Majora's Mask
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Actually, Majora's Mask is my favourite Zelda game. Yes, I like it more than the GameBoy ones and more than Ocarina of Time.
I playd it all the time as a kid. It wasn't the typical adventure, it had something new...the time cycle, the masks...I loved the concept and I still do.
The whole world off Termina and all its stories fascinated me way more than Hyrule did.
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And the music, oh god, yes...it's just beautiful. The Oath to Order [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuxL6om5eNo] will be my funeral song. Oh, and Calling the Giants [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV5uEmoRIo] as well.
I playd it all the time as a kid. It wasn't the typical adventure, it had something new...the time cycle, the masks...I loved the concept and I still do.
The whole world off Termina and all its stories fascinated me way more than Hyrule did.
So did I.xmbts said:
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Yes, you're nailing it. The game is full of emotion. A couple having been torn apart, a deku butler losing his son, a dad turning into a zombie in front of his very daughter...these are just examples, and all of it just happened because Majora's Mask wanted to have some "fun". No evil scheme, no complicated plans...just destruction in its purest form. The whole world was full of pain. And you were completely alone in it. Sure, you could try and help some of those poor beings...but two days and a certain song later they will forget you.Jabberwock xeno said:
And the music, oh god, yes...it's just beautiful. The Oath to Order [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuxL6om5eNo] will be my funeral song. Oh, and Calling the Giants [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV5uEmoRIo] as well.
Exactly!Bloodstain said:
Glad to see someone who understands.
[small]In fact, on dec 21st 2012, i'll be playing the oath to order on my roof
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You'll be saving the world!!Jabberwock xeno said:Exactly!Bloodstain said:
Glad to see someone who understands.
[small]In fact, on dec 21st 2012, i'll be playing the oath to order on my roof
I think that together OoT and MM may make the greatest game of all time. Majora's Mask was freaking epic, the gameplay, the masks, the atmosphere, the characters, the art, all that malarky was amazing. But the temples felt like chores, it all felt kind of pointless and meandery, not to mention Gyrog scared the living crap out of me. OoT was more traditional, but the temples were all fun and not too repetitive considering the numbers and length. It wasn't quite as rich but it still had a wonderful atmosphere and some great areas and characters. The only thing that really bugged me was that if you so much as looked in any other direction than the next temple... HEY! LISTEN! Navi wouldn't STFU. Not that there was very much to do outside the main quest.
So yeah. Together = best game ebar.
So yeah. Together = best game ebar.
I want this in my Facebook. I want to look at it whenever I tell myself I wanna replay MM but find an excuse not to.Eponet said:
I will, however, say that the Fierce Deity Mask gave me a different impression than yours...Look at him...a cruel warrior with a double-helix spike for a sword, war paint, no pupils, dark armor against an ethereal light blue tunic...
I got the impression that the Fierce Deity Mask was Majora reminding me that no matter how evil you think he is, there are powers darker and more sinister living inside every last person, and that you have the choice to give in to rage or to win with dignity. It was that last locked door which hid a truth scarier than anything that came before. When he gave it to me so that we could "play" he said "You be the villain." And he was probably right. Majora was a cakewalk when fighting him with the mask, but look at what I had to become in order to smear his innards into the ground: A cruel, ethereal, demon-like warrior. I used none of the techniques I learned, none of the items I worked so hard to attain; I merely locked on, shot him down with my death beam, and hacked him to pieces with that horrible claymore.
To add, I gave away all my masks in order to get to that power. Each of those trivial masks was a memento of a part of my journey, or a keepsake from a grateful friend, and I gave it all away for the chance to become like Majora himself just so I could maim him with no sweat. I felt, in retrospect, like I had compromised everything I learned in order to obtain absolute power.
Damn. You must have spent many sleepless nights thinking about this.Eponet said:
I liked OoT the best (because it is awesome), followed by MM (because it was the most fun, and now that I read the above...), and then Zelda II (possibly the hardest game ever made). OK, fine, Zelda II is more of a learning-curve-with-an-overhang game, but it is still REALLY HARD.
I did that on my second play through because I didn't get all the masks the first time through. And I can say it is INFINITLY more rewarding to beat Majora as Link (or Zora Link for the first part...) because it is much harder (and no unlimited magic milk, either). You have to figure out how to beat each form and conserve your special attacks. And get killed 50 billion times.AyreonMaiden said:
In the manga version, Oni link is the reincarnation of the one who sealed Majora away. Or something, it's very confusing with all the weired theories going around >.<zfactor said:
But the author said that bit was non canon, interesting read nonetheless.
I like this idea. However, I'm also seeing a possible subversion as well. After the battle is over, Link is shown as being capable of removing the mask. It could also be seen as a point of empathy, Link going through exactly the same things as the skull kid did, not destroying the land like the skull kid did, or being corrupted by power like Ganondorf.AyreonMaiden said:
A sign of both Link's inner strength that developed over the course of gaining the masks, and a trial of empathy. Link went through the same thing as his enemy, and began to understand it. Assuming that this made him more sympathetic towards it, Link destroyed Majora because of the fact that it was a threat to the world, not out of vengence.
Additionally, it would also give cause to the Light Spirits in Twilight Princess being willing to allow Link to go after the Fused Shadows. While the dark magic did corrupt everyone that used it while it was still sealed away, Link's predecesor would have already confronted and overcome such a burden in the past.
Though, that would require Nintendo to have planned two console generations ahead, which is more credit than I'm willing to give them.
I really loved the way that Majora's Mask broke the mould of Zelda games, and i really enjoyed the doing the individual quests to get the masks, I especially loved the Kafei and Anju storyline.
The three day time limit was an innovative idea, but it was very very irritating. My friend and I were literally one minute from defeating the boss of the Stone Temple when we ran out of time. It was really frustrating and wasn't the first time something like that had happened.
I have a very mixed opinion on the game, and i can't decide whether i love it or merely like it. Either way, it's a great game that deserves recognition
The three day time limit was an innovative idea, but it was very very irritating. My friend and I were literally one minute from defeating the boss of the Stone Temple when we ran out of time. It was really frustrating and wasn't the first time something like that had happened.
I have a very mixed opinion on the game, and i can't decide whether i love it or merely like it. Either way, it's a great game that deserves recognition
They are all good games and fun to play. I'm not in the market of trolling or trying to apply arbitrary ranks to a game so I'm not going to rank them though. And that's all I have to say about that.
MM is my favourite Zelda game and among my favourites of all times. I replayed it recently on the Wii.
The dark theme and pacing are simply brilliant. To see the town go from lively on day one, to utterly somber on day three was a masterstroke. The music was particularly effective in evoking this atmosphere, I can still hear the sad theme of day three in my head and feel the devastation.
The artifact of experiencing the same three days over and over sounds lame, but in fact works great. You get to see how the different townsfolk react to the events, and how can you affect what they do. What happens if you do and if you don't.
Of course, much is owed to OoT, which set the general structure for Zelda games still in use today, but the refinements on MM put it a notch above for me.
In short a masterpiece, IMHO.
The dark theme and pacing are simply brilliant. To see the town go from lively on day one, to utterly somber on day three was a masterstroke. The music was particularly effective in evoking this atmosphere, I can still hear the sad theme of day three in my head and feel the devastation.
The artifact of experiencing the same three days over and over sounds lame, but in fact works great. You get to see how the different townsfolk react to the events, and how can you affect what they do. What happens if you do and if you don't.
Of course, much is owed to OoT, which set the general structure for Zelda games still in use today, but the refinements on MM put it a notch above for me.
In short a masterpiece, IMHO.
Admittedly i never got round to playing majora's mask when it first came out, i only got to give it a whirl years later, but i think that made me have a better opinion of it.
As others have pointed out, the dark and grim theme to that game are what drew me to it, that sense of impending doom (also the fact that link is literally wearing the faces of the recently deceased made me edgy). The real time events unfolding, with each member of termina having individual problems made me go from ineffectual to having a major emotional stake in how things went, feeling particularly sad with Kafei and Anju when things went belly up.
The 'mask' gimmick as well was brilliant, an emotional game and i hold it as an example of a game well made, its a shame there arent more games like it
As others have pointed out, the dark and grim theme to that game are what drew me to it, that sense of impending doom (also the fact that link is literally wearing the faces of the recently deceased made me edgy). The real time events unfolding, with each member of termina having individual problems made me go from ineffectual to having a major emotional stake in how things went, feeling particularly sad with Kafei and Anju when things went belly up.
The 'mask' gimmick as well was brilliant, an emotional game and i hold it as an example of a game well made, its a shame there arent more games like it
imo, MM was a great bunch of new ideas showing that the developers were wanting to stretch out in an even more different direction than Oot. The things that once annoyed me about this game have been what truly sucked me back in with the recent play throughs. the peeps with the super long awesome philosophical look at it are amazing and should be awarded free sundaes to every ice creamery they walk into but yeah, i spose its like most games in the sense that was recieved very 50-50 buy people, BUT i will say this, at least its not the freakin same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again....eyyyyy activision....stop that activion just stop that right now