Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets you recreate a classic scene from the animated series

One of the best moments from the original Zelda animated series is made possible in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom thanks to the power of Fuse.

Some spoilers for the game below!

While it predates my time, the 1989 Legend of Zelda animated series is perhaps one of the greatest pieces of television ever made. Is it technically good? No! But Link, who is incredibly thirsty for Zelda, is always trying to get a kiss from the iconic princess, which is always hilarious, especially when someone decides to do it. make this your catchphrase. The thing about the show though is that it showed Link doing some wacky things like using his shield to bounce off a bomb, something you obviously couldn’t do in the original NES game. Well, in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you can now!

Each of the new abilities in Tears of the Kingdom can allow you to do ridiculous things, and Fuse is no different. For some contexts for those who don’t know how Fuse works, it essentially allows you to combine any interactable object with your sword or shield to produce something new. Sometimes it’s a great idea, sometimes not so much. One would think that strapping a bomb flower to his shield would obviously result in death, but lafonfrede on Reddit has led the charge in proving that anything is worth trying once.

[TotK] Shield Blitz Trick
by you/lafonfrede in Zelda

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As you can see in the video above, the combination actually proves quite fruitful, as it launches Link off the side of a small cliff, so it definitely has some uses! Obviously, it’s not Breath of the Wild’s bomb cheat that gets you through the map, but it’s a start.

It just shows you that there is no one right way to play Tears of the Kingdom, proving that creativity can lead to some positive results, even if it does feel like cheating at times (something the developers themselves love to do).