9 Clever Video Games That Punish You For Misbehaving

9. Cuccos In The Legend Of Zelda Don't Take Kindly To Being Attacked

When it comes to video game punishments, this is one of the most famous and well-loved. It teaches players a simple yet important message: animals don't take too kindly to being attacked.

The detail first appeared in the SNES Zelda title A Link To The Past. In the game, if Link attacks the chickens (or "Cuccos" as they're known in-game) too many times they'll gang up and attack him right back, swarming the screen in a frantic cloud of feathery rage and destruction.

The "Cucco's Revenge Squad" has several variations. In the Oracle games, for example, an enormous Cucco is summoned to dispatch Link, while in Phantom Hourglass only red Cuccos become enraged. Regardless, animal cruelty organisations the world over must surely rejoice at such justice.