8 Games With Dangerous Flowers

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For as long as humans have felt the need to wax poetic about the loveliness of the world, flowers have been used as the ultimate symbol of beauty. With their velvety petals, sweet perfume, and colors of every imaginable shade, it’s not hard to see why.

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But in their innocence lies a great capacity for subversion. Some of the most innocent and lovely elements of our world are downright scary when they’re used in menacing ways. Video games are well known for doing this, and doing it well can produce adrenaline-pumping results. Here are eight games with flowers that players won’t want to cross.

Though she herself is no delicate flower, Poison Ivy does still command them with terrifying allure. In Batman: Arkham Asylum this infamous villain aids the whole ensemble of Batman’s foes in an evil plot involving genetically modified plants.

When players enter the Botanical Gardens section of the map, they’ll be confronted with a tangle of mutated vines that will try to ensnare them. When they finally confront Poison Ivy, she will merge herself with the large red flowerhead of these vines. The tendrils of this flowery beast will lash out and try to get a hold of Batman while Poison Ivy remains safe within the membrane center of the dangerous flower.

Equal parts hazardous and useful is this floral explosive from The Legend of Zeldafranchise. Bomb Flowers have appeared in six of the main Legend of Zelda games and can be a handy way for Link to destroy obstacles and enemies alike.

But these flowers are pretty dangerous for Link too. They automatically become activated once they’ve been picked and, if players aren’t swift, they’ll explode right in his hands. Bomb flowers can respawn infinitely as well,