The different reincarnations of Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise have gone on numerous adventures. He commonly uses a variety of items to help him in his never-ending quest to save Hyrule and rescue Princess Zelda. Many of these items are some of the most famous in video game iconography. Some examples of these famous items include the Hookshot, the Hylian Shield, the Ocarina of Time, the Wind Waker, the masks from Majora’s Masks, and, of course, the Master ꦑSword. Links uses all these items to aid him in his many adventures to stop the evil Ganon.
Each item is valuable in their own different ways. The Master Sword is needed to vanquish any great evil that is threatening𝐆 Hyrule. The Hookshot is needed to latch onto certain items in order to pull Link from one area to another. The Ocarina of Time is needed to play certain songs with magical properties that would help Link in his quest. A▨ll these items sound cool, and Link does use them in pretty fantastical ways, but in real life, most of these items are pretty useless.
For instance, what use would most people in the real world have for a hookshot or a huge sword? This is why we will be going over 15 'Useful' Legend Of Zelda Items, That Are Actually Useless. While a lot of thes𓆉e items look♋ cool in the game, they are virtually pointless in real life.
15 ꦅ Bring In The Hook
The trusty hookshot is one of the most famous items in all of Zelda. The hookshot in most games is mostly just a devi♑ce with a chain and a hook. The hook is attached at the end of the chai🧔ns. When used, the chain shoots out of the base, taking the hook with it. The hook then can latch onto certain objects. Once it latches onto something, Link can then project himself towards the thing that the hook is latched onto. He can also use the hookshot to pull enemies and objects towards him.
The hookshot is one most creative and fun tools to use in all of tಌhe games. Too bad it would be impossible to use in real life. T⭕o get that much momentum to physically move a grown man to one area to the next, with only using a chain and hook, is not possible.
14 ღ Sa𓆉ved From Obscurity
I honestly believe that the ocarina would have faded into obscurity if it wasn’t for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. While ocarinas were always good sounding instruments, Ocarina of Time shoಌwcases the instrument as a powerf🎀ul tool in stopping evil. The Ocarina of Time was capable of playing so many beautiful songs that gave Link a variety of magical powers.
And yes, it still doesn’t work if you play “The Song of Time," trust me I tried that.
One of 🦩the most infamous powers was giving Link the power to time travel. He can travel forward or backward in time. He can make it morning or nighttime by simply playing a piece of music. Even though ocarinas in real life are nice sounding, they do not give people the power travel in time. And yes, it still doesn’t work if you play “The Song of Time," trust me I tried that.
13 𝔉 Handle With Care
The Mirror Shield from Legend of Zelda is a common item that is capable of reflecting light. Witꦯh the Mirror Shield, Link is able to fin♌d any source of light, and reflect it towards his enemies. Often times there are foes and bosses that are very sensitive towards light, allowing Link to distract them. Some enemies can also be damaged by having light reflected on them.
Mirror Shield may be a cool item in game, yet it would be impossible to use in real life. Mirrors༒ are super fragile in real life; they shatter easily. You can reflect light with mirrors, possibly blinding people temporarily, but you wouldn’t be able to put a mirror on a shield. It would shatter the first ꧋thing it makes contact with. The Mirror Shield is overall impractical, and would only be useful in a small sample of enemies. Why anyone would build one in the first place is beyond me.
12 All The Single Ladies 👍 🉐
As an accessory, rings are pretty fashionable. However, outside of fashion, rings virtually don’t do anything. They look nice on people’s fingers, and that’s pretty much it. Yet, in the world of Zelda, some rings have strange magical properties that give wea♔rers a variety of powers.
Despite what is shown in the games, wearing a brightly colored ring in the real world does not make you immune to injury.
For instance, the Blue Ring from the original Legend of Zelda reduces the amount of damage Link takes. Another example is the Grip Ring from The Minish Cap, which allows Link to climb on certain walls. Unfortunately, rings in the real world do not have magical powers, so I wouldn’t recommend testing this out in real life. Despite what is 🐈shown in the games, wearing a brightly colored ring in the real world does not make you immune to injury. So if you were planning to walk into traffic with a bright, blue ring, I strongly suggest you don’t.
11 𓄧 🐭 Don't Skip Leg Day
Bracelets have pretty much the same use in the real world as rings. They look nice on some people and some people like wearing them. Again, a fashion choice is made into a powerful tool to conquer against evil in the world of Zelda.
Goron’s Bracelet in Ocarina of Time allows Link to pull out Bomb Flowers off the ground. Bomb Flowers are exactly whaౠt it reads; they are plants that literally grow bombs. Sadly, these beautiful plants don’t exist in the real world, so there wouldn’t be a need for the Goron Bracelet in the real world. Power Bracelets, a common item in the series, gives great strength to Link. Bracelets also do not do this and trust me, I tried. I tried lifting a boulder in the middle of a field with just a golden bracelet, and it would🦩n’t move an inch.
10 Genie In A🅺 Bottle
Bottles are super useful in Zelda. Link can use bottles to carry some potions to help rejuvenate his health. They can also help capture bugs, fish, and other small creatures (depending on the game). Most importantly though they are capable of capturing fairies, small creatures that can resurrect Link if he ever runs🎉 out of hearts.
However, in the real world, you will rarely find a use for bottles outside carrying water.
Bottles are the all-purpose tool; however, in the real world, you will rarely find a use for bottles outside carrying water. Maybe they can be used to capture bugs as well, yet, since fairies do not exist in real life, bottles infinitely lose out on the thing that made them the most useful in the Legend of Zelda.🌊 Good luck coming back to life with a bottle filled with just water.
9 Fashion Forward 🦩
Everyone recognizes the iconic green tunic that Link wears throughout the franchise. Based on the costume that Peter Pan wore in the classic Disney movie, the green tunic is one of gaming’s most iconic pieces of clothing. In Ocarina of Time, the Green Tunic is the basic clothing Link has on. He later gets different color tunics that give him different abilities. The blue tunic allows him to breath🅺e underwater, while the red tunic allows him tꦍo withstand intense heat.
It also doesn’t mean I can breathe underwater suddenly because I am wearing a blue shirt.
Obviously, this is not how clothes work in real life. We all wear different color clothinꩲg every day in our lives. Because I’m wearing a red shirt doesn’t mean I can withstand the heat from a volcano. It also doesn’t mean I can breathe underwater suddenly because I am wearing a blue shirt.
8 Deadly Only In Link's Hands ജ
The classic image of a slingshot is that of a pubescent boy, stretching out the rubber band, one eye open to more accurately aim at his target. Slingshots have often been seen as a toy for young, mischievous boys. In the Legend of Zelda universe, however, sliꩵngshots are weapons that are just one step below a bow and arrow.
The slingshot in the games can damage weaker enemies. They pretty much serve as proto-bow and arrows before Link can actually get a bow and arrows. While slingshots in real life can cause major harm to others, like poking someone’s eyes out, they are not ღnearly as deadly as they are in Link’s hands. Just my luck, I would end up hitting myself or breaking the band!
7 Big Twigs
Similar to slingshots, sticks do next to nothing in the real world. Sticks can make fire, which can be hazardous, but generally, sticks are not usually weapons. Sometimes large sticks or tree logs can be sculpted to be swords or other weapons that can be useful. Nonetheless, a normal plain stick can’t do anything. Sticks in Legend of Zelda though, they can be used as weapons. Stick can slightly harm weaker foes. Sticks in the games are mostly used to light fire with, and spreading that fire to nearby lamps. Even in the games, sticks aren’t that helpful to actually use as a we༒apon, but the fact that it can cause harm to dangerous foes makes it a lot more useful weapon that real life sticks.
6 Behind The Mask🌟
Unless you somehow got your hands on one of the masks in Majora’s Mask or the Haunted Mask from that one Goosebumps book, masks generally do not transform people into different things. In Majora’s Mask, Link is giving the power to transform into different species of himself by wearing certai🃏n masks. He can turn into a Zora, a Deku, or even a Goron. Each new version of himself has their special kind of abilities and powers. Zora Link can breathe underwater and swim really fast, while Goron Link can turn into a ball and roll around.
Safe to s💫ay, unless it is Halloween or for some reason you need to hide your identity, masks do not do anything in the real world. Sure it is fun to put on a mask and pretend to be something else. Nevertheless, they don’t really contribute much outside of entertainment.