10 Gaming Moves That Are Simply Humiliating
8. Humili-baiting (The Legend Of Zelda)
Link is one such of those aforementioned funny-hatted heroes who doesn't feel quite comfortable without a sharp metal stick between his fingers, but unlike the poor be-wooded Ico, Hyrule's finest doesn't even need his sword to defeat most of the series' biggest baddies.
In fact, a subscription to a bait and tackle stockist would probably do. The first instance of Link laying down the law with fishy supplies occurs in The Link to the Past, during which the Hero of Time/Wind/Bouldering must face evil sorcerer Agahnim in a game of evil orb tennis. Volleying the wicked wizards serves back with a sword is sensible, but the bug-catching net works just as well.
The trick can be repeated in Ocarina of Time. There may be no bug-catching net this time around, but when Ganondorf engages Link in another set of pyrotechnic ping-pong, the Jasper Carrott lookalike's fire can be parried with an empty bottle.
It doesn't stop there: in the emotastic Twilight Princess, the therianthropic Ordon's best shot at ending the ultimate evil is with the fisherman's ultimate tool: a rod. So shocked is Ganondorf at the insult, that he drops his otherwise unbreakable barrier and accepts death over dishonour. For reel.