Ganon's Castle
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Ganon's Castle is usually the last stage in The Legend of Zelda series of video games (although it does not always go by that exact name). There, Link, the protagonist of the series, meets with the toughest puzzles and enemies of the game. At the end of the stage, Link usually battles Ganon, the most powerful boss in the game.
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[edit] Appearances and descriptions by game
[edit] The Legend of Zelda
Ganon's lair in The Legend of Zelda (officially known as Level 9, Death Mountain) is more of an underground dungeon than a castle. It is accessible from Spectacle Rock on Death Mountain.
[edit] A Link to the Past
Ganon's Tower is on top of Death Mountain in the Dark World, where Hera's Tower was in the Light World. Link's battle with Ganon begins here, against his minion Agahnim, but Ganon escapes from his body and goes to the Pyramid of Power, where Link fights him as the final boss.
[edit] Ocarina of Time
Ganon's Castle replaces Hyrule Castle in the future, after Ganondorf has taken hold of the kingdom. It floats in the sky over what appears to be a lake of lava. Link cannot access it without the aid of the six sages, who create a shining rainbow bridge to allow access. Inside, he must deal with tests pertaining to each sage before entering the tower itself. Furthermore, during his climb up the tower, he must deal with some of the strongest enemies in the game before reaching the top, where Ganondorf waits. After the first battle with Ganondorf, the castle collapses but the game is not over as Link must fight Ganondorf, who has transformed into the fiendish Ganon on the ruins.
[edit] The Wind Waker
Ganon's castle is located in underwater Hyrule. It cannot be accessed until Link's Master Sword has finally been restored to its original power, thus allowing him to remove the invisible barrier blocking the path. The path to Ganon's Castle begins at a bridge behind Hyrule Castle and winds through a canyon, ending at the castle entrance. Ganon's Castle in The Wind Waker shares some characteristics from the previous versions of Ganon's area's, such as mini-dungeons based on previous dungeons in the game. There are four of these areas, and at the end of each, a black-and-white version of the dungeon's boss must be fought. After passing these areas, Link will obtain the Light Arrow and engage Ganondorf in a final showdown at the top of the tower. In the game's ending, Ganondorf is stabbed with the Master Sword in the head, turning to stone in the process. Afterwards the "walls" that kept the ocean from overflowing the castle disappear, and Link must escape.
[edit] Twilight Princess
Instead of his own lair, Ganondorf resides in Hyrule Castle at the end of the game, which remains mostly unchanged, although the interior has suffered considerable structural damage in certain areas. The stairwells are decrepit and increasingly absent, and appear to have either eroded or fallen away completely, despite the fact that they must have been intact recently, when the Royal Family was in control. The graveyard of the castle is haunted with multiple stalfos and other skeletal enemies, and the spirits of several dead soldiers are seen in a room, as well as outside. When Link is outside the castle on lower levels, it is always clouded over and raining, but when he is on the highest external level, the world appears to have gained high winds, black clouds and thunderstorms covering the horizon and sky. The statues at the very highest room have also been destroyed, as Link notes the head of a large statue while approaching the throne. Ganondorf has not been in possession of the castle for very long, but the influence is already very apparent. Notable is also the music of the castle; while it begins as the usual "Hyrule Castle" music, it becomes a mixture of both it and the "Ganon's Castle" music as the player progresses, and in the final stages is has become only Ganon's music.
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Places in The Legend of Zelda series
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