So I finished The Minish Cap this morning and while I wish the goddesses ban that wretched figurine maker (Carlov? Borlov? something to that effect) to the gap between dimensions. I just wanted to post my absolute adoration for the title and announce it's claim as my absolute favorite 2-D Zelda...
These items have both been the only weapon able to defeat Ganon at different times and I think It all lies in the Defeated split. You see when Link fails the Master Sword lost a tremendous amount of it's evil destroying power. It only appears in LttP afterward and is only a means to stun Ganon...