The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
SNES/Super Famicom

Bested Ganon
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Beaten Game Credit
Defeat Ganon without being harmed without using the Magic Cape or Cane of Byrna.
Beaten Game Credit
2,201 (1,641) of 33,584 โ 6.55% unlock rate
4.89% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
6.55% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
Recent Unlocks
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Recent comments
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We failed 1-2 hits away from winning several times. We may have cried a little bit after one of them. But... we FINALLY got it. Be aggressive! Be-e aggressive!
soโ
can any body shed light on whether you can or can't?
i wish the achievement authors would note as much in either the comments (or somewhere else).
i must have some other glitch blocking me from completing this. it sounds like the consensus is the requirement-pop doesn't pop no matter what, but from your stream and problemaรงo's, i should have it right when i cross into the triforce room. i've done a few times now, but no achievement for mommy.
says,
"This achievement will NOT unlock if you abuse the bug to get the Silver Arrows or Golden Sword early."
as does wantsi,
"Apparently this cheevo won't unlock if you have the silver arrows - even though it's possible to obtain them glitchlessly before this fight (by doing dungeons 5 and 6 first)."
which i definitely did for helmasaur (and it would appear it prevented me from besting all 7 dark world bosses), so i went back and did it with the level 2 master sword, just to be safe. all 7? โ. ganon? level 2 doesn't touch. (i should also note i silver arrowed up, as, well, regular won't work, either). so then i tried it with level 3 tempered master sword. still no achievement. then i tried level 4 golden master sword. still no achievement. can't figure out what i'm doing wrong.
suspect15 says the same for [bested mothula], here:
https://retroachievements.org/achievement/2358/comments
"This achievement will NOT unlock if you abuse the bug to get the Silver Arrows or Golden Sword early."
(he does the same with [bested blind]). so. there must be some conditions-triggering i'm cancelling out somehow, but my brain needs a break.
P 1 : Start slashing the swine as soon as you start. He's gonna throw his staff at you and you're gonna want Ganon in a position that makes him easy to get hits in for Phase 2 as you can manipulate this with your movement.
Ganon is LEFT HANDED.
This means if he's facing the camera his staff is gonna be on his right side and if he's facing away from the camera it's gonna be on his left side.
Get Ganon positioned facing away from the camera in the bottom left corner of the room OR facing the camera on the top right hand corner of the room and you can get heaps of hits in ready for P 2.
If he's bottom right facing away or top left facing camera WAIT and get him positioned correctly.
P 2 : The fire circle will ALWAYS circle around his staff, not his entire sprite. If you have him in the correct position you can get heaps of hits before he expands the circle. Play right and you should only see this section twice.
The circle expands run away and when it contracts - position yourself so you have 3 corners of the room to dodge. Having 3 corners to dodge makes this part trivial as you can see most of the bats and have loads of room to dodge the last ones and avoid accidently bumping into Ganon again. Works every time. DON'T STOP OR CHANGE DIRECTION!
P 3 : Attack just as he appears and he won't do his bat attack. Attack too late and his bats will appear. If you miss him the bat from that attack will COME BACK when Ganon starts his next attack and probably hit you. 4 hits.
P 4 : Easiest part. If you are next to the candle, Ganon will alternate between attacking from the top side of the stage and the bottom. Light 1 torch and run to the other torch and WAIT until Ganon has just finished attacking from the top and light when he appears at the bottom. He will not attack and you can get him. Don't light both and try and chase him around or you'll be eating HOT BAT. Do this 4 times and GG! GOOD LUCK!