Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Leaks Show How Ganondorf Died
The art book leaks may offer an answer for not only Ganondorf's role in the game but also for how he died. Speculation about the villain of 's sequel has largely suggested Ganondorf will be Link's nemesis in the game. Specifically, many fans believe Ganondorf to be the dead king Link appears to resurrect in 's trailers. Although there has been no confirmation about this king being Ganondorf or a backstory given for how he was slain, the art book leaks potentially prove this king is Ganondorf and show how he died.
Much of 's marketing material already points toward Ganondorf being the game's villain. Though the king from the trailers looks different from earlier depictions of Ganondorf, this could be because Ganondorf is a corpse in . Everything about the corpse — his magic that lifts Hyrule Castle in the air, his large stature, his red hair — suggests it is indeed Ganondorf, so this theory would make sense. The only thing working against it is the absence of Ganondorf in: It's unlikely that Ganondorf's body could lie beneath Hyrule Castle without people knowing he was there and could have posed a threat.
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Despite Ganondorf's absence in, the art book leak all but confirms he will return in the upcoming title because it references Ganondorf's death in . In that game, Ganondorf is killed after Link stabs him in the chest and Zant snaps his neck (as shown in BeardBear's clip). The art book leak specifically references the holes in the dead king's chest as well as his spine. With such clear references to an earlier Ganondorf death, it seems very likely that not only is 's dead king Ganondorf, but he was also impaled and had his neck snapped like in .
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