Evolution of Gleeok Battles in Zelda Games (1986 - 2024) 

Can I just say that I love the reprisals of old enemies in Tears of the Kingdom? Breath of the Wild was awesome and I don't think we should discredit it, but a lot of the enemies felt like it was the same thing. In TotK, you have a bit more variety in both in the types of enemies you face and where they have been represented in the franchise and how they will interact with their surroundings. Gleeoks, for example seem to really love castles, keeps, fortresses and really anything stone, because they tend to hang around them. And they tend to be pretty well respected from monsters and animals alike, because they are often the only monster in their immediate area. The world feels alive when it has these features.

Went from a pixaled hydra, to King Ghidorah.

I love how brutal the classic game bosses are in BOTW and TOTK!

Man these new gleeoks sure get the blood pumping with fighting spirit

Could you imagine a StalGleeok in TOTK. That would have been a nice nod to Oracle of Seasons, and a fun fight.

Gleeoks beams in totk just one tap me or two tap me it’s brutal I love it especially their strongest version is just brutal chaotic in its last phase

For frost gleeok. Jump on the giant icicles and use the reversal technique thing. It gets you up to his level fast

When I first saw a Gleeok in Totk I thought my eyes were bugging I had the courage to move in and take a picture of it, but I lacked the wisdom and power and got one shotted lol

The gleeok theme in cadence of hyrule goes hard

Just fought a King Gleeok lasy night in Tears of the Kingdom. I was so confident with my high defense and over 25 hearts, not to mention my high attack weapons. I thought he wasn't gonna last long. Boy how wrong I was, not even a Silver Lynel gave me so much trouble

Oracle of Seasons Gleeok was one of its best boss fights. The skeletal second phase always reminded me of that volcano boss from Super Mario RPG.

phantom hourglass is one of the only games i never played in the series but that fight is really cool and creative

I finded always Gleeok in the Legend of Zelda 1 a bit Hard with Aquamentus but they made him perfect as mini boss in TOTK.

00:00 - _The Legend of Zelda_ 00:45 - _Link: The Faces of Evil_ 01:05 - _The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons_ 02:24 - _The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap_ 04:14 - _The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass_ 08:28 - _Super Smash Bros. Brawl_ 08:36 - _Cadence of Hyrule_ *_The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom_* 09:25 - Thunder Gleeok 11:01 - Flame Gleeok 14:34 - Frost Gleeok 20:41 - King Gleeok

On frost gleeok you can recall the falling ice to go up to him

Oracle of Seasons Gleeok was clearly the inspiration for the Gaping Dragon. I can't unsee it now.

Love seeing how Gleeok went from a classic shoe-in boss in NES Zelda to a super intense and dramatic boss fight in TOTK

The Gleeoks in TotK look just as terrifying as the hydra from Hercules

You’re supposed to use recall on the falling ice pieces @23:30 so you can fly up in the sky. Makes it a little easier

Gleeokenspiel is just peak naming

There's a gloom covered King Gleeok in the depths as well.

Out of all the 3 elemental variants, the frost gleeok just gotta be the most terrifying man (except King gleeok)

I think if you counted the Minish Cap one, you'd also have to count the turtle rock boss in a Link to the Past.

DAMN! I didn't even know there were two King Gleeoks! I found mine in the depths.

Heres a tip for the gleook of totk,try getting to an higher platform and use bullet time to make them fall down

Gleeok is the hardest mini boss from totk especially if you don’t have that much stamina

when we all said Botw was too easy now we finally met our match LMFAOOO!!!

The Minish Cap one is not a Gleeok. Its a variation called a Gleerok. Gleeoks always have atleast 2 heads.

I like how the others are like “Avoid the giant fireballs and play carefully!” And minish cap is just “HUTHIYAHUTYAHUTHIYAHUTHUTHIYAHUTYA!”

With the frost gleeok just get on the big icesickles and recall them.

My mans fought NES Gleeok with three hearts

The one in "The Minish cap" is a different creature, named Gleerock (not Gleeok) and it is a turtle, not a dragon.

Just realizing that Trinexx from Link to the Past shares a strong similarity to some Gleeok incarnations.

Never tried cadence of Hyrule but that gleeock fight made me want to.

In totkt i think they came from the depths there are little spikes on them that look a lot like some of the nature in the depths like the trees and such (i mean the leaves)

Very glad totk doesn't have the head detachment feature😭

If we’re talking about gleeoks I beat the thunder gleeoks first try with out taking damage, but it’s probably because I was wearing the thunder helm

You can recall the falling ice during the frost gleeok stage

Damn 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 first dodongo looked like a triceratops and now gleeok in tears of the kingdon... Holy crap 😍😍😍

No way that’s Gleeok in Minish Cap. It looks more like the turtle at Turtle Rock. Just no ice head. It also only has 1 head.

I hope the person who posted the totk ice gleeok clip realizes he can stand on the icicles and time rewind them to reach the gleeok

Not looking forward to the eventual trial of the sword fights against these guys

Never realized gleeok was a recurring enemy in zelda, and ive played almost all of the games

Gleeok really was a real one for serving the way she did 😔🤚doing the lords work

Glad to see a lot of old enemies reappear in this totk

The minish cap one isn't Gleeok, Gleeok is a multi-headed dragon, and that boss is a simple fire turtle who never has more than one head...

The gleeok in minish cap looks like Lugia the Pokémon.

There are many enemies in Tears of the Kingdom that I avoid at all costs, and after trying and faling to fight the thunder Gleeok, I put all four of them on the list.

That cadence of hyrule music had me twerking

I have to question if Gleerok should count towards this list. Yes the name is very similar, and yes it is a dragon boss, but it doesn’t have multiple heads nor is attacking the head even part of the way to kill it. Even Faces of Evil’s Gleeok has multiple heads (even if it only shoots them at you), and Gleeokenspiel has you attacking his heads in the first part of the battle. I could be wrong so if anyone is able to tell me otherwise please do so in a civilized manner. Though, his design and the way you fight him just doesn’t remind me of a Gleeok boss.🤔

I was pretty disappointed when I found out the new Gleeoks didn’t have the whole “flying heads” mechanic that they had in Zelda 1.

How fucking cool would it be if the heads still flew around and attacked you in TotK?

Phantom hourglass is the goat

Remembered my Childhood from the first second of this Video.

We don’t talk about the cdi games…

Imagine getting a Hyrule Warriors game based off of TOTK like Age of Calamity was based on BOTW.

First thing I did after Sky island Go to the Hylia bridge to greets this three headed boy Dies at the second note of his theme

Ah, the PBG accidental Upsie-backsie

Let's just see where the most replayed section is... ah yes, Gleeokenspeil, exactly where it goddamn should be.

The fact you included the CDI games makes you a savage.

I’m just wondering how they got the white sword with only three hearts

Oh god, CDI is painful… music on my left and shrill sounds on my right… 1:00

Funny how my first gleeok was a king gleeok who dared to stand between me and the cap of twillight.

That boss in Minish Cap was Gleeok? I guess I never thought of a single headed one when i fought it.

22:01 Lmao bro's head just clipped through the ground

hate to be that guy, but the minish cap boss is gleerok, not gleeok. Very similar in that they're both dragons, but still two different enemies

砂時計懐かしい。あのホットアイス山に住んでそうな双子ドラゴンもグリオークだったのか。

The og zelda games gleeok will always be my fav version

Watching the ice gleeok part on edge tryna figure out why buddy didn’t use recall on falling ice. Fire vid tho.

9:54 link and Tulin combo’d that thing 😂

So cool this Boss

The og gleeok was a total menace

The tears of the kingdom gleeok boss theme sounds like star wars

Welp, I know I probably won't ever be able to beat one of those so this video was great to experience

The Keese eyeballs are the easy out in these fights their homing properties and critical hit ability overpower even gleeoks..

It's amazing this Dragon. 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Link Confront (Des)Ghidorah

Never heard of link faces of evil before

Man, Thunder Gleeok reminds me of Placidusax...

That’s pretty good sprite animation for minish cap it almost looks 3d at first

18:20 you can climb up the icicle and use the time reverse to get up

Anything with Zelda CD-I is still worth something, I imagine.

You know that you can just recall the icicles for frost gleeok.

The lava dude from minish cap isn’t a Gleeok. In the encyclopedia its called Gleerok; because its made of rock

2:49 thay attack speed thou kinda crazy

There is a gleeok like minish cap in between world

Bro what was that accuracy at the thunder gleeok

Oh dang, I had no idea that boss on Minish Cap is a Gleeok

'Get my necklace back from Gleeok' she said 'I'm not afraid of dragons' I said My thought process every time I run into a Gleeok in TotK

It's easier reach the ice gleeok by using recall on its ice blocks

Does anyone know why the vid just goes blank between 0:45 and 1:06? Just a whole 20 seconds of nothing? Did the editor make a mistake?

They where gone from the frnachise so long i forgot they existed 😂

How possible totk Gleeok can blow you away but not the arrows. it would be more challenging and fun if gleeok was able to blow out arrows . player would be forced have to build to beat it

Rocket shields, savage lynel bow, and gibdo bones. You'll have them down in 2 damage cycles

You forgot the boss battle at The Turtle Rock, in ALTTP

9:26, an actual legend of Zelda about Zelda.

Just recall the spikes on the ice gleak jesus christ man this was so hard to watch

I wonder if when Master mode comes out for Tears, they change the fight to be like the original where each head flies off and chases you around while you fight the others? 😂 now that I think about it, that would probably be too much to handle at once 😂

Gleeok is just like hydra from Disney's Hercules

RIP to those who just found out that Gleeoks existed prior to 2023's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch...