Geek Week Villain: Ganondorf

Ganondorf

Evil Scale: 7.0

One of the best known foes among the Nintendo universe, I for one find Ganondorf to be a rather underrated villain. Yes, naturally, in the elden Zelda days, he was a bit of a stereotypical baddie that did a little cackle and tried to rule the world, but look beyond his minutes of corn.

Deep within, he's actually a pretty bad guy.
There's a reason why he is always the final boss, why he is always the hardest to beat.
Many of his visible actions, especially the ones not seen, were dark. He's known as the Demon King and that isn't too far off. He may hide behind a humanoid embodiment, but in almost every Zelda game he's in, he has a much greater, more powerful form that's destructive and near unbeatable.



Some would argue his darkest game would be Twilight Princess and while he may have shown his more demonic side there, I found Ocarina of Time to be the tipping point of his dark villainy.
He was brutal to everyone in that game and the way they portrayed him was rather smart.
He worked his way into power within the kingdom of Hyrule and when his chance came, he took it, and killed everyone who stood in his way, conquering the land and slaughtering the people he found to be of no use. People just don't think of this fact since everything was unseen (due to it being off-screen and Link being asleep for those 7 years of Ganon's reign). He tried to hunt down Princess Zelda and make an example of her, as he did the others. And he put in charge all his dangerous minions to oppress the people and yes, kill them, to keep order in his land. In many ways, this Ganondorf was a tyrant.
He even had his hand in what happened to Link's mother.




Ganondorf is a far greater villain than everyone gives him credit for.
He can be just as dark and menacing as any other.
Watching that one scene of him in Twilight Princess where he murders one of the Sages proves it.
I think as we get further into the Zelda series and get more mature atmospheres as we've been seeing, with much more scarier and creepier villains, we'll probably witness more of the dark side he clearly possesses.
But from what I've seen, Ganondorf certainly can hold a candle to his title, the "Demon King".
(from The Character World)

Which poses the question, which is your favorite version of Ganondorf?

Super Mario fan art, Sep 27

A little bit of amazing Mario fan art for you guys! ♥
(artists unknown)

God Bless,

Hello, one and all! 

Our core page, The Character World, is having it's first Geek Week, starting on Monday (Sep 28) and since I am a devout video game fan, I shall be doing a few game related articles. The main place to witness the show will naturally be TCW's official blog, so if you're interested in the full deal, please be checking in on it frequently this coming week! I have many exciting things to geek out about in store, so you won't wanna miss it! :) But all the same, I will be relaying the game related articles back to here.

Thank you for your interest in our relatively new site and I hope you stick around for this coming week!

God Bless,

Pleased to meet you, FF8..

After finishing FF7 (the greatest achievement of my time, to be honest), I almost immediately moved right on to FF8. It took me awhile to get used to the characters, story and set-up and everything after playing such an amazing predecessor. By disc 2, I still loved FF7 much, much more, but the game slowly started to grow on me. Mainly due to the characters having their stories built and a few interesting twists started popping up here and there. Now I have grown a love for the game and it's characters, even though I haven't played it in awhile. I still have 2 more discs to do, apart from the 2nd I have to finish off.
Yes, the game is not perfect and holds a very tiny midget candle in comparison to FF7, and sometimes it can seem a little too strange to follow, but once you get through the rough parts, it's actually quite enjoyable.

One thing that really threw me off was the music. It's still a little puzzling at times, but the world map music, which I immediately raised an eyebrow at upon first hearing it, actually grew on me.

So this is really a question for you fellow Final Fantasy fans..
which do you prefer? VII or VIII?

What I'd like to see from the Final Fantasy VII Remake..

I have resumed progress on my Final Fantasy VII quest and am at the end of disc 2. But since I'm progressing through this fandom, I thought I would throw in what I would like to see from the FF7 remake.

For one, I would really love to see FMV's of Vincent and Yuffie. I know that since they were optional characters at the time, that they decided not to have them appear in the FMV's, but I hope they change their minds about that when they develop the new game.
The preview looks absolutely gorgeous, so I know the graphics and everything will be stunning to watch.
It's also almost certain they'll have voice actors this time around, cuz at the time of the first one, voice acting in video games wasn't really a required thing yet. But yeah, please don't forget Yuffie and Vincent!

As for language, I think they'll probably honker down on it. They've been much more tame in their sequels and spin-offs. I don't know what else they might change or censor this time around.

The battle system for the FF games, to be honest, has always frustrated me, at how often you get into fights and the pattern of it, as well, as far as having to take turns.
If they can change it to how they have it in Kingdom Hearts, I would be a happy camper, but I know that's just wishful thinking. Sooo, this'll probably be ignored and that's fine, I can deal..

I also hope they keep the same music or don't tamper with it too much, cuz I am so in love with all the pieces they did! Some of my favorites are the main theme, the Bombing Mission, Wutai, Sephiroth's theme, Cosmo Canyon, City of the Ancients..and I'm sure there's more. :P Those were sooo good. ♥

I do know that they have stated they're changing some things, which I understand cuz the original FF7 was a long time ago and they must be thinking what in the world was I thinking back then... XD
But I hope they don't go too overboard. I would love a few things to be updated or changed, but not too heavily. I still want it to be Final Fantasy VII.
I literally love almost everything about this game. It's one of the best games, if not THINGS, ever.
I love it's story, the characters, the feel of it, everything is just perfect.
So I really hope they treat it's update with the utmost respect and care, which I'm sure they would since it's their baby and honestly the best of the series, but I just want them to be careful how they handle things and what they might change. If they decide to go crazy with plot points and what not, then it wouldn't really correspond with the other FF7 works very well.

But I seriously just can't wait to see what they do with it. Regardless of their decision on anything, I'm still gonna get the game and I'm sure I'll love it the same as the first.
I've been waiting so long for this. ♥
For us fans, it's arrival was almost as awaited as the return of Jesus, I'm not kidding.
No one thought it was gonna happen, ever. XDDD

I just can't wait, though.
Are you guys looking forward to it? :) What do you hope to see?
Here's the preview, if you haven't seen it yet!