8 Video Game Curses You Actually Want

8. The Mad Batter's Curse - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Of all the weird and wonderful monsters and characters within the Legend Of Zelda series, none will hold as great a candle in my heart as the Mad Batter.

At first, this might be a bit confusing to some as the design of this enemy isn't exactly anything to write home (or indeed a list) about, but it's the character's sheer misunderstanding of what constitutes a curse that makes it so utterly memorable.

Located in both Link's Awakening and A Link To The Past, The Mad Batter can be found in caves dotted around Hyrule, where it can be awoken by sprinkling some Magic Powder on it. Now arguably you too would be a bit annoyed if some little oik sprinkled asbestos shavings on your head, so doling out a curse seems pretty fair game, except the Mad Batter might have taken a few too many snorts of this powder, as it's baneful hexes end up actively helping you!

From increasing your carrying capacity of bombs and arrows "so you can feel the weight of all these items" to halving how much each magic spell and attack costs The Mad Batter thinks he's doing you dirty, but in fact it's helping you on your journey in a pretty impactful way!