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Best/Worst Villian in the Zelda Series?

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There are so many cool and scary villians in Zelda but who is the best and who is the worst? My favourite is Ghirihim because he is so developed with some pretty cool powers, my least favourite is the arghoma because its a giant spider like oh my daise I hate it ;-;:kawaii:
 
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The best is Ghirahim and the worst is Bellum...Bellum was soooo boring!
 
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Demise was a joke for a last boss i took him down first try where as ghirahim's final battle I had to fight twice and my favorite would have to be twilight princess ganon he was so bad ass in the last fight especially the horse back fight that boss fight was fun
 

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The best is Ganondorf. You can see the development of his character and how different circumstances changed him.

In OOT you see how he first is. A schemer and a manipulator, but also arrogant and cocky. He knows what he wants and there is no doubt in his mind that he is going to get it.

In WW you see a more tired and withdrawn Ganondorf who has known multiple defeats. The thirst for power he used to have is less apparent as he has become more cautious.

Then you have TP ganondorf who has known defeat only once and is pretty much as thirsty for power as he was in OOT.


No other villain in the series comes close in terms of character but there are other effective ones such as Ghirahim and Majora. I liked Yuga as a villain but unfortunately as usual Nintendo did not pay a big amount of attention to development and he could have been better. All the others have been pretty poor though. Nintendo are not very good at coming up with new villains.

Worst villain is bellum. It is an unthreatening monster and looks like a tentacled turd. It seems they were watching too much hentai before designing this one.
 

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I'd say the best villains would be Ganondorf and Ghirahim. They seem the most original and fleshed out.

I'd say the worst would be the copy cats of those two, Demise and Yuga. Demise is literally Ganondorf before Ganondorf. But we all know and love Ganondorf, just put him in if you're just gonna copy him. Same with Yuga, just very unoriginal and boring.
 
Some appearances of Ganon/dorf were better than others, but The Wind Waker's Ganondorf was definitely his best. He already had tasted defeat after Ocarina of Time, so he's just super down-to-earth and calculated, rather than foolish and cocky. I don't think he underestimated Link in The Wind Waker as much because of that. Plus you got to see a more human side to him right before the final battle, and that was pretty sweet. I did like Ghirahim, too. I liked that you got to regularly interact with him, and watch as his demeanor changed when he learned that you weren't just some harmless kid. Didn't care too much for the writing of Skyward Sword, but Ghirahim was cool.

I liked Yuga as a character; didn't care for him much as a villain. Demise was pretty blah and shallow. Like I think they tried too hard trying to paint this threat, and then he fell short of the imposing figure they tried to create him to be. Though I think Bellum was probably the worst. Like, he had some potential, I guess, but they didn't really tell us anything about him; we literally know nothing about who or what he is or is supposed to be. As far as we know, he isn't even competent and is just a brainless life parasite and the phantoms are just the byproduct of that. Malladus also shares a similar issue. We are given little to no background on him so we really don't know to what extent his establishment as a villain really touches.
 

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I don't find any Zelda villain particularly terrible or amazing.

Edit: Okay I just remembered, I find Demise the least appealing one, although I like his Imprisoned form.
 
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In TP, Zant the Usurper King was incredibly easy to defeat. He was really unstable, and almost a joke as a boss. He would be my least favorite.
My favorite would either be Vaati, cause he was great, or Ganondorf, cause why not?
Malladus would be up here but he doesn't really have any large input on the overall series so...yeah.
 
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The best Zelda villain is Zant in my opinion, though Vaati, Ganon, and Ghirahim are good too!

The worst villain would have to be Bellum. Sorry Bellum, I don't hate you, you just weren't the best villain in the series.
 

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