacks 3. Flurry Rush the player's Flurry Rush
Nintendo in 2022 “Wanna see me make the best final boss of one of my gaming franchises” ( Kirby and the Forgotten Land) Nintendo in 2023: “ You wanna see me do it again?” (TOTK)
the reason calamity ganon existed was because it was ganondorfs malice and rage leaking out, ganons purpose was to destroy and weaken hyrule and then free ganondorf, its why calamity ganon appeared at the castle, were it not for zelda keeping calamity ganon in check for a hundred years, ganondorf would of been freed and unleashed upon a broken fractured world that would have no chance against him
My reaction to this song was: 0:00 IS THE OCARINA OF TIME SONG WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING GANONDORF HOLY SHIT 0:57 WAIT THIS IS THE BREATH OF THE WILD MAIN THEME WTF 1:31 THE MUSIC THAT THEY USED FOR THE TRAILER OF THE DIRECT FEBRUARY 2023 WAS THE FINAL BOSS SONG WTF 1:36 This just became my favorite part, is just soooo epic 2:39 THIS IS THE FINAL BATTLE BOSS THEME FROM BOTW REIMAGINATED FOR TEARS OF THE KINGDOM WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT THIS SO SICK (really, this song combined with Link and Ganondorf flury rushering each other is the best thing that i experienced in the franchise)
Oh yeah 1:36 was EASILY my favorite part! That bad ass music plus a raw 1v1 with these two beast just flurry rushing each other is pure GOLDEEN also nice nayuta pfp!
His healthbar increasing was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in a Zelda boss till date. Fighting him with the Champions Outfit gave this the feeling of destiny.
I didn't fight clammy gan with the champions tunic in botw. I made sure to upgrade my champions tunic fully in totk to make it the ultimate rematch 17 years in the making
“Oh man he’s hurting me a lot, I’ll just use food to-“ “Wait, he can BREAK MY HEART CONTAINERS? I can’t heal hearts if they DONT EXIST!” Pure panic for the rest of the fight.
From the comments I'm reading in this section, it sounds like a lot of you just rushed to face him instead of doing the PROPER thing by visiting shrines and building up your stamina and max hearts. Not to mention leveling up your clothing to the point his standard attacks do very little damage. Otherwise he's basically like most other melee-weapon wielding enemies in that you can just flurry rush his attacks. Even when he flurry rushes you back, flurry rush him right back. The health bar was definitely a "whoa" moment, but otherwise this was one of the easier Zelda final boss fights.
@@nahor88I finished every shrine and upgraded my armour quite a bit, I still managed to struggle barely making it through, and sure I’m not the best player ever but I was still forced to play well enough to beat it rather than cruising through because I did everything
@erufenrito66 there is both a choir with vocals AND an intensifying violin that plays in the background. it's most obvious later on when it grows louder
Its cool how link has a whole ass team to fight Ganondorf. also, theme turning into Calamity Ganon's theme is perfect since they're literally the same dude.
The health bar almost going past the screen is so badass... Love how much this fight is like a mix of Twilight Princess' Ganondorf battle and the temple bosses in this game
In the best possible way, this fight reminded me of the Soul of Cinder from Dark Souls 3. Weapon swapping, using the player's special skills against them, bringing back old musical motifs from previous games, having a fiery second phase... I'll bet there was some inspiration drawn from DS3!
Ganondorf gave me quite a fight to be sure. I never would've expected him to be able to pull off flurry rushes of his own. He even ended up shattering my Hylian Shield.
"Hey you know what would be funny link?" "Wut? Ganondorf?" "Imma extend my health bar almost past the hud." "Wait you can't do that that illegal-" "But I just did" " *Oh shit* " *famous last words before death*
When Ganondorf just blasted the sages away in one hit, I knew things were about to get REALLY crazy. It almost seems like that last phase is the great equalizer, where it doesn't matter how much of the game you did, you now HAVE to play well in order to beat him ON YOUR OWN
Honestly hearing Ganondorf's boss theme from OoT in this track made me smile so much. The previous track already was a callback to Ganondorf's main theme, but hearing this chaotic mess again only remade brought me back to when I played OoT for the first time.
