Cucco
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| Cucco | |
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| File:Cucoo Wii U.jpg | |
| Appearances | |
| First appearance | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, The Legend of Zelda series) WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006, Wario franchise) |
| Latest appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) (2019, The Legend of Zelda series) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Mario-related media) |
Cuccos are a recurring species of chickens featured from the The Legend of Zelda series. In the Super Smash Bros. series, they were introduced as an item in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and as an enemy in the former game's Smash Run mode. During a fight, once they are spawned on the stage, they will walk around harmlessly until a player attacks one, a stage hazard disrupts it, or one is thrown at another player, regardless if the player is invincible or shields. Once this happens, a flock of Cuccos flies in and attack the player that triggered the flock, similar to their appearances in The Legend of Zelda. Any other player that comes in contact with the flock will also be damaged. If the Cucco was triggered without player involvement, it randomly targets players. Cuccos that attack from a downward motion have a weak meteor smash effect on players. While the Cucco items take their appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the Cucco enemies in Smash Run appear in their original sprite form from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Cuccos reappear as items in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Profiles
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U trophy
| Name | Image | Appears in (Wii U version only) |
NTSC-U description | PAL description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucco | File:CuccoTrophyWiiU.png | SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (04/1992) N64 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (11/1998) |
Why exactly a Cucco flees is anyone's guess. Maybe it knows what will happen when it is attacked and is trying to save you from that boundless rage. Once angered, it will call its flock and attack the last player to hit it. If thrown, whoever it hits will suffer its flock's wrath. | These chicken-like birds don't seem to be aware that there's a fight going on, and if they get hit too often, they'll explode with rage! They'll call in a bunch of their mates to relentlessly peck whoever touched them last. Of course, that could be the person they were thrown at - not just the thrower! |
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS-exclusive trophy
| Name | Image | NTSC-U description | PAL description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucco (NTSC-U) Cucco (Enemy) (PAL) |
File:CuccosTrophy3DS.png | Now here's a creature that's just poultry in motion. It usually minds its own business, but if you attack it, the chickens will come home to roost—by body-slamming you over and over...and over... A pretty fowl tactic if you ask us. It's almost futile to fight back, and eventually they'll lose interest and stop driving you Cucco. | Now here's a creature that's just poultry in motion. It usually minds its own business, but if you attack it, it'll call on all its little bird friends for help - a pretty fowl tactic if you ask us. However, just let them get on with body-slamming you and don't fight back, and eventually they'll lose interest and stop driving you Cucco. |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コッコ Kokko |
From「コケコッコー」(kokekokkō, an onomatopoeia for the peeps of a newborn chick and a childish term for a diminutive breed of chicken) |
| Chinese | 咕咕雞 (Traditional) 咕咕鸡 (Simplified) Gūgū jī |
Cucco |
| German | Huhn | Chicken |
| Russian | Кокко Kokko |
Cucco |
Trivia
- In the WarioWare: Smooth Moves microgame, Ocarina of Time, Link turns into a Cucco if the player pulls out the sword on the hardest difficulty.
