ゼルダの伝説：神々のトライフォース
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods

The tower, adorned with hideous carvings, glows eerily. As Link approaches, the crystals rise into the air, and the maidens speak (or possibly just Zelda, the logical spokesperson).

The crystals circle in formation, making the screen flash several times as nifty noises are heard. When the lights fade to normal, the tower is still an unnatural color, but has stopped glowing, and a staircase extends to allow Link entry.

The tower combines all the most annoying tricks of the previous labyrinths, and adds some new ones, like walkways that are only visible while a torch is lit, or briefly if Link uses the Ether Magic. And that's just the basement... Eventually, after much confusion and hardship, and having to fight the armored knight boss from the Eastern Temple again (the Silver Arrows work wonders), but on an icy floor, Link finds the big key and the big chest, which, at long last, contains:

After finding the Red Tunic, Link's tunic really does turn red, and his hat turns purple to match, or something. And he takes less damage, usually. The odd jumble of colors on Link's clothing and equipment actually goes together fairly well.

Anyway, Link next has to climb to the upper levels to the tower, which is, if anything, even more annoying than the basement. He has to fight the sand worm boss from the Desert Temple again, but with a fireball shooter in the corner. He has to fight the giant centipede from Hera Tower again, but on a smaller and more awkwardly-shaped platform. He has to fight his way past various other nuisances, too. But he eventually reaches the boss room, on the roof, where Agahnim awaits his arrival. It looks like a more sinister version of the roof of the Hyrule Castle tower where they first fought.

The last sentence is a very rude way to tell someone to die. It also sharply contrasts with Agahnim's usually very polite speech.

Agahnim splits off two decoys. They're easy to tell from the real one, but all teleport around randomly and use real attacks. The fakes use the only the massive energy ball from the first encounter, while the real one sometimes uses that and sometimes uses the homing circle of energy balls. The lightning attack doesn't make an appearance. As before, knocking the magic balls back at the real Agahnim is the only way to hurt him, and this battle can be easier than the first one since Link is much more durable and has more attacks to hit back. Once Agahnim has taken enough of a beating, the decoys disappear, and he collapses. The ghostly form of Ganon rises from the body, turns into a large blue bat, and flies away. Link plays the Ocarina, and the bird comes to pick him up...

...which is odd because this doesn't work indoors or in the Dark World... oversight or artistic license?

The scene shifts to the top of the giant pyramid. The bat flies swoops in from the tower in the distance and crashes through the top, leaving a gaping hole. The bird drops Link off nearby. It's obvious what he has to do. Link jumps in...

The room lights up as Link falls in. Ganon is here, menacingly brandishing a large pitchfork. Two torches near the bottom corners provide light, and a depiction of the Triforce decorates the floor. Carvings of Ganon cover the walls, some shown clutching the Triforce. Ganon speaks...

ぶんしん, the term Ganon uses to describe Agahnim, doesn't translate well, partly because it's rather vague to start with. It does mean that Agahnim and Ganon are not the same, but questions such as how closely linked the two were, how independent Agahnim's actions were, and whether Ganon created him or merely used him, are unanswered.

Refer to the boss guide for details on Ganon's behavior, and why he seems to have such a ridiculously large amount of health.

Ganon starts his assault. He teleports around the room randomly, throwing his pitchfork at Link. Link can get in quite a few hits, but it seems to have little effect. Ganon changes tactics after a little while, now twirling his pitchfork and magically calling forth fiery bats to swoop at Link. Of course, he's rather open to attack while doing this, even though hitting him still seems to have little effect. Eventually, Ganon switches tactics again. He abandons his pitchfork, and will now often teleport several times in a row, evading Link's attacks. Also, when he stops, he'll either launch a spiraling flaming bat that leaves a fiery trail, jump and slam into the ground to collapse the floor along one wall (which also leaves Link immobile for a moment), or both. Once the fourth edge collapses...

Ganon switches tactics again, launching flaming bats, which leave fiery trails, directly at Link. But there's another problem... the lights go out, and while the room is still fairly easy to see, Ganon becomes both invisible and invulnerable! When Link lights one torch, Ganon becomes faintly visible, but it takes both torches to make him vulnerable. When Link hits him with the sword at this point, Ganon briefly stops moving and turns light blue as if frozen. And this is when the Silver Arrows work... Link can only hit Ganon once per stun, but it only takes four to finish him off. He'll probably have to relight the torches several times, but eventually, Ganon makes the satisfying sound of a dead boss, and explodes. Link raises his sword in triumph. A wide door opens in the north wall, and he enters.