10 Video Games That Let You Play As The Boss

Hyrule Warriors is the Legend of Zelda's spin on the classic Dynasty Warriors formula of defeating entire armies of enemies with a single beefed-up character.

In the game you can play as all of the Zelda franchise's beloved heroes, including Link, Zelda, Impa, and many others, as you try to stop Ganon and his armies of evil.

At least until you can play as the tyrannical king himself!

Yes, although he serves as the main antagonist and boss of the game, Ganon is secretly an unlockable playable character. In order to play as him, you have to complete the main story at least once and then complete a series of versus challenges against powerful bosses.

The process is fairly challenging, but the reward is equally exciting.

Ganon, or rather his Calamity Ganon form, is an absolute force of nature on the battlefield. Playing as him makes you feel like the menace he is in the story, as his fighting mechanics require you to kill enemies to gather Malice and then consume the power of your defeated opponents to unleash even more awesomely ruinous attacks!

It just goes to show that the world needs a proper Ganon spin-off!