The latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom promised the return of Ganondorf - albeit in a sexier form than ever before. But with so many new Zelda fans coming in after Breath of the Wild, you might not know who Ganondorf is, or how he relates to Ganon, Calamity form or otherwise. For you, here's a quick explainer on what you need to know.
If you're new to Zelda lore, you must remember this before you go any deeper: very little of it truly fits together. Nintendo takes a gameplay-first approach to its games, and it's more than happy to contradict established details to justify a new setting or character for the latest release. It's better to think of the Zelda series as more of a collection of legends and fairy tales than a cohesive modern franchise story in the vein of, say, Star Wars or Marvel - but honestly, that might be why Zelda lore enthusiasts have so much fun trying to fit all the disparate shards of story together.
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