10 POINTLESS Video Game Mechanics Gamers Always Use
2. Whistling - Pokemon Sword & Shield
Pokémon Sword and Shield are the latest and greatest entries in the beloved Pokémon series.
Whilst they didn't redefine the Pokémon formula as Breath of the Wild did for Legend of Zelda, they at least tried to innovate and introduce some new mechanics to the proceedings.
Amongst such skills as cycling, cooking up curries, pitching tent (stop it), and Dynamaxing in battle, your custom character can also whistle to attract wild Pokémon.
Of the Pokémon themselves in Sword and Shield, they are abundant enough in number and ubiquitous enough throughout your daily travels that there is no real need to have to intentionally summon them.
In fact, such is the frequency with which you'll encounter these catchable critters that you're actually more likely to try to avoid them than you are to intercept them.
Then why the whistle?
"Why not?" is the answer.
Whistling in the tall grass (new album title, right there) to attract Pokémon, then running away from them is a game in and of itself, despite serving zero discernible purpose; it's just dumb fun.
It's also worth mentioning that, being mapped to L3, you usually just end up whistling by accident by applying too much pressure to the stick.
Which is annoying.