 Well everyone, I think I figured out what's happening with Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. I can't even believe I'm saying this right now. I'm so excited that I might have figured this out. But, but before I talk about this, I have to let you guys know that hey, we have a giveaway going on right now for, well, a Zelda Tears of the Kingdom themed Switch OLED, a collector's edition of Tears of the Kingdom as well, and yes, one of those pins from PAX East that is also related to Tears of the Kingdom. You can enter down in the pinned comment or the description. We're also on our road to 133,000 subscribers to match 133 years of Nintendo. Let's get this thing done. Let's hit that subscribe button, maybe hit the bell icon as well and set it to all notifications so you're notified of every video we do. And let's get right into this. This is our final video. We're dropping today before the podcast later that I hope you guys decided to into a little more information on the podcast at the end of this video. All right, let's talk about Ganondorf and there's a couple of things I want to get into. I've got essentially three articles of interest to talk about when it comes to Ganondorf. The first thing we're going to do is explore a fan theory that was presented to us by IGN. We're then going to explore two theories I have myself that seem to have some backing to them and make a lot of sense. One of them actually leads to a third game in this trilogy of Breath of the Wild style games that would happen on Nintendo Switch 2. And look, I think between all of these theories, between all of this information, something is being figured out about Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom. So first we have the Tears of the Kingdom community is divided over a pretty wild Ganondorf theory article over here on IGN posted yesterday. A lot of this article is based on stuff that popped up on Reddit. But we're going to get into this theory. So it says some fans on Reddit are convinced that Ganondorf could end up being the hero of Tears of the Kingdom story. This theory has been floating around in many fans heads including my own since some of the earliest trailers for Tears of the Kingdom. But Ganondorf's proper reveal in the latest story trailer has a speculation picking up even more steam. To properly explain the theory, we've got to go back to a key moment in Breath of the Wild. Early on in the game, Input shares a legend with Link from the first great Calamity that took place 10,000 years ago. There's an image of a hero wielding the master sword and a princess or goddess figure fighting Calamity Ganon. The hero has red hair and has a green body slash outfit both of which line up with the new official Ganondorf art. The red hair is really the big giveaway in my opinion. Anyways, initially fans drew comparison to the hero's tattered green outfit in the mural to Link's torn green tunic from the early Tears of the Kingdom trailers. This started the speculation that Tears of the Kingdom would take place across two distinct time periods. Present day, following the events of Breath of the Wild and 10,000 years ago during the events of the first great Calamity. But Ganondorf's proper reveal has some fans thinking the traditional Zelda villain could actually be the true hero from the events that happened 10,000 years ago. Multiple red and posts are theorizing that Ganondorf could be the one wielding the master sword in the mural, which I don't think he's ever wielded in Zelda history. And taking matters into his own hands to put an end to the Zelda series endless cycle of reincarnation and his own cursed fate. A Reddit user called mustgofaster84 put it, What if this mural is depicting a non-evil Ganondorf from 10,000 years ago? He was the hero aka the link of that time period that helped Zelda defeat Calamity Ganon, which is really an incarnation of Demise. His resurrection in Tears of the Kingdom is Demise basically possessing the corpse of a dead hero. Much of this theory also draws upon the events laid out in the Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. The 2011 Wii game takes place at the very beginning of the Zelda timeline, explaining the origins of the endless cycle of rebirth that Ganondorf constantly returning to fight Link and Zelda's ancestors. Skyward Sword explains it's actually Demise, the final boss of the game that sets these events in motion. Many fans think they spotted Demise in the latest Tears of the Kingdom trailer. One of a serious figure with red glowing hair is staring directly into the Blood Moon. It's also possible this figure is just a mid-transformation Ganondorf regaining his human form, but the similarities to Demise are definitely noticeable. And when there's Mysterious Woman who appeared in the trailer as well, while our initial gut reaction had us hoping this could be the Hylian Goddess Din, fans speculation has taken things in a different direction. Many believe this is the Goddess or Princess character depicted in the Breath of the Wild mural, and others think it could be the Goddess Hylia herself who originally created Skyloft and sealed Demise away in the events preceding Skyward Sword. I'm gonna throw my personal theory out there. I actually think it's Zelda's mother. But you know, that's not what today's about. Today's about Ganondorf. Content creator Austin John Plays was one of the first to jump on this theory, and it gained a lot of popularity in the last few days. Tears of the Kingdom already has very obvious similarities to Skyward Sword, given that chunks of Hyrule are rising from the ground into the clouds above. There are a lot of fans who aren't buying into this theory with Reddit user the purple cubby writing I see post after post saying that Ganondorf has to be the ancient hero because of the red hair. Like literally, that's the only reason. It was absolutely an artistic choice. I won't argue that. But it throws out all existing lore and mythos that's been well established. It was even said in the tapestry scene that the warrior used the sword that sealed the darkness and he carried the spirit of the hero. Two things Ganondorf cannot and will not have. Another Reddit post claims that the hero featured in the mural is Link and nothing more. So that's pretty interesting. And you know, I don't know that I buy this theory entirely, but this did leave me down a rabbit hole of a couple theories I have about Ganondorf and the series in general. So first, let's talk about the Thanos theory, right? So if you look at the new latest art Four Tears of the Kingdom, you notice first off that the tear on his forehead isn't red. But more importantly for my theory, you'll notice some empty jewel spots on the jewelry that he's donning on his chest area. You'll see where his metal stuff seems to have divots in it like they're supposed to be some sort of jewel in there. And it seems to be the perfect size to fit tears. And one of my theories here is that at some point, you're in Tears of the Kingdom, Ganondorf will actually collect all of the tears in the game. And that is when Zelda gives us that ominous warning she gave us a couple trailers ago saying, Link, I don't think you can do it this time. I don't think you can defeat him this time. Why did she say that? Maybe because like Thanos from, well, the Avengers who if you guys have ever seen the Avengers movies and Endgame and all of that, he collects all of the stones that makes him pretty much all powerful and nobody knows how they're going to stop them. And it actually takes Tony Stark sacrificing himself. Here's the thing, what if Ganondorf collects all the tears and in addition to his triforce of power becomes all powerful in a way we've never seen Ganondorf be powerful before. And that's when Zelda was like, Link, I just don't think you can stop him. He's got all the power. He's got all the cards. There's nothing you can do. Your sword, a master sword, even if it is restored, it ain't ready for this. It was never built for this. Maybe the master sword never even recovers. Who knows? But yeah, that's the Thanos theory around Ganondorf where he's got these available places to put jewels. And maybe he gets ahold of all the tears that we see some of the other people in the game have. Now, another theory to throw out there is my Star Wars theory, the original trilogy. So if you think about how Breath of the Wild went and how Tears of the Kingdom could go, it lends to the idea that this could be a trilogy of games that completes with a third game on brand new hardware. Now, why? If you think of the original Star Wars trilogy as movies, you look at a new hope. What's a new hope about in Star Wars? It's about establishing the hero. It's about dealing with something that has already happened and eventually taking out the Death Star, right? That's how it ends. It's a very, very good story about heroism. And when you think about Breath of the Wild, what's it about? It's an event that's already happened. The evil's already doing its thing. And the goal at the end is to take out the big bad thing. But you don't really completely defeat the evil, just like in A New Hope, you don't really take out the entire evil force. You just destroy the biggest threat at the moment, which was the Death Star. And in the moment, you defeat the biggest threat there is in Calamity Ganon. But then you get to that final cutscene with Zelda, where she says, Hey, something's going on with Divine Beasts Madhavada. We're not done yet. We have more to do. And that's sort of setting up a second game. Well, if you remember in the second movie for Star Wars, it's called Empire Strikes Back. What is the point of Empire Strikes Back? When it seems like the heroes have made major progress, the Empire Strikes Back. And actually, if you think about the full plot line of Empire Strikes Back, the villains win. The villains, the bad guys win the second movie, right? They get rid of the rebel bases. They are super powerful at the end of the movie, the Jedi or no war. It is basically a all out W for the bad guys. And what if Tears of the Kingdom is the same way? Ganondorf comes back with a vengeance. He gets ahold of all the tears. And he actually wins in this game. Link isn't actually killed. Maybe Zelda's not killed. Maybe the main characters aren't killed, but they certainly could end up being massively defeated. And the game actually ends with Ganondorf getting that fat W, setting up the third game, just like the third Star Wars movie, where, hey, in that third movie, it's called Return of the Jedi. What's the point of it? It's presenting hope. It's bringing hope forward, sort of like a new hope did, except with a finality to it, right? You are rising up against incredible odds to somehow come out on top in the end. And that is sort of what could be happening here. If Ganondorf wins in game two and you somehow survive and there's a third game, maybe the third game is that incredible rise to ultimately take out Ganondorf or Demise or whoever the ultimate evil is at the end, resetting everything and allowing Nintendo to do all original ideas moving forward. Again, this is just food for thought. We don't really know if that's how it's going to go. You know, the Emperor and Darth Vader are killed. We don't know if that's how this would be handled. You know, where Ganondorf and Demise would be taken out. It beats me. What I do know, though, is that this would be an incredible story arc and it's one that I feel like there's a little bit of credence to it. I'm probably completely off base with all of these theories. The Thanos theory, the IGN article and my Star Wars movie reference theory. But honestly, I think there is something here. Maybe it's just my own head cannon. I don't know, but you know what? I like my head cannon. It sounds pretty good to me. I like my Thanos combined with my Star Wars theory way more than the IGN article one, but maybe they all could work together. Maybe they're all true or maybe we're all just a bunch of blabbling idiots talking out into space. So you guys let me know what you think about this stuff down in the comments below. I am Nathan Neurologist from Nintendo Prime and I'll catch you in the next video.