Ganondorf (SSBN)

The King of Evil

**Ganondorf** is a playable veteran character in *Super Smash Bros. Nexus.* As in Ultimate, he is classified as Fighter #23.

Taiten Kusunoki, who previously voiced Ganondorf in Hyrule Warriors, reprises his role. In English cutscenes, however, Ganondorf is voiced by Matthew Mercer, who provided the voice for Ganondorf's incarnation in Tears of the Kingdom

## How to Unlock

* Play 30 VS matches with villain characters.
* Defeat Ganon in Story Mode: Nexus of Shadowed Crystals.

## Changes from Smash Ultimate

### Aesthetics

* Ganondorf has been completely redesigned, now being based on his Hyrule Warriors design, with some minor design changes, such as a cape.
	+ Ganondorf's Palutena's Guidance has been changed to accommodate this.
	+ Ganondorf now dual wields Great Swords and a Trident.
* Two of Ganondorf's victory poses have been completely changed.

### Ground Attacks

* Neutral Attack is now a three hit jab using his dual Great Swords.
* Forward Tilt can now be angled.
* Up Tilt is now a three hit attack using his dual Great Swords.
* Down Tilt is now sword sweep.
* Forward Smash now utilises Great Swords, but otherwise acts identically to how it did in Ultimate.
* Up Smash now utilises Great Swords, but works mostly identically to how it did in Ultimate. However, the attack does not touch the ground, raising its hitboxes slightly.
* Down Smash now utilises a Trident, but works the same as in Ultimate.

### Aerial Attacks

* Neutral Aerial has been changed to a spinning attack with the Great Swords.
* Forward Aerial now spikes.
* Back Aerial now utilises a Trident, but works mostly identically to how it did in Ultimate.
* Up Aerial is now a cross-slash utilising his dual Great Swords.

### Throws and Other Attacks

* Grab now has Ganondorf stab forwards with his trident.
* Forward Throw now has Ganondorf slam the caught foe into the ground with his Trident, before punching them off of it.
* Back Throw now has Ganondorf slam the caught foe into the ground behind him with his Trident.
* Up Throw now has Ganondorf use a blast of energy to launch the caught foe off of his Trident.
* Down Throw now has Ganondorf leap into the air and stab his Trident into the ground.

### Special Attacks

* Ganondorf's Neutral Special has been changed to Dead Man's Volley.
* Ganondorf's Side Special has been changed to Cape Flick.
* Ganondorf's Up Special has been changed to Dark Portal.
* Ganondorf's Down Special has been changed to Trident Dive, which works near identically to its original counterpart, Wizard's Foot.

## Moveset

### On-Screen Appearance

Ganondorf emerges from a vortex of darkness.

### Taunts

* **Up:** Floats in the air and then curls into a ball while spinning before opening up from his curled position and striking a pose while laughing.
* **Side:** Punches his right hand into his open palm in a threatening pose and scoffs, with electricity emitting from his hands afterwards.
* **Down:** Pulls out his Trident, grunts, looks at it while sporting a mocking smirk as the Trident's tips pulse with dark magic, then puts it away.

### Idle Poses

* Brings his hands together, then swings his right arm over his head.
* Crosses his arms and looks in the opposite direction while sporting a mocking smirk.

### Victory Poses

* Ganondorf stabs his Great Swords into the ground and crosses his arms, smirking as the shadow of Dark Beast Ganon looms behind him.
* Ganondorf lifts his Trident from the ground, swinging it above his head and posing.
* Ganondorf flips his cape, crossing his arms, and laughs.

### Victory Theme

The intro to the final boss theme of Ocarina of Time (First seven seconds)

## Trivia

* Ganondorf is the most changed character in Nexus' roster, being completely overhauled from the ground up. This was done to more accurately represent the character, as well as being due to the fact that Black Shadow, Captain Falcon's Echo Fighter, was added in Nexus.
	+ In addition, Black Shadow plays more like Pre-Nexus Ganondorf than he does Captain Falcon. As a result, it could be assumed that Ganondorf's overhaul was decided on before the addition of Black Shadow, and Black Shadow was simply added to avoid alienating those who played Ganondorf in previous Super Smash Bros. games.