Good or bad thing? (spoilers)

[Hylian_Loach]

So as I was playing through this game I noticed something:  A distinct lack of Ganon.  In the other games he's this omnipotent presence that's supposed to inspire you to save the world.  In this game, you only ever see him twice and then you fight him.  It seems like Ganon was kind of traded for Zant in this game, and I'm still unsure as to whether or not I thought it was a good thing or not.

[Eater]

I think it was bad, although Zant is one of my favorite characters.

[Gazareth]

Ah it was nice for a change I think, but while playing through I was pretty convinced Zant was going to be a puppet or at least not the final boss, I just knew it'd be Ganon. True though, he wasn't as central as usual, and it did lack, but Zant was a rather cool trade off.