ALegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has embraced the creativity of the game’s community and made their own take on the increasingly popular Korok torture machine trend. It may come as a surprise to hear thatZeldaplayers are building torture machines for Koroks. This is a Nintendo platform andTears of the Kingdomis an E10+-rated game, after all. Yet the combination ofZelda’s family-friendly tone,Tears of the Kingdom’s impressive construction features, and the complete absurdity of “torturing” a Korok has proven too attractive an opportunity for some fans.
The trend can perhaps be attributed to the popularity of aviral TikTok postshared shortly afterThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s launch. In the post, TikToker huntevs has Link leading a horse-drawn wagon in which a Korok has been “crucified” on a wooden cross. This wasn’t the first time the TikTok user had made videos placing Koroks in eyebrow-raising situations, but fans seemed to find the audacious videos increasingly funny, which has led to an increase in absurdity over time.
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In the latest example of this trend, Reddit user wanderXV shared a video of theircustom Korok torture machine creation. The machine shown in the video is relatively simple. It’s a wheel with three large wood posts attached to its treads. Each of the wooden posts, in turn, has a Korok attached at the end. When the machine is activated the wheel turns and each of the Koroks are dunked underwater before cycling around back into the air.
There’s no purpose to the machine beyond dunking Koroks, for those who might be confused. It dunks the Koroks, dunks them again, and repeats it until it runs out of power. The machine isn’t even particularly complex, thoughcollecting three backpack Koroksin one place likely took some time investment. ThisZeldaplayer simply believed this was something they had to make and share with the onlineZeldafanbase.
It should be clarified and made abundantly clear that no Koroks are being harmed in this video or any other. In theZeldagame universe, Koroks are presented as invincible little woodland spirits and Nintendo actively encourages players to toss them around. Nintendo likely didn’t have this in mind, however.
While the context of the video might be unsettling to some, and with good reason, the intention is entirely to share something silly and absurd. It’s to showcase creativity and the strange potential ofTears of the Kingdom’s unique construction system. These kinds of cruel jokes aren’t new to Nintendo games. Mario throwing the penguin child off the edge of the map inSuper Mario 64is a classic example. ButTears of the Kingdom’s impressive sandboxmay be enabling fans in ways Nintendo likely wouldn’t approve.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available now on Switch.
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