What are your feelings on Ganondorf? Alternatively, what do you think about the "enemy" factions in Zelda in general?
I have a lot of mixed feelings on Ganondorf. Thereās a part of him that seems genuinely concerned with the Gerudo and giving them a better life but at the same time, you canāt exactly fight being the reincarnation of the primordial evil. The guy is literally a walking curse, and every good intention he ever has will probably be twisted by that. Honestly? Itās a little sad.
NGL though, Pig Ganon is body goals.
As for the various enemy factions in TLoZ, theyāre also a mixed bag. The implication usually seems to be that they simply donāt exist until Ganon starts to rise in power again, or if they do, itās in very small numbers. Going back to Ganondorf as a living curse, he seems to literally create most if not all of them, except for maybe a few undead and naturally occurring creatures, like Poes and Skulltulas. Itās neat, but I wish weād get to see more monsters as at least neutral, if not outright friendly (such as that one demon in SS). It was a big success in the Mario games, so why not try it with Zelda some time?
Now, I have heard there might be a little something like that in Breath of the Wild, but weāll have to see.
To go into a little more detail specifically, Iām very fond of the undead in the Zelda games, because they always feel like they tell such an interesting story. The vast majority of the time, they look nothing like anything else that couldĀ have died, implying that they were spontaneously created, or warped somehow. Poes do seem to form from people sometimes, but how often, and why? And should we feel kinda bad for capturing what may have once been a human soul in a tiny bottle?
Also, as an aside: never hookshot a ReDead. It Does Not End Well.