The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** The Beamos (laser statues). Not only are they unkillable, but their beams are stupidly fast, unblockable (even with the Mirror Shield) and also pack a lot of punch.

** The Lynels (lion-headed centaurs) of Death Mountain can only be hurt by a few select weapons, have a particularly nasty fireball that cannot be blocked without the Mirror Shield and are often fought in a very narrow mountainside. Thankfully, there are only three in the entire game.

* [[Game Breaker]]: The Cane of Byrna makes you invincible and simultaneously deals damage to enemies. Most experienced players contend that "Only wimps use the cane."

** The Bombos Medallion might cost a bit of magic, but it will destroy nearly any enemy on the screen outside of bosses. The one boss it works on is Kholdstare, whose shield of ice can be broken much more quickly with the Bombos Medallion than with the Fire Rod, and with less magic consumption. The Ether Medallion can also count, as even though it doesn't kill as many enemies, the ones it freezes can be hit with the Hammer for magic jars. The Quake Medallion, on the other hand, is significantly weaker than the other two, and usually only gets used for its one required use.

** The Magic Powder's ability to turn {{spoiler|Anti-Fairies into Fairies}} probably qualifies.

** [[Speed Run|Speed Runs]] make heavy use of the Pegasus Boots and the fact that Link flies a few tiles backwards through the air after running into a solid object. This allows players to cross gaps that would normally require the hookshot or some other item.

** The Magic Cape, which renders the player invisible and invulnerable, automatically renders any boss fight that doesn't require a magic item ridiculously easy.

* [[Goddamned Boss]]: Moldorm might not be the toughest boss in the game, but he's easily the most frustrating one, simply because he has a completely unpredictable pattern and can knock you off the edge of his platform, forcing you to restart the battle. Falling through the hole in the middle of the platform is even worse, as you will end up falling through a second hole on the floor underneath, and have to climb up two stories to fight Moldorm again. Worse still, if you attack him but fail to hit his weak spot, that also sends you flying backwards. It's even worse when this rule still applies outside the boss battle. You can beat Molodorm, but the moment that you fall through the hole in the ground, you have the beat this boss again.

** Zelda [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|grabbing a bow and arrow and defeating Ganon.]]

** [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|A moon with a rictus face.]]

** Making it more of a [[Goddamned Boss]]?

** The Helmasaur King is also very frustrating, mostly because you face him at a point in the game where you have relatively few upgrades, and probably only six or seven heart containers. The latter becomes an even bigger problem when you take into account the fact that he has an attack which drains a full heart container, and can be difficult to dodge, especially if he uses it and his other attack at the same time (he often does).

** Mothula: Not only is his movement pattern random and diagonal, but the floor keeps moving to send you into spikes. While the boss spits fireballs at you.

* [[Unwinnable by Insanity]]: It's possible to glitch your way into the first battle with Agahnim immediately after you rescue Princess Zelda right at the start of the game. If you beat him however, then you get transported into the Dark World -- which is a ''very'' bad thing since you won't have either the Magic Mirror or the Moon Pearl, meaning that you instantly turn into Bunny Link, can't return to the Light World, and can't do a thing in the Dark World beyond wandering around until you eventually get killed.

* [[Woolseyism]]: The Book of Mudora in the Japanese version was treated more like an instruction booklet for what Link can do. The English version translated it in such a way that made it seem as though it contained various myths and prophecies, and worded the instruction in such a way that did seem somewhat prophetic.