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(Minigame) 33. Chicken Luring

We've moved on from the "boring, inoffensive and/or forgettable" stage of the minigame list to the "actively annoying but with some merit" stage. When I got a quest about finding chickens in Gongaga, I expected I would maybe have to sniff them out via chocobo, or round them up Moogle style. When they introduced yet another new gameplay mechanic from out of nowhere I let out an audible "Are you kidding me?"

Let it be known that these devs know exactly what they're doing, which is trolling. This isn't even the most "trollworthy" minigame either, but it's clearly playing with the idea that "the players won't like this, but we're going to do it anyway, teasing and testing their patience all the while." There's a moment where the game tricks you into thinking you're going to have to lure this chicken an in-game mile's worth of distance, but it thankfully fakes you out.

In this game, you have to use a "clanger" to attract chickens in an actual "realistic" way. I mean, it's more realistic than Link walking up to cucco and just lifting that sucker above his head. To use the clanger, you have to walk backward, pull the clanger along, but not too far along, and be ready if this chicken sees red and decides to flip the fuck out. It's infuriating. I feel like most of the time I was being interrupted by something off-screen behind me, like I'd get screwed over by a random NPC or an invisible wall.

But the thing is... it's actually kind of fun? I wanted to keep trying despite how tilted I was getting. Players are also rewarded at the end of this quest with a semi-funny resolution that calls into question why we do these sidequests to begin with.

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