You should play as Ganondorf

It is good to get an evil perseptive on games. It would be great to play for evil

It is good to get an evil perseptive on games.

Indeed it is, however you say this as though there are other perspectives.
Playing as Evil does make a game much more enjoyable, being able to slice
down villagers without remorse or guilt always leaves me with that warm
and fuzzy feeling.
But it wouldn't work for Zelda....Unfortunatley.

Nope, it'll never happen. In some interview, they said the main character will always be Link. And it wouldn't really be much of a game if you just destroyed stuff... I mean, it'd be fun, but not much of a game.

Originally Posted by Miniblin

And it wouldn't really be much of a game if you just destroyed stuff... I mean, it'd be fun, but not much of a game.

Since all the Ganondorfs seem to be much older (probably by 10-15 years) than Link, so the game could focus on the years before Link is even born. Ganondorf could collect magical artifacts to boost his power and knowledge of dark magic. Just like Link's Master Sword, Ganondorf woud have to somehow master the Trident of Power. Heck, playing as Ganondorf, you could probably control your army to pillage villages and do your will. If there's any interfeerance(sp?) you could summon one of your minibosses. These are just some ideas I have up my sleeve.

-BGS

Originally Posted by BigGoronSword

Since all the Ganondorfs seem to be much older (probably by 10-15 years) than Link, so the game could focus on the years before Link is even born. Ganondorf could collect magical artifacts to boost his power and knowledge of dark magic. Just like Link's Master Sword, Ganondorf woud have to somehow master the Trident of Power. Heck, playing as Ganondorf, you could probably control your army to pillage villages and do your will. If there's any interfeerance(sp?) you could summon one of your minibosses. These are just some ideas I have up my sleeve.

-BGS

Even though it will prolly never happen... Those are some pretty sweet ideas, BGS.^^ It would be a rather interesting experience to play as Ganondorf and cause much chaos, IMO.

It would be fun to play as Ganondorf, but, Zelda will always star Link

Perhaps it would be called something else Halzred like the legend of Ganon or something like that. IT would be fun though. defiantlyu

It wouldnt be zelda if you were to play as ganon. Although Nintendo could make a series of Ganon video games I guess but I think it is pointless. I like playing Link but it would as you said be cool to get an evil perspective.

I think it could be interesting although it will never happen... I would like to know more about his backstory myself... too little is known. Maybe if you played as Link... but you were under Ganon's spell or something... and you would have to do all he says... but after a while someone would come and save you **cough** sheik **cough** and you would turn against him... it would make for an emotional finish ... who knows

I like the idea of having the evil perspective, but acutally controlling Ganondorf in a Zelda game seems a bit much. Perhaps if the game delved more into Ganondorf's past and his motives, while still maintaining control of Link? Ganondorf's past would make a brilliant sidestory - and one I'm utilizing to full potential in my fan fic

Originally Posted by WiNdDjInNbOy

I like the idea of having the evil perspective, but acutally controlling Ganondorf in a Zelda game seems a bit much. Perhaps if the game delved more into Ganondorf's past and his motives, while still maintaining control of Link? Ganondorf's past would make a brilliant sidestory - and one I'm utilizing to full potential in my fan fic

Hmmm I'd like to continue my idea that could make this "Playing as Ganondorf" idea possible.

How about the same game, in three different prospectives. In one file you could play as Link (the standard game) and the other two files you could play as Ganondorf or Zelda. I remember that the CD-I games made a Zeda game where you played as her....but it's obvious that it, and all CD-I games flopped. So we can make it beter than what CD-I ever tried to do. Zelda/Shiek (or any other secondary personality she may pull off) could sneak around in the palace trying to recieve information that might sound usefull for Link without being caught. And as Shiek, she could fight enemies and fight along side Link. Give me your ideas?

So theoretically you could play as the hero, helper, and the villain.
-BGS

The Zelda series is about being the good guy, not killing people. It's a family-oriented franchise, so I don't think we'll see any provokeless killing of innocent people.

Thats not really what we developped so far... just for you to know...

On topic: yes playing secondary characters is fun i remember the fun I had playing as Kafei (altough it was brief) but having more of that would be awsome Zelda/Sheik is a great posibility.... Just a thought can you imagine playing a Remake of OoT but only as Sheik having to follow Link around, save ruto from the ice, get banged up by bongobongo ect. I dont expect it to happen... would be a fun retrospective though

I'd be interested in playing as someone besides Link occasionally. For Ganondorf, hmm....maybe the game could be like a backstory from ALttP, or the same story from Ganon(dorf)'s perspective.

The game would begin with Ganondorf in sealed in the Evil Realm and he is trying to come up with a plan for escape of course. The first part of the game would be some quest thing where Ganondorf gains more magical powers, utilizes the strange connection between the two universes (Light and Dark) to bring natural disasters to Hyrule and somehow become Agahnim.

In the game's second part, you'd play as Agahnim, saving Hyrule from the disasters you've caused and seeking the Sages' descendents. Ganon's power allows him to be a "shape-shifter" so he could masquerade in forms other than Agahnim to escape suspicion. Finally he captures Zelda, and in that part of the game you have to race back to the tower with her before Link catches up. Then, instead of following ALttP's sequence of events, Agahnim would begin the process of sending Zelda to the Evil Realm when Link arrives. Link can only stop the process by defeating Agahnim before Zelda vanishes, so you'd have to fend off Link in a timed battle until the ritual is complete. Then, in a cutscene Link finally beats you, and both characters end up in the Evil Realm.

Ganondorf would flee back to his tower in a shadowy form. This final part of the game could have an interesting structure, since you are doomed to fail anyway. Ganondorf would take on many different forms in this part, and try to accomplish something while Link is off rescuing the maidens. The events would wind up with Ganon back in his tower as Agahnim when Link arrives. You'd battle, and there'd be some goal in the battle other than defeating Link, since you can't do that. Link would win again, and Ganon will flee once more, this time to the Pyramid. He would take the form of Ganon here and the final battle will commence when Link arrives. ALttP's story could be rewritten a bit here so that Ganon can ultimately beat Link now, but then something further happens afterwards in the ending cutscene and he is defeated.

Sorry for the long-winded description, it's just something I thought of. A game starring Ganondorf could work if it's done right, gameplay wouldn't have to revolve around destroying and killing, and the story could have insight into Ganondorf's character and themes regarding the futility of Evil. I dunno....what do you think of all that?

lol

ZELDA: THE RTS

you're ganondorf, and you control your armies and you have to try and destroy hyrule

they'll have their own army, and you'll have a command and conquer type thing


lol, and then link would come along and pull a simon the ewok

(for those of you who don't know, there's a star wars rts, where if you put in a code, an ewok appears and you control him, and he runs REALLY fast and he destroys stuff faster than bill clinton can run away from hillary)

As far as multiple characters following their own little story arcs, I have an idea similar to this. My idea would be a cooperative multi-player mode where the different players use different characters in the storyline to overcome obstacles, etc. The one thing I don't like about this, is that by having multiple characters travel through the same story, you might reveal something in one storyline that completely spoils some elements of another.

Another idea would be to have NPCs help you in some dungeons, or perhaps certain dungeons where you use multiple characters (like in WW). However, such characters should be combat-capable (Medli and Makar were no fun to control in my replay of WW).

well there could be a thing even better, what if you and Ganondorf had to team up? what if you and ganondorf were having the final show down when some other evil comes and wants both of you destroyed...? you could play as Ganondorf and Link and you have win temples and defend bosses or am I dreaming here?

Originally Posted by V99

well there could be a thing even better, what if you and Ganondorf had to team up? what if you and ganondorf were having the final show down when some other evil comes and wants both of you destroyed...? you could play as Ganondorf and Link and you have win temples and defend bosses or am I dreaming here?

Dreaming'o

Originally Posted by Triforce sword

You should play as Ganondorf

No, No you shouldn't.

Originally Posted by V99

well there could be a thing even better, what if you and Ganondorf had to team up? what if you and ganondorf were having the final show down when some other evil comes and wants both of you destroyed...? you could play as Ganondorf and Link and you have win temples and defend bosses or am I dreaming here?

Dreaming. That concept is used in Mario games: Bowser is causing mischief, someone else comes and causes more mischief, Mario and Bowser team up against the other guy. Link and Ganondorf will never team up (unless it's in SSBM).