Evolution of Dragon Battles in Zelda Games (1986 - 2025)

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  • @pauljordan0203
    @pauljordan0203 Рік тому +30

    when Link destroyed the stone on Ganondorf's draconic forehead, I was like, "that's for Sonia ya bastard!".

  • @MetaOSC
    @MetaOSC Рік тому +14

    That Naydra ‘fight’ was really fun, even if it wasn’t really a fight!

  • @omega8181
    @omega8181 Рік тому +26

    26:06
    Naydra was literally a foreshadowing of totk

    • @dr.wdcory2475
      @dr.wdcory2475 Рік тому +7

      YES SOME ONE ELSE WHO AGREES!

    • @Cool-Ian21
      @Cool-Ian21 6 місяців тому +1

      I realized the final fight was similar to naydra

  • @joshuamorrison3536
    @joshuamorrison3536 Рік тому +50

    Be funny if during the demin dragon fight you could get parts from him like demon horn or demon shard they could be more powerful than the regular dragon parts but cause you to take gloom damage would be neat

    • @Dustdustdust6948
      @Dustdustdust6948 Рік тому +2

      When you beat it the game ends

    • @magnabueno5360
      @magnabueno5360 Рік тому +1

      Yeah but when game ends, you are sent back to the point before the fight, so you get nothing.

    • @Shantae1188
      @Shantae1188 Рік тому +4

      @@magnabueno5360 Except Photos of the bosses

  • @ElysetheEevee
    @ElysetheEevee Рік тому +111

    The TotK final battle made me think.
    At what point are sentient beings responsible for their actions and at what point aren't they? Ganondorf as a Gerudo is certainly so, given he was of sound mind and body, from what we know. He had the wherewithal to understand the world around him and act accordingly. The malice he built up was all his own.
    However, we know that through draconification, they essentially lose what made themselves an individual being, or their memories, mind, self, etc. They are basically a biological robot set on the same singular purpose for eternity. Zelda and Ganondorf both preprogrammed themselves with their purposes right before transforming (to heal the Master Sword and protect anyone she can, and to destroy Link and the world, respectively). We aren't totally sure on the other three dragons that I've seen, though they are guardians of their springs, so that's likely their directive.
    It's just interesting, because they're basically riding on that programming as a dragon, without the ability to make informed decisions of any kind at that point. The only decisions they seem to make stem from whatever their directive is. So...given that, and their seeming inability to interpret the world around them in any meaningful way (that's an assumption, not proven from what I've seen), are they truly responsible for their actions at that point? Ganondorf as a Gerudo surely is, for both the damage he did before he became a dragon, and the conditioning of himself as he went through draconification, but what about after? What if someone wanted to change? Do we know that they'd always stay the same crappy entity if given the chance to do better, throughout an eternity?
    It's just such a simple bit of interaction that makes you wonder. Then you bring it to the real world and the scope of mental health and psychology versus crime/harm to others. Where is the line for where it is entirely one's own fault and when is their reality twisted enough to where they can't be expected to think through their daily lives on their own anymore? Where does the blame lie, and when? It's such a complex topic haha, admittedly a bit more simplified in LoZ, but still fascinating to me.
    If anyone actually read this, thank you. 😂 I hope there are others out there that wonder about weird stuff like this, too.

    • @a.j.cookie9735
      @a.j.cookie9735 Рік тому +5

      Was wondering about this too! Especially with Calamity Ganon from BoTW since that one is kind of a byproduct of Ganondorf’s festering dark energy.

    • @HardenFire36
      @HardenFire36 Рік тому +3

      👍

    • @aperson4512
      @aperson4512 Рік тому +2

      I think about these things too. This sort of thinking is why I oppose the death penalty. The matter of whether someone is completely evil/incapable of changing or not is just too messy to *not* give them a second chance. In other words, I dont think we can accurately judge whether people can or will change if they dont already have a record of committing crimes repeatedly after being apprehended.

    • @AstralBirthVoid02
      @AstralBirthVoid02 Рік тому +3

      Personally, I think the last wish before dravonification become the dragon only thought or something like that, zelda wanted to help link, ganondorf wanted to kill him.

    • @gamestop15
      @gamestop15 Рік тому +2

      That's a valid point

  • @Gimmicking
    @Gimmicking Рік тому +172

    I had a WAY harder time fighting the new Gleok than with any one of these other dragons. Anyone else feel this way?

    • @coryfreake9070
      @coryfreake9070 Рік тому +13

      Nah, Onox is *way* harder than Gleeok.

    • @masonstewart6232
      @masonstewart6232 Рік тому +40

      They're difficult the first few times you fight them, but once you progress a bit more in the game and get more stuff to make the fight easier (keese eyes, rockets, bombs, etc.) You'll just go through the patterns and motions of what to do. Still though, Gleeoks in Totk are undoubtedly the best and most difficult dragon fights in the entire series.

    • @DinoandGalaxy
      @DinoandGalaxy Рік тому +6

      Are you talking about the king Gleeok, flame Gleeok, frost Gleeok, or the thunder Gleeok?

    • @newalebro
      @newalebro Рік тому

      @@DinoandGalaxyhe means all of them stop being a smartass

    • @BowlOSoup6661
      @BowlOSoup6661 Рік тому +6

      ​@@DinoandGalaxy Thunder Gleeok is the hardest in my opinion, all of it's attacks shock you and it's lightning storming so you can't have metal weapons equipped. It becomes way easier if you have the Thunder Helm

  • @bigtacotime4382
    @bigtacotime4382 Рік тому +16

    Imagine if the new gleeok still did that floating decapitated head thing.

    • @antonionatalvenancio6131
      @antonionatalvenancio6131 Рік тому +1

      It would look kinda goofy because of their design, but yeah

    • @janeilnold5863
      @janeilnold5863 Рік тому +4

      Would be cool if Stalgleeoks (Staleeoks?) existed...giant skeleton dragon heads that just spat globs of gloom at you.

  • @aneurymoya4006
    @aneurymoya4006 Рік тому +32

    Gotta admit the dragon in twilight princess was so freakin hard for no reason the first time. Not to mention the temple….great fight tho! And design

    • @chadpeterson5698
      @chadpeterson5698 Рік тому +4

      I beat him without getting hit the first time I played the game.

    • @shun22222
      @shun22222 Рік тому +2

      after stalnox he is the easiest boss in the game... 😢

  • @thetwo-facedpsycho4956
    @thetwo-facedpsycho4956 Рік тому +4

    the complete curbstomp of LoZ2's dragon had me rolling

  • @BodenBuilds
    @BodenBuilds Рік тому +31

    Me wondering how an entire Gleok made its way under Typhlo Ruins.

    • @slynthehedgehog8061
      @slynthehedgehog8061 Рік тому +9

      If I have to guess, Ganondorf created it as a powerful servant (king gleeok after all) for when he would unleash his army, but wanted to keep it safe in case a powerful enough warrior would slay it because it ask a lot of power to create it, unlike all the bosses who are first and foremost there to prevent the secret stones from being obtained. So he created it directly under Typhlo Ruins (which also seems like an important place judging by the sage's statues).
      It sound a bit stupid at first glance, until you remember Link can hunt gleeok for fun, and Ganondorf was warned about him.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee Рік тому +2

      ​Kermit Mahomes
      To be fair, the Dragons are large, but perfectly tube-shaped, which is perfect for slithering around tight places haha.
      If anyone is getting naughty images from what I just said, you're not the only one. I just realized how I phrased that, but I'm leaving it lol.

    • @BodenBuilds
      @BodenBuilds Рік тому +1

      @@Mustard_Face I guess so. Gleoks just do slither and flap a lot.

  • @jacktheomnithere2127
    @jacktheomnithere2127 Рік тому +4

    favourite dragon in the Zelda series? Argorok.
    which dragon should make a comeback in the next game? Aquamentus.
    Gleeok came back, and it's one hell of a battle from what i saw. Aquamentus needs that overhaul, as a mini boss; it's the least they can do for him - and he better breathe fire like the Fire-Breath Lizalfos.
    (and it'd bring the dragon type count to 3)

  • @ItsWolf0
    @ItsWolf0 Рік тому +7

    Only real ones remember aquamentus ✊

  • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
    @nicholaslienandjaja1815 11 місяців тому +1

    1:34: The Game & Watch dragon looks like a hybrid of Charizard and Ridley.

    • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
      @nicholaslienandjaja1815 11 місяців тому +1

      Also, I think Volvagia whipping its fiery mane could be based on a kabuki dancer.

  • @JanusHoW
    @JanusHoW Рік тому +5

    It isn't a fantasy adventure video game without some good old dragon-slaying.

  • @curtisashby768
    @curtisashby768 Рік тому +16

    We need MORE dragons in the Zelda series!

    • @jacktheomnithere2127
      @jacktheomnithere2127 Рік тому +1

      Aquamentus returning would give him a chance to shine. Gleeok got it, so why not Aquamentus?

  • @cozmjc
    @cozmjc Рік тому +3

    I HAVE NOT BEATEN THE NEW GAME BUT FOR BOTW CORRUPT DRAGON TAKES THE WIN THAT WAS SO COOL!! THE DISTORTED MUSIC AND ALL!

  • @kristinhorner4628
    @kristinhorner4628 Рік тому +4

    Everybody watching this video knows how the Gleeok's description in Phantom Hourglass said that it was a two headed dragon, right? If it's a two headed dragon, how is it that one head stays behind while the other one goes in for a bite attack without the other one moving?

    • @kristinhorner4628
      @kristinhorner4628 Рік тому +2

      My point is, when the body of one Gleeok goes for the platform, the other one should follow suit.

  • @alvaroperez2349
    @alvaroperez2349 Рік тому +19

    That’s not Gleeok in TOTK, that’s King Ghidorah.

  • @BottleOScrumpe9981
    @BottleOScrumpe9981 Рік тому +3

    RIP Aquamentus. Unlike its four headed cousin, it didn't appeared in ToTK

  • @dwightdeisenhower53
    @dwightdeisenhower53 Рік тому +4

    Now that Gleeoks have returned we need Aquamentus in the totk dlc

  • @PleaseSeekTherapy
    @PleaseSeekTherapy Рік тому +3

    Best drago fight in the Legend of Zelda series? I like Corrupted Naydra (Botw), Gleeok (TOTK mini boss), and the Demon Dragon (TOTK, final boss)

  • @radhazard6579
    @radhazard6579 Рік тому +7

    Still can’t believe that Ganondorf got hit with fucking orbital laser

  • @adamwalkervfx
    @adamwalkervfx Рік тому +28

    Spoilers: Considering the lore changes in TOTK, regarding the fact that some of the Zonai evolved into dragons through the process of "dragonification", does that mean some of the dragons we've killed in other Zelda games were actually other Zonai?

    • @123imapie4
      @123imapie4 Рік тому +11

      -SPOILERS- I dont think they are zonai because when zelda and ganondorf become dragons, they turn into serpent dragons as i call them, but then the other dragons (except naydra, farosh, and dinraal) are just normal dragons.

    • @slynthehedgehog8061
      @slynthehedgehog8061 Рік тому +11

      Unlikely : if you look at both Zelda's and Ganon's dragon form, you'll notice their ears are either absent or much smaller than the Zonai dragons. Zonai have bigger ears than even Hylians, while Gerudo have rounded small ears, so the dragonification still leave some traits from the original body. If we had fought Zonai dragons before, they also would have had long ears.
      Also, it stand to reason that the secret stones are limited in number, 10 secret stones sound like an arbitrary but logical finite number of them.
      And the presence of Gleeok confirm there isn't just one kind of "dragon" that can exist simultaneously, but multiple. So all in all, no reason to consider any of the dragons we fought were Zonais. There could be however more of them than the three we know.

    • @pancakes8670
      @pancakes8670 Рік тому +7

      The Zonai did not turn into Dragons. The Spring Guardians are not Zonai, those are described by the Hylia Statues as being Spirits who have taken the forms of Dragons. They were not Mortals, but were already Immortal Entities and thus do not conform to the same rules of Draconification.

    • @davidlexussolarplexus
      @davidlexussolarplexus Рік тому +1

      It’s whatever you want it to be man. I really don’t think Nintendo pays that much attention to the timeline when they make these games tbh

    • @azurecreed9119
      @azurecreed9119 Рік тому

      @@123imapie4volvagia is a serpent dragon too

  • @jonathanraymond8144
    @jonathanraymond8144 Рік тому +1

    Majora is also considered a dragon lorewise kinda surprising he didn't even get mentioned here

  • @yuujoupop
    @yuujoupop Рік тому +3

    man if they made modern twilight princess holy

  • @pushingdasies1
    @pushingdasies1 Рік тому +5

    Im wondering if the botw guardian dragons could be missing sages. It's unlikely cause Zelda doubles as the sage of light and time (making 7) and were really only missing a forest sage which doesn't align to their elements but it would be interesting

  • @jiggsawpuzzle7169
    @jiggsawpuzzle7169 Рік тому +1

    Argorok and the Original Gleeoks were way harder than these new gleeoks fr

  • @enavy04
    @enavy04 Рік тому +11

    I would have thought Twilight Fossil Stallord would have been on this list. He seems very dragonlike, and his 2nd phase is Volvagia and King Dodongo's boss theme.

  • @michaelkimberling7307
    @michaelkimberling7307 Рік тому +3

    Why were you skipping out on the heart containers in your ocarina of time run? You should have at least seven hearts, by the time you fight that dragon

  • @TadhgOsaurus-ti5ff
    @TadhgOsaurus-ti5ff Рік тому +6

    after the story of draconification it's not really too farfetched to believe that the original dragons farosh naydra and dinraal are either previous zonai or sages gifted secret stones

  • @tyrannozilla1
    @tyrannozilla1 Рік тому +4

    we need more dragons

  • @AlfieLarner18
    @AlfieLarner18 Рік тому +1

    The first ever gleeok I slayed was the frost gleeok near tabantha stable

  • @kevinmarcialrobles3813
    @kevinmarcialrobles3813 Рік тому +2

    Faltan uno de todos los jefes hechiceros, todos los jefes planta, todos los jefes monstruo de un ojo y todos los jefes autómatas.

  • @Rengokuguy6196
    @Rengokuguy6196 Рік тому +3

    In totk the final boss is a dragon… DEMON DRAGON

  • @dinoman6481
    @dinoman6481 2 місяці тому

    And now Volvagia returned!

  • @Electro4890
    @Electro4890 Рік тому +17

    I wouldn't really count Naydra as a dragon fight

    • @pauljordan0203
      @pauljordan0203 Рік тому +14

      agreed, she just needs help in clearing off the Malice that has covered most of her body.

    • @Electro4890
      @Electro4890 Рік тому +14

      @@pauljordan0203 Yeah, if naydra is a dragon fight than a car wash is a car fight

  • @rthan1868
    @rthan1868 Рік тому +3

    I think you missed the fight in Majora's Mask with the twin dragons

    • @harlgg
      @harlgg Рік тому +4

      Those are more like worms

  • @Godzilla_and_Rexy-mb8cf
    @Godzilla_and_Rexy-mb8cf Рік тому +2

    Why does that 1 dragon look like a pokemon?

  • @Mr.Board_
    @Mr.Board_ Рік тому

    That Zelda 2 one was a flex

  • @joeb7325
    @joeb7325 7 місяців тому

    BotW Link looks like he's dressed to work at GameStop.

  • @SacredSoundTherapy-p8c
    @SacredSoundTherapy-p8c Рік тому +2

    At what point are sentient beings responsible for their actions and at what point aren't they? Ganondorf as a Gerudo is certainly so, given he was of sound mind and body, from what we know. He had the wherewithal to understand the world around him and act accordingly. The malice he built up was all his own.

    • @ehx3419
      @ehx3419 Рік тому +1

      Bruh. Did you literally copy a paragraph from one of the top comments? Not even the whole comment, but a single paragraph taken entirely out of context?

  • @CRIMS0NDRAG0N017
    @CRIMS0NDRAG0N017 Місяць тому

    Shame on him for not doing the Finishing Blow on the Argorock battle

  • @broccoliben7961
    @broccoliben7961 Рік тому +3

    I know that TOTK came out over a month ago, and I say this in a nice way, but fuck that thumbnail. I didn’t know there was a dragon fight in totk besides the Gleeocks until I saw that

    • @theGanonify
      @theGanonify Рік тому +3

      Thumbnail is from botw not totk

  • @abhinavdammu7798
    @abhinavdammu7798 Рік тому

    This message won't be related to this video but i promise that the message will be a good message and not a bad one and the message is:
    Will there be a Tangled 2?Keep these scenes in the film:1.Rapunzel stuffs her mouth while eating cookies and Eugene says "how romantic, i have never seen any one eating like that and that way of eating is awesome" and Rapunzel says jn a muffled voice "thank you" and Eugene says "you're welcome" and Rapunzel makes a very big swallow thus finishing her snack.2.Mother Gothel gets revived by her cloak's magic and her cloak fell out of the tower when Pascal used Rapunzel's cut off long hair to make Mother Gothel fall off her tower in back in 2010 and Mother Gothel takes off her cloak and she is very hungry and she voraciously stuffs her mouth while eating bread and makes a very big swallow thus finishing her food and she says "that bread tasted so good and by the way, i am going to find Eugene, Rapunzel and her little chameleon" and Mother Gothel starts hunting for Eugene, Rapunzel and her pet chameleon Pascal.

  • @DPC2011
    @DPC2011 Рік тому +1

    Sorry, Jimmy
    Your local police know you’re a criminal now 😈

  • @eduardomagana3858
    @eduardomagana3858 Рік тому +3

    Gleeok is one of the reasons why I’m scared of playing ToTK.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee Рік тому

      Haha I still haven't fought one yet. Considering my last month and half of playing has been my skipping around the same routes, getting distracted every five minutes, and doing worthwhile stuff extremely slowly...yeah, not happening soon lol.

    • @Max-rz8br
      @Max-rz8br Рік тому

      Well, you don't have to fight a single Gleeok to beat the game, so it's not as scary as you might think.

    • @eduardomagana3858
      @eduardomagana3858 Рік тому

      @@Max-rz8br maybe not. But I’ve seen the videos on fighting them. It has to be such a pain.

    • @wantedbird55srandomchannel28
      @wantedbird55srandomchannel28 Рік тому +1

      Just wait till you meet the hands, and the thing that spawns _after_ defeating them...

    • @eduardomagana3858
      @eduardomagana3858 Рік тому +1

      @@wantedbird55srandomchannel28 don’t remind me. If I ever get to playing a game, I’m gonna do what I see others doing and keep an explosive or a rocket attached to a shield to try and get away.

  • @Ninjamaddycat
    @Ninjamaddycat Рік тому +2

    YAS TEARS OF THE KINGDOM ITS ON MY NITENDO SWITCH (i helped my mom kill a gleok)

  • @Ninjamaddycat
    @Ninjamaddycat Рік тому +4

    2:54 to poop

  • @ruff1e
    @ruff1e Рік тому

    Suggestion:
    Do one for “lins” (bokobLINS and mobLINS)

  • @timandstephanielyttle5685
    @timandstephanielyttle5685 Рік тому +2

    Is it gonna be honest, the only Zelda game I played is Breath of the wild

  • @GalenMarek1988
    @GalenMarek1988 Рік тому +1

    Lol, these arent just ANY dragons. 1 is Aquamentus (Unicorn Dragon). The other is Gleeok (multiple heads).
    I dont recall the name for the ones in Zelda 2 (could be Volvagia, like from OoT), G&W, Twilight Princess (i know. It says the name), The Minish Cap (i thought it was just a single head Gleeok), among others.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee Рік тому

      It says the name in pretty much all of the showcase for each dragon.... I'm confused.

    • @colintitcomb2544
      @colintitcomb2544 Рік тому +2

      The Dragon from Zelda 2 is called Barba.

  • @educationalporpoises9592
    @educationalporpoises9592 Рік тому

    It makes me mad how easily the dude killed the gleeoks lol

  • @thelostminerr
    @thelostminerr Рік тому +5

    dang bruh adventure of link destroyed that dragon 😭

  • @MappingFlorida
    @MappingFlorida Рік тому +2

    Isn’t colgera a dragon?

  • @luisc.coelho543
    @luisc.coelho543 6 місяців тому

    The Dragon of Zelda:Minish Cap have aparence's of Pokemon Lugia.

  • @neko-lord
    @neko-lord Рік тому

    What about Trinexx?

  • @BabyAliveFuntimes
    @BabyAliveFuntimes Рік тому

    STOPPP I THOUGHT THIS WAS OLD AND I JUST GOT A SPOILER LORD SAVE ME

  • @DarkPsychoMessiah
    @DarkPsychoMessiah 6 місяців тому

    For being a fantasy series there's not that many dragons in Zelda.

  • @AlfieLarner18
    @AlfieLarner18 Рік тому +1

    The king Gleeoks are easy I’ve beaten 3 including the gloom one in the depths

  • @SylvieBleicher-k2e
    @SylvieBleicher-k2e Рік тому +1

    Volcania dans ocarina of time qu'on découvrira que plus tard dans le manga qu'il fut un ancien ami de link ( il 'avait achete dans un marche ) mais qu'il sera capture par Ganondorf pour en faire un terrifiant monstre pret a reduire en cendres le royaume d'hyrule ce qui brisera le coeur quitte a sacrifier son ancien compagnon pour sauver les siens😢😢😢😢

  • @Chernobog2
    @Chernobog2 Рік тому +1

    Lame, didn't even get the Tomahawk in Zelda G&W

  • @dragtogo2735
    @dragtogo2735 Рік тому

    Where's BS The Legend of Zelda Gleeok?
    It's a thing and it's the only thing missing in the video.😒

  • @TheJezterGuy
    @TheJezterGuy Рік тому +2

    We are really milking this Zelda game for all its worth aren’t we

  • @SuperMetalyrics
    @SuperMetalyrics Рік тому

    I hate gleeok, f it!!!
    On a lighter note; why does the Minish cap dragon look like Lugia?

  • @undertakertabbert9869
    @undertakertabbert9869 Рік тому

    Volvagia is the best

  • @davidfrenzel6340
    @davidfrenzel6340 7 місяців тому

    Naydra is A He.

  • @gamestop15
    @gamestop15 Рік тому

    Is Demise rlly gone?

  • @davidfrenzel6340
    @davidfrenzel6340 11 місяців тому

    Farosh from The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is A He.

  • @albertomedina4103
    @albertomedina4103 Рік тому +4

    XD hilarious and boring fight with dragon ganondorf

    • @ChipChip-b1i
      @ChipChip-b1i Рік тому

      i mean if they made demon dragon hard and you would die resulting having to fight the demon king’s army again……

    • @Maniacalharp-747
      @Maniacalharp-747 Рік тому +1

      It's more intended as a victory lap.

    • @ChipChip-b1i
      @ChipChip-b1i Рік тому

      @@Maniacalharp-747 fr

    • @Maniacalharp-747
      @Maniacalharp-747 Рік тому

      @@ChipChip-b1i yup

    • @ChipChip-b1i
      @ChipChip-b1i Рік тому +1

      @@Maniacalharp-747 imagine nintendo decided to make demon dragon a dark souls boss 💀💀💀

  • @dwightdeisenhower53
    @dwightdeisenhower53 Рік тому

    uwu

  • @Aether558
    @Aether558 Рік тому +1

    first

    • @Gimmicking
      @Gimmicking Рік тому +2

      Don't steal my spot lol

    • @Electro4890
      @Electro4890 Рік тому

      Idk man I think I was earlier with an actual comment instead of just first