Calamity Ganon

"He has given up on reincarnation and assumed his pure, enraged form." - Zelda is a recurring major antagonist in.

BotW: is known as a primal evil that has appeared throughout Hyrule's history. Ten thousand years before the events of, it appeared to ravage the world. In preparation for this, the Sheikah built a massive army of mechanical protectors called Guardians to aid the Hero and the Princess. Four massive mobile fortresses known as Divine Beasts served as the centerpieces of this army. With this collaboration between the Sheikah and the Hylians, Ganon was sealed beneath Hyrule Castle where it lay dormant for several millennia.

One hundred years prior to the game, a prophecy warned of the return of BotW:. Hoping to prepare in the same fashion as their ancestors, the people of Hyrule began working to locate and excavate the Divine Beasts and Guardians. Four Champions from each of Hyrule's races were chosen to pilot the Divine Beast of their people and the restoration of the mechanical army seemed to be a phenomenal success. Meanwhile, Princess Zelda worked to awaken her sealing powers alongside a young knight, Link, who had been appointed as her protector. Zelda was determined to awaken her power and prayed at the three springs of the goddesses in Hyrule, but her efforts were met with failure. Minutes after she had finished praying at the Spring of Wisdom, the Calamity broke its seal and rose up around the castle. In a move that surprised everyone, however, it managed to corrupt the entire Guardian army with its Malice and turned them against Hyrule. Even the Divine Beasts, with their pilots slain, fell under the control of incarnations of Ganon's Malice. With their strongest weapons turned against them, Hyrule was laid to ruin and Link grievously wounded, requiring him to sleep in the Shrine of Resurrection for 100 years. Princess Zelda went to confront the BotW: on her own and managed to seal it once more, though this required her to also become its prisoner to maintain the seal.

Throughout Link's journey during the events of, the Calamity can be seen swarming around Hyrule Castle, where Zelda is using her power to keep him tethered there. When Link arrives at the Sanctum of Hyrule Castle, Ganon is found hibernating within a cocoon, attempting to regenerate a physical form. Link awakes Ganon from this process prematurely, confronting it in an incomplete form resembling a grotesque mixture of Ganondorf, Malice, and Guardian parts. BotW: fights with a mixture of attacks used by its four incarnations of Malice.

SSBU: appears as a Spirit in and has no ability.

Calamity Ganon retroactively debuts during the second Great Calamity. In an attempt to ensure that its manifestation cannot be averted, it sends a piece of itself through the time warp used by Terrako to stop it from changing the future. Soon afterward, it tries to use a possessed Guardian to try and kill Zelda as she, Link, and Impa are on their way to the Ancient Tech Lab.

It eventually gained a more complete form after having its Harbinger Ganon form absorb Astor after the two were brought to a corner by the Champions of Hyrule, which resembled a gigantic, Malice and Sheikah technology-fused version of his human form, albeit with a slightly piggish snout. It was also invincible in this form, forcing the Champions to their knees until Terrako, reactivated after being forced to fight the Champions due to Calamity Ganon, proceeded to take Ganon's blast towards Zelda and self-destructed, weakening him enough to ultimately seal him away.

Calamity Ganon can also be unlocked as a playable Warrior by completing Challenge Missions pertaining to the Blight Ganons until a trio of three missions unlock where the player must challenge the three final bosses in one on one confrontations. Completing the mission Versus Calamity Ganon will unlock him. His weapon is the Malice-infested Ancient screws as part of his form is derived from Terrako.

The playable version of Calamity Ganon is slightly smaller than the boss version though he can still use many of the same attacks. His unique ability is to spread Malice when performing combos and certain Strong Attacks. Pressing ZR will have Ganon absorb the Malice back into his body, filling the Malice gauge. Filling it completely will have him enter his Calamity Form where he gains new powerful combos. Either string will not only stagger strong enemies and bosses but expose their Weak Point on hit. His Enhanced Ability allows him to spread even more Malice in his Calamity form with his normal combo.