Random: Of Course People Are Thirsty For Ganondorf In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

What the *****? Who's into that?!

Bro why did you guys make that the tagline

Twitter users are out of control, so obviously they would do this to poor ganondorf

Ganondilf was a name I can never unsee now

@HerMajestysmyPronoun People with TASTE.

Man people have to make everything wierd

Thanks for the thumbnail spoiler! I’m so glad I didn’t watch the trailer yet. 🙄

He looks like a character from asuras wrath or street fighter. Come to think of it Ganondorf always did resemble Akuma to me.

@OFFICIALMichi A trailer published by the company developing the game isn’t a spoiler.

@Olliemar28 but no one forced you to put it in the thumbnail right?

I'm all for steaming hot Ganon, and I'm already shipping him and Urbosa as Hyrule's new, ripped power couple.

@SonOfDracula exactly, which is why it’s okay to spoil movies if youve seen them because it’s already released lol. I’m just irritated it was in the thumbnail

@OFFICIALMichi This obsession with spoilers is silly IMHO. This is the most anticipated Nintendo game of the year. Nintendo has specifically shown us this trailer. If you're a Nintendo/Zelda fan you surely knew about this. If you want to stay "unspoiled" stay away from places that are likely to have them. Also, Ganon being in the game is hardly a spoiler to a Zelda fan.

@OFFICIALMichi What were you expecting? It’s bland looking anyway. Rule #1 in gaming: always curb expectations. Rule #2: if you are excited for a big release and want to avoid information, don’t frequent gaming sites until you have played the game.

Though, for a $70 game, you bet damn well I’ll be researching before purchase.

@TheBigBlue just didn’t need to be in the thumbnail.

wow when was the even lates time we have seen ganondorf in this series?

@SonOfDracula you’re right, my standards are too high lol. Anyway back on topic, G looks awesome. Maybe not as daddy as HW version but I’m excited.

I hope they don’t make him too somber. I loved that in Wind Waker but I don’t want a rehash of that unless they do more with it.

@Adamn I think Hyrule Warriors?

Tell Ganon, don't be a stranger.

@OFFICIALMichi What? We are talking about something else entirely. I’m sorry you went through that, but I’m talking about the spoiler thing. Be well.

This is why I only trust the Nintendo Life video team for news.

Ganondorf definitely has a "man's man" vibe to him. Utterly bursting with masculine virility.

Definitely a more exciting villain than the pig... ghost... thing in BotW.

@Ralizah Man, from the bara Dogi stuff in Cold Steel 1 to GanonDILF, really has been one of those weeks huh?

Wake up babe, new Dorf just dropped.

A man bun AND a ponytail at the same time? That’s impressive. Shame he doesn’t go for the triple, sporting a Jaz Rignall mullet as well. That would be the absolute pinnacle of hair follicle manliness.

Is probably my favorite canon Ganondorf design. It's either it or Wind Waker, though favorite overall is Hyrule Warriors.

@Bret *People with bad taste.

@Lizuka what I really love is that he has so many unique designs and although Link and Zelda change to match the artstyle of a game they generally stayed the same til botw. But Ganon changes from robes to this amazing thing, to hair that never quits… he has so many iconic looks!!

@SonOfDracula Remember, he is the sole Gerudo Voe who is born every 100 Years. And Viridi said it herself: "Really? They get one man, and it's Ganondorf? Ugh, talk about bad luck!"

Internet has gone a long way since 2017's bent-over-Zelda.

I thought he was a pig?

@nessisonett I hereby christen 2023 as Year of the Bara.

@SonOfDracula Eh, I'm just personally tired of Ganondorf. BOTW imo was the natural endpoint for a villain who's only goal has been the same in every version.

If they do something different with Ganon this time, then I might say okay. But I lost interest in the character a long time ago.

I still firmly believe the best version of him was in Wind Waker. And there his where his character should have remained. I'll still buy Tears of the Kingdom, but I'm not as interested as I once was.

One particular parched Instagram user referred to him as Ganondaddy. I don’t think I can ever unsee it

@HolyGeez03 That's his Demon King "Ganon" form. Ganondorf is his Gerudo King of Thieves form. The only male born Gerudo every 100 years or something like that.

Hmm ... Maybe i'm not so invested in stopping Ganon after all.

I think that Ganondorf looks amazing here. Big fan of his design; looks like a mix of OOT Ganondorf and Twilight Princess Ganondorf.

I can see why people are loving on him so much!

I believe that he prefers the term: "Ganonlittleperson."

They did hydrate him after all

Thirsty, you say? Considering he looked like a dessicated corpse in the first trailer, I'd say he was beyond parched! Must've had some of this:

@TYRANACLES "Come to think of it Ganondorf always did resemble Akuma to me."
Exactly what i was thinking earlier, especially with all the red hair and the top knot.

@TYRANACLES heihachi from tekken

With that subheading, I guess Nintendo Life has decided to stop pretending this is a family site. I don't understand the appeal of these undead characters like the RE8 lady. Y'all a bunch of necrophiliacs.

I'm not sure how I feel about Ganondorf's design yet. It just kind of feels like a 50-50 blend between the Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess designs with little to give him a unique identity. He has the long hair, but that was also done in Hyrule Warriors. The clothes are unique, but that's about it.

@Tyranexx To cover enemies in a veil of smoke, you can combine your shield with a friendly mushroom--mushy, giant friend!

@Not_Soos I don't quite see the TP, but he looks a lot like the design from WW to me.

Perhaps like a combination off all three major designs? It’s fitting I suppose, considering they’re all the same person.

@Not_Soos I agree. He doesn't look all that unique at all. As far as the necrophilia comment goes...As much i don't like to question nor pry into someones personal fetishes, I will say it creeps me out the way people talk about these characters.

I remember the RE8 lady and someone was talking wanting her to "step" on them. Ew.

@SonOfDracula
That image does not fit in my definition of generic. Hell, the entire artstyle is original. If you need an example of "generic", think of a NPC from Skyrim drawn with the most typical computer graphics. THAT is generic.

He reminds me a bit from the one in Twilight Princess.

Ganondorf looks great. This time they went for a more Japanese/eastern emperor vibe, you can also hear it in the last music from the trailer.

I get the feeling that Ganondorf was Hyrule's original king in this game, a king that reigned in fear. And now he's back to claim the land once again.

@Fizza Try being born the same year as Sonic the Hedgehog's debut into the market. xD

@Eel His whole face/head looks very TP to me--he just needs a smaller nose and his hair in dreads and it would be an almost exact match. The nose is pretty much the only thing that makes him look like OoT Ganondorf, but it goes a long ways, since that was like his most defining feature.

@Cia Original??? You must have not seen alot of art then. There is nothing original about this artstyle at all.

@DripDropCop146 Oh please, that line of reasoning is weak as heck. And I look at art every single day. BotW/TotK's art style is unique.

@MegaVel91 Unique and original are two different words with different meanings. I said nothing about unique. I just said it's not original. Thank you.

@MegaVel91 yep, Ganondorf is honestly the recurring character with the most designs, and that’s not even counting his beast form. Other characters typically just shift to fit the art style but Ganondorf has a whole new closet, hair and makeup team for every game he is in. Look amazing.

@Frailbay30 A lot of people are into the step-on-me thing, and I don't knock it. Without divulging too much of my own personal kinks, I see the appeal. It's just characters like her in particular where I question the sexualization. She has black gums, for crying out loud. She looks like the meth heads who live around me, except taller. 😭

Unrealistic. The real peak body type would be Master Kohga’s dad bod. He has a whole slew of followers going bananas for it.

I think he looks wicked awesome. Also, it isn’t against any sort of rule/law for an adult character to be attractive.

These comments.. lots of folks looking for reasons to be needlessly prude and angry. Creepy inappropriate outrage. Scroll on by.

I’m actually glad to see him return in the flesh. It’s something that the BoTW/ToTK art style definitely needed to show off.

@TheBigBlue He's nice and beefy, I'll give him that. That unhealthy skin color though. And the hawkish nose. I also don't understand why his beard is sticking out.
I wish they'd design Link to be a bit more manly looking but that's just my personal preference.

@Not_Soos That would be great if Link would pull out said shield, and random NPCs would yell "Maybe it's friendly!" XD

@Tyranexx Man, this has gotten me thinking about those rumors on this site from last year about an open-ended Avatar game supposedly in the works with a similar art style to Breath of the Wild. They said it was gonna be announced in the Fall, but that never happened. I hope it was a legitimate thing with development still progressing.

I see anime Dave Bautista. Live action Zelda next?🤷‍♂️

@HerMajestysmyPronoun Nah, Link looks fine. He's always been designed that way. He's always been around 16-18ish years old.

Japan prefers softer features vs western culture where an 18 year old looks like a jacked up 40 year old man.

I didn‘t even know the term DILF existed. You stole my innocence NL!

When do we get buff Zelda though?

@MegaVel91 Art art? Or just specifically game related art?

@Not_Soos I completely forgot about those rumors since it's been awhile. I would certainly play that game if it were to materialize!

In this article we forget that Nintendo is a family friendly company

@GooseLoose1 I guess you're right. He's too young to be overly jacked.
Maybe at some point seeing him in his late 20s or early 30s would be interesting.

@VR32X oh yeah I forgot about the banana ninjas. I wonder if they will follow Ganon in this one?

Double standards.

@HerMajestysmyPronoun I'd be down for that. I'd actually play a game where link is a middle aged or old man who's long since become an outcast of society.

After being introduced to a certain character in Twilight Princess, I was always fond a Link who's a shell of his former self. A cold, distant old man, who's fighting style has become brutal from years of fighting and hiding from forces who constantly hunt him down for his tri-force.

@ATaco You my friend have hit the nail on the head with today's world. I had this argument with a friend of mine. She was complaining about the objectifying of women in media.

Meanwhile she was on a celebs page basically doing that. When I pointed the hypocrisy she actually said "It's different." Sigh.

My new build in Souls games going forward will be Ganondilf. That is hilarious!!

Okay, but why make an entire news headline about that? Who gives a *****?

But Demise is the true boss, just so you all know 😎

Uh Ganondorf doesn't really do it for me, but his redesign does look pretty badass.

@OldManHermit For me, Majora and Zant will always be Zelda's most unique villain designs.

Both just give off this evil creepy vibe that Ganondorf can't match.

I always found both to be better designs and wish we had a villain like that for Tears of a Kingdom. That, and well I'm tired of killing Ganondorf for the 1000th time in a row.

Very strange to see people freaking out in the comments... some people find dudes hot sorry that this shatters the worldview of the good readers of nintendo life. Love the tagline btw lol

@wolfsniffer I'm not freaking out. If anything I'm making fun of everyone for it.

The weirdness and the double standard. If this were Zelda with her bosoms enhanced, half these comments would be saying how disgusting it is to treat fictional women like objects. Even better. Nintendolife's own staff would run an article decrying how "wrong" it is.

@Fangleman32 It is true, he's almost always the main villain. They really should change it up more often. I always thought his design was quite intimidating first seeing him back in Ocarina of Time. I actually really like how he appeared in BotW, he was like a messed up zombie spider, certainly unique.

And yeah Zant was great. Love that helmet.

He better get an amiibo!

@Sam_TSM That is the cycle of life. Adults cringe at teens, and those teens grow up to be adults who cringe at teens.

Life is just funny that way.

Yuck yuck and yuck

Good lol, I was worried he'd be the dehydrated Skeletor thing the whole time.

@Sam_TSM You described my sentiments perfectly.

@Not_Soos You may be talking about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, announced recently.

I love his new design already.

@Euler he could still be that skeleton thingy that it’s slowly regaining power until becoming ganondorf. Or it may be Demise.

But from the way that Nintendo just majestically showed Ganondorf, perhaps he’s not the main antagonist?!? Or perhaps he’s an ally? There may be a far worse evil that even Ganondorf has to join Link and Zelda to beat it.

He has a katana! That’s so cool! I love this design so much! In fact I don’t think I have liked a Ganon design this much since OOT.

@Savage_Joe I would hope so. I want to be wrong, because I really do not wish to face Ganon again. Give him a redemption arc and give us someone new. Heck, I'd even take a temporally ally who secretly is still evil in the end.

Just something other than Ganon's usually want to rule Hyrule shtick

@Bret Preach!

@GravyThief What, are the velvet tones of Matt Mercer not enough for you? Should he have gone full Gilmore?

First Link and now Ganondorf getting the. This isn't new with Ganon, he's always been beefy. We're just now seeing skin exposure. Nevertheless, both Link and Ganondorf earned their spots on that watchmojo 10 sexiest Zelda characters list.

@ATaco @GoshJosh People conveniently forget that millions of people would openly thirst for famous men like Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Elvis, etc. In person. Literally throwing their undergarments at the musicians while they perform. This is nothing new. The internet simply provides a more direct awareness of people's attraction.

It is also a question of how emboldened someone feels to share their theoretical feelings. I for one feel very attracted toward Zelda, especially the BOTW version of her compared to other timelines. But I don't exactly feel eager to share that online. For many different reasons, people are increasingly feeling more emboldened to express their feelings about men and male characters. This is not a double standard, but rather a transition of the cultural zeitgeist.

LOL people on the internet be crazy yo, imagine simping for a cartoon character
Deletes the 100+ folder of video game characters I have
UNBELIEVABLE

Ganondorf has always been very muscular ever since his first appearance in his original form in Ocarina. He looks similarly sized here so I don't understand people's surprise.

@LXP8 Nintendo never showed him half naked…

A fever dream, but I'm kinda hoping he's a playable character alongside Zelda. Demise is the real villain, Ganondorf is just his puppet/host

@Savage_Joe Yeah I guess that's what it is haha

@Axecon Ganondorf can't be Demise's puppet if he was never around to control him. He's more like the result of Demise giving Link and Zelda the middle finger before he was trapped in the Master Sword and then crushed to death by part of the Temple of Hylia.

@BeefSanta it’s likely because it’s associated with the lgbtq community, they like to erase those references to keep the site “family friendly”

the comments kvetching about the tagline/article by saying nintendo is family friendly are very funny to me considering they've literally published two bayonetta games at this point and have a character who can only be described as Tits the Monkey

Remember, kids, sexualizing female characters? Evil.
Sexualizing male characters? FUN and PROGRESS!!

@Ulysses No one forgot. That is why it's a double standard. You're leaving out the fact for the past 10 years there was a mass movement on how women are portrayed in media. Everyone knows both men and women objectify eachother likes horn dogs.

It's just now one side is proclaiming it's wrong while also engaging in it. I personally don't care what turns you on. However two wrongs don't make a right. If doing this to women is bad, then it's bad to do it to men too. You can't have it both ways.

You people are weird.

He's got that cool, angular look like in Ocarina of Time. Looks great. Hated his design in Twilight Princess (and Smash Bros for 3DS).

Liked his Wind Waker design though because it suited the game and his personality in that game.

Ganondorf's design has a strong Bara inspiration, no wonder people are feeling thirsty AF. Geez, all that evil power got converted to unlimited gains!

@Chlocean We're talking about The Last Airbender, not the blue people Avatar, lol. But thanks anyways!

Love his new design. He's very intimidating.

This post and the comment section have significantly lowered the quality of my life.

@DripDropCop146
FFS why is everyone smartass these days. By original I obviously meant when I see this picture, or any picture, drawn and colored in this style, I immediately know it's from a Zelda game from BotW or TotK period. Even if it depicted a random NPC, I would know it's from Zelda.

But show me an npc from Divinity OS 2 for example, drawn with the generic artstyle of that game and I would not now which fantasy game it's from.

@GravyThief Jaz Rignall! blimey, that's going back a bit, the good ol' days huh!!

@wolfsniffer go off, wolf sniffer

I'm just so happy that Ganondorf is finally depicted in the BOTW timeline. For years I wondered how Nintendo could ever top BOTW's art design, and TOTK somehow has achieved just that.

Ganondorf looks so cool, absolutely perfect and fitting; like a samurai warlord caught without his armor (or shirt, lol)

@Ulysses yes, it’s awesome! I’m hoping we see him with more followers than just monsters, too. Like the many Yiga spies who were loyal (or was that just to the calamity specifically?). I feel like we never see him with other non-creature underlings.

@Not_Soos Ah, the superior Avatar.

Ganondilf. Dead 😂🤣💀

I mean.... what'dya expect? xD

We had fanarts of "Rehydrated Ganondorf" for ages before this game was even announced to exist and now Ninty went and make his literal hot smokin' ass canon. Can you blame them, we've been living in the Gerudo Desert without His Majesty for way too damn long now.

The King Hath Returneth. Hallelujah, and rejoice peons.