10 Video Games That Knew You'd Try To Break Them

6. Don’t Steal - Zelda: Link’s Awakening

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The problem with cool loot and items in video games is that by-and-large they’re going to cost you quite a few simoleons, gold pieces, gil, or, in this case, rupees. That’s all fine unless your pockets are a little light and then some casual kleptomania is starting to sound like a good way to go.

If you decide to break bad in Link’s Awakening though, you’re in for a rude, um, awakening.

In the Town Tool Shop you can pinch an object, then orient the shopkeeper to the wall opposite the doorway after which you have a tiny window of time to hightail it out of there to obtain your loot for the extraordinarily low price of free. The game will let you know you got the item for free, and ask if you’re proud of yourself, but then things go extra sideways.

Return to the scene of the crime and the shopkeeper will one-shot you. Not only that, every character in the game will now call you THIEF instead of your name. Not a forgiving people, these Hyrulians.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.