| Articles about Ganondorf |
Original Incarnation • Four Swords Adventure • Current Incarnation • Demise • Hyrule Warriors • Animated Series • CD-i |
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| “ | My only mistake was to slightly underestimate the power of this kid... No... it was not the kid's power I misjudged, it was the power of the Triforce of Courage! But, with the Triforce of Wisdom that Zelda has... When I obtain these two Triforces... Then, I will become the true ruler of the world!! | „ |
| ~ Ganondorf before engaging in battle with Link |
| “ | My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing... Death. But the winds that blew across the green fields of Hyrule brought something other than suffering and ruin. I coveted that wind, I suppose. | „ |
| ~ Ganondorf recounting his past while atop his tower |
| “ | Your people have long amused me, Midna. To defy the gods with such petty magic, only to be cast aside...How very pathetic. Pathetic as they were, though, they served me well. Their anguish was my nourishment. Their hatred bled across the void and awakened me. I drew deep of it and grew strong again. Your people had some skill, to be sure...but they lacked true power. The kind of absolute power that those chosen by the gods wield. He who wields such power would make a suitable king for this world, don't you think? | „ |
| ~ Ganondorf talking to Midna and mocking her people |
| “ | My only mistake was to slightly underestimate the power of this kid... No... it was not the kid's power I misjudged, it was the power of the Triforce of Courage! But, with the Triforce of Wisdom that Zelda has... When I obtain these two Triforces... Then, I will become the true ruler of the world!! | „ |
| ~ Ganondorf before engaging in battle with Link |
| “ | Your people have long amused me, Midna. To defy the gods with such petty magic, only to be cast aside...How very pathetic. Pathetic as they were, though, they served me well. Their anguish was my nourishment. Their hatred bled across the void and awakened me. I drew deep of it and grew strong again. Your people had some skill, to be sure...but they lacked true power. The kind of absolute power that those chosen by the gods wield. He who wields such power would make a suitable king for this world, don't you think? | „ |
| ~ Ganondorf talking to Midna and mocking her people |
| “ | I never imagined a boy like you could give me so much trouble. It's unbelievable that you defeated my alter ego, Agahnim the Dark Wizard, twice! But I will never give you the Triforce. I will destroy you and make my wish to conquer both Light and Dark Worlds come true without delay. | „ |
| ~ Ganon before battling Link for control of the Triforce |
Summary
Ganon, also commonly known by his original Gerudo form Ganondorf, is the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda series.
He is often in possession of the Triforce of Power, a piece of the golden power imbued with the essence of Din, which grants him godlike strength and magical power as well as makes him immortal, making him one of the greatest threats to not only the kingdom of Hyrule but also the rest of the world. As the manifestation of the Demon Tribe's hatred for the gods and the direct reincarnation of the Demon King Demise himself, Ganon can never truly be destroyed and will eternally resurface in some form to pursue his goals of world domination.
The original Ganondorf was born as the sole male of the Gerudo tribe in a hundred years and due to tradition was made their king. Raised by the twin witches Koume and Kotake, Ganondorf grew into a powerful and feared warlock who desired to expand his kingdom beyond the sands of the desert and sought after the Triforce to achieve his ambition. Depending on the timeline he either sneaks into the Sacred Realm after the child Hero of Time unlocks the Door of Time, receiving the Triforce of Power after failing to obtain the completed Triforce due to his imbalanced heart, or he is sentenced to execution for his crimes and by a "divine prank" receives the Triforce of Power just before he succumbed to his fatal wounds.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 8-C | At least High 6-C | Low 5-B | 3-A
Key: Base Form | Beast Ganon | Triforce of Power | Completed Triforce (During the Sealing War)
Name: Ganondorf Dragmire, Ganon, Agahnim, known by many titles such as the King of Thieves, Gerudo King of Thieves, Demon Thief, Great King of Evil, Dark Lord, God, Dark Beast Ganon, Demon Beast Ganon, King of Light and Shadow, Prince of Darkness, King of Darkness, Dark Wizard, Dark Priest, Demon King, Demon King of Darkness, Emperor of the Dark Realm,
Origin: The Legend of Zelda
Gender: Male
Age: Varies depending on the incarnation, likely in his 20s to 30s during Ocarina of Time, several hundreds of years during Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and all throughout the Downfall timeline
Classification: Gerudo King, Thief, Sorcerer, Demon, Reincarnation of Demise
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Genius Intelligence
- Preparation (Has planned and successfully carried out many schemes to further his goals of conquering Hyrule)
- Immortality (Types 4 & 8; Due to Demise's curse, he is bound to always follow and doom the Hylians,[1] reviving repeatedly throughout history[2] or being reborn as a[3] new incarnation of himself should he die)
- Vehicular Mastery (Ganondorf is a skilled horse rider[4])
- Weapon Mastery (Ganondorf is a skilled swordsman that can compete with[5] different incarnations of Link in battle[4])
- Acrobatics (Hypermobility & Self-Momentum; Can perform a front flip to close the gap between him and Link,[5] and can turn himself midair after being launched by Link to land on his feet[4])
- Magic
- Energy Projection (He can shoot singular bolts of energy[6] or several spread-out energy blasts,[7] can create energy bolts that burst into dozens of smaller energy bolts that scatter in all directions,[7] and he can create blue energy bolts that split apart upon contact with anything[6])
- Minor Homing Attack (His light bolts have slight homing properties[8])
- Energy Projection (He can shoot singular bolts of energy[6] or several spread-out energy blasts,[7] can create energy bolts that burst into dozens of smaller energy bolts that scatter in all directions,[7] and he can create blue energy bolts that split apart upon contact with anything[6])
- Attack Reflection (Can easily reflect[8] magical attacks[4])
- Flight (True Flight; Can levitate in the air[8] and quickly dash though the air while making sharp U-turns[4])
- Light Manipulation (He can create and shoot out singular orbs of light or generate a large orb of light that splits into several zigzagging light bolts,[8] and he can create pillars made of damaging light[4])
- Teleportation (He can freely teleport[9] short distances in battle[7] and can teleport others against their will[10])
- Transformation/Shapeshifting & Incorporeality (Can turn himself into a shadow,[6] he can enter a spirtual state,[11] and transformed into a bat[12])
- Resurrection (Revived Volvagia[13])
- Summoning (Can summon Spectral Knights to battle alongside him,[4] and he can summon his minions to specific locations without being there himself[10])
- Telekinesis (Could throw Midna outside of the Hyrule castle[14] throne room without physical contact, has moved the bodies of his targets into[15] and through the air multiple times,[16] and he can pull objects such as swords to his hand[14])
- Telepathy (Can telepathically communicate with his targets from across large distances,[16] was able to look into and watch Zelda's dreams while she was sleeping[17])
- Possibly Enhanced Senses (Possibly saw Link when he was invisible,[9] although he might have simply followed the shadow which may or may not just be there for the player to see)
- Clairvoyance (He can watch and know the exact events[16] of what happens various locations despite not being present at said locations himself[15])
- Invisibility (Can turn invisible[18])
- Intangibility (Immaterial; Can turn himself into a formless shadow,[6] when surrounded by darkness he can turn intangible[9] even to those who can hit and destroy ghosts)
- Dimensional Travel & BFR (Could create a gateway that would allow him to move between the Light World and the Dark World,[6] can open portals to the gap between dimensions to banish his targets,[16] and he can send people into the Dark World[6])
- Elemental Manipulation
- Fire Manipulation (He can create and shoot out fireballs,[18] create a ring of fireballs that he can turn into flaming keese that fly towards the target,[9] and he can create walls of flame;[19])
- Earth Manipulation (He can provoke earthquakes.[15])
- Lightning Manipulation (He can unleash large blasts of lightning.[6])
- Weather Manipulation (Maintained a thunderstorm until he left Hyrule Castle Town,[20] placed a curse on the Great Sea[21] that cast a massive storm over it[22])
- Life Creation (Created Gohma to act as the root of his death curse,[23] and created a sentient puppet of himself[17])
- Avatar Creation (Can create offshoots of himself such as Agahnim,[24] and possibly the wizard that worked with the Prince of Hyrule[25])
- Weapon Creation (He created two swords out of thin air[19])
- Afterimage Creation (Leaves afterimages[9] of himself while teleporting[7])
- Barrier Creation (He can create[26] magical barriers[27])
- Portal Creation (Created a portal when banishing Phantom Ganon to the gap between dimensions,[16] and created numerous portals between the Light World and Dark World[28])
- Illusion Creation (Can create illusions of himself that despite not being real are still capable of physically attacking and damaging his opponent,[11] his phantom is an illusion of his creation[29])
- Power Bestowal (Gave Zant his powers[30])
- Power Nullification (It was his magic that allowed Zant to nullify the power Midna held as leader of the Twili,[31] dispelled several magical disasters that couldn’t previously be nullified by other magic users[32])
- Power Absorption & Empowerment (Absorbed the agony and hatred of the Twili, gaining more power and the use of Twilight Magic as a result[14])
- Shockwave Generation (Can create large shockwaves by charging energy in his fist[8])
- Paralysis Inducement (He can stun grounded opponents[7] by slamming the ground,[9] his light bolts can stun whatever they hit, even himself despite his resistance to such an ability[8])
- Sleep Inducement (Put Zelda into a deep sleep,[17] possibly scales to the wizard that worked for the Prince of Hyrule,[25] who put Princess Zelda into an eternal sleep[33])
- Transmutation (It was his magic that allowed Zant[31] to turn Midna into an imp[34] and Link into a wolf[35])
- Sealing & Crystal Manipulation (Can seal his targets[36] within magical crystals[15])
- Explosion Manipulation (Caused many spontaneous explosions[19] while collapsing his castle)
- Biological Manipulation (The holes within Jabu-Jabus stomach[37] are implied to be Ganondorf's doing,[38] turned a Great Fairy fat[39])
- Minor Disease Manipulation (His power emanated from Death Mountain,[40] which caused a child to become sick[41])
- Curse Manipulation (He has placed[42] curses on several people,[43] and has even cursed the very land itself[21])
- Pocket Reality Manipulation (Created small pocket dimensions within his tower that sends Link into time periods where he fights old bosses he's already defeated while only having the equipment he had during the original fights[44])
- Time Manipulation (His curse on the Great Sea also locked it into a eternal night,[22] preventing the sun from rising and bringing morning with it[45])
- Spatial Manipulation (Created a maze that spatially loops onto itself, causing Link to go back to the center room if he makes even one wrong turn],[44] and he can distort the space around him to invert his opponents movements and slowly drag them towards him[7])
- Mind Manipulation (Capable of controlling the minds of all the soldiers[46] in Hyrule Castle)
- Madness Manipulation (Type 2; His influence caused King Dodongo to go berserk[47])
- Death Manipulation (Can place a curse on his target that causes them to slowly decay and eventually die[43])
- Minor Reality Warping (Can distort his surroundings[7])
Resistance to:
- Paralysis Inducement (Unaffected by Link's Magic Boomerang,[9] which normally stuns most opponents,[48] leaving them unable to move)
- Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (Unaffected by fire blasts from the Fire Rod, ice blasts from the Ice Rod, and electrical blasts from the Ether Medallion,[9] the latter two releasing blasts cold enough to flash freeze a persons entire body in a split second[48])
- Transmutation (Unaffected by Link's Magic Powder and the Quake Medallion,[9] the former being able to turn monsters into weak slimes, and the latter being able to transform monsters who are immune to the effects of the Magic Powder[48])
All the abilities of his base form, plus he now possesses the Triforce of Power which blesses him with the chosen power of the gods[49] and grants him:
- Transformation (The Triforce of Power had allowed him to become a demon,[50] and allows him to transform into his larger and more powerful beast form[19][4])
- Large Size (Type 0; In his beast form he towers over Link and is roughly 3.35 meters tall[8])
- Berserk Mode (If the Triforce of Power forces him into his beast form he'll enter a frenzied state,[51] causing him to attack wildly and without much thought[8])
- Unholy Manipulation & Corruption (Type 2; The Triforce of Power turned him into a demon,[52] and demons can emit fiendish power that can turn small innocent creatures into monsters,[53] after gaining the Triforce of Power his evil power seeped out across Hyrule and gradually turned it into a land of monsters,[54] it was his evil power that allowed Zant to turn the citizens of the Twilight Realm into shadow beasts,[55] with guides also stating his powers are part of the reason the Twili had become demons[56])
- Large Size (Type 0; In his beast form he towers over Link and is roughly 3.35 meters tall[8])
- Immortality (Types 2, 3 & Enhanced 4; He is able to live through fatal wounds without the need for healing the damage.[49] After being killed by the Sword of Six Sages, the Triforce of Power brought Ganondorf back to life just moments later[49])
- Regeneration (Low-Godly; After being defeated by Link and Midna his body began burning away and soon after he emerged in a fiery form,[4] which is confirmed to be his soul,[57] and soon after he reformed his physical body[4])
- Statistics Amplification (After tapping into the power of his Triforce of Power, Ganondorf broke free from chains that left him completely helpless beforehand[49])
- Longevity (Ganondorf lived for hundreds of years between the events of Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker, only becoming middle aged during that time[58])
- Non-Physical Interaction (Incorporeality; When the Triforce of Power activated Ganondorf was able to grab and destroy the Sage of Water,[49] a transparent being who lacks a physical body[59])
- Possibly Deconstruction (When the Triforce of Power activated Ganondorf was able to grab and possibly disintegrate the Sage of Water,[49] although it's unclear if this is simply how beings like the sages die)
- Darkness Manipulation & Aura (He is able to conjure paralyzing waves of darkness that he can use as an invisible aura that keeps significantly weaker opponents from going near him,[8] he could also cover entire rooms in darkness that requires the light of the Triforce of Wisdom to dispel[18])
Resistance to:
- Soul Manipulation (Triforce pieces protect[60] their user from Zants twilight veil, which turns all caught within it to become spirits[61])
- Unholy Manipulation & Corruption (A Triforce piece prevents their user from being corrupted and turned into a demon[60])
- Information Analysis (Navi couldn't identify a weakness on Ganon after he tapped into the power of his Triforce piece to transform[62])
All previous abilities, plus the usage of Twilight Magic,[14] granting him:
- Matter Manipulation (Broke down his own body into particles[14] and later reformed himself when he was expelled from Zelda's body,[4] transportation via Twilight Magic in general requires breaking down people and/or objects into particles and then restoring them back to a solid state[63])
- Selective Intangibility (Phasing; Turned into twilight particles to phase through Midna and into Zelda's body[14])
- Possession (Possessed Zelda's corpse by entering her body[14] as twilight particles)
Possibly possesses other Twilight abilities such as:
- Creation & Absorption (Light; Possibly scales to Zant who could create shadow crystals that absorbs light[64])
- Soul Manipulation (Possibly scales to Zant, whose twilight veil turns people into spirits[61])
- Regeneration Negation (Low-Godly; The sword was capable of bypassing Ganondorf's regeneration and killing him,[49] and even after being revived by the Triforce of Power the wound he received from the sword didn't heal even by the time he battled Link hundreds of years later[4])
All the abilities of his base form and the Triforce of Power, plus he possesses the Trueforce,[65] which grants him:
- Reality Warping (The Triforce can grant the wishes of anyone who touches it,[66] such as warping the Sacred Realm into the Dark World when he first touched the Triforce,[67] Yuga would have warped and remade Lorule in his image if he obtained the complete Triforce,[68] and the Triforce is the foundation of the world,[68] with it's absence[69] causing the world to gradually crumble)
- Healing (The Triforce can heal the user[8] and restore others back to full health[66] after they had came down sick[41])
- Statistics Reduction (The Triforce can weaken others[70])
- Energy Manipulation & Intangibility (The Triforce grants the user the ability to coat their body in energy that make attacks phase through them[68])
- Light Manipulation (The Triforce can project light to dispel darkness[18])
- Soul Manipulation (The Triforce allows the user to transfer their spirit[71][72] into another person's body)
- Shapeshifting & Cloth Manipulation (The Triforce allows the user to change their appearance and clothes[73])
- Resurrection & Biological Manipulation (The Triforce resurrected the king and restored his flesh[66] after Agahnim had killed him and reduced him to a skeleton[74])
- Creation (The Triforce can created another Triforce[75])
- Telekinesis (The Triforce plunged the statue of Hylia to the surface and used it to crush and kill Demise[76])
- Water Manipulation (The Triforce flooded and submerged what little remained[77] of Hyrule)
- Power Nullification (The Triforce broke the sleeping curse that was placed on Zelda,[78] the Bow of Light, which is imbued with the light of the Triforce, can nullify Yugas ability to turn into a painting and force him back to his normal form[68])
- Paralysis Inducement (The Bow of Light leaves Yuga paralyzed in it's light after it hits him[68])
- Transmutation (The power of the Triforce can turn people into a reflection of their heart and mind[79])
Attack Potency: At least Building level+ (Much stronger than Child Link[20][Statistics Values 1]) | At least Large Island level (Superior to Twinrova, who could fight the Hero of Time after he had obtained the Master Sword and the combined power of 5 Sages, with just one sage possessing greater power than the Master Sword[80]) | Small Planet level (Is capable of harming himself with his own magic[8]), several of his abilities ignore durability | Universe level (Possesses and is empowered by the completed Triforce), several of his abilities ignore durability
Speed: Supersonic+[Statistics Values 2] with Relativistic reactions and combat speed (Superior to Child Link) | Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than Onox, who is far faster than lightning[Statistics Values 3]), with Relativistic reactions and combat speed (Superior to the Child Hero of Time, who can react to Beamos lasers[Statistics Values 4]) | Massively Hypersonic+ with Relativistic reactions and combat speed (Comparable or superior to the Ganon from Four Swords Adventures) | Massively Hypersonic+ with FTL, likely higher, combat speed and reactions (The True Force makes him inconceivably faster than when he just possesses the Triforce of Power, putting him unfathomably above characters such as Breath of the Wild Link[Statistics Values 5])
Lifting Strength: Class 50 (Superior to Child Link) | At least Class M (Far superior to monsters like Gohma, who can casually lift up and move large chunks of bedrock) | Class Z (Physically stronger than the Hero of Time who has the power of the Golden Gauntlets, and the Triforce of Power should grant him greater physical strength than The Four Giants) | At least Class Z (Immensely stronger than before)
Striking Strength: At least Building level+ | At least Large Island level | Small Planet level | Universe level
Durability: At least Building level+ (Wasn't threatened at all by Child Link) | At least Large Island level (Took many blows from Oracles Link[7]) | Small Planet level (Can withstand being struck by Light Arrows,[8] which are strong enough to damage Twinmold[81]) | Universe level (Empowered by the completed Triforce)
Stamina: Superhuman (Should scale to other well-trained Gerudo who can fight with and train for long periods of time without fatigue) | Superhuman (Fought Link for several days straight[82]) | Superhuman (He can continually battle with various incarnations of Link while ignoring and laughing off fatal wounds and showing no signs of tiring. Kept his castle floating dozens, if not hundreds, of feet in the air for several years nonstop with his magic and wasn't fatigued by this in the slightest) | Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range to Extended Melee Range physically (He's a 7'6 tall man who has often wielded swords the size of normal men), Tens of Kilometers with Magic (Can create storms reaching out to the horizon), Interdimensional with Dimensional Travel and BFR | Standard Melee Range to Extended Melee Range, Tens of Kilometers with Magic (Same as his base form), Interdimensional with Dimensional Travel and BFR | Physically the same range as before (Although his beast form would have Extended Melee Range by virtue of size). Interstellar with magic (Should have comparable range to his Four Swords Adventures incarnation), Interdimensional with Dimensional Travel and BFR (He can easily travel between the Light World and the Dark World, and he can send his targets into the Dark World or banish them to the gap between dimensions) | Extended Melee Range (His size alone warrants this, carries a trident almost as large as himself), Universal with magic and reality warping (Able to affect the entire Sacred Realm), Interdimensional with Dimensional Travel and BFR
- Triforce of Power: A piece of the golden power created by the Golden Goddesses that he possesses in most of his incarnations, the Triforce of Power enhances his physical and magical strength to godlike levels, making him nearly invulnerable to most forms of damage in the Zelda series and granting him immortality. It also protects him from the effects of his own corruption magic.
Optional Equipment:
- Dual Blades: A pair of swords that Ganon keeps hidden in his selves during the events of the Wind Waker. Both blades are over a foot long greatly increasing his melee range and are crafted well enough to even clash with the Master Sword.
- Sword of Six Sages: A blade originally used to try and kill Ganon during his execution, he tore it out of his own chest and kept it as his own during the events of Twilight Princess. Being comparable in size to grown men it gives him much more reach in close quarters combat and the sword also possesses the ability to somewhat negate regenerative powers as it left a massive wound across Ganon's chest that he was never able to heal from.
Genius (Despite his reputation as a thief and being known by most of the races of Hyrule to have placed curses on people to get his way, he still gained and maintained the trust of the king of Hyrule while also running his own country in the desert to the west. He managed to deduce that Link held the means to open the Door of Time with what little interaction he had with him and secretly followed him into the Temple of Time in order to enter the Sacred Realm and claim the Triforce. He used Zant's insanity and desperation to his advantage by falsely posing as a god and granting him a portion of his power in order to try and create a new world by merging the Twilight realm with Hyrule and escape his imprisonment in the Twilight realm in the process. He is a highly skilled warrior who can match various incarnations of Link in swordsmanship. However, in games such as the original Legend of Zelda his intelligence has devolved to below-average levels, although he can still organize and command an army of monsters)
Below Average (Due to the ritual to resurrect him being botched, he came back in an incomplete state barely able to form sentences, but he still retains some knowledge on his magic and fighting skills) | Genius | Genius (Even more intelligent than before due to his possession of the Triforce of Wisdom, and orchestrated a plan to free himself and his army from the Dark World by creating an avatar of himself to gain the trust of the people of Hyrule and use the 7 Maidens as a sacrifice to break the Wise Men's seal keeping him in the Dark World)
Weaknesses: Base form: He is extremely arrogant and is sometimes blind to any threats to himself, which almost led to his death at the hands of the sages prior to the events of Twilight Princess. His invisibility technique only affects his body while leaving his magic visible and if he gets hit he unwillingly becomes visible again. His intangibility only works if he can sustain his darkness and a significant amount of light will force him to become tangible again, and his illusionary copies will disappear if he takes fatal damage.
Botched Resurrection: Possesses the same weaknesses as before and is highly unintelligent.
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Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
- Isaac Clarke (Dead Space) Isaac's Profile (Base Ganon was used, Isaac had stasis amp, acid bath, stasis coating and safety guard attachments; Speed was equalized)
- Master Chief (Halo) Chief's Profile (Base Ganondorf vs Gen 2 MJOLNIR Chief; Speed was equalized)
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Demise's Curse
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 99
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 119
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Ganondorf Battle
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Final Boss Battle
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; First Agahnim Battle
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons; Ganon Battle
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Ganondorf Battle
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Final Boss
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Ganondorf Kidnaps Zelda
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Second Agahnim Battle
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Prima's Official Strategy Guide; Page 166
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Link Meets Goron Link
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Meeting Ganondorf
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Sheiks True Identity
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Phantom Ganon Battle
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Puppet Ganon Battle
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 The Legend of Zelda; Ganon Battle
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Ganon Battle
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Link meets Ganondorf
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Meeting Jabun
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Endless Night
- ↑ The Legend Of Zelda Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 182
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 94
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Hyrule Historia; Page 104
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Ganon's Castle
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Ganon's Tower
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 29
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 197
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zant Meets Ganondorf
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Zant's Death
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Manual Page 6
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link; Instruction Booklet page 7
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Midna's Curse
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Link Meets Zant
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Vitreous Battle
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Zora's Domain
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Obtaining The Silver Arrows
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Prima's Official Strategy Guide; Page 168
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Obtaining the Bug Catching Net
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zant Battle
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Deku Tree's Death
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Ganon's Tower
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; BradyGames Official Strategy Guide; Page 77
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Rescuing Zelda
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 187
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Ganondorfs Execution
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Pages 20 & 21
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Official Nintendo Player's Guide; Page 110
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Pages 20 & 21
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Batreaux Becomes Human
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Link Pulls The Master Sword
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Midna explains the history of the Twili
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 116
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 179
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 156
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Official Prime Strategy Guide; Page 306
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Eldin Province Tears Of Light
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Meeting Zelda
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Final Ganon Battle
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Repairing Eldin Bridge
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Palace of Twilight
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 92
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Ending
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia; Page 29
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 68.3 68.4 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds; Final Boss
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds; Yuga Merges With Ganon
- ↑ Hyrule Encyclopedia; Page 218
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Saving Midna
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 117
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda; Ocarina of Time; Zelda reveals herself
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Opening
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds; Ending
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Link wishes upon the Triforce
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker; Ending
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link; Ending
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Bully's Friend
- ↑ Hyrule Historia; Page 77
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D; Twinmold Boss Battle
- ↑ Zelda Universe: The Great Hyrule Encyclopedia; Pyramid of Power
Notes/Explanations
- The Sealed War is the only point in the Mainline series thus far where Ganon was ever stated to being amped by the full Triforce, as no other games in the timeline have any showing or statements of him being amped due to him either not absorbing the full Triforce, or the Triforce being in a completely different location than he is, as such, none of the Links from any of the mainline games would scale to the Completed Triforce Ganon.
- Ganondorf's final battle from Wind Waker is considered to be an outlier for the sake of profiling. Versions of Ganondorf with the Triforce of Power and further power boosts have been shown to be notably staggered and rendered vulnerable by attacks from the Light Arrow and incredibly damaged by items such as the Master Sword. Ganondorf without the Triforce of Power withstanding multiple light arrow hits and Master Sword hits is inconsistent with his other stronger appearances and has been ignored for scaling purposes.
- Ganon's Twilight magic abilities and the Sword of Six Sages only apply to him during the events of Twilight Princess, as such if his Triforce of Power key is used in a VS Thread it should be specified if it's his Twilight Princess incarnation or not.
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