Everybody needs a hobby, right? Some people are just into taking over things.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, after all.

Those three are interesting...but I think that Ganon having the Triforce of Power is the most correct answer.


I mean, think about it:

Ganon, having the Triforce of Power, ends up wanting more and more power, despite having immense power to begin with.


Zelda, having the Triforce of Wisdom, has immense amounts of wisdom. Just look at TP, when she self-sacrificed herself for the success of the adventure.

And finally Link, who has the Triforce of Courage. Just look at his adventures! Who else has the balls to face Ganon and his pure power and awesomeness? That takes courage, and Link gots it.

That is just theory though....

If Ganon takes Hyrule, chances are he'll take the remaining two triforce pieces. If he has those, he has the immediate power's of the gods that created the world. Would YOU sit back with only one triforce piece while the other two were out there? :P

Also, Ganon is kind of twisted. Hyrule is only the first step, once he takes the other two triforce pieces, the rest of the world s next. After that? I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he'd target the very heavens. Power does things to people...

Also. #3 disturbed me a little... :/

Well in that case, Ganon (or Ganondorf in cerian games) is the controller of the Triforce of power.  Now with the Triforce of power, the conrolling individual of this trait needs to find ways to increase his power.  This need for power will always drive Ganon/Ganondorf to attempt to rule the known world in his attempt for absolute power over everything.

I don't think Ganon/Ganondorf's motives for ruling are in question, the bigger mystery is who/what Ganon/Ganondorf really is and what the reasoning behind capturing Zelda (has to do with the Triforce of Wisdom?).

Ganon wants to take over Hyrule simply because he can.

Yep, they are all pawns, caught in the will of the Triforces. They manipulate all 3 of them to bring the shards back together.

Some people just like to watch the world burn.................

Gannon has to capture Zelda to insure that she is a part of his defeat, that she is a part of the final battle.

There is actually an answer to this question. All the characters in the series are slaves to their fate. They were predestined to do as they did. Logically by the gods that created the triforce in the first place. Presuming they are omnipotent they must have foreseen the consequences, and they had a prominent position in their plan. Yes a god made Ganon do it, or more specifically saw to it that Ganon would be born the evil twisted very powerful bastard that he was.

That is the logic you must follow. However the truest answer is this. The staff at Nintendo is either too incompetent, too lazy, or too self serving to actually fashion a story that is the gaming equivalent of the song that never ends. Allowing them to shovel out two dozen versions of the same game.

By the way chalk up one vote to Ganon being impotent, and the whole power hungry nature of his existence is in compensation. Think about it for a moment over hundreds or thousands of years have you ever seen a piece of tail in his throne room. I think not we can at least assume after they banish Ganon both Link and Zelda are getting some.