Ganondorf and his first opponent are the 18th and 19th Nintendo characters to appear, after Samus Aran, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Yoshi, Mario, Princess Zelda, Princess Peach, Link, Pikachu, Fox McCloud, Luigi, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Red, and with the next seven being Mewtwo, Lucario, Pit, Wario, King Dedede, Captain Falcon, and Machamp.
Your castle is lost, vampire! No man can challenge my power.
Defeated the Four Champions, Deku Tree, Hero of Time.
Withstood Hyrule Castle exploding around him.
Embodies the essesnce of Din, Goddess of Power.
But in all timelines that diverge from his initial attempt, Ganondorf faced opposition from generations of heroes named after the first Zelda's champion: Link. As a result, he came to be known as many titles that include "Demon King" or "Ganon". Having been taught in the ways of Gerudo thievery and magic, Ganondorf became the Gerudo king and attempted to claim the Triforce from the Hyrulian Royal family, whose first-born princesses are named after their family's founding mother Zelda, Hylia's mortal form. This would come to pass when a boy is born among the women of the desert tribe known as the Gerudo: Ganondorf. Long ago, on the verge of defeat, the demon king Demise foretold the coming of an incarnation of his wrath who would continuously plague the descendants of the mortal incarnation of Hylia and her champion for all time.