This is likely to be the very best Ganon iteration but

After I first heard that the “last” Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer can be a scant three minutes lengthy, I didn’t assume it could break the web. Welp! By no means doubt the facility of Zelda, particularly in a post-Breath of the Wild world. Not solely did it break the web a number of occasions, however we additionally discovered of the return of fan-favorite Ganondorf. Later that day we additionally came upon that famed voice actor Matthew Mercer can be voicing the character.

Mercer tweeted out the information himself, with the next message for followers:

“I simply bought the go-ahead from Nintendo, so I can FINALLY announce my absolute pleasure to be voicing Ganondorf within the Legend of #Zelda : #TearsoftheKingdom. An immense honor that I’ve thrown myself into doing justice. I’ve been an immense Legend of Zelda fan since I used to be a toddler, and Ganondorf has been considered one of my favourite antagonists… to the purpose the place I portrayed this green-skinned menace for my webseries over a decade in the past! A lot of you already know the load of expectation on my shoulders for this, and I hope to do you proud. An enormous thanks to @NintendoAmerica @Nintendo And the complete Tears of the Kingdom group for entrusting me with such a badass. <3″

The wait should have been killing him!

I simply bought the go-ahead from Nintendo, so I can FINALLY announce my absolute pleasure to be voicing Ganondorf within the Legend of #Zelda : #TearsoftheKingdom.

An immense honor that I’ve thrown myself into doing justice. pic.twitter.com/GDtoWRUHDx

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) April 14, 2023

As a reminder, Matthew Mercer is among the extra prolific voice actors of his era, with roles that vary from big-name anime franchises to quite a bit of video video games (together with Persona 5, Smash Final, Dying Stranding, Responsible Gear, Overwatch, and Kingdom Hearts III). He’s additionally extensively recognized for his heavy involvement within the Vital Position tabletop leisure empire. He additionally hasn’t fallen into promoting NFTs to his followers like many others within the voice performing group, which is a plus.

It’s loopy that we’re now within the period the place many generations who grew up with a few of these long-running IP universes at the moment are enjoying the very iconic characters they’d a lot enjoyable with. Mercer appears to be having the time of his life right here, and I can’t wait to see what he does with Ganondorf.