A mischievous The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has built a twisted vehicle that harnesses the power of an unwilling Electric Chuchu. The latest Legend of Zelda game has been out for almost a month now, and players have been flooding the internet with videos and screenshots of things they crafted using Tears of the Kingdom’s new building mechanics. Many of these are useful devices and vehicles meant to help Link on his latest quest to save the open-world land of Hyrule from the newly revived Ganondorf.
Not all the contraptions built using Link’s newfound Ultrahand and Fuse abilities have had a noble purpose though. Many Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have used these tools to commit some rather unsavory actions - especially when it comes to the plantlike Korok. These poor creatures have been subject to all manner of torture and cruelty in Tears of the Kingdom, ranging from elaborate death traps to outright crucifixion. This reached the point where Cristina Vee, the voice behind Tears of the Kingdom’s new Rito warrior Tulin, recently took to social media to call for an end to this torment, but to little avail.
At least one Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has found something other than a Korok to bother, though their actions are no less punishing. Reddit user mopeiobebeast recently shared a clip of their latest fan-made vehicle, which harnesses the power of an Electric Chuchu to operate. As in, the hapless Chuchu is locked in a cage where it fires blasts of electricity in a futile bid to free itself. Instead, the energy is channeled into a pair of turbines that propel the vehicle forward and carry Link through the Gerudo Desert.
Chuchu cruelty notwithstanding, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s new building mechanics have allowed for all kinds of creative contraptions - including some impressive, Hyrule-style recreations of the Podracers from Star Wars and the walker-like Metal Gear REX from Metal Gear Solid. These new tools and the freedom to use them however the player sees fit is just one of the many reasons that Tears of the Kingdom has become a near-overnight success on the Nintendo Switch, with its sales figures surpassing those of last year’s Elden Ring in its first few weeks alone.
While imprisoning a living creature and harnessing its powers against its will isn’t very becoming of a hero like Link, mopeiobebeast’s Chuchu-powered hovercraft is a fascinating display of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s physics and building mechanics, as well as how they can be utilized by a creative player. Half the fun of the latest Zelda entry seems to come from seeing fans interact with the world of Hyrule in their own way - even at the expense of a lowly Chuchu or Korok.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now for Nintendo Switch.
