10 Video Game Joke Items That Are Secretly One-Time Boss Killers
7. Fishing Rod - Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The final fight with Ganon in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an epic multistage battle consisting of duels, horse racing, and many other unique sections.
It’s definitely one of the most intense finales in the series, which is why you can use all the help you can get to make its individual stages easier.
And it just so happens that the most efficient kind of aid comes in the somewhat unexpected shape of a common fishing rod.
Despite its main purpose being, well, fishing, the rod has a secret functionality during the final showdown with Ganon in that it’s capable of distracting him throughout the fight.
Whenever you pull out the fishing rod and start wiggling it around in front of his face, the mighty King of Thieves will immediately stop what he’s doing and start looking at it like a mesmerized cat with a laser pointer.
The distraction can completely pull him out of the fight, making it easy to get free attacks on him.
The rod basically turns the entire climax of the game into one giant slapstick routine! And people say Twilight Princess is the darkest Zelda ever made…