Keep that in your mouth if you don’t want to lose it
I just want to thank Hyrule Warriors for making me think of Ghirahim less as the annoying excuse for a boss fight clone stamped all over Skyward Sword serving no purpose other than to highlight all the short comings of the Wii-Mote and more as the Will Arnett of the Zeldaverse. Ganondorf gets to be the delightfully negligent mama hen ignoring his two idiot babies while they run blindly into the mouths of giant man-eating plants and firebreathing dragons.
If you can’t decode Ghirahim’s frostyspeak, he’s saying “Ngyeeeh, hurry up and get me off! What’s taking you so long?” and “Ganondorf told me to see what would happen!”
On a side note, MGDMT strips might be a little more rushed than usual the next couple weeks because I’m putting a lot of energy into a cool thing.
I’m gonna need a transcript for the Ghirahim bubbles
It’s in the author commentary.
“Ngyeeeeh Hurry up and get me off! What’s taking you so long?”
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“GANNONDORF TOLD ME to SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!”
Sooo~ Basically, Gannondorf just make fun of Ghiharim… In a funny, FUNNY method XDDDD
Only the few manliest among men can show chest hair below a scarf in such weather. Another item for my life goals list
I’m a little more impressed with Ghirahim in a singlet, especially considering how much smaller his body mass is compared to the commanders’
Well to be fair, he’s even less human than Ganondorf is, what with being a demon and all…
Wait, he is a dude! o_O
Technically, he’s purposefully gender ambiguous, same as his nemesis/good equivalent Fi.
So, Freeza all over again :p
Oh no you didn’t! XD
Not all over. Just his tongue.
No, he’s a sword.
It’s like the male version of a boob window
Right, and both can either look amazing or awfully disgusting
There is nothing disgusting about Commander’s chest. And I am 1000% in favor of exposed chests for men who have the right equipment. Rock should just go around shirtless. No one would stop him.
Next week, Ganondorf gets a Red Rider BB gun.
P.S. – is anyone else noticing a rise in ads that automatically open your app store to random free to play games? This mobile version of the pop-up is getting annoying.
Nope, only adds I get are banners.
Not from this site, but yeah. Those are supremely annoying, and they’re cropping up everywhere.
That looks kind of painful. Bet it drys out your mouth too, which is not good.
I’m wondering why the gate is made from an RSJ.
I actually thought “is she working on something Steven Universe related? Nah, that would be way too good to be true.”
Just how long is that extension cord? o_O
Scarily enough, he’s probably the second most fully characterized villain in the entire series. Only topped by Ganon(dorf) himself, and only because he’s the antagonist in nearly all the games. They actually did a very good job with Girahim in Skyward Sword… even if that job was “annoy the snot out of players”… Or not. I mean Tingle is apparently legitimately popular over in Japan-land. Never have figured out how the heck that works. I get plenty of discussion on why Americans (and some, but not all Europeans) hate him.
I blame it on Japan being Japan personally: http://xspblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/japan1140e039cb9.jpg
Meanwhile Vaati seems to take the cake for being utterly undeveloped AFAICT. He’s simply there. I don’t think I ever heard a motive out of him in Minish Cap or Four Swords Adventures.
Hilda’s somewhere in the middle. Would’ve been cool to see her fight directly but alas.
I think Hilda could have been a fantastic character, villain or otherwise, if they’d had you interact with her more. Sadly, you just get shots of her being sad or when she saves you from Yuganon, being a badass.
You’re working on Steven Universe stuff?? SWEET! I can’t wait to see it!! =D
Best thing? Commander shoting a dirty glare at Ganondorf, and Ganon with “what did I do?” expression back.
when i was in kindergarten, i did that on a lovely frosty pane despite the principal of the school warning students not to do it. i remember being afraid to look at my tongue or talk because i thought that i’d left it there, sticking to the window. my mother said that was the most prolonged span of quietude she’d witnessed from me! the fast forward 30-odd years, my dog did the same thing. it is an intra-species rite of passage up here!
I greatly enjoyed the Ghirahim fights feeling they highlighted the strengths of the motion controlled sword play, requiring speed and precision in equal measures instead of waiting for some arbitrary lowering of the enemies guard.
But I know not all are off the same opinion and they are entitled to that opinion. I just wish more games than Skyward Sword and Red Steel 2 had used the Wii remote in such a way.
You must’a had some next-level wii motion plus, then, because mine registered the “fake-out” you were supposed to do to get him to guard on the wrong side as a slash every single time and every fight with him just turned into shaking the wiimote like a bottle of Snapple until he died, requiring all the skill and finesse of charging the lightsaber battery in No More Heroes. Cherry on the cake of a game with the entertainment value of a prolonged Wii-mote calibration test.
Maybe. Did have to calibrate it quite a bit, but the sword play worked near perfect for me, which is probably why I love the game so much.
Still had its flaws for me though. The Skyworld could have had more content and Fi was quite annoying, but loved it nonetheless, Ghirahim in paticular. He was just do damn entertaining, as a boss and as a character.
But again, my opinion.
Oh and since I have not really commented before. Love your comic and suit Ganondorf in paticular.Any plans for doing any Majora’s Mask inspired strips?
Keep up the good work.
You were just so good at feinting, you tricked even the console!
If only we could upvote comments here.
Incidentally, am I reading too much into Girahim’s choice of words in the first panel?
I think it’s a hit or miss, sadly. The Wiimote+ was perfect for some people and worked badly for others. I’m in the “Skyward Sword swordfights were awesome!!” camp, but I know a lot of people from the other camp, too.
It saddens me that a lot of people never got to experience the actual full game :\ if the wiimote+ answers to your inputs correctly, it’s so worth it.
…People seriously tried to do that? I just waved it in circles until Ghirahim’s hand no longer followed my sword and it worked every time.
Kind of trivialized the fight, frankly speaking. Which is a shame because Ghirahim could do some cool stuff.
I did not have any problems with the WiiMotion Plus in Skyward Sword. Either I was luck or the American WiiMote + Japanese WiiMotion Plus combination tricked the console into working correctly.
Anyway, Skyward Sword took over Majora’s Mask spot as my favorite Zelda game thanks to its gameplay. And because I did not have to use analog sticks to aim my long range weapons. BECAUSE FPS AND COMMON VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS SHOULD NEVER MIX AND MANKIND AS A WHOLE WILL ONLY ADVANCE ONCE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT!
As the guy the heckles the player when s/he has trouble during a boss fight, then switches in right before the rage quitting, I’ve found the Girahim fights to be far easier than most fights that my friends would get stuck on. I am actually terrible at Zelda Games as well as platformer type combat in general (Mario~..!) But, I am quite good at pattern finding and puzzle solving, so I can showcase what in a bossfight the ragequiting player was missing in the bossfight if I don’t win within two attempts. I find two failed attempts is plenty for the primary player to calm down/ see something they can work with they missed before.
I think people had more of a problem with learning the new wii-motion controls than anything else, Girahim was cake once you caught him in a pattern-loop. Those whom played more Zelda games beforehand had more to unlearn before these fights would be easy, but for a recurring Villain Girahim didn’t have much complexity added between his fights, heck even Gutsman from the Megaman Battle Network games learned two or more new moves between fights (each making prior combos harder to counter or pattern trap), Girahim only had us learn one to two new counters at a time. Only the final Girahim fight was harder than a dramatic mid-boss, once(/if) you learned all the basic wii-motion controls that is.
This reminds me, I have yet to beat Skyward Sword. Got to the desert dragon guy who lets you fight bosses again as a contest. Could probably finish it but my wii isn’t set up… and the sun is in my eyes.
Tongues don’t really stick like that, it’s just an urban legend. Show me one video of you you trying it, from start to stuck and I MIGHT believe it. But I’d still suspect you of trickery. LOL!
Except they totally do though? Have you never licked anything below freezing, like a popsicle?
It’s happened to me. I’d say go try it, but getting your tongue stuck to a metal pole isn’t really… fun.
No, dude, they totally do. It has to be REALLY cold, not just barely freezing, or else the heat from your tongue will melt it. Hell, you can KIND of do it with ice cubes. They thaw out a lot quicker than steel, and they aren’t as big so they melt faster, but if you take a freshly-frozen ice cube and stick your tongue to it, it DOES stick.
They also covered it on Mythbusters, with a pig tongue. This one isn’t mythbusters, actually, but it is a good demonstration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zcf7mOqsWM
Pretty sure they’re trolling and trying to get someone to lick frozen metal.
Busted, lol! I know it works, I had it happen to me in a freezer. Thankfully it was a finger that got stuck and not my tongue. I now live in constant fear of my freezer though…
Yes, it does happen – it happenbed to me once in our family freezer when i was five and my parents just laughed.
Yeah I’ve got my tongue stuck to ice cubes for brief periods sometimes. Just pulling the ice cube fully into my mouth was typically enough to melt the ice enough to release me though.
They totally do, I had ot be rescued by the teacher one day because I liked doing it. Normally it would only stick for a second before it warmed up and I could move and I kinda liked the taste of metal but one day it was too cold and I was stuck and needed help.
You should have sticked to licking doorknobs, like a normal person.
D’you know how many hands touch a doorknob on a daily basis? Would you trust it to be relatively clean?
Just don’t ever take a swab from a public water fountain for microbiology labs. It’ll give you nightmares….
“Remember licking door knobs is illegal on other planets.”
Boiling water? That could get (more) painful
Warm water, on the other hand, should be alright. I don’t speak from experience though; our winters don’t have very strong freezes – it’s mostly just rain.
If this ever happens to you, and there’s no one to help, use your own pee (cup your hand). Gross, but warm and salty, and gets the job done.
That is a terrible idea. Contrary to what nature shows run by people who are not doctors or scientists have told us; urine is not sterile. Pouring it all over your tongue, which goes IN YOUR MOUTH is a good way to get sick.
A good alternative is to salavate, and hold it in your mouth. Breath in through your nose, and hold it for a few moments, then let the saliva run down your tongue and breath warm air through your mouth onto your tongue. It should be just as effective at warming your tongue as hand cupped urine, but without the down sides of peeing on yourself, stipping in public, and coating your tongue in urine.
This is a wonderful visual gag – it’s always fun seeing Ganondorf as the well-adjusted one. I can see him telling Ghirahim to do this with rolled eyes, sarcastically, (“My Lord Ganondorf, what would happen if I licked the metal gate?” “Why don’t you try it yourself and see what happens?”) and the Demon Lord not getting the sarcasm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAjK7wd5QE
Love your comic and glad you take the time away from your day to make it. Its pretty humorous and I look forward to the next update.
Heh, I would have told him to just pull it off and the taste buds would eventually grow back. Trust me; that’s a rite of passage for the curious where I live. Usually there’s at least a couple of kinder-garden/grade one’s get themselves stuck when it’s -20 to -30 out at recess or lunch. The really funny part is when you get someone older convinced that the underside of the tongue won’t get stuck on account of the vein being closer to the surface. of course that’s when you really need the warm/hot water.
You think this is bad, I had a dumb friend who had the bright idea to take a leak near a lamp post when it was around -10 degrees, and he got too close. You can imagine what happened next.
I just learnt about this web comic like.. 1 week ago(?) and have read it from the start~ It made me want to play these kind of games now :3 any suggestions on what to start with??
Um, what exactly is his portable boiler plugged into?
His free-range fire, of course.
What the heck is the Will Arnett of something???
Or rather why is he the hated person example??
Google for once fails me.
Will Arnett is an actor. He played Gob Bluth on Arrested Development, which is a hilarious show you should go watch right now.
Now all I have in my head is the Have you ever licked a Lampost in Winter thing from Dragon Age Origins with Fenris and the Arishok lol
Do like how Rocky is also holding a jug to pour the boiled water into, so it gives it time to cool down just enough to not burn Ghir’s tongue off :D
I love you Ganondorf, I love you so much.
https://zippy.gfycat.com/PresentOrganicEastrussiancoursinghounds.webm
Dragon age takes on Dr Seuss
…you know .webms have no sound, right? I don’t get the relevance.
I don’t think they’re referring to the characters talking in the foreground.
I don’t know about you but Ganondorf in a nice suit always brightens up my day.
As a Ganondorf fan, I just keep loving all your Ganondorf comics. He’s such a well-adjusted troll.
Long time reader, first time poster – congrats Coela! That Steven Universe gig is huge and it’s really cool that you’re doing it. I love your work and I’ll forgive the long Platinum Black hiatus since you have more important things to be working on :P
You’re working on something Steven Universe related? *fanbear squees*
I have already ordered the cool thing you are working on and am delighted to find out you are working on it!
I’m reminded of middle school. Me and my brother at the bus stop.
Me: I dare ya to lick that signpost.
Him: Dares go first.
Me: OK. *stuck* Geh om, geh om!
I, too, did not think it’d happen that rapidly, nor that it was cold enough at the time for it to happen. Only time I’ve heard my father curse (when he came out and saw I really was stuck).
Worst part: Small town (one middle school), wasn’t unstuck before the bus arrived, and Dumb and Dumber had just come out. “Didn’t ya see Dumb and Dumber?” “Didn’t ya see Dumb and Dumber?” “Didn’t ya see Dumb and Dumber?” “Didn’t ya see Dumb and Dumber?”
And yes, that was in the desert. Got pretty cold in the winter, especially at night.
Maybe it’s that I just actually like Link, but it’s still nice to see Mr. G get his lulz from another source for once. That said, even if it was Link (who, we all have to admit, has been through enough ice caves and frozen nonsense to know better) I’d still simply be happy with more Ganondorf.
Of all the recurring characters in this strip, he’s one of the best.
“hurry up and get me off!”
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(I too actually managed to get along with the Skyward Sword Wiimote system. It’s unfortunate it was so hit and miss for people, because if it was working correctly then Skyward Sword was a very well put together game with very fun gameplay.)
The best Ghirahim joke ever.*giggles*
P.S.:am I and that one guy somewhere mid-google only people believing that Ghirahim’s design was inspired by Dragon Quest VII’s Orgodemir?
Well, Ganondorf is basically a reincarnated Demise, so it’s no wonder Ghirahim would do as he said even if he knew it probably wouldn’t be a good idea
I once helped a kid that got his tongue stuck on a pole. I ran to get some hot water and when I came back, he was fine. The pole was covered in blood for weeks though.
I’d personally recommend using alcohol. Much lower freezing point, should lube off your tongue without the need for heating it up or the stuff freezing on you again.
I’m so glad you felt the same way about Ghirahim, and by extension, Zant. He just seems like the camp, Vorkken-esque guy who has to get rescued by big bad Ganondorf all the time. XD
Aaa I like Ghirahim and Zant too. Everyone complains that “he was so cool first but then became lame”.
Well if Zant kept acting the cool self, he’d been like 95% of other villains. His madness made him unique. And with Ghirahim people say that he’s not Ganondorf. Well duh!
people had stuck with ganondorf so badly that other villains are all crap to them. They’re not Ganondorf=They’re shit. Ofc some people just dont like them but this is what I’ve noticed with some people.