My Zelda 30 Day Challenge

Day 3: Favorite Zelda Villain

My gods, I don't even know. I kinda despise a few of them, but the rest are absolutely awesome. Let's rule out Yuga and Bellum right off, since their stories, in my opinion, really sucked; all they wanted was power. Though I enjoy Ganon, he also wants nothing but power and destruction. Majora wants total chaos. Zant is a usurper. Vaati was interesting, but he's not number one for me. Ganondorf, too much like Ganon, and too often confused. Usually it's Ganon who has the power, and Ganondorf is just a puppet. Sorry, I know there's lots, but I have to go through each one. Shadow Link, no backstory(unless you read four swords manga 😉). Malladus, meh he was okay, but not top notch. Demise, his final battle was lame in my opinion. So, with most of the villains that I actually know ruled out, let us discuss the wonder and weirdness of Girahim.

I know, he's lots of people's favourite villain, but truth be told, I really hated him at first. You have to use the Wii's new motion controls to fight him, and those always screwed with me. He was the first boss you ever fight, and I had lots of trouble. My shield kept breaking, ran out of potions, ugh I despised that battle. And yet, he was interesting.

He fought with his bare hands for the first part of the battle; that was certainly odd and I remember thinking this dude's crazy. His outfit, oh my gosh, it looks so ridiculous and awesome. The hair, the diamonds, all the fab. And that attitude! He was so snarky and sassy, with a giant handful of insane thrown in for good measure. I'm sure everyone has seen his Zelda dance(see above, it's hilarious). And he was just a great character overall.

His whole point of being here was to counteract the goddess's plans to keep Demise sealed. He was to capture the Blood of the Goddess and use her to release the seal, or at least keep her from reinforcing it. He kept getting stopped by Link, though, and it really frustrated him when he could not get to Zelda, so he went into crazy mode. He was a sword spirit, like Fi, and was loyal to his master until the end.

Though I mostly love him for his quirkiness, Girahim was a pretty awesome character and villain.