9 Most Annoying Video Game Sidekicks

4. Navi (The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time)

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Nintendo

Hey! Listen! Did you know Navi is annoying? Hey! Hey! Hello?! Like, it may have been mentioned before. Hey! HEY!

It's not that Link's first fairy is useless, far from it: Hyrule's so-called 'hero' can barely swing a sword straight without her assistance. It's more that her overbearing enthusiasm is so irritating that you just want to swat her with the Megaton hammer.

Unlike Link's Terminan companion Tatl, whose interruptions are marked with a pleasant bell-ring, Navi's ceaseless wails of 'Hey! Listen!' are more grating than a middle-class kid in a supermarket asking mummy for more avocado butter, oh please mummy! Even that a**ehole hat-duck turned out to be less trying.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.