Ganondorf (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Ganondorf appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about him in general, see his article on ZeldaWiki.
Ganondorf Dragmire is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. He debuted about halfway through Season 28, alongside part of his homeland.
==In his own universe==
Ganondorf's history is a little weird.
He first debuted in the original Legend of Zelda game as simply "Gannon" [sic], an incredibly dangerous, power-mad, pig/boar-like beast; it wasn't until LZ: A Link to the Past that his original human form of "Ganondorf" was revealed to the world, and even then, it wouldn't be until LZ: Ocarina of Time that Ganondorf would actually physically be seen. Also, just as there have been multiple Links and multiple Zeldas across the franchise's storied history, there have been multiple Ganon(dorf)s. Ganondorf always possesses the Triforce of Power, and usually wants to steal Link's Courage piece and Zelda's Wisdom piece to give himself unlimited power and total world domination.
Ganondorf is a Gerudo, a race of Hylians that has natural red hair alongside an olive skin tone, a combination that is near-impossible in real life. Another notable thing about the Gerudoes is that they are almost all women. Ganondorf is the sole male member of the race to be seen every 100 years, and by Gerudo tradition, this automatically makes him the king of the tribe. The Gerudoes are infamous for being thieves, and Ganondorf uses this penchant to terrifying effect, often charming and manipulating his way into positions of power. He has an extremely short temper and will go on murderous rampages at a moment's notice, yet he is also extremely intelligent, a deadly combination.
==Attributes==
Debuting as a blatant clone of, of all people, Captain Falcon, Ganondorf still possesses many similarities to him despite having been differentiated from him over the years. Living up to the Triforce piece he holds, Ganondorf is all power. His DAir is not only one of the strongest Meteor Smashes in the game, it's also the easiest to execute. His forward Smash, AKA the "Doriyah", is also ridiculously easy to pull off for how strong it is, and can instantly break a shield. His up tilt move is also extremely strong if you can get it to hit someone (as you likely can't because of its 60-frame startup, a full second, and how widely telegraphed it is).
However, Ganondorf is extremely slow, and because he's so slow, he has extreme difficulty landing his moves. He's also the second largest character in the game behind Ridley, making him an extremely easy target, and while his forward Smash eventually became a sword attack (for Season 47), thus giving him a disjoint and a slight advantage over the F-Zero pilot he stole his movepool from, Ganondorf still has no projectiles, so you will have to get in close. He was a terrifying mid-tier threat in the "Mêlée Era", but has been a bottom-tier character ever since.
===Changes===
*Season 36: Assuming his LZ: Twilight Princess form (previously, it was Ocarina of Time), this incarnation of Ganondorf is arguably the worst character ever in the entire history of Super Smash Stadium. He became the slowest character in the entire game, and had the slowest moves of all characters, as well as the second-worst jump after Toad. Several universal game mechanic changes, such as the floatiness, the removal of hitstun and directional air dodges, and tripping, hurt him the worst. He now had next to no way to deal with projectile users, and the removal of hitstun took away one of his previous advantages: his punish game.
*Season 39: Buffed slightly, but not even close to enough.
*Season 47: Changed back to his Ocarina of Time form, which apparently cut out a lot of his bloat.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Comes out of a liquid vortex of darkness.
Move Name	Description
Neutral Special:
Warlock Punch	A near-exact clone of Falcon Punch that's even slower (70 frames of startup lag! The game moves at 60 FPS. You do the math...), but even stronger. And yes, since Season 36, you can also do a "reverse Warlock Punch" if you quickly tilt in the opposite direction, just like with Falcon Punch.
Kills at 30%, which is coincidentally about how much damage the move does without negative modifiers like Stale Move Negation.
Side Special:
Flame Choke	Similar to Captain Falcon's Raptor Boost. However, if Ganon should hit someone, he grabs them by the neck and punches them down to the ground. If he grabs someone in the air, he drags them down to the ground, resulting in a potential "Ganoncide" if done over a pit. Obviously, this is a Meteor Smash.
Gerudo Dragon was a more exact clone of Raptor Boost that didn't Meteor Smash.
Kills at 0% via cheap death, 120% otherwise.
Up Special:
Dark Dive	A near exact clone of Captain Falcon's Falcon Dive.
Kills at 90%.
Down Special:
Wizard's Foot	A near exact clone of Falcon Kick. One major difference is that anyone hit near the beginning of the move can be Meteor Smashed.
Kills at 70%.
Final Smash:
Ganon, the Demon King	Ganondorf assumes his "original" form of Ganon, burying anyone close by and paralyzing anyone in his line of sight, and then he lunges forward, doing great damage to the paralyzed opponents and moderate damage to anyone else in the crossfire.
Kills at 50-75%.
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Spins while curled up in a ball and floating, laughing all the while.
*Side Taunt: Punches his right hand into his fist a few times, with dark energy pulsating.
*Down Taunt: Pulls out his sword, allows dark energy to course through it a bit, then puts it back.
===Victory===
*Pose: Swings his sword a few times, then plants it in the ground.
*Theme: Team Zelda's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Zelda's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*White
*Blue: Resembles his "blue pig" appearance as Ganon from Link to the Past.
*Green
*Purple
*Wind Waker
*Old: Ganondorf with gray hair and very dark brown skin.
*Twilight Princess
==Notes==
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