A Coveted Wind: How The Wind Waker Gave Ganondorf Depth
A Coveted Wind: How The Wind Waker Gave Ganondorf Depth
by RenanXIII
13 Comments
Dragmire927
I often forget how little Ganondorf shows up in the WW, barely three times in fact. But the final act really manages to give him so much character in such short time.
Sublimpinal
Wind Waker Ganon is definitely the best one, for me. He’s very beautifully realised – it seems impossible that somehow they made his evil so understated and simmering when contrasted with how bombastic and crazy some of the bosses leading up to him are. (Puppet Ganon, anyone?)
Lovely article overall
The_Legend_of_Xeno
Easily the best incarnation of Ganondorf. He wasn’t evil just for the sake of being evil.
Bornheck
I’ve always felt this Ganondorf was completely full of it. It always seemed to me that he was trying to elicit sympathy out of an ignorant child who couldn’t possibly know any better in order to get him to drop his guard (which he did).
Khronos_D
Is it just me or WW felt really short?
henryuuk
Just a shame a lot of people read that character wrong
Better_Agency2352
I did a college project on the wind waker recently, this seems fitting
He spared Link by throwing him into the waves instead of doing something worse outright .
Ok_Basket6575
Thanos Ganondorf from this game is the best Ganondorf
idontknowyet
I remember when this game came out many hardcore Zelda fans hated this rendition of Ganondorf, calling him fat and not menacing enough. Many arguments were had on the official Nintendo forums years after the game came out. Thankfully after Twilight Princess came out the reaction calmed down because that game really did Ganondorf bad.
Sanguiluna
The brilliance (and scariness) of WW Ganondorf is how he can even fool the player if they’re not perceptive enough, just like he fooled his people. His entire monologue, he talks about how “**I** coveted that wind,” not “we,” which speaks volumes about the man’s narcissism and entitlement, and then you remember that in the adult portion of OoT, once he took over Hyrule he just left his people behind in that desert and built a castle just for himself. And then when he finally does get the Triforce, in the face of ultimate power his mask falls off for good and instead of wishing for the return of his people, he demands the gods “Give Hyrule to ME” alone, not “us” the Gerudo.
It’s classic narcissist speak, and if you the player aren’t perceptive or skeptical enough, you can easily find yourself reeled in by his gaslighting.
13 Comments
I often forget how little Ganondorf shows up in the WW, barely three times in fact. But the final act really manages to give him so much character in such short time.
Wind Waker Ganon is definitely the best one, for me. He’s very beautifully realised – it seems impossible that somehow they made his evil so understated and simmering when contrasted with how bombastic and crazy some of the bosses leading up to him are. (Puppet Ganon, anyone?)
Lovely article overall
Easily the best incarnation of Ganondorf. He wasn’t evil just for the sake of being evil.
I’ve always felt this Ganondorf was completely full of it. It always seemed to me that he was trying to elicit sympathy out of an ignorant child who couldn’t possibly know any better in order to get him to drop his guard (which he did).
Is it just me or WW felt really short?
Just a shame a lot of people read that character wrong
I did a college project on the wind waker recently, this seems fitting
https://youtu.be/NPVYw6iWVjE
He spared Link by throwing him into the waves instead of doing something worse outright .
Thanos Ganondorf from this game is the best Ganondorf
I remember when this game came out many hardcore Zelda fans hated this rendition of Ganondorf, calling him fat and not menacing enough. Many arguments were had on the official Nintendo forums years after the game came out. Thankfully after Twilight Princess came out the reaction calmed down because that game really did Ganondorf bad.
The brilliance (and scariness) of WW Ganondorf is how he can even fool the player if they’re not perceptive enough, just like he fooled his people. His entire monologue, he talks about how “**I** coveted that wind,” not “we,” which speaks volumes about the man’s narcissism and entitlement, and then you remember that in the adult portion of OoT, once he took over Hyrule he just left his people behind in that desert and built a castle just for himself. And then when he finally does get the Triforce, in the face of ultimate power his mask falls off for good and instead of wishing for the return of his people, he demands the gods “Give Hyrule to ME” alone, not “us” the Gerudo.
It’s classic narcissist speak, and if you the player aren’t perceptive or skeptical enough, you can easily find yourself reeled in by his gaslighting.
Ganon in WW is the reason I love the character