Mellow Ezlo
Spoony Bard
Despite having a lot of flaws in its games, one of the things the Zelda series nails almost every single time is its final battles. Whether it's against the series main villain Ganondorf or some incarnation of him, or against its secondary villain Vaati, or even against the devil himself in the form of Demise, each battle is awesome for some reason or another, even if some are a bit on the easy side. For the most part, they all have brilliant presentation, a good degree of epicness (with epic music to boot), and decent difficulty. But, as with anything else, there some that stand out above all others. Which final boss battles in the series do you think are the best and the worst, and why?
For me, determining a best is difficult, so I'll name three that really stand out to me. The battle with Demise in Skyward Sword is the single most important battle in the entire franchise as it sets up literally every following game. The battle against Ganon in Ocarina of Time was extremely well built up and had amazing presentation, and I think it's the best final battle in the series. The battle against Ganondorf in The Wind Waker is my personal favourite, though, as it's the first time we have a real one-on-one sword fight with Ganondorf, and it has an awesome finale.
The worst final boss fight, for me, would be that of The Legend of Zelda. Ganon had the potential to be the hardest foe in the game, but he was actually quite easy when I first battled him. I was expecting him to be really difficult, but I was disappointed. There were far harder enemies throughout the game. It was disappointing, and also felt anticlimactic to me.
And now I leave you with my favourite final boss theme:
For me, determining a best is difficult, so I'll name three that really stand out to me. The battle with Demise in Skyward Sword is the single most important battle in the entire franchise as it sets up literally every following game. The battle against Ganon in Ocarina of Time was extremely well built up and had amazing presentation, and I think it's the best final battle in the series. The battle against Ganondorf in The Wind Waker is my personal favourite, though, as it's the first time we have a real one-on-one sword fight with Ganondorf, and it has an awesome finale.
The worst final boss fight, for me, would be that of The Legend of Zelda. Ganon had the potential to be the hardest foe in the game, but he was actually quite easy when I first battled him. I was expecting him to be really difficult, but I was disappointed. There were far harder enemies throughout the game. It was disappointing, and also felt anticlimactic to me.
And now I leave you with my favourite final boss theme: