Ranking How USELESS Ganondorf is in Every Zelda Game

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Published 2024-07-27
Ganondorf is one of the most iconic and intimidating villains in video game history, and in most games, he’s a MENACE, but he’s definitely got his shortcomings.

Today, we're looking at Ganondorf’s character in every mainline Legend of Zelda game and ranking him from worthless to elite.

All Comments (21)
  • @noob1n8or
    I would honestly put A Link Between Worlds in useless tier. He's not cooperating with Yuga, Yuga just straight up possesses him and suppresses his will. It's basically the only time in the entire series where he gets put under somebodies boot and stays there.
  • @repoversemedium
    It’s still crazy to me that he started off looking like a pig.
  • @Gaffivory
    11:39 “Little girl with no triforce power” has the full power of the triforce
  • @zeospark9715
    13:30 To clarify, Ganondorf was able to transform into a dragon because he swallowed his Secret Stone. Secret Stones enhances one's own power by a lot by itself, but something else that is considered forbidden can be done which is swallowing the Secret Stone. When someone swallows their Secret Stone, you transform into a giant, ageless dragon that is extremely powerful, but you completely lose your senses. Zelda and Ganondorf both do this in the game but Zelda does it because, long story short, she was sent 1000 years into the past and the only way for her to reunite with Link in the present was to turn into the dragon (mainly to give him the powered up Master Sword). Ganondorf did it because he was so pissed at being unable to kill Link, he gave up his own humanity just so that his mindless dragon form has a shot of killing him.
  • @Okada_Caelun
    6:45 : "Only half of that comes true" I dunno. Even according to Hyrule Historia, we never see him again in thst particular timeline.
  • @user-bf6gz8ej4o
    It's actually a shame there's not more backstory to Demise. He is way more badass than every of the Ganons combined. I mean, he basically killed almost every human being on earth and fought with the godess herself and injured her so bad that she had to give up her godly form and force her entity into a human.
  • @TwoPairSA
    He's pretty great in Twilight Princess but I'll never forgive that story for how he hijacked it. Zant seemed so threatening in his first appearances then after Ganondorf shows up he just turns into a clown until you kill him. It's a shame.
  • @BokoblinBoy
    I would say Wind Waker’s Ganondorf is in elite. Every Ganondorf is in elite. But besides that. Great video! 😃
  • @iancomtois9832
    Funny thing about OoT Ganondorf is that he and OoT Zelda had the exact same idea: let Link do all the legwork. And it works! Also, that Ganondorf is the only one who canonically kills a Link in one timeline (because he's such a big deal that he split the timeline and gave us three times as many Zelda games), so I'd actually put him higher than Elite tier...
  • @marche800
    The Triforce splitting in OOT isn't because Ganon's heart isn't pure. It because it isn't balanced between Power, Wisdom and Courage. His only focus is power so he gets only power
  • @stewartosei1213
    I love your video. Can’t wait to see what character you do next. I hope it Diddy Kong next.
  • @H0LL0W
    12:10 "you can't stop it yet" unless link is a psicopath with the skill to go through walls and literally fly i love BTW speedruns LoL
  • not menacing? dude Windwaker Ganondorf destroyed an entire island killing everybody on it and froze time. all BEFORE his power was unsealed.
  • @Jack-mo9dm
    A tierlist with nothing in worthless tier? Good job man!!!
  • @adrianpi513
    Cool video jst wanted to say in TP zeldas body was in the throne room the whole time since zant invaded and her spirit thanks to the triforce of wisdom was in the tower thats why she vanishes after giving the triforce of wisdom to midna. And in Botw zelda had the full triforce which is how she managed to keep calamity ganon at bay for 100 years.
  • @LittleAl016
    7:53 We actually don't know that. Given that the Triforce of Power faded away from his hand in Twilight Princess when he died, and that the Ganon is not known to have entered the Sacred Realm in Four Swords Adventures. 8:07, the events of Twilight Princess actually happen at the same time as the events of The Wind Waker. Just during a different timeline. It's also defeating Stallord, not Zant, that informs you of Ganon's status as the villain of this game. 11:40 Again, we don't know that. In fact, she could have very well owned the complete Triforce by that point.
  • @pabzplayz2330
    if Ganondorf wasn't in Worthless even once, WHY THE FU- IS THERE A WORTHLLESS TIER (I Hope My Idea is used Next...)
  • @JonyPlayz1
    Interesting video! Could you do Blaze The Cat next? It’d be interesting
  • @user-hs5qz3ud7j
    Look, he gone in links awakening, but I'll like to mention that the nightmare took form of Ganon over links ptsd from a link to the past. With that, it makes a link to the past Ganon feel all the more menacing.