Zant killed Ganon.

I recently beat TP again after an annoying fight with gannon, he has the master sword through his gut. Then is goes to a scene with Zant in it. Zant tilts head head to the left and it we hear a bone cracking sound. So I think either, Zant just killed himself sapping the last power of gannon away, for Ganon after losing the power of his triforce was living off of the power he once gave to Zant. In that scene it was after Zant had realised what had happened and was absorbed into shadow. I don't think Zant is dead and I don't think he is evil any more. Zant was the one who finished Gannon not Link.

Also said by Love of Zelda, he "broke the ressurection cycle" keeping Ganon alive.

that wasn't real just symbolisum which i'm to lazy to explain

Well please do because I don't buy it.

I can actually explain only a part of it for sure. The rest is just theory.

Zant says that when Ganondorf posseses his body, that as long as Zant is resurrected, then Ganondorf will be as well. That's the for sure part. My theory is as follows.

After Zants' death at Midna's hands, he sees in his Twilight heaven or wherever that Ganondorf has given him false power, and that it was virtually worthless. Zant also sees that he was nothing more than a foothold to Ganondorf. I have no reason to think that Zant has changed as far as character goes, but I think he was angry that he was essentially used by Ganondorf. Which is why he decides to break the "resurrection cycle" if you will.

Just a theory, but it might help.

That is mostly what I meant. Mind if I quote that in my post? So it was indeed Zant who finished Zant of I would believe.

zant and ganon are one. zant was never truly killed ganon could have brought him back any time but when link killed him zants spirt was killed along with ganon's. so zant was then killed then after so was ganon. I know kind of confusing

Originally Posted by rajin95

zant and ganon are one. zant was never truly killed ganon could have brought him back any time but when link killed him zants spirt was killed along with ganon's. so zant was then killed then after so was ganon. I know kind of confusing

It's hard to understand your posts...

we don't know if ganon truly died at the end of tp.

The scene where Zant's neck snaps is a very strange one. We are unable to distinguish wether this is just in Ganondorf's imagination (therefore making it merely symbolic) or wether Zant was actually in front of him when he died. In addition to this, like Nate the Grate says, we dont really know wether Ganondorf actually dies, and of course that means that Zant could still be capable of being ressurected.

I really like Love Of Zelda's ideas, but there is little to back them up. I think that you cannot gather that much information just from a few actions and facial expressions. Did Zant 'break the link'? Or did it help to symbolize Ganondorf dying? Could it have been to put emphasis on the connection of the two characters? - I get the feeling that this scene is very much left to interpritation.

I still like to think to myself that Zant is still alive.

This sort of my theory:

As we all know, Zant considers Ganondorf his all-mighty God. Zant states that no matter how many times Midna or Link destroys him, he'll be resurrected by Ganondorf since Ganondorf originally needed a host for his powers and chose Zant. Therefore, Ganondorf needs Zant to stay alive.

However, this is the one quote that Ganondorf stated that sort of explains why Zant's snapping neck killed Ganondorf:

"Anything that you desire, I shall desire as well."

When Zant snapped his neck, he desired death. And since Zant desired death, then Ganondorf must desire death as well.

I suppose the reason why Zant did that was because since Ganondorf appeared to be too weak to even stand up against teenaged Link, Zant felt that maybe Ganondorf's so-called "power" could be false. And with the knowledge that Zant was defeated by Link and Midna despite the power of Ganondorf beating inside of him, provide even more proof of the false God Ganondorf is.

This is only a theory of my own.

Don't even try writing ANY hate comments, telling me that I'm stupid, and saying where did I came up with this crud.

Originally Posted by imagination2000

This sort of my theory:

As we all know, Zant considers Ganondorf his all-mighty God. Zant states that no matter how many times Midna or Link destroys him, he'll be resurrected by Ganondorf since Ganondorf originally needed a host for his powers and chose Zant. Therefore, Ganondorf needs Zant to stay alive.

However, this is the one quote that Ganondorf stated that sort of explains why Zant's snapping neck killed Ganondorf:

"Anything that you desire, I shall desire as well."

When Zant snapped his neck, he desired death. And since Zant desired death, then Ganondorf must desire death as well.

I suppose the reason why Zant did that was because since Ganondorf appeared to be too weak to even stand up against teenaged Link, Zant felt that maybe Ganondorf's so-called "power" could be false. And with the knowledge that Zant was defeated by Link and Midna despite the power of Ganondorf beating inside of him, provide even more proof of the false God Ganondorf is.

This is only a theory of my own.

Don't even try writing ANY hate comments, telling me that I'm stupid, and saying where did I came up with this crud.

Lolz I would write you hate mail that sounds very good.

Many interesting theories here, and none of them are completely nonsense. I found the scene a bit disturbing myself. I believed that Ganon could keep Zant alive but not that Zant could harm Ganon in any way. Of course, I'm not exactly good at making theories.

We realy arent going to know unless Nintendo (strangely) releases information to certify any one of your theories. We will see if Zant/Ganon are realy dead if there is another zelda game taking place AFTER this one.

Here's my own version(s) of it all:

Ganondorf is resurrected into the world of light, leaving Zant behind. Zant fights Midna and Link, and after the battle mocks her, making her kill him. Midna and Link returns to Hyrule, fights Ganondorf, and Ganondorf is finally defeated, pierced by the Master Sword. Now, there are two possible scenarios that I have thought out:

1. Ganondorf, by some odd reason, visualizes Zant right before he dies (we don't even know IF he died). Death could possibly bring forth this weird image in his mind, no-one really knows.

2. Ganondorf, losing the Triforce of Power, tries to flee back to Zant. Zant however, is dead, and Ganondorf, selfish as he was, did not care to resurrect him. Thus, he ended himself by not caring about Zant, as Zant was dead and could not save his "god".

Originally Posted by imagination2000

This sort of my theory:

As we all know, Zant considers Ganondorf his all-mighty God. Zant states that no matter how many times Midna or Link destroys him, he'll be resurrected by Ganondorf since Ganondorf originally needed a host for his powers and chose Zant. Therefore, Ganondorf needs Zant to stay alive.

However, this is the one quote that Ganondorf stated that sort of explains why Zant's snapping neck killed Ganondorf:

"Anything that you desire, I shall desire as well."

When Zant snapped his neck, he desired death. And since Zant desired death, then Ganondorf must desire death as well.

I suppose the reason why Zant did that was because since Ganondorf appeared to be too weak to even stand up against teenaged Link, Zant felt that maybe Ganondorf's so-called "power" could be false. And with the knowledge that Zant was defeated by Link and Midna despite the power of Ganondorf beating inside of him, provide even more proof of the false God Ganondorf is.

This is only a theory of my own.

Don't even try writing ANY hate comments, telling me that I'm stupid, and saying where did I came up with this crud.

That is what I always thought, too.

There have been a lot of good ideas on this thread. They all have their merits, but it strikes me as strange that Nintendo would create a scene that left much of its interpritation to the player. Exactly what takes place in that scene is unclear. Was it Zant that truly finished Ganondorf? Or was it Ganondorf that left Zant to perish? That whole scene left me thinking many questions that I knew would not be fully answered.