Most useless item in a game?

[koeniginator]

Any of the stat-raising items in pokemon.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY USED THAT SHIT?

 

[MR T3D]

that gnome.
you know, the one you carry so far just to send into space for no good reason except for that dammed achievement.
truly in that it's not even effective when shot at enemies.

 

[internetzealot1]

As the title suggests... what is the most useless item in a game that you have encountered? Mine would have to be the ship missile expansions in Metroid Prime 3... You only use them to proceed through the game, and ammo is plentiful. You also get the expansions after you use three( the orgignal max) in relatively quick succesion. You can't use them in combat, unless I'm missing something... useless!

I think you can actually use them in outdoor combat. I'd have to play the game to make sure, though.

 

[internetzealot1]

I'd have to go with that spinning disk from twilight princess. It's cool, until you get out of the dungeon, and realize that its only good for use when ther's a track on a wall.

 

[Durxom]

As the title suggests... what is the most useless item in a game that you have encountered? Mine would have to be the ship missile expansions in Metroid Prime 3... You only use them to proceed through the game, and ammo is plentiful. You also get the expansions after you use three( the orgignal max) in relatively quick succesion. You can't use them in combat, unless I'm missing something... useless!

I think you can actually use them in outdoor combat. I'd have to play the game to make sure, though.

I believe you used them to shoot at "special" objects while you were exploring to get to new areas or new upgrades, and could only be replenished when you got back to a landing site

 

[Sviests]

The Stoppable Force - World of Warcraft.
Chainsaw - Serious Sam (I mean c`mon. Whats wrong with shootin`?)

 

[Alberio]

Goldeen from Smash Bros. Melee, nothing worse than grabbing a pokeball in the middle of a heated battle only do throw it and see Goldeen emerge and start flailing around.

 

[funguy2121]

The submachinegun in Resident Evil 4.

Are you kidding? I love the SMG in RE4. Get the stock, upgrade it get, 200-300 bullets and then it's game time!

I always preferred an upgraded shotgun and the occasional mine dart

Now the mine darts! they were pointless, i'm on my 5th play through & only used them a few times.

As far as functionality is concerned, I really can't disagree with you too much (you're making me miss this game, btw). The mine darts haven't exactly saved my ass more than once and that was after I'd run out of just about all my other weapons (the first nonstop ambush inside the castle where you have to protect Ashley while she's turning those, erm, levers). They are, however, an absolute blast to use. There's an area you can sneak up on, I believe just before the mine, where a bunch of Ganados are standing around a campfire doing absolutely nothing. Nothing like connecting the scope and firing a mine dart into the head of one of those guys, running up to the fire and seeing them all quickly die.

 

[MetaKnight19]

The shurikens in Ninja Gainden 2, you can throw fucking hundreds of the things and they hardly do any damage at all. They are only good for something to throw while your in the air and look more ninja like, but still, hardly any damage.

Good one. The only time I used the shurikens was to get the 100-hit combo achievement.

Anyway, I've been ninja'd loads.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

The combat-knife in Serious Sam I.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Any of the stat-raising items in pokemon.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY USED THAT SHIT?

i was thinking of that and magikarp or rattata

magikarp is the biggest pile of shit (till evolution obviously)

and rattata/ratatat are the worst normal pokemon to possibly have imo

 

[Ima Lemming]

The Cape of Invisibility in Wizards and Warriors. It turns your guy invisible so you can't see him, but the enemies still know where you are.

 

[Captain Schpack]

That eavesdrop perk in COD4

Yes. and the Pokemon Magikarp

 

[Veekter]

The Fork of Horrapilation in Oblivion. That was the weakest weapon in the game that I found.

Not only is it weak, but it curses you when you equip it

 

[CNKFan]

The Fork of Horrapilation in Oblivion. That was the weakest weapon in the game that I found.

Not only is it weak, but it curses you when you equip it

Really? I just thought that it was hella weak I did not know that you got a curse to go along with it.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

The Muscle-mass form in "Prototype."

Try playing around with it for a while. Sure, it may be the worst weapon, but damn if it isn't fun.

 

[The Random One]

I don't feel like reading five pages to find out if it's been mentioned, but there was a Rainbow Six game on the N64 that had an item called Heartbeat Sensor.

From the Official FAQ:

Q: What does the Heartbeat Sensor do?
A: The Heartbeat Sensor does nothing.

Since you are very limited on how many items you can carry in that game, I submit the Heartbeat Sensor is the most useless item ever, since if you take it you can't take another, more useful item, therefore it has negative usefulness.

 

[mew4ever23]

Bidoof and Bibarel in the new pokemon games.

Oh, and the Bugbait in everything after half life 2. You can impulse 101 your way into having it, but it doesn't do anything.

 

[SkullCap]

Goron's Knife from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. You save up your rupees and you test it out on a plant, then it breaks. Useless piece of junk.