Personally I think Link's statue is actually evidence of him NOT being dead. The other statues have blank dead eyes while Link's does not. I think the statue is more like a reflection of himself, showing that he is not as stoic and confident as he tries to present himself as a hero. Inside he hides fear and pain.
Eyes are the window to the soul. The blank eyes suggest there’s nothing there, while the coloured eyes would say there’s still a soul in there. So yeah, I do agree with the assessment that Link’s statue implies he’s still alive.
Fear and pain He was the keeper of the triforce of courage you plum who took down Ganondorf , anything after that epic saga would have just been a lay up to him just duty as usual save the fucking world ........again
I saw a comment on a different video (one about the Anju/Kafei quest) where someone said "OoT may have been the better game, but MM was the superior _experience"_ and really truer words couldn't have been spoken.
@@henzosoares3960 it's really hard to judge games from an objective standpoint, and every game is someone's favorite - even Animorphs or Super Hydlide - but based on reviews and popularity, OOT does win out. It's also worth mentioning it was the very first game to score a perfect 10 on GameSpot. Ofc they aren't the arbiter of good games but it's still a massive feat.
@@henzosoares3960 I would agree with you though; for me personally, it's less about the "quality" of the game and more about the experience, and MM is in my top three favorite Zelda games.
Slight clarification regarding the "ghosts" in the Romani Ranch segment. Those are actually aliens who's design is based on one singular reported alien encounter with an alleged alien creature dubbed the "Flat Woods Monster" and said alien actually has a good amount of of popularity in Japan to have both toys made of it along with numerous appearances in videogames.
Glad to see my favorite Zelda game get some love. MM was always the most eerie Zelda game to me, probably because of the plot and fan rumors. Shout-out to you, Sacrow
I love Majora's Mask. To me the game feels more melancholy than creepy. I find the fan theories about Termina's & Ikana's lore more interesting than the creepy pasta theories. Why does Stone Tower Temple have a Triforce? What is the relationship of the Giants to the gods of Hyrule? Who was the tribe that created Majora's Mask? I don't really like the idea that Link was dead all along.
Every copy of majora’s mask isn’t different however every save file is actually different, and it relies on the name of the save file. Differently named save files have different star patterns in the sky during night time, that is the extent to how every save file is different unfortunately.
That's actually pretty awesome. As a star gazer, I noticed the sky looked different while watching someone else play. Initially, I just assumed the sky moved or changed each day. However, I didn't noticed that when I played again on a new save file with the same name. I assumed it was due to a difference in the game cartridge or something. This explanation is fascinating. I wonder if there are cool constellations for special names.
For the Romani event, where she's gonna be given Chateau Romani, I always thought that she wasn't being given it as her first and last grown up thing. I thought she was given alcohol so that she wouldn't be aware of what was about to happen, not sure why I imagined it like that when I was younger but it did fit the vibe of this game
The Chateau Romani milk is portrayed as a alcohol beverage so you were right, because as I remember it correctly you could enter the milk bar and buy milk but not the Romani milk because the Romani milk will have a "certain" effect to children (like if link drinks the milk his magic meter will never deplete unless you use the song of time), unless you are wearing the cow mask then you could buy the Romani milk because the mask means you are a special member or something like that (I don't exactly remember😅).
i can’t believe i lost the game because of you, sacrow. you give me a false sense of security with my favorite game and then hit me with that save file
I've played MM a lot. That being said, there's something strangely comforting about Sacrow explaining to me that all the things I found unsettling actually were unsettling. Makes me feel like I'm not a wuss even though I definitely am
Majora's mask as a game is pretty similar to the works of Edgar Allen Poe; it makes you sad but makes you be sad in a productive way. I didn't have the best childhood growing up and a game like majora's mask tackling such a dark subject matter actually was a weirdly effective way of confronting a lot of my emotions.
That Ben Drowned video I have a feeling might be one of your longest videos yet Can't wait this was a great and well made video Majora's mask and Ocarina of time have to be my favorite video games of all time
I love Majora's Mask, but it's also uniquely eerie to me. I don't want to go into details as to how or why, but I lost most of my memories from roughly age 12-15. I vaguely remember being obsessed with Majora's Mask during this time. This was before the remake came out, and apparently I wanted to play it so badly that I bought a used N64 and copy of the game. (Not sure why I did this when it would have been available on the Wii Virtual Console at the time.) I have no recollection of this, it was a surprise to me years later when I found an N64 and a few games tucked away in a cabinet, and starting up the cartridge to find a save file with quite a bit of progress. I thought I had only ever played the 3D remake. Now, playing the original Majora's Mask not only brings me the feelings of sadness, doom, and hope that were intended, but something else always lingers over me too. It's a sort of uncanny nostalgia. The game feels like something I created in a dream, like it shouldn't exist and I most definitely shouldn't be able to play it. The 3ds remake doesn't conjure up these feelings, just the original.
I was too young to not be confused when MM came out, especially the time looping. I was also very frustrated though, I was just old enough that there was something I just couldn't comprehend. I could understand the atmosphere, that somber tone is hard to miss, even without "getting" it, but I just wasn't able to get into the game and it pissed me off lol Of course I've had many opportunities to appreciate it now. It's a bit vindicating to child me to know it is a deep story and it made sense that I struggled to understand it then. I always seem to ramble on when I see a video on it, so I'll try to stop now lol But I always appreciate hearing peoples' perspectives and personal take away from MM and, despite only knowing Ben Drowned through these kinds of videos, that story has become part of my enjoyment. So I'm excited for the next part too
Ever since I first see screenshots in Nintendo gaming magazines in 1999 and every month until Christmas 2000 prepared my mind the importance of the games 3 day time mechanic , by the time I played it I was mentally ready and I loved it
I was the same so hyped for it after loving ocarina of time and thinking I was ready for another epic adventure and reading all the material I thought it would be similar tone and theme not knowing those words at 12 years old but just thinking yes I get to be link and see a continuation of the story and it was so far different it just Jared me and I couldn't get into it or get around it not being what I expected haven't played through much of the game I never got passed the clock bit just scratched the surface.i found the time mechanic just gave me too much to get my head round
Majora's Mask was the first Zelda game I played on my 3ds, i always found the game extremely creepy. It would've been a simple game without the deep dive of the many characters and how melancholic it is. I like to think that it is purgatory one way or another and Link is there to help them pass on.
The sheer hopelessness of Termina as there's a couple days left before certain doom sets the tone perfectly. Before Twilight Princess and possibly Tears of the Kingdom, Majora’s Mask was the darkest Zelda game by far. The world-building, despair, and grief felt ideal for many internet theories and the infamous Ben Drowned urban legend/creepypasta. The locals you meet are aware of their fate so they had to live with it in the end, and my god the moon's face is just terrifying. Majora’s Mask continued Link's ascent into not only being the 'Hero of Time' but the savior of Termina. From the dead souls made into masks for him to inherit to the point where he became a literal giant. The game is beautifully dark and dealt with it's tone pitch perfectly; this was before the N64's end. In spite of many production issues, Majora’s Mask was so iconic that the concept of our world ending in three days appeared in many YTPs as well as the dreaded moon crashing on impact. Just as good as Ocarina of Time, but so much more in the greater sense.
One of the creepiest moments of my life revolves around Ben (because of course). On a whim, I asked Cleverbot who drowned him. It said that the Happy Mask Salesman did it. I closed the tab and have never gone back. I know it's stupid but the fear was real.
I can imagine interpreting this as an Among Us emergency meeting. Mikau: Alright, who drowned Ben? Deku Butler's Son: I blame the Skull Kid. Kafei: I agree with the Deku kid I mean, he turned me into a kid again. Anju: I agree with Kafei and the Deku child. Darmani: I think that creepy guy with the masks did it. HMS: What?! I would never! I wouldn't have anything to gain by drowning poor Ben. Mikau: Seems a bit suspect, to me. I agree with Darmani, the mask guy's a prime suspect. Lulu: ... Pamela: The Zora lady has been very quiet. Why? Mikau: Ou- I mean, her eggs were recently laid, but they were stolen by those dang Pirates. The eggs were meant to restore her voice, but now they can't. Avail: Yes. I did indeed steal Lulu's eggs. It's for my crew, they deserve a better life. Anyway, I blame the Happy Mask Salesman, too. Skull Kid: What the heck? What'd I do to get no votes? Everyone: ...are you serious? Link (ghost): It was Majora. Ben (ghost): Yeah, it's Majora that's guilty. Much arguing later... Deku Butler's Son: 0 votes Darmani: 0 votes Mikau: 0 votes HMS: 4 votes (Darmani, Mikau, Lulu, Avail) Skull Kid: 3 votes (DBS, Kafei, Anju) Lulu: 1 vote (Pamela) Majora: 1 vote (Skull Kid) Link (ghost): 0 votes Ben (ghost): 0 votes Happy Mask Salesman was not the Impostor.
As a kid I always wanted to play the legend of zelda majora's mask Form hearing the Ben drowned creepypasta Theres just something about this game that keeps me wanting more
From the moment I see the first screenshots and dark artwork in the gaming magazines in 1999 I was hook , line and sphinctered mate ! Didn't have Internet at home until 2002 so I would keep going back to my local news agents store at the back and stand alone gazing at brand new screenshots of MM and my imagination ran wild
I'm playing through this on the 3DS in 2023 but i've always heard about it as a kid, as my cousin told me it was the sequel to ocarina. He did stress it was way harder
@@drascia Caesar cyphers use a system in which letters are shifted backwards or forwards a certain number of letters in the alphabet, In this case 5 letters forward. So to decode it I had to push each letter back by 5 :)
Are we just going to ignore the fact that the link is dead theory was officially deconfirmed by Nintendo when they revealed that the hero of Twilight is a direct descendant of the hero of time. So unless links walking around knocking bitches up at 10 yo, it's impossible.
I actually played this one before OOT because I got the Nintendo power magazine that had a good deal of the walkthrough in it. Little did I know that I would be playing one of the best
I'm pretty certain Cremia didn't let Romani drink the Chateau Romani just to let her feel what it's like to be an adult, but specifically because it was alcoholic and would dull her senses as the world ends.
The Nintendo 64 had a old feature called stop n swap which was gonna be used for secret collectibles in banjo kazooie and other newer n64 games, so you unplug a cartridge eg: donkey dong while running and within 10 seconds plug in another eg: banjo kazooie and during that session you can play a donkey kong themed level and if you beat it you get donkey kong collectible, it was scraped and never implemented However on personalised copies of Mario 64 you can use this to shove in assets from other games into Mario 64 (if the cartridge has room) But if done the other way around, the Ali can spread (odds are it breaks the other game, unless it is similar enough to Mario 64) It has been known to spread to copies of ocarina of time and majoras mask, in fact it usually implements a lot of references to each other and parts of mechanics
Popping in to say thank you for covering these old, spooky topics. Creepypasta is incredibly nostalgic for me and I've been binging your videos since I discovered them. I hope you continue to put out great vids like this one!
huge zelda fan here, even tho OOT was my first ever zelda i played and still watching to this day ( speedruns etc ) i always thought that MM was kinda underrated and may be the best zelda of all time. the story itself may not be that deep but the characters in the world makes it feel so alive and makes you think about it / empathize with their feelings and stories which imo is really valuable. the gameplay has nice mechanics ofc with the biggest of them giving you a time limit ( technically ). a feature that i wish i wouldve seen in more games, sure you could reset / slow down the time but when youre young things are not that obvious, also back then we didnt have the best and easiest access to the internet / informations. games back then had more mistery behind them, more love, more care .. and the zelda series but especially MM show that really well. thank you for this video, really enjoyed listening through it.
I wish Nintendo would give us whole _Zelda_ trilogies for each console generation… the atmosphere and emotion conveyed in the N64 games still hasn’t been matched in my opinion, and I would die for a third game in that style.
@@Sam_T2000 That could have been cool, but unfortunately, it just wouldn’t be possible since the GameCube released in 2001 and Majora’s Mask released in 2000. That’s why Wind Waker was developed for the GameCube.
My favorite Zelda game. Over the years I come up with my own theory as to why there are similarities in faces. I think Termina is it's own world and is where the Skull kid came from. When he left, he ended up in the Lost Woods and explored Hyrule. When he returned with Majora, I think the world view became corrupted by Skull Kid's memories of people he sawr in Hyrule, at least to Link. Link sees people who look like people he's seen because his mind is filling in blanks.
This game haunts me every year, and I only played a few hours of it on an emulator and the 3DS remake. I want to finish it but I’m scared. It’s not even because of BEN drowned it’s just the atmosphere of this game is so hauntingly tragic. This game scares me as much as any great survival horror would.
This game is just amazing. I find something new everytime i play. For example i just noticed that, if you enter the clock tower cellar, the time completely stops.
the face on link's elegy of emptiness statue is confirmed by Miamoto to be based on his own face. The idea is that it'd look familiar to japanese kids playing the game because Link, as always, is the player's connection to the game. So you play the song, and instead of link's face staring back at you, it's your face.
i don’t know if this was intentional or not, but some of the final hours song reminds me of the beginning score of a clockwork orange. when i think into it, alex delarge was a delinquent who affected many people’s lives with his careless pranks and ultra violence. in fact, in a similar way skull kid escalated from pranks into evil in the destruction of termina. i just wonder if they got any inspiration from that. that song is haunting, especially when the fireworks go off amidst the moon’s slow final descent. oh yeah, also the milk bar.
I always found it interesting the area between the clock towerr and termina. Theres few select areas that are unburdened by the impending doom of the moon. They almost feel sacred in a way.
Majoras mask is a once in a blue moon type of game. I can’t think of a single game I look to with such awe like I know everything there is to know about the game but there is so much mystery wrapped around it’s world because it’s so untraditional of a sequel. It’s the equivalent of Pokémon making a game where the kalos war actually led to the death of everyone after the mega cannon was used. And you play the game as a surviving kid of this war just slowly encountering other survivors who were less fortunate then you. And the game concludes with the final seen being the Main character confronting AZ and him leaving without so much as a word to the child. The game ends with nothing but a run down world inhabited by only desperate people trying to survive and kids who don’t know any better
I think the Link mask was meant to serve as a goal for Link when he got turned into a Deku Scrub, but it made more sense for Skull Kid to take the Ocarina of Time instead since it had the power to rewind time instead making a Link mask to use the Ocarina of Time. Though it's strange that you get the Ocarina back only for it to turn into trumpets.
My parents definitely messed me up by showing me things like The Hills have eyes when I was around seven years old. Video games could not scare me whatsoever.
fyi on a meta note i almost avoided this video cuz of the red border almost resembling an already-watched video! maybe just me though! ty for this video
This game gave me a core childhood wound and depression. It’s a great game , but I wish I wasn’t 5 years old when I watched my brother play it for the entire play through and then I tried to play it myself 😅
Maybe the Young Link mask was gonna be used when Skull Kid kills you? Would play the Song of Healing, causing your mask to drop off after you died or something, I dunno.
This game was the game that made me wish and pray and hope 🙏🙏 that one day they would make a movie about majoras mask... The storyline behind this to me was juet legendary
38:47 I had actually never seen the young link mask before, but I do have a theory now that I’ve seen it and know it was supposed to be worn by skull kid, I think instead of the carving on wood during the end credits of link and skull kid, skull kid would make a new, more positive mask to commemorate the hero of time
Link face mask lil thought while I'm high: it would be weird if when Link learnt the song of healing, instead of reverting back to his child form, just turns into an entity that the camera never shows you because it goes to first person when it happens... I'd like that a lot.
I played this game as a kid and managed to get all the masks, IDK how I did it probably took me months and I didn't even know English that well during the time, it baffles my mind just how much smarter I was as a child tbh! No internet no guides.
Now that you mention it, There is a very interesting parallell between Link and Skull Kid. Navi flew away without warning and with no reasom given, and Link must have felt hurt by it and worried for her leading him to travel in search of his lost fairy. This is in contrast to Skull Kid who felt hurt and anger at the giants for leaving him not realizing the reason as to why and causing his heart to fall to malicious pranks to cope. I feel like if Majora had found Link first instead of Skull Kid then it we would have had a different protagonist. It could also mean Skull Kid being Termina's Link or rather Termina's version of the Kokiri since he is accompanied by fairies which only pair themselves to Kokiri. Termina is confirmed to be a reference to airport terminals like a gate to another world. I know Skull Kid is in Ocarina of Time, but he is only found in the Lost Woods which is where the Kokiri dwell.
This was amazing man. Thank you very much for this, this was a very important game I kind of flew through. I knew something was wrong back then I see that now….The game parallels with me on a few things as I’m sure it does with many people. Thank you for this. Masterfully done.
A fascinating and thoughtful video! I hadn’t even considered there may be Masonic subtexts to the work. It’s got me thinking. We do use a lot of symbolism, and emblemology, which is also the case in Zelda. Incidentally, we’re not a secret society. This misconception simply comes from the fact we promise not to tell anyone what happens in the rituals of different degrees, so it stays exciting for the new guys. But I agree, Zelda’s arcane elements are possibly inspired by societies like Freemasonry, which has powerful themes of birth, learning, mortality, and resurrection. I’m a columnist for the widely available Masonic (London) magazine - I wonder what my editor would say if I pitched a piece on the relationship between the Craft and games!
Awesome video this is one my all time favorite games took me 8 years to beat on n64 and now ima replay on 3ds hope they do a remaster on the switch and keep it original no changes like they did in the remake
Majora's Mask is my second favorite Zelda game, just behind Twilight Princess. I read the manga as well, but yeah... I wasn't very fond of it. I'd like to think of Termina as a separate land from Hyrule, so manga Link actually acknowledging how everyone looks the same took me out of it. It's been years, so I don't remember anything else about it.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure Majoras mask was not given two years. It was given one. Originally the infamous Ura Zelda for the N64 DD was in production but quite far through into production, the majority of the team switched to the production of a standalone title, on the condition that the entire project was completed within a year, in order to make back time for all the effort lost on Ura.
Although only finished MM once, I've always preferred going back to OoT over MM because it only took one playthrough of MM for me to realize how similar it to a modern open world rpg than a traditional Zelda game which is why I've never gone back to replaying it, as much as I love the dark side of its storyline line there's not just not enough of it within the dialogue and story of the game itself as its much more about being immersed in its open world setting and game play than it is about its dungeons and puzzles like most other Zelda games as there's only 4 main dungeons in the game. I feel like most that do love MM is typically for its similarity to modern open world game play and design rather than being being a traditional Zelda experience compared to OoT which I've always preferred to MM due to it taking what did work in Link to the Past and perfecting it in a 3D game design setting. I'm probably one of the only Zelda fans that prefers OoT over both MM and LttP but to each his own i guess.
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Personally I think Link's statue is actually evidence of him NOT being dead. The other statues have blank dead eyes while Link's does not. I think the statue is more like a reflection of himself, showing that he is not as stoic and confident as he tries to present himself as a hero. Inside he hides fear and pain.
Interesting theory my friend
Can we really attitribute blank eyes are being the life ones?
Eyes are the window to the soul. The blank eyes suggest there’s nothing there, while the coloured eyes would say there’s still a soul in there. So yeah, I do agree with the assessment that Link’s statue implies he’s still alive.
Fear and pain
He was the keeper of the triforce of courage you plum who took down Ganondorf , anything after that epic saga would have just been a lay up to him just duty as usual save the fucking world ........again
@@dorkbrandon4422 Courage is not an absence of fear. It's the strength to act in spite of it.
That scene with Darmani and the Gorons as "The Song of Healing" plays, it gets me every time.
Links a real bro for burying that zora and paying respects. Def adds some depth
Saluting Captain Keeta to allow him to finally pass on
Healing Darmani’s Soul
Waving goodbye to the Deku
Always felt Cremia was trying to get Romani drunk to dull her senses. Keep her asleep so she didn't have to be aware of her final moments.
I saw a comment on a different video (one about the Anju/Kafei quest) where someone said "OoT may have been the better game, but MM was the superior _experience"_ and really truer words couldn't have been spoken.
This puts it perfectly!
OoT is not the better game tho
@@henzosoares3960 it's really hard to judge games from an objective standpoint, and every game is someone's favorite - even Animorphs or Super Hydlide - but based on reviews and popularity, OOT does win out. It's also worth mentioning it was the very first game to score a perfect 10 on GameSpot. Ofc they aren't the arbiter of good games but it's still a massive feat.
@@henzosoares3960 I would agree with you though; for me personally, it's less about the "quality" of the game and more about the experience, and MM is in my top three favorite Zelda games.
Slight clarification regarding the "ghosts" in the Romani Ranch segment.
Those are actually aliens who's design is based on one singular reported alien encounter with an alleged alien creature dubbed the "Flat Woods Monster" and said alien actually has a good amount of of popularity in Japan to have both toys made of it along with numerous appearances in videogames.
Glad to see my favorite Zelda game get some love. MM was always the most eerie Zelda game to me, probably because of the plot and fan rumors. Shout-out to you, Sacrow
Also the fact there’s aliens in the game makes it super unsettling. I always found that a bit strange
@@victorianall4369true, although I was more scared of that Moon than I was of any alien!
I love Majora's Mask. To me the game feels more melancholy than creepy. I find the fan theories about Termina's & Ikana's lore more interesting than the creepy pasta theories. Why does Stone Tower Temple have a Triforce? What is the relationship of the Giants to the gods of Hyrule? Who was the tribe that created Majora's Mask? I don't really like the idea that Link was dead all along.
Every copy of majora’s mask isn’t different however every save file is actually different, and it relies on the name of the save file. Differently named save files have different star patterns in the sky during night time, that is the extent to how every save file is different unfortunately.
That's actually pretty awesome. As a star gazer, I noticed the sky looked different while watching someone else play. Initially, I just assumed the sky moved or changed each day. However, I didn't noticed that when I played again on a new save file with the same name. I assumed it was due to a difference in the game cartridge or something. This explanation is fascinating. I wonder if there are cool constellations for special names.
Oh man you have no idea how just made my night. let's get into some Majora's Mask babyy
To me, Zelda Majora's Mask is creepier and scarier than any Resident Evil, Silent Hill, or other survival horror game I've come across.
For the Romani event, where she's gonna be given Chateau Romani, I always thought that she wasn't being given it as her first and last grown up thing. I thought she was given alcohol so that she wouldn't be aware of what was about to happen, not sure why I imagined it like that when I was younger but it did fit the vibe of this game
The Chateau Romani milk is portrayed as a alcohol beverage so you were right, because as I remember it correctly you could enter the milk bar and buy milk but not the Romani milk because the Romani milk will have a "certain" effect to children (like if link drinks the milk his magic meter will never deplete unless you use the song of time), unless you are wearing the cow mask then you could buy the Romani milk because the mask means you are a special member or something like that (I don't exactly remember😅).
i can’t believe i lost the game because of you, sacrow. you give me a false sense of security with my favorite game and then hit me with that save file
I just lost the game
It took me way too long to figure out what you guys were talking about. Then it hit me! I can hardly believe people are still playing that! 🤣
@@pixywings I can hardly figure out what your saying
@@TheJoGeLu just lost
@@TheJoGeLuwe all just lost the game
Elegy of Emptiness is one of my favorite Majora's Mask songs, too.
I've played MM a lot. That being said, there's something strangely comforting about Sacrow explaining to me that all the things I found unsettling actually were unsettling. Makes me feel like I'm not a wuss even though I definitely am
Majora's mask as a game is pretty similar to the works of Edgar Allen Poe; it makes you sad but makes you be sad in a productive way.
I didn't have the best childhood growing up and a game like majora's mask tackling such a dark subject matter actually was a weirdly effective way of confronting a lot of my emotions.
That Ben Drowned video I have a feeling might be one of your longest videos yet
Can't wait this was a great and well made video
Majora's mask and Ocarina of time have to be my favorite video games of all time
Majoras mask is one of those games that just feels alive sometimes
I couldn't tell from the thumbnail if I've already started watching this video or not.
I love Majora's Mask, but it's also uniquely eerie to me. I don't want to go into details as to how or why, but I lost most of my memories from roughly age 12-15. I vaguely remember being obsessed with Majora's Mask during this time. This was before the remake came out, and apparently I wanted to play it so badly that I bought a used N64 and copy of the game. (Not sure why I did this when it would have been available on the Wii Virtual Console at the time.) I have no recollection of this, it was a surprise to me years later when I found an N64 and a few games tucked away in a cabinet, and starting up the cartridge to find a save file with quite a bit of progress. I thought I had only ever played the 3D remake. Now, playing the original Majora's Mask not only brings me the feelings of sadness, doom, and hope that were intended, but something else always lingers over me too. It's a sort of uncanny nostalgia. The game feels like something I created in a dream, like it shouldn't exist and I most definitely shouldn't be able to play it. The 3ds remake doesn't conjure up these feelings, just the original.
That's a very interesting and unsettling story thanks for sharing
Glad I’m not the only one. Except, I have these feelings with the remake. I never played the original.
I was too young to not be confused when MM came out, especially the time looping. I was also very frustrated though, I was just old enough that there was something I just couldn't comprehend. I could understand the atmosphere, that somber tone is hard to miss, even without "getting" it, but I just wasn't able to get into the game and it pissed me off lol
Of course I've had many opportunities to appreciate it now. It's a bit vindicating to child me to know it is a deep story and it made sense that I struggled to understand it then. I always seem to ramble on when I see a video on it, so I'll try to stop now lol
But I always appreciate hearing peoples' perspectives and personal take away from MM and, despite only knowing Ben Drowned through these kinds of videos, that story has become part of my enjoyment. So I'm excited for the next part too
Ever since I first see screenshots in Nintendo gaming magazines in 1999 and every month until Christmas 2000 prepared my mind the importance of the games 3 day time mechanic , by the time I played it I was mentally ready and I loved it
Who/What is Ben Drowned?
I was the same so hyped for it after loving ocarina of time and thinking I was ready for another epic adventure and reading all the material I thought it would be similar tone and theme not knowing those words at 12 years old but just thinking yes I get to be link and see a continuation of the story and it was so far different it just Jared me and I couldn't get into it or get around it not being what I expected haven't played through much of the game I never got passed the clock bit just scratched the surface.i found the time mechanic just gave me too much to get my head round
Majora's Mask was the first Zelda game I played on my 3ds, i always found the game extremely creepy. It would've been a simple game without the deep dive of the many characters and how melancholic it is. I like to think that it is purgatory one way or another and Link is there to help them pass on.
The sheer hopelessness of Termina as there's a couple days left before certain doom sets the tone perfectly. Before Twilight Princess and possibly Tears of the Kingdom, Majora’s Mask was the darkest Zelda game by far. The world-building, despair, and grief felt ideal for many internet theories and the infamous Ben Drowned urban legend/creepypasta. The locals you meet are aware of their fate so they had to live with it in the end, and my god the moon's face is just terrifying. Majora’s Mask continued Link's ascent into not only being the 'Hero of Time' but the savior of Termina. From the dead souls made into masks for him to inherit to the point where he became a literal giant. The game is beautifully dark and dealt with it's tone pitch perfectly; this was before the N64's end. In spite of many production issues, Majora’s Mask was so iconic that the concept of our world ending in three days appeared in many YTPs as well as the dreaded moon crashing on impact. Just as good as Ocarina of Time, but so much more in the greater sense.
One of the creepiest moments of my life revolves around Ben (because of course). On a whim, I asked Cleverbot who drowned him. It said that the Happy Mask Salesman did it. I closed the tab and have never gone back. I know it's stupid but the fear was real.
Well, according to the story, it kinda wasn’t wrong 🤷♀️
Poor kid just wanted to be Link, but the cult fucked him over :(
I can imagine interpreting this as an Among Us emergency meeting.
Mikau: Alright, who drowned Ben?
Deku Butler's Son: I blame the Skull Kid.
Kafei: I agree with the Deku kid I mean, he turned me into a kid again.
Anju: I agree with Kafei and the Deku child.
Darmani: I think that creepy guy with the masks did it.
HMS: What?! I would never! I wouldn't have anything to gain by drowning poor Ben.
Mikau: Seems a bit suspect, to me. I agree with Darmani, the mask guy's a prime suspect.
Lulu: ...
Pamela: The Zora lady has been very quiet. Why?
Mikau: Ou- I mean, her eggs were recently laid, but they were stolen by those dang Pirates. The eggs were meant to restore her voice, but now they can't.
Avail: Yes. I did indeed steal Lulu's eggs. It's for my crew, they deserve a better life. Anyway, I blame the Happy Mask Salesman, too.
Skull Kid: What the heck? What'd I do to get no votes?
Everyone: ...are you serious?
Link (ghost): It was Majora.
Ben (ghost): Yeah, it's Majora that's guilty.
Much arguing later...
Deku Butler's Son: 0 votes
Darmani: 0 votes
Mikau: 0 votes
HMS: 4 votes (Darmani, Mikau, Lulu, Avail)
Skull Kid: 3 votes (DBS, Kafei, Anju)
Lulu: 1 vote (Pamela)
Majora: 1 vote (Skull Kid)
Link (ghost): 0 votes
Ben (ghost): 0 votes
Happy Mask Salesman was not the Impostor.
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As a kid I always wanted to play the legend of zelda majora's mask
Form hearing the Ben drowned creepypasta
Theres just something about this game that keeps me wanting more
From the moment I see the first screenshots and dark artwork in the gaming magazines in 1999 I was hook , line and sphinctered mate !
Didn't have Internet at home until 2002 so I would keep going back to my local news agents store at the back and stand alone gazing at brand new screenshots of MM and my imagination ran wild
Bro not the hook line and sinker line 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you gave me a good laugh with that one
I'm playing through this on the 3DS in 2023 but i've always heard about it as a kid, as my cousin told me it was the sequel to ocarina. He did stress it was way harder
Text at 56:18 seems to say “I saw somdone in the woods”, when decoded using a Caesar Cypher, for those curious.
(Typo not by me).
Thank you because I was very confused and also terrified
Question now is what does the 5 mean?
@@drascia Caesar cyphers use a system in which letters are shifted backwards or forwards a certain number of letters in the alphabet, In this case 5 letters forward.
So to decode it I had to push each letter back by 5 :)
Dude I get more nostalgic looking at you start the game on a crt than I do playing the game myself
Are we just going to ignore the fact that the link is dead theory was officially deconfirmed by Nintendo when they revealed that the hero of Twilight is a direct descendant of the hero of time. So unless links walking around knocking bitches up at 10 yo, it's impossible.
The Zelda start up sound when you press A with no music was already where it got dark for me. When you compare that to OOT it hits you
I actually played this one before OOT because I got the Nintendo power magazine that had a good deal of the walkthrough in it. Little did I know that I would be playing one of the best
I'm going to watch this with my fullest attention despite never playing and knowing nothing about the game outside of the creepypasta
Same
i highly recommend playing it if you have the means, it’s a beautiful game and the world feels so alive
never too late to grab an emulator
Its a great and surprisingly emotional game. Id definitely say you should give it a try
I'd absolutely play the game, if you can. There is a 3DS version, but there are parts in it they made more difficult than the original.
I'm pretty certain Cremia didn't let Romani drink the Chateau Romani just to let her feel what it's like to be an adult, but specifically because it was alcoholic and would dull her senses as the world ends.
The Nintendo 64 had a old feature called stop n swap which was gonna be used for secret collectibles in banjo kazooie and other newer n64 games, so you unplug a cartridge eg: donkey dong while running and within 10 seconds plug in another eg: banjo kazooie and during that session you can play a donkey kong themed level and if you beat it you get donkey kong collectible, it was scraped and never implemented
However on personalised copies of Mario 64 you can use this to shove in assets from other games into Mario 64 (if the cartridge has room)
But if done the other way around, the Ali can spread (odds are it breaks the other game, unless it is similar enough to Mario 64)
It has been known to spread to copies of ocarina of time and majoras mask, in fact it usually implements a lot of references to each other and parts of mechanics
Link stepping in front of Zelda when they hear the rumbling in the ruins of Ganondorf’s Castle is the dopest thing he’s ever done.
Popping in to say thank you for covering these old, spooky topics. Creepypasta is incredibly nostalgic for me and I've been binging your videos since I discovered them. I hope you continue to put out great vids like this one!
how was creepypasta your main takeaway from this video
huge zelda fan here, even tho OOT was my first ever zelda i played and still watching to this day ( speedruns etc ) i always thought that MM was kinda underrated and may be the best zelda of all time. the story itself may not be that deep but the characters in the world makes it feel so alive and makes you think about it / empathize with their feelings and stories which imo is really valuable. the gameplay has nice mechanics ofc with the biggest of them giving you a time limit ( technically ). a feature that i wish i wouldve seen in more games, sure you could reset / slow down the time but when youre young things are not that obvious, also back then we didnt have the best and easiest access to the internet / informations. games back then had more mistery behind them, more love, more care .. and the zelda series but especially MM show that really well.
thank you for this video, really enjoyed listening through it.
29:18 Elegy Link reminds me of that Family Guy episode where Stewie makes a clone and it’s just… not quite right, lol. Like a Xerox of a Xerox.
I wish Nintendo would give us whole _Zelda_ trilogies for each console generation… the atmosphere and emotion conveyed in the N64 games still hasn’t been matched in my opinion, and I would die for a third game in that style.
Twilight Princess is technically the third game since it’s a sequel to both Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. It also has the same dark tone as well.
@@doodleboy565 - yes, it’s the most similar… but I just wish it had come on the N64, perhaps with a proper light world/dark world mechanic?
@@Sam_T2000 That could have been cool, but unfortunately, it just wouldn’t be possible since the GameCube released in 2001 and Majora’s Mask released in 2000. That’s why Wind Waker was developed for the GameCube.
MM is my favourite Zelda game if not my favourite game for just the way it carries itself, it's got such a feeling I cannot explain
The TV you played on in the beginning of the video, made me cry man...
My favorite Zelda game. Over the years I come up with my own theory as to why there are similarities in faces. I think Termina is it's own world and is where the Skull kid came from. When he left, he ended up in the Lost Woods and explored Hyrule. When he returned with Majora, I think the world view became corrupted by Skull Kid's memories of people he sawr in Hyrule, at least to Link. Link sees people who look like people he's seen because his mind is filling in blanks.
This game haunts me every year, and I only played a few hours of it on an emulator and the 3DS remake. I want to finish it but I’m scared. It’s not even because of BEN drowned it’s just the atmosphere of this game is so hauntingly tragic. This game scares me as much as any great survival horror would.
Soft aah dude
This game is just amazing. I find something new everytime i play. For example i just noticed that, if you enter the clock tower cellar, the time completely stops.
The silent Hill 2 music fits the tone and setting of Majora's mask so well.
Absolutely incredible Sacrow I'm genuinely so excited to watch, MM was my first Zelda game and led me to falling in love with the series ❤
I'm a grown-ass adult and I think I'd react to being turned into a Deku Scrub pretty similarly to Link.
"I saw someone in the woods" Caeser ciphers are fun aren't they?
the face on link's elegy of emptiness statue is confirmed by Miamoto to be based on his own face. The idea is that it'd look familiar to japanese kids playing the game because Link, as always, is the player's connection to the game. So you play the song, and instead of link's face staring back at you, it's your face.
The amount of parallel timelines that link created in this game... 😅
"Something about this game always brings me back".
I got shivers just by hearing this sentence. You know the video will be good just with that quote.
The game theory “link is dead” is what I now accept as canon. The lineup with the “kubler Ross model of grief” is what sells it for me.
Twilight Princess is an edgy teenager; Majora’s Mask is the wise grandmother who lived through the Great Depression and WWII and passes on lessons.
Ever thought of doing these deep dive videos for other video games like for Silent Hill 1
i don’t know if this was intentional or not, but some of the final hours song reminds me of the beginning score of a clockwork orange. when i think into it, alex delarge was a delinquent who affected many people’s lives with his careless pranks and ultra violence. in fact, in a similar way skull kid escalated from pranks into evil in the destruction of termina. i just wonder if they got any inspiration from that. that song is haunting, especially when the fireworks go off amidst the moon’s slow final descent. oh yeah, also the milk bar.
Great video, love to just chill at night and listen to your voice.
I think links statue is representing his childhood and how he was forced to grow up in ocarina of time and how he deals with it
Love your videos and I’m glad that you’re covering one of my favorite Zelda games ^^
I always found it interesting the area between the clock towerr and termina. Theres few select areas that are unburdened by the impending doom of the moon. They almost feel sacred in a way.
Majoras mask is a once in a blue moon type of game. I can’t think of a single game I look to with such awe like I know everything there is to know about the game but there is so much mystery wrapped around it’s world because it’s so untraditional of a sequel. It’s the equivalent of Pokémon making a game where the kalos war actually led to the death of everyone after the mega cannon was used. And you play the game as a surviving kid of this war just slowly encountering other survivors who were less fortunate then you. And the game concludes with the final seen being the Main character confronting AZ and him leaving without so much as a word to the child. The game ends with nothing but a run down world inhabited by only desperate people trying to survive and kids who don’t know any better
Always happy to see a vid about Majora! But please never again mention how many years ago it was released..
It was also a first time gamers saw in 3D graphics how their failure leads to one of the first apocalyptic scenes in a game… with a damn countdown!
I’m So Happy I’m Not The Only One In The Comments Who Believes This Game Is unbelievably Unsettling, & Feels Like A Nightmare We All Share
That first half of the video feels all over the place
I think the Link mask was meant to serve as a goal for Link when he got turned into a Deku Scrub, but it made more sense for Skull Kid to take the Ocarina of Time instead since it had the power to rewind time instead making a Link mask to use the Ocarina of Time.
Though it's strange that you get the Ocarina back only for it to turn into trumpets.
My parents definitely messed me up by showing me things like The Hills have eyes when I was around seven years old. Video games could not scare me whatsoever.
This is my favorite game and I love seeing this video and this game makes me happy :)
fyi on a meta note i almost avoided this video cuz of the red border almost resembling an already-watched video! maybe just me though! ty for this video
This game gave me a core childhood wound and depression. It’s a great game , but I wish I wasn’t 5 years old when I watched my brother play it for the entire play through and then I tried to play it myself 😅
Maybe the Young Link mask was gonna be used when Skull Kid kills you? Would play the Song of Healing, causing your mask to drop off after you died or something, I dunno.
This game was the game that made me wish and pray and hope 🙏🙏 that one day they would make a movie about majoras mask...
The storyline behind this to me was juet legendary
38:47 I had actually never seen the young link mask before, but I do have a theory now that I’ve seen it and know it was supposed to be worn by skull kid, I think instead of the carving on wood during the end credits of link and skull kid, skull kid would make a new, more positive mask to commemorate the hero of time
Link face mask lil thought while I'm high: it would be weird if when Link learnt the song of healing, instead of reverting back to his child form, just turns into an entity that the camera never shows you because it goes to first person when it happens... I'd like that a lot.
Those zombie things with those masks always creeped me out as a kid
The part about the dead deku scrub is incredibly sad. I never realized that, while playing the game
I played this game as a kid and managed to get all the masks, IDK how I did it probably took me months and I didn't even know English that well during the time, it baffles my mind just how much smarter I was as a child tbh! No internet no guides.
Love to see another video of yours!
thank you for making this video ❤
Ben drowned helped me discover the legend of zelda
Now that you mention it, There is a very interesting parallell between Link and Skull Kid.
Navi flew away without warning and with no reasom given, and Link must have felt hurt by it and worried for her leading him to travel in search of his lost fairy. This is in contrast to Skull Kid who felt hurt and anger at the giants for leaving him not realizing the reason as to why and causing his heart to fall to malicious pranks to cope. I feel like if Majora had found Link first instead of Skull Kid then it we would have had a different protagonist. It could also mean Skull Kid being Termina's Link or rather Termina's version of the Kokiri since he is accompanied by fairies which only pair themselves to Kokiri. Termina is confirmed to be a reference to airport terminals like a gate to another world.
I know Skull Kid is in Ocarina of Time, but he is only found in the Lost Woods which is where the Kokiri dwell.
The only game I would pay 60 dollars for again if it was remade correctly, not that 3DS bull we got years ago.
This was amazing man. Thank you very much for this, this was a very important game I kind of flew through. I knew something was wrong back then I see that now….The game parallels with me on a few things as I’m sure it does with many people. Thank you for this. Masterfully done.
A fascinating and thoughtful video! I hadn’t even considered there may be Masonic subtexts to the work. It’s got me thinking. We do use a lot of symbolism, and emblemology, which is also the case in Zelda. Incidentally, we’re not a secret society. This misconception simply comes from the fact we promise not to tell anyone what happens in the rituals of different degrees, so it stays exciting for the new guys. But I agree, Zelda’s arcane elements are possibly inspired by societies like Freemasonry, which has powerful themes of birth, learning, mortality, and resurrection. I’m a columnist for the widely available Masonic (London) magazine - I wonder what my editor would say if I pitched a piece on the relationship between the Craft and games!
It's kept secret so new people find it exciting?
I wonder if sacrow will do a video on the story behind Mario’s brother Luigi
39:35 it was actually Eiji Aonuma himself who had the dream!
There’s a song from Echo projects’s Echo in this video. Wow!
Awesome video this is one my all time favorite games took me 8 years to beat on n64 and now ima replay on 3ds hope they do a remaster on the switch and keep it original no changes like they did in the remake
woulda been nice to have some notations between the different parts of the video.
The Adult Mask was also cut due to time constraints because they couldn’t animate Link ducking into doorways also.
Majora's Mask is my second favorite Zelda game, just behind Twilight Princess. I read the manga as well, but yeah... I wasn't very fond of it. I'd like to think of Termina as a separate land from Hyrule, so manga Link actually acknowledging how everyone looks the same took me out of it. It's been years, so I don't remember anything else about it.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure Majoras mask was not given two years. It was given one. Originally the infamous Ura Zelda for the N64 DD was in production but quite far through into production, the majority of the team switched to the production of a standalone title, on the condition that the entire project was completed within a year, in order to make back time for all the effort lost on Ura.
I loved this game when it came out. Was looking forward to a sequel to MM with the same link and then Windwaker came out 😅
Would of been cool if there was a third game and made it a Trilogy.
@@Humble-iq5ue definitely
@@Humble-iq5ueThat’s Twilight Princess since the Link in that game is a direct descendent of OOT/MM Link.
Mikau is not "Looking for a friend's eggs." Mikau and Lulu are a couple. Those are also his eggs. Sad that his children will never know him.😢
when he was talking about the dancing guy at 11:30 it gave me chills and i felt extremely cold
I'm glad you split this up. I could care less about some creepypasta.
Although only finished MM once, I've always preferred going back to OoT over MM because it only took one playthrough of MM for me to realize how similar it to a modern open world rpg than a traditional Zelda game which is why I've never gone back to replaying it, as much as I love the dark side of its storyline line there's not just not enough of it within the dialogue and story of the game itself as its much more about being immersed in its open world setting and game play than it is about its dungeons and puzzles like most other Zelda games as there's only 4 main dungeons in the game. I feel like most that do love MM is typically for its similarity to modern open world game play and design rather than being being a traditional Zelda experience compared to OoT which I've always preferred to MM due to it taking what did work in Link to the Past and perfecting it in a 3D game design setting. I'm probably one of the only Zelda fans that prefers OoT over both MM and LttP but to each his own i guess.
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The jumbled sentence at the end of the video says "I was writing my essay on the topic."
Mikau’s passing makes me cry