A player added a dose of wholesomeness to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by building a lovely little shelter for Addison. Throughout various regions in Tears of the Kingdom, players can encounter a character named Addison attempting to prop up a sign advertising his boss's company, Hudson Construction. Though, there is a hint of deviousness to the help the player provided.
Addison is an NPC found throughout Hyrule who is fiercely devoted to his boss, whom he refers to as President Hudson, the owner of Hudson Construction, a man dedicated to helping rebuild Hyrule after the destructive events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Addison is supporting President Hudson both figuratively and literally, as he’s been tasked with installing Hudson Construction signs throughout Hyrule. But he’s having trouble making them stand all on his own. This is where Link’s newfound powers come into play.
Addison's interactions are physics-based puzzles in disguise that require the use of Link’s powers. In this case, Link must use Ultrahand. Using the ability to levitate objects and piece them together, Link can provide the signpost Addison is hugging with enough support so that Addison can complete the installation. How, exactly, the player does this is up to them. One player, who goes by the Reddit username raish_lakish, found a clever, if slightly mean, way to help him. Rather than using nearby materials to prop up the sign, raish_lakish constructed a small shelter, a sort of portable closet, around Addison to protect him from a harsh snowstorm.
On the surface, it seems like Link is just doing his due diligence as a fine, upstanding citizen of Hyrule and member of the royal court. But, really, raish_lakish by way of Link, isn’t helping at all. Link isn’t keeping the sign steady; he’s just built a minimum-security prison around Addison that isn’t actually making contact with the sign. As far as Link is concerned, he’s done his good deed for the day. But for Addison, he is now stuck in a freezing box, forever doomed to hold a sign that will never stand on its own. These little reoccurring situations are one of the many reasons Tears of Kingdom is selling copies at a record-setting pace.
This scenario is just one of now dozens of examples of how Tears of the Kingdom not only gives players the tools to solve problems in their own unique ways but also manufactures comedy the developers at Nintendo could not have possibly foreseen.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available on Nintendo Switch.