I noticed something really saddening about Romani and Cremia. In universe, Chateau Romani is essentially the Zelda equivalent of alcohol, since it's referenced as only being for adults. Cremia lets Romani have some on the final night. She's getting Romani drunk so she won't notice the moon; so she can at least be happy for one last night. Cremia also wanted Romani to sleep with her in her bed so they could be close, since she knows the world is ending. I can just imagine a crying Cremia tightly clutching Romani as the moon comes crashing down.
StormerSage When I first saw that in the game, my urge to break Skull Kid’s neck and shatter that stupid mask made me refuse to do anything else until I beat the game.
i didn't realize the milk was alcohol at the time when i played but i vividly remember reading the "sleep in my bed tonight, ok?" line and it hit me. i just stood there in shock for a minute. that was what really made me realize just how depressing the whole situation was. and then realizing way later the milk is supposed to be alcohol... it just made that scene so much worse
The scariest thing about the moon is that if you stare at it long enough, you can see it falling _in realtime._ (it’s easier to see with a bigger screen, just stare at the edges of the moon)
Okay, I'm sorry, but I'm going to start removing any comments that mention the ridiculous "Link is dead" theory. Hyrule Historia confirmed it isn't true, and as far as I'm concerned, that automatically means it isn't worth talking about or discussing further. There was once a time where you couldn't talk about this game without someone bringing up Ben Drowned, but now the theory has managed to replace it, and I'm fed up with it.
30:19 Around this part of the video, is a part of the game i will never forget. Cremia hears about Clock Town's evacuation but she knows the moon crashing means all of Termina will be destroyed and there's nowhere anyone can go to survive. She knows she and Romani are going to die. The we go here: 30:42 Cremia is letting Romani drink Chateau Romani despite being under aged. Romani is as happy as ever while Cremia is...Not so much. Romani naturally asks why she's letting her drink the Chateau, to which Cremia claims that she's letting Romani drink the Chateau because she "acknowledges Romani's maturity". Then she asks Romani to sleep in her bed with her. Before, i didn't think much of this part. Just another scene with people trying to cope with the moon crashing into Termina. But one day, i realized Chateau Romani was the Zelda equivalent of alcohol. Then...It hit me. Cremia knows they're going to die, so she lets Romani drink the Chateau to null her senses. She lets her little sister get drunk so that she'll be blissfully unaware of the end of the world. I can only imagine Cremia holding her little sister while she gurgles in a drunken daze until the final moment.
Majora's mask scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. The whole "Impending Doom" theme scared me already but literally EVERYTHING about the game is terrifying. It's depressing, dark, pretty much a living nightmare. The child in Ikana valley (idk her name) well, her story really got to me cause I lost my dad when I was a little kid. This game is downright terrifying.
Even when you complete the game, if you did certain things, you still get a subtle bad ending. For example, if you failed the Sakon's hideout puzzle, then while everyone is celebrating the carnival of time Kafei is STARVING TO DEATH IN A CAVE.
It must have been horrible to be Deku Son in his final moments; feeling your life essence being sapped, feeling your body grow tired, and you can't do anything about it... and you're nowhere near help, and you can't say goodbye to your father. Damn, I think I just made myself depressed again
I suppose the dark and dramatic tone with the two N64 Zeldas is evident from the start, almost- for how much Nintendo and the N64 are often derided as "kiddy", it's interesting to see how even with technology progressing, both of them still work very well even today. I mean on the one hand, you have _Ocarina of Time_, which begins with Link having vivid nightmares of future events, and the death of what is essentially his father figure at the end of the first dungeon. Then on the other hand, you have _Majora's Mask_- which begins with Link getting mugged, cursed into the form of a Deku Scrub, and being told the World will end in three days.
Man, I have to say I love how susceptible and aware you are of ominous feelings. They fuel your videos with a very special take on these games. Love it. I finished Majora's Mask when I was 12 years old (when it released) and I while not as agravating as the fear effect this game had on you, I just felt the disgust of this bizarre town and theme. The feeling that nothing will be normal and healthy until I got out of that world, even if I had succeeded in stopping the moon. The game showed me too many sad people with realistic problems, and I just wanted to have some normal fun. Anyway, enough of this ranting. Keep it up, your take on games got my attention.
This game gave me so many nightmares as a child that I still tense up when I look up at the moon sometimes, as if I'm expecting it to crash down any second...
Isn't it kinda cool that Ocarina of Time Hyrule is medieval, most likely 1400's, since they still have a monarchy and are pretty limited technologically, while Termina is similar to the late 1800's, since there are working clocks, motorboats, and a democratically elected mayor? I always thought that was cool detailing on Nintendo's part. Even Great Bay Temple seems like a water treatment plant, with working pipes and water pumps.
The worst part about OOT link is that only a few people genuinely care for him. Wind waker Link actually had a family who helped him, OOT Link for the most part had no one who cared for him (no Navi doesn't count). In the 3DS version of OOT, the death animation for Link was changed where it no longer has a subtle look of him trying to stay strong but failing, which honestly is more depressing.
That's partially what makes me feel so sad for him, and the fact his mother died when he was just a baby. God, I can feel tears welling up in my eyes just thinking about it, no joke. But he's not alone, he's got me.
I love the Hero of Time. He does have friends, had to be friends with Malon and possibly Talon to get his hands on Epona. He's friends with Zelda who gave him the ocarina of time, his childhood friend Saria, most of the rest of the Kokiri. (Except Mido, but he's a jerk to everyone in the village...except Saria.) The Owl everyone find’s practically annoying. And more people he's met and possibly helped out on his travels. So he's not completely alone.
Ah, the death animations... I'm quite familiar with them. Out of curiosity though. I don't know, I was a weird kid, still sorta. I used to make Link die purposely in many different ways and in different situations just to see what happens. I still sorta do it. I wanted to see how many death animations they made. A couple of my favourites are the drowning one and when your struck by electricity. ...I'm strange. I just like little details like that. Even the animations Link does when just standing still in different locations or when riding Epona. His sneezing is cute. Which particular death animation were you referring to?? I've played both versions of OoT and they are practically the same.
Happy Mask Salesman: “Whenever there is a meeting a parting is sure to follow. However that parting need not last forever, wether for forever or merely a short time, that is up to you.” (It’s been a while but I think that’s how that quote went.)
When I first play OOT and saw the future Hyrule market and the Redeads, I was so freakin scared that I didn't play the game for a few months. The worst part is that I played it when I was 6 .-.
I first encountered them in the Royal Family Tomb. though I thought they were kinda creepy, I could handle them. But when I traveled to the future and saw them in the market, something... clicked. From that point on, I consider them the creepiest enemies in any video game. EVERYTHING about them disturbs me. (Which is the reason why I showed the market after they had all been killed, there was no way I wanted to have them in one of my videos)
Redeads I find to be quite silly. Yes, the thought of them being reanimated Hylian corpses is unsettling, but I find them to be funny. The one Zelda enemy that scares me are Wallmasters. Their attack in the 3D games where they fall from the ceiling is flat-out horrifying. I also think their concept is creepy alongside with Floormasters, who don't bother me in terms of attack. I find them to be disembodied Goron hands, which is why you can't break loose from their grip. Heck, you can even see their inner parts in the hole on the top! That proves they're disembodied.
About the four giants being Skull Kid's friends as well as the legend behind Majora's Mask, the manga for the game expands on both plot points and gives more details about them (I think Hyrule Historia also talks about them as well). Plus, Majora's Mask happens several months after Ocarina of Time, giving Zelda and Link enough time to get to know each other which soon leads to Zelda entrusting the Ocarina to Link before he leaves to search for Navi.
DarkPikaSama It really isn't. I keep wondering how old "Adult" link is, cause every character treats him like a child even in adult form, despite not otherwise recognizing him as the same child as years ago (except for the sages later on). He looks to be around 20, but that would imply young link is just a teenager...though 13 is about right for how he looks in Majoras Mask.
***** That would make sense. I think calling him "Teen" link wouldn't have the same connotation even if he was 18 (after all, some cultures, you're an adult at 15, and it seems like Link's culture is kind of like that, hence Wind Waker).
You should be happy that Tatl gets two mini-cutscenes in MM3D that makes her look like she's regretting her actions and become nicer as a result (hell, in 3D, she no longer berates you for not knowing an enemy's weakness).
When me and my brother got Majora's Mask, it was a used copy that had a completed file (other than Fierce Deity mask). For some reason, we played that file first. We had no idea what was going on, so we just ran around. When the last six hours came, we were curious what would happen when it ran out. Well, we saw. And I was thinking ok let's NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN EVER 😵
31:10 - "Listen to me, Majora's Mask: You are so doomed." Man, this game REALLY gets you (or at least me) into the emotion of fighting to make sure all of these characters see another day. I watched NintendoCapriSun do a let's play of this. When Anju and Kafei decide that they will greet the morning together (35:47), he says "Well, I better go make sure they have a morning to greet." That's why the "Dawn of: A New Day" screen was so great in the ending. It had such impact. Wow, this game truly was crafted masterfully.
dispite this comment being 3 years old, i'll tell you. until the E10+ rating was added you could get away with making a game with a dark story that would normally give the E10+ rating would be ether a E or a T (Mostly E as far as im aware.
What burn your talking about at that point?? You mean the moon crashing on the giants? I thought it would be from after the moon crashes, felt as if an H bomb just dropped off!
When you think about even the good future timeline where Link does defeat Ganon which is the normal adult timeline is kind of screwed in a way because Ganon breaks free from the seal which causes Hyrule to be flooded and become the Great Sea wiping all traces of the old kingdom away. The Hyrule you see in Spirit Tracks is not even the true Hyrule. It's a new kingdom that was established and founded by Wind Waker's incarnation of Zelda and it was named after the fallen kingdom being known as New Hyrule. The real Hyrule is dead and gone. Washed away and in ruin forever beneath the waves. Kind of sad really.
It seems that all timeline just lead on to more bittersweet endings. Its kinda sad knowing that even after all your hard work, no matter what timeline, Hyrule is destined for more conflict.
Destroying Old Hyrule was a necessary evil. Kind Daphnes refused to let go of the past, and what remained of the Great Sea? To quote Ganondorf: *"So many pathetic creatures, scattered across a handful of islands, drifting on this sea like fallen leaves on a forgotten pool... What they can possibly hope to achieve? Don't you see? All of you... Your gods destroyed you!"* Even Ganondorf agrees that flooding Hyrule was a mistake. Even though Old Hyrule was destroyed, the past was finally left behind and it allowed a new generation to take over by the time that Spirit Tracks took place.
I remember having that 6 "Hour" timer during the search for the Zora Eggs. Then after I got lucky to find the last few of 'em I still had to rush back to the Laboratory to obtain the song. It really is such an uneasy feeling. You really have to plan wisely or otherwise your progress is messed up hard.
I remeber when I had to fight against the timer. I was in the middle of the Water Dungeon, and I was stuck for some time on the puzzles. I also wasn't paying atention to the timer, and next thing I know, I have to fight Gyorg with only the last 4-3 hours. It was bad
***** He really is. The one time in any game where I actually really don't mind kicking the dog. I dunno why he beats you up as a Deku and takes vengeful pride in doing so.
I think the reason why everything turned out okay in the end is either the 4 giants restored all the lands to their former glory or by destroying Majora Link reversed all the damage that he caused. Either way the ending to this game is so satisfying.
maybe replaced with a replica so the aliens can run tests and experiment on the real romani, but it's just a theory, a game theory, thanks for watching
Something I noticed at 42:19. When Tael meets the Mask Salesman receiving his mask, he does the same thing Tatl did at the beginning of the game. It's the little details that counts.
something small that always hit me hard was the guy in romani ranch who gives you the bunny hood. something about the simplicity of his one regret being unable to see the chicks grow up into cuccos, followed by him being able to make peace with his (and the world's) inevitable fate after you've helped the birds mature with the bremen mask. idk, something about helping someone with a simple wish achieve it so they can come to terms with death is just really impactful, and it's something majora's mask does a lot
So let me get this straight... A child elf rides a young horse through a forest to find a fairy, only to have a living scarecrow wearing a creepy mask knock him off and steal his flute, to which the elf child chases him into a tree, where he falls through a sweet rave party and ends up in the land of clusterfuck? Damn, this game's weird... EDIT: After seeing what you said about Tatl (Or was it Tael? Whatever...) I take it you don't like Midna much either?
She isn't as bad, though I find her a bit overrated. The main thing that annoys me about Tatl is that almost all her enemy descriptions begin with, "What do you mean you don't know about ____?" I know about them, I just want to find out what you say about them, you pointlessly rude little bitch.
It makes perfect sense that people would hate Tatl way more than Midna. Tatl is condescending to you because she simply is a bully who doesn't like you from the start. For Midna, it's not really YOU that she's being condescending towards, but it's just her nature to be dark and overconfidenct, as she's the princess of the Twilight realm, a realm where darkness reigns and light is rare. She's never actually mean to Link though, nor does she abuse him like Tatl does. I compare the two to a trainer, versus a critic. Midna's like a trainer, stating, "Come on. I know you're stronger than this. Keep trying." Tatl's more like an critic: "Come on! You can't even do this? Gosh you're so weak!" One of them encourages Link to keep going even if he doesn't think he can, while the other insults Link and demeans him when he's otehrwise forced to do it anyway. Even if both are harsh, Midna wants you to succeed, while Tatl insults you preemptively for not succeeding, and what do you have to prove to Tatl? Link didn't even want her, but she scold him for leaving her behind, but Midna is the only one other than Zelda who knows what's going on, and she knows that you're one of few who has the power to stop it. Hence Midna's an all around more likeable character. Link NEEDS Midna, Link DOESN'T need Tatl. So why is Tatl so rude?
Amelia Bee Midna is my favorite too. But then again, I'm a sucker for dominant girls who are in control and know it. XD I'm only disappointed in the very end when she turns back into her human form and is no longer the adorable demoness that I fell in love with, but eh...it's not the first or last time Nintendo had an awesome character and changed them at the last minute to essentially make the change "the final form".
I wish Tael was Link's fairy in this game. From the little you see of him, he seems a bit more reasonable than Tatl and his dark purple color is awesome. My favourite partner in the series is either the King of Red Lions/King Hyrule from Wind Waker, (He's badass) or Zelda herself in Spirit Tracks. Tatl is my least favourite personality-wise, but Fi is definitely the most irritating when it comes to giving Link/the player advice. (I do like her voice, though)
Man, the end of Majora's mask always gets me, literally the end of the story we share with the hero of time. He goes through a passing hellish world and saves it, just to continue his search afterwards. And afterwards, the whole world probably doesn't know it was him who saved them, just the ones he shared the adventure with. The good part is, it seems like those few did good by passing around the legend of the hero of time, at the very least. We hear about it in later games on the timeline. Man what an awesome series of games
A note 'bout MM ending: The happy ending montage is not explicit enough for the merged reality theory involving your last cycle. These endings could perfectly be just for us as witnesses of all those problems solved in parallel realities and not for Link. In other words of all the different cut scenes shown the only valid are the ones which you solved as part of the last cycle being them Anju/Kafei quest or if you jumped straight into the Final Hours via Song of the Double Time. A proof of this theory is both of Milk Bar's ending scenes. In the first one we see Zora Link playing with the band. In the second one THERE IS NO LINK. So in ONE of the possible endings Link left Termina right before defeating Majora's Mask. And in the other he stayed just for the performance.
@@hatgirl9992 It's tough but once you've done all the sidequests I think you can just barely balance it out. Maybe not with the postman and Kafei both, but I'd need to check on that.
@@Marxeru I heard the game is programmed in a special way: if you want to complete all the non-story quests there will be mathematically one that will not make you complete every mission. But now I'm a bit unsure of that
@@user-br2hb4vr9x I mean in retrospect, I think you can't do both Postman and Kafei, but other than that everything should be doable? Unless there's something I'm overlooking
Honestly the bad ending in the Romani and Cremia side quest is sad... but brilliant. It shows that the world progresses onwards in those 3 days. That even though Link wasn't there... things changed. This is one of the reasons why Majora's Mask is one of the best Zelda games.
Thank you for this excellent video. Majora's Mask remains one of my favourite games. I thought it was Navi who died, not Link. And his not bothering to attend the carnival, especially when he did so much help it happen, even with few characters remembering that, always made the ending seem bittersweet. Poor child Link! At least he still has Epona.
As soon as I saw the moon, I knew exactly what to expect from this video. Regardless, this was a great watch. I have the Ocarina of Time remake for the 3ds which I still have yet to complete, and I'm definitly going to pick up a rom for Majora's Mask in the future.
"Didn't Link give the Ocarina back to Zelda to prevent anyone from getting to the Sacred Realm?" That wasn't the reason, it was so that she could send Link back to live out the childhood he missed. Also, in the past that she sent him back to, the Ocarina of Time still existed, but was in Zelda's possession, & she still ended up giving it to Link.
31:00 have me the most goosebumps and chills I've ever had, and might secretly be the most depressing Zelda scene ever. given the circumstances outside of what's going on.
I loved it when Whois said how some people think Nintendo makes kiddy games. I'm sick of haters going on that just because a game is rated E or even T it's no good. Which is ironic, since many of such haters are not even old enough to be playing M games. I hate to say it but Sega is partly to blame since during the console wars they originally tried to make Nintendo look as childish as possible and imply that manly testosterone-raging players preferred Sega games. Including E-rated games with cute blue hedgehogs with even cuter twin-tailed sidekicks... um, yeah.
have they ever played Metroid fusion? geez...that game seems creepy almost horror like and then there is mother 3 even some of the spin off mario rpgs can be dark
Yeah I am pretty sure shadow the hedgog game was rated like E and in all neutral endings shadow kills eggman and in dark ending shadow kills both sonic and eggman and destroys earth.
The skull kid likely used teleportation to get epona to romani ranch. And it’s nice to know some people don’t believe in that ridiculous link is dead theory.
In majoras mask, don't get the japanese version, or there will be no owl statues to save at, and then the water temple will require EXACT TIMING to complete puzzles.
The most depressing thing about Majora's Mask is that, based on what happens in Ocarina of Time, all of the bad endings in this game happened. Remember, Link is the only thing in Major's Mask that is actively trying to save Termina, and in the time line where link didn't stop Ganondorf's rise to power, regardless if Link died in the final fight with him or not, at that point Termina is gone! So yeah there are two time lines where Termina is gone. One where Link is killed by Ganondorf and Ganondorf is sealed by the sages (somehow) and no one knows (let alone cares) that Termina is destroyed, and one where Link stops Ganondorf and then Ganondorf is sealed by the sages and still no one knows (or cares) that Termina is destroyed! I don't expect them to know of Termina's existence, after all Termina was found by Skullkid by either luck/accident, or maybe fate led him to Termina in the time line where Ganondorf's rise to power didn't happen, thus with no immediate threat to Hyrule, fate (or whatever great will) led Skullkid to Termina just to make someone from outside of Termina aware of it's existance and possibly used Skullkid as an unaware tool to bring someone (or just Link) to fix the problem and Link followed Skullkid to Termina not knowing it existed in the first place. I mean, heck, that is why someone (don't remember who but I think it was the Mask salesmen) in the Majora's Mask says Termina is fated to be destroyed. Oh man! I didn't mean to make this long, but after I wrote the previous sentence, I looked over what I wrote and I started to think I might want to clarify some things or write down an idea that just came to me. I am just going to wrap this up and stop typing before I write another long paragraph over explaining about my thought process. Jesus Christ! I almost made another long paragraph just trying to apologies for a long paragraph!
A theory i heard, (and i think its the most possible...) is that the friend Link is looking for, is the kokiry without fairy he met in the Lost Woods when he was adult, because later he would turn into a skull kid, and says that he also falls into Termina, being Skull Kid
I once wanted to see what would happen at the end of day 3, when the moon actually crashes (i didn't know it would be game over, and I lost the last 4 masks I had collected on the same playthrough). In the last hour I could literally see the moon getting closer without speed up.
i think part of what makes majora's mask feel so dark compared to a lot of other games is how direct and honest it is about the concept of death. it's a constant threat for the people of termina with the moon looming overhead, and the people we meet who have died over the course of the game haven't passed away peacefully or fairly. the monkey in woodfall was going to be executed after he was falsely accused of kidnapping the deku princess. darmani died while he was trying to find a way to stop the eternal winter plaguing snowhead and save his people from starvation. mikau was mortally injured while trying to recover lulu's stolen eggs, and dies right in front of link after being pulled to shore. most of the citizens of ikana died in a bloody war, and many remain as vengeful spirits who can't let go of the past. death is a major theme, and the fact that we face it so often while playing the game makes the threat of losing (of the moon falling) feel that much more impactful. death is real, and it's terrifying.
Yeah, leaving the Temple of Time and seeing Castle Town in ruins, filled with ReDeads, is a moment in the Zelda series I’ll never forget. Since I’m a child from this generation, I played the 3ds versions of OoT and MM, and I went in to OoT completely blind. And since ReDeads freak me out so much, I honestly considered walking back into the Temple of Time and letting Ganondorf do his thing.
List of nintendo hidden meanings within character names to date: -Tatl & Tael "Tattletale" - Majora's Mask, 2000 -Kat & Ana "Katana" - WarioWare Inc., 2003 -Callie & Marie "Calamari" - Splatoon, 2015 Now I am no superhuge nintendo fan that knows everything of the same type, so if you have got something else, just tell me the first game they appeared in and what year. Or you just tell me the game, I'll look up the year.
I know this video's old and everything, but I just wanted to say your introduction and initial thoughts about OoT/MM Link made me tear up. I think it's only fair how invested you made me into a story I already played inside out in a mere minute and a half. I goddamn love your videos.
Christ, that side plot with Romani is so damn depressing, you just HAVE to bring it up. Hell, later in the same year this video was uploaded, The Cartoon Hero mentioned Romani's lobotomy when he talked about Majora's Mask in his Top 10 Games To Play on Halloween List.
But the moon takes 3 days to fall about 1 mile. That moon is a threat to the town, because yes, that would crush it, but the surrounding areas would be experiencing a 2 minute earthquake or something similar...
I wonder if going deep underground would save you from it. Fleeing to any region of Termina wouldn't work but if they found a way underground they might be able to survive.
oh man this has brought back some memories, the whole 'save the town and those you love before __ amount of days' idk if you're fond of Persona series but ive stumbled upon so much creepy stuff on those games(P3 & P4 to be precise) just for being stupid and not spending my time correctly throughout the game, as you only have a specific amount of days before everything goes to shit. i do recall P3 having various different endings but unfortunately i didn't get to see all of them, supposedly P3FES has the legit final ending which makes the regular P3's 'good' ending a bad one, and P3FES's ending isn't all that happy whatsoever(not for all the characters surely). as for P4.. ok this one was actually VERY unfair, for those like me that like to explore all options before doing the right thing so at some specific day in the game after you've done a wonderful job at saving everyone, you eventually need to figure out by yourself who's the responsible of all the murders that had been going on. you get to pick any person you know(as irrelevant it may be to pick one of your friends they're still in the list), but what the game didn't explain was that you actually have a limited amount of attempts to pick who you believe could be the culprit, should you not pick the right one before three attempts or so and you're already doomed to get the bad ending even though you still get to play the game for a few more days just to view how gloomy and depressing it has become, naturally you'd never expect that you could screw yourself over if you saved your game during those days like i did since one usually expects bad endings to be instant, this one instead lets you view the fruits of your failure which i consider awfully cruel. it really was like one of the most terrible bad endings a game- that is designed for you to form very special bonds with all the people around you- can make a player go through. not only do you have to endure the guilt for failing everyone and yourself, but your also instantly thrown back to the game's main menu which can only lead one to one single conclusion 'oh my god.. I HAVE TO PLAY SUCH A LENGHTY GAME ALL OVER?!'. was definetly not cool. however the atmosphere was VERY similar to those three days before the moon crashes; the weather would change drastically to a nasty fog, there was no people in town at freaking all, all the music in the background was completely gone and there was literally nothing you could do but to let the days pass until you meet your fate which i shall not spoil here. the only difference is that your character doesnt know how to play the song of time OTL SO EXCUSE THE LONG ASS POST, i just thought id share that since im pretty sure i cant be the only one who had to go through such a unhappy path. im not saying you have to but i believe these series would make a great creepy bad endings video
There is also another quote in the 3Ds when the moon falls and it says: And so the angry moon fell from the sky Annihilating this world and it’s many inhabitants All items collected in those 3 days are lost If you want to continue from the last Time you save press 🏠 to return to the HOME menu And the one and only quote *You’ve met with a terrible fate haven’t you?*
I think I love Majora’s Mask more than Ocarina of Time. You are fighting for more than just a prophecy to fulfill, MM gives you an entire world to save full of memorable characters and great moments to behold if you do everything and see everything. The ending is just so satisfying when you get every mask. I never failed to stop the aliens so I never saw what happens when you let one get to the barn. I almost cried when that played out. I need to Let’s Play this game now
It isn't just the wedding scene in the credits sequence that doesn't show if you don't get a certain mask. The shot in the Milk Bar that ends in a focus on Gorman only shows if you have the Circus/Troupe Leader's Mask. The shot in that same place that ends with a focus on Guru-Guru only shows if you have the Bremen Mask. The shot of Grog with all his Cuccos only shows if you have the Bunny Hood. The shot of the Postman returning to town only shows if you have the Postman's Hat. The shot of the Great Fairies all in a line only shows if you have the Great Fairy's Mask. The shot in the Bomb Shop only shows if you have the Blast Mask. The last one I can think of is actually one you erroneously said is always in the credits. The shot of Cremia overseeing Romani practice archery only shows if you have Romani's Mask. In other words, the ending you get depends on whether or not certain masks were collected. Depending on which of those certain masks were collected, all the ones you have have the best possible outcome of the associated events merged into the New Day timeline, while the others remain unclear. I suppose the assumption is that if you don't have them, the way things turn out is as if you never interfered at any stage at all. Even if you got the bottle from Romani, if you didn't escort Cremia or failed to save any milk bottles, at least as long as you went back in time between that failure and the defeat of Majora, you can assume that Romani in your ending was mind-screwed. As a little hypothetical, if it wasn't for the fact that it's fixed by defeating Twinmold anyway, and that you need the Gibdo Mask to beat the game without exploits or cheats, the bit with Pamela running up to and being embraced by her father in the credits sequence would have been dependent on whether you had the mask or not. In fact, that scene's placement amidst the credits montage gives me the impression that at one time during development; late enough for the credits reel to be complete, the Gibdo Mask _was_ optional. Now imagine beating the game without it; the fate you'd have left that unfortunate family to.
i know right! They say Navi is annoying, but I find Tatl way more annoying. Tatl is just rude all the time, I mean she wants something from YOU, you wouldn't even need her. Even though Navi might be annoying too, i think there grows a bigger bond between the player and her. I don't know why it is, but to me it just is. I like Navi, as annoying as she might be. i think my list goes: Midna Navi Phai the red lion king ghost Zelda and then Tatl (there are probably even more sidekicks from other Zelda games but I haven't played every game yet)
5:36 You know, I thought about this, and thought "Unless the heroes actions ended the world or something" And then I got an idea. What if there was a game with a super easy final boss, but actually defeating it gave you the bad ending, and you had to lose to the boss to go to the true final boss for the good ending? Like theres a hidden timer, and if that runs out, you get the bad ending, and you also get the bad ending if you kill the boss, but if you somehow manage to fail before time runs out, then you see some cutscenes, and then are transported to the true final boss which is actually challenging.
majora's mask scared me so much as a kid i never even ended up beating the woodfall temple, but it had so much character and charm i still ended up loving it and playing the shit out of it (as much as i could with barely anything unlocked)
Majora's Mask is a sad sad game, especially for every npc in the game but daaamn look at those Skull Kid animations, it really feels like some kind of wood puppet show or something
I've never played majora's mask but just watching the bleak and terrifying era of it sends shivers down my spine. (especially with the 5 minutes before the moon crashes...the music just gets to me.)
I don't know if you know this, but if you play the song of time inverted the time flow would slow down. That really helped me out when I decided to help everyone in Termina before facing the Majora mask.
You can see Navi leaving Link at the ending of Ocarina of Time when they are in the Temple of Time. Why she leaves? I guess Link is looking for the same answer in those woods in Majora's Mask.
On a serious note, Navi supposedly left because only Kokiri are supposed to receive fairies and link is actually a Hylian so she left once the journey was over.
***** Kokiri who get lost in the woods become Skull Kids. I think. They may still have a fairy, but if you recall in the one cutscene, Tatl and Tael found Skull Kid, he didn't just "receive" them. Nick's answer really seems most plausable, that she just left him cause he really didn't need her anymore...OR the whole time warp thing messed things up? (After all, Navi went to the present and future with Link, is she seen going back to the past in the end when Zelda sends him back to live his childhood? They might've gotten separated then.
These videos are awesome. I never really found much emotion in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask until now. Please continue this series for as long as you can.
Nintendo makes kiddy games? ETERNAL DARKNESS!!, MOTHER (whoops watch the language) anyway Nintendo does make some scary things. The paper thine manta ray from super mario sunshine is said to be a reference to the shining.
Nintendo published the game while developed by silicon knights. It has the Nintendo official seal marked, so it's owned by Nintendo. It just like caption falcons F-zero gx, the game was developed by amusement vision, but is published by Nintendo. No need to be rude.
There is nothing "kiddy" about Majora's Mask. I was actually unfortunate enough to get this game as a child. It scared me to death. I still get a relative sense of discomfort when playing this game to this day. It's a great game but geeze is it disturbing and depressing.
warioland523 When I was young, I thought it was just trying too hard to be dark and creepy, and it didn't leave much of an effect on me. Seeing as first impressions count for a lot I still don't really care. Well, let me take that back. Skull kid irritated me in OoT, I don't really know why, but I absolutely hated him when he turned him into Deku Link.
Episode 40: th-cam.com/video/C85xagHenmk/w-d-xo.html
I noticed something really saddening about Romani and Cremia. In universe, Chateau Romani is essentially the Zelda equivalent of alcohol, since it's referenced as only being for adults. Cremia lets Romani have some on the final night. She's getting Romani drunk so she won't notice the moon; so she can at least be happy for one last night. Cremia also wanted Romani to sleep with her in her bed so they could be close, since she knows the world is ending.
I can just imagine a crying Cremia tightly clutching Romani as the moon comes crashing down.
StormerSage
When I first saw that in the game, my urge to break Skull Kid’s neck and shatter that stupid mask made me refuse to do anything else until I beat the game.
I feel bad for them........
i didn't realize the milk was alcohol at the time when i played but i vividly remember reading the "sleep in my bed tonight, ok?" line and it hit me. i just stood there in shock for a minute. that was what really made me realize just how depressing the whole situation was. and then realizing way later the milk is supposed to be alcohol... it just made that scene so much worse
When link saves them i can wait to see cremais face🤣
Oh interesting thought
The scariest thing about the moon is that if you stare at it long enough, you can see it falling _in realtime._ (it’s easier to see with a bigger screen, just stare at the edges of the moon)
God yes, the 3DS version doesn't seem to do that until the Final Day now.
@@RightEyeRaptor It only falls in real time on the last day, no matter which version you're using.
@@bray-g you clearly havent played mm 64 recently/ever
They meant the 3DS version!
@@carracer41moron what he said is true
Okay, I'm sorry, but I'm going to start removing any comments that mention the ridiculous "Link is dead" theory. Hyrule Historia confirmed it isn't true, and as far as I'm concerned, that automatically means it isn't worth talking about or discussing further. There was once a time where you couldn't talk about this game without someone bringing up Ben Drowned, but now the theory has managed to replace it, and I'm fed up with it.
Thank you! I cant stand that theory
When the little girl said, see you tomorrow, it maid me want to teleport into the game to smash majoras mask to bits
RamenNeko 4th day glich
alex3279 myers it doesn't change anything though
Ethan Bridge-Hall (copies what blocky3279 says)
Made*
Shrug-
I am shrugging bc I don't remember that
30:19
Around this part of the video, is a part of the game i will never forget. Cremia hears about Clock Town's evacuation but she knows the moon crashing means all of Termina will be destroyed and there's nowhere anyone can go to survive. She knows she and Romani are going to die.
The we go here: 30:42
Cremia is letting Romani drink Chateau Romani despite being under aged. Romani is as happy as ever while Cremia is...Not so much. Romani naturally asks why she's letting her drink the Chateau, to which Cremia claims that she's letting Romani drink the Chateau because she "acknowledges Romani's maturity". Then she asks Romani to sleep in her bed with her.
Before, i didn't think much of this part. Just another scene with people trying to cope with the moon crashing into Termina. But one day, i realized Chateau Romani was the Zelda equivalent of alcohol. Then...It hit me. Cremia knows they're going to die, so she lets Romani drink the Chateau to null her senses. She lets her little sister get drunk so that she'll be blissfully unaware of the end of the world. I can only imagine Cremia holding her little sister while she gurgles in a drunken daze until the final moment.
Danm
I thought it was so she could have it before she died.
F
@@Neppix_ one f for the Kirby
and 42:56 theres a mario mask
Majora's mask scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. The whole "Impending Doom" theme scared me already but literally EVERYTHING about the game is terrifying. It's depressing, dark, pretty much a living nightmare. The child in Ikana valley (idk her name) well, her story really got to me cause I lost my dad when I was a little kid. This game is downright terrifying.
that fucking face...
And they say BOTW 2 is gonna be the darkest Zelda game to date.
The girls name is Pamela by the way.
Even when you complete the game, if you did certain things, you still get a subtle bad ending. For example, if you failed the Sakon's hideout puzzle, then while everyone is celebrating the carnival of time Kafei is STARVING TO DEATH IN A CAVE.
Kid's game my ass.
A kid's game indeed.
The only way Link can get out is with the Ocarina so that means he’s not.
THAT'S BAD ENOUGH TA ME
Holy shit ur right
But I dent fail
It must have been horrible to be Deku Son in his final moments; feeling your life essence being sapped, feeling your body grow tired, and you can't do anything about it... and you're nowhere near help, and you can't say goodbye to your father.
Damn, I think I just made myself depressed again
Ikr
and theres a theory about the son the mask about the deku scrub is probably the essence of the dead son
I suppose the dark and dramatic tone with the two N64 Zeldas is evident from the start, almost- for how much Nintendo and the N64 are often derided as "kiddy", it's interesting to see how even with technology progressing, both of them still work very well even today.
I mean on the one hand, you have _Ocarina of Time_, which begins with Link having vivid nightmares of future events, and the death of what is essentially his father figure at the end of the first dungeon. Then on the other hand, you have _Majora's Mask_- which begins with Link getting mugged, cursed into the form of a Deku Scrub, and being told the World will end in three days.
@@defunct8304 option 2, would rather be chillin with monsters and bad guys than mf dead
Man, I have to say I love how susceptible and aware you are of ominous feelings. They fuel your videos with a very special take on these games. Love it.
I finished Majora's Mask when I was 12 years old (when it released) and I while not as agravating as the fear effect this game had on you, I just felt the disgust of this bizarre town and theme. The feeling that nothing will be normal and healthy until I got out of that world, even if I had succeeded in stopping the moon. The game showed me too many sad people with realistic problems, and I just wanted to have some normal fun.
Anyway, enough of this ranting. Keep it up, your take on games got my attention.
This game gave me so many nightmares as a child that I still tense up when I look up at the moon sometimes, as if I'm expecting it to crash down any second...
Isn't it kinda cool that Ocarina of Time Hyrule is medieval, most likely 1400's, since they still have a monarchy and are pretty limited technologically, while Termina is similar to the late 1800's, since there are working clocks, motorboats, and a democratically elected mayor? I always thought that was cool detailing on Nintendo's part. Even Great Bay Temple seems like a water treatment plant, with working pipes and water pumps.
Innovation works mysteriously in Hyrule... Remember in Skyward Sword when the ancestors of Hyrule could fix robots with AI?
And we have not even mentioned the aliens.
aren't mayors pre 1400s
there are still kings and queens and kingdoms, just not in america
Majoras mask is an alternate dimension technically so anything could happen
Man, I just think Majora's Mask could be a phenomenal Studio Ghibli film.
Amen
Chack Good idea!
What about in Team Fabulous by the dead, but yet great Garry's Modder Kitty0706?
Remember the Super Mario Bros. "Movie" if you can even call it that.
+ Krys Wilkins We don't talk about THAT movie.
The worst part about OOT link is that only a few people genuinely care for him. Wind waker Link actually had a family who helped him, OOT Link for the most part had no one who cared for him (no Navi doesn't count).
In the 3DS version of OOT, the death animation for Link was changed where it no longer has a subtle look of him trying to stay strong but failing, which honestly is more depressing.
That's partially what makes me feel so sad for him, and the fact his mother died when he was just a baby. God, I can feel tears welling up in my eyes just thinking about it, no joke. But he's not alone, he's got me.
I love the Hero of Time.
He does have friends, had to be friends with Malon and possibly Talon to get his hands on Epona. He's friends with Zelda who gave him the ocarina of time, his childhood friend Saria, most of the rest of the Kokiri. (Except Mido, but he's a jerk to everyone in the village...except Saria.) The Owl everyone find’s practically annoying. And more people he's met and possibly helped out on his travels. So he's not completely alone.
Ah, the death animations... I'm quite familiar with them. Out of curiosity though.
I don't know, I was a weird kid, still sorta. I used to make Link die purposely in many different ways and in different situations just to see what happens. I still sorta do it. I wanted to see how many death animations they made.
A couple of my favourites are the drowning one and when your struck by electricity.
...I'm strange. I just like little details like that. Even the animations Link does when just standing still in different locations or when riding Epona. His sneezing is cute.
Which particular death animation were you referring to?? I've played both versions of OoT and they are practically the same.
@@DarkMirria1 but he always parts ways with those people in his next journey
Happy Mask Salesman: “Whenever there is a meeting a parting is sure to follow. However that parting need not last forever, wether for forever or merely a short time, that is up to you.”
(It’s been a while but I think that’s how that quote went.)
I laughed at “unfortunately this festival has a very unwanted guest: the moon”
When I first play OOT and saw the future Hyrule market and the Redeads, I was so freakin scared that I didn't play the game for a few months. The worst part is that I played it when I was 6 .-.
I first encountered them in the Royal Family Tomb. though I thought they were kinda creepy, I could handle them. But when I traveled to the future and saw them in the market, something... clicked. From that point on, I consider them the creepiest enemies in any video game. EVERYTHING about them disturbs me. (Which is the reason why I showed the market after they had all been killed, there was no way I wanted to have them in one of my videos)
whoisthisgit so, why'd the sound cut out for a bit before the yellow flower business scrub landed? copyright?
waffledoctor87 Yes, apparently the Clock Town Day 1 music was one of the main reasons for the Third Party match.
Redeads I find to be quite silly. Yes, the thought of them being reanimated Hylian corpses is unsettling, but I find them to be funny. The one Zelda enemy that scares me are Wallmasters. Their attack in the 3D games where they fall from the ceiling is flat-out horrifying. I also think their concept is creepy alongside with Floormasters, who don't bother me in terms of attack. I find them to be disembodied Goron hands, which is why you can't break loose from their grip. Heck, you can even see their inner parts in the hole on the top! That proves they're disembodied.
+Link, the Hero of the Minish I can agree, am I the only one who thought the swamp palace theme in a link between words was utterly scary ?
About the four giants being Skull Kid's friends as well as the legend behind Majora's Mask, the manga for the game expands on both plot points and gives more details about them (I think Hyrule Historia also talks about them as well). Plus, Majora's Mask happens several months after Ocarina of Time, giving Zelda and Link enough time to get to know each other which soon leads to Zelda entrusting the Ocarina to Link before he leaves to search for Navi.
I thought is was 3 years after Ocarina?
***** It could be that as well as an exact time frame between both games hasn't really been specified.
DarkPikaSama
It really isn't. I keep wondering how old "Adult" link is, cause every character treats him like a child even in adult form, despite not otherwise recognizing him as the same child as years ago (except for the sages later on). He looks to be around 20, but that would imply young link is just a teenager...though 13 is about right for how he looks in Majoras Mask.
Mario Mastar I think he is 10 in "Child" form while 17 in "Adult" form.
*****
That would make sense. I think calling him "Teen" link wouldn't have the same connotation even if he was 18 (after all, some cultures, you're an adult at 15, and it seems like Link's culture is kind of like that, hence Wind Waker).
You should be happy that Tatl gets two mini-cutscenes in MM3D that makes her look like she's regretting her actions and become nicer as a result (hell, in 3D, she no longer berates you for not knowing an enemy's weakness).
When do these happen? I never noticed them.
You never played the original version, didn't you?
I did, I just don't remember that much.
ChiefMedicPururu I don't have the game =/
She berates you for not knowing about Dodongos, Skulltulas and I think Deku Babas.
When me and my brother got Majora's Mask, it was a used copy that had a completed file (other than Fierce Deity mask). For some reason, we played that file first. We had no idea what was going on, so we just ran around. When the last six hours came, we were curious what would happen when it ran out. Well, we saw. And I was thinking ok let's NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN EVER 😵
OMG! I never knew that kafei would go to Anju's room if you don't give the pendent......
;-;-;-;-;
31:10 - "Listen to me, Majora's Mask: You are so doomed."
Man, this game REALLY gets you (or at least me) into the emotion of fighting to make sure all of these characters see another day.
I watched NintendoCapriSun do a let's play of this. When Anju and Kafei decide that they will greet the morning together (35:47), he says "Well, I better go make sure they have a morning to greet."
That's why the "Dawn of: A New Day" screen was so great in the ending. It had such impact. Wow, this game truly was crafted masterfully.
Is that on his crowning moment of awesome page? Because it should be.
38:50 i used to be a villain like you, until i took link's sword to the knee
Rofl
The hecc?
Lol. I get that reference.
Oh god, the Romani Ranch sidequest bad ending. I literally teared up when I saw it, I loved Romani's character so much.
+Bart Stuczynski Only to get destroyed by aliens. Sad.
Bart Stuczynski
Romani is too pure
Unsettling and depressing, but really elaborated and well executed. Now Mr. Git, if you excuse me I have to go and think about...
The Deku Butler and his Son storyline is just so heartbreaking. :'(
RedEyeSD and i like the deku form but i want to be a happy face not a creepy face
The masks in the game where made by tearing the souls out of the owners of them and the deku buttlers son might be how the deku mask was made
Remind me again how these games both got an "E" rating...
Seriously, just look at Majora's Wraith. It's got "Body Horror" written all over it!
They changed the E rating to a E10+
Johnathan Winters Jr I meant the original N64 version, not the new 3DS version.
dispite this comment being 3 years old, i'll tell you. until the E10+ rating was added you could get away with making a game with a dark story that would normally give the E10+ rating would be ether a E or a T (Mostly E as far as im aware.
@@jrw630 bruh I love your profile picture XD
Lasaga Man
Like with Kirby. That Zero fight in KDL3 was messed up.
17:43
not even the song of healing can heal that burn!
SONG OF STORMS!!! (rains and it cures it) yey (gets strikes by lighting) FFFF
note... Lighthing is worse then fire xD
Minrod Vils 😆
What burn your talking about at that point?? You mean the moon crashing on the giants? I thought it would be from after the moon crashes, felt as if an H bomb just dropped off!
Hang Geng oath to the fucking order bitch
>Talks about the game's excellent use of terrifying emotional build-up.
>Throws an innocent dog into the water
"innocent"
yeet
When you think about even the good future timeline where Link does defeat Ganon which is the normal adult timeline is kind of screwed in a way because Ganon breaks free from the seal which causes Hyrule to be flooded and become the Great Sea wiping all traces of the old kingdom away. The Hyrule you see in Spirit Tracks is not even the true Hyrule. It's a new kingdom that was established and founded by Wind Waker's incarnation of Zelda and it was named after the fallen kingdom being known as New Hyrule. The real Hyrule is dead and gone. Washed away and in ruin forever beneath the waves. Kind of sad really.
It seems that all timeline just lead on to more bittersweet endings. Its kinda sad knowing that even after all your hard work, no matter what timeline, Hyrule is destined for more conflict.
*****
There is no Hyrule in the Toon Link Trilogy. It was destroyed during the Great Flood.
@@warioland523 New Hyrule is destined for more conflict. Also Hyrule was not destroyed until the ending of Wind Waker.
Destroying Old Hyrule was a necessary evil. Kind Daphnes refused to let go of the past, and what remained of the Great Sea?
To quote Ganondorf:
*"So many pathetic creatures, scattered across a handful of islands, drifting on this sea like fallen leaves on a forgotten pool... What they can possibly hope to achieve? Don't you see? All of you... Your gods destroyed you!"*
Even Ganondorf agrees that flooding Hyrule was a mistake.
Even though Old Hyrule was destroyed, the past was finally left behind and it allowed a new generation to take over by the time that Spirit Tracks took place.
The Hyrule in ST is literally called "New Hyrule".
I consider the tunes of Clock Town as one whole to be one of the greatest examples of using music to convey atmosphere.Kondo's a fucking genius.
It always bugged me that they went to the trouble of modeling a wedding version of Anju but couldn't give us an adult Kafei.
I remember having that 6 "Hour" timer during the search for the Zora Eggs. Then after I got lucky to find the last few of 'em I still had to rush back to the Laboratory to obtain the song. It really is such an uneasy feeling. You really have to plan wisely or otherwise your progress is messed up hard.
I remeber when I had to fight against the timer. I was in the middle of the Water Dungeon, and I was stuck for some time on the puzzles. I also wasn't paying atention to the timer, and next thing I know, I have to fight Gyorg with only the last 4-3 hours. It was bad
18:57 did you just throw a dog into a pool!? Wtf!?
That dog is a jerk anyway :p
*****
He really is. The one time in any game where I actually really don't mind kicking the dog. I dunno why he beats you up as a Deku and takes vengeful pride in doing so.
OverworldTNTPig Everyone hates that dog
Would it be better if it was Doge then?
The Meme Sheriff yes he there a dog into a pool
This game is so genius that it's hard to believe that it was heavily rushed.
I think the reason why everything turned out okay in the end is either the 4 giants restored all the lands to their former glory or by destroying Majora Link reversed all the damage that he caused. Either way the ending to this game is so satisfying.
Well...
You sure filled us all up with hope for the rest of our lives.
ok Romani was abducted now what happened? WAS SHE PROBED?!
WAS SHE LOBOTOMIZED?!
WAS SHE PROBED *AND* LOBOTOMIZED?!
maybe replaced with a replica so the aliens can run tests and experiment on the real romani, but it's just a theory, a game theory, thanks for watching
Half of the Zelda series is basically an elaborate bad ending to Ocarina
Something I noticed at 42:19.
When Tael meets the Mask Salesman receiving his mask, he does the same thing Tatl did at the beginning of the game.
It's the little details that counts.
And here my little 4 year old mind thought luigis mansion is scary.. till he found this
something small that always hit me hard was the guy in romani ranch who gives you the bunny hood. something about the simplicity of his one regret being unable to see the chicks grow up into cuccos, followed by him being able to make peace with his (and the world's) inevitable fate after you've helped the birds mature with the bremen mask.
idk, something about helping someone with a simple wish achieve it so they can come to terms with death is just really impactful, and it's something majora's mask does a lot
Just listening to the music playing during the last hours makes me almost want to cry.
So let me get this straight... A child elf rides a young horse through a forest to find a fairy, only to have a living scarecrow wearing a creepy mask knock him off and steal his flute, to which the elf child chases him into a tree, where he falls through a sweet rave party and ends up in the land of clusterfuck? Damn, this game's weird...
EDIT: After seeing what you said about Tatl (Or was it Tael? Whatever...) I take it you don't like Midna much either?
She isn't as bad, though I find her a bit overrated. The main thing that annoys me about Tatl is that almost all her enemy descriptions begin with, "What do you mean you don't know about ____?" I know about them, I just want to find out what you say about them, you pointlessly rude little bitch.
It makes perfect sense that people would hate Tatl way more than Midna. Tatl is condescending to you because she simply is a bully who doesn't like you from the start. For Midna, it's not really YOU that she's being condescending towards, but it's just her nature to be dark and overconfidenct, as she's the princess of the Twilight realm, a realm where darkness reigns and light is rare. She's never actually mean to Link though, nor does she abuse him like Tatl does.
I compare the two to a trainer, versus a critic.
Midna's like a trainer, stating, "Come on. I know you're stronger than this. Keep trying."
Tatl's more like an critic: "Come on! You can't even do this? Gosh you're so weak!"
One of them encourages Link to keep going even if he doesn't think he can, while the other insults Link and demeans him when he's otehrwise forced to do it anyway. Even if both are harsh, Midna wants you to succeed, while Tatl insults you preemptively for not succeeding, and what do you have to prove to Tatl? Link didn't even want her, but she scold him for leaving her behind, but Midna is the only one other than Zelda who knows what's going on, and she knows that you're one of few who has the power to stop it. Hence Midna's an all around more likeable character. Link NEEDS Midna, Link DOESN'T need Tatl. So why is Tatl so rude?
whoisthisgit I love Midna, she was all sassy and cute.
Amelia Bee
Midna is my favorite too. But then again, I'm a sucker for dominant girls who are in control and know it. XD I'm only disappointed in the very end when she turns back into her human form and is no longer the adorable demoness that I fell in love with, but eh...it's not the first or last time Nintendo had an awesome character and changed them at the last minute to essentially make the change "the final form".
I wish Tael was Link's fairy in this game. From the little you see of him, he seems a bit more reasonable than Tatl and his dark purple color is awesome.
My favourite partner in the series is either the King of Red Lions/King Hyrule from Wind Waker, (He's badass) or Zelda herself in Spirit Tracks. Tatl is my least favourite personality-wise, but Fi is definitely the most irritating when it comes to giving Link/the player advice. (I do like her voice, though)
42:57 Mario Mask! Extra jumping ability when worn?
Γιώργος Βλάχος Thank god for that, I shudder at the implications...
better at plumbing???
Unlimited bombs? (fire flower)
Stomping ability? Luigi Hating +185%?
The ability to speak. We all know.
Man, the end of Majora's mask always gets me, literally the end of the story we share with the hero of time. He goes through a passing hellish world and saves it, just to continue his search afterwards. And afterwards, the whole world probably doesn't know it was him who saved them, just the ones he shared the adventure with.
The good part is, it seems like those few did good by passing around the legend of the hero of time, at the very least. We hear about it in later games on the timeline. Man what an awesome series of games
A note 'bout MM ending: The happy ending montage is not explicit enough for the merged reality theory involving your last cycle. These endings could perfectly be just for us as witnesses of all those problems solved in parallel realities and not for Link. In other words of all the different cut scenes shown the only valid are the ones which you solved as part of the last cycle being them Anju/Kafei quest or if you jumped straight into the Final Hours via Song of the Double Time.
A proof of this theory is both of Milk Bar's ending scenes. In the first one we see Zora Link playing with the band. In the second one THERE IS NO LINK. So in ONE of the possible endings Link left Termina right before defeating Majora's Mask. And in the other he stayed just for the performance.
It's possible to help everyone in one 3 day cycle with good planning.
@@Marxeru Really?!
@@hatgirl9992 It's tough but once you've done all the sidequests I think you can just barely balance it out. Maybe not with the postman and Kafei both, but I'd need to check on that.
@@Marxeru I heard the game is programmed in a special way: if you want to complete all the non-story quests there will be mathematically one that will not make you complete every mission. But now I'm a bit unsure of that
@@user-br2hb4vr9x I mean in retrospect, I think you can't do both Postman and Kafei, but other than that everything should be doable? Unless there's something I'm overlooking
It would be funny if the moon said "GAME OVER" Right when the timer hits 0.01 seconds and the screen fades to white
Some Videos I'd pee my pants laughing my but off
What if it just said *GAME!* you would understand if you played super smash bros ultimate XD
Honestly the bad ending in the Romani and Cremia side quest is sad... but brilliant.
It shows that the world progresses onwards in those 3 days. That even though Link wasn't there... things changed.
This is one of the reasons why Majora's Mask is one of the best Zelda games.
Thank you for this excellent video. Majora's Mask remains one of my favourite games. I thought it was Navi who died, not Link. And his not bothering to attend the carnival, especially when he did so much help it happen, even with few characters remembering that, always made the ending seem bittersweet. Poor child Link! At least he still has Epona.
I always come back to this video every year or so. everytime i rewatch it, it gives me huge goosebumps.
As soon as I saw the moon, I knew exactly what to expect from this video.
Regardless, this was a great watch. I have the Ocarina of Time remake for the 3ds which I still have yet to complete, and I'm definitly going to pick up a rom for Majora's Mask in the future.
Pentaliatix
Or you could get Majora's mask 3d.
Swedish Attack Helicopter yet you replay to that comment 4 years ago
You missed one--thieves trying to steal the milk.
Nin10dohgirl1 he had A lot of storage to open away from making this video so it would maybe add 15 minutes
Romani on the final night: “see you tomorrow!”
Me: WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME GAME?!
"Didn't Link give the Ocarina back to Zelda to prevent anyone from getting to the Sacred Realm?"
That wasn't the reason, it was so that she could send Link back to live out the childhood he missed.
Also, in the past that she sent him back to, the Ocarina of Time still existed, but was in Zelda's possession, & she still ended up giving it to Link.
31:00 have me the most goosebumps and chills I've ever had, and might secretly be the most depressing Zelda scene ever. given the circumstances outside of what's going on.
I loved it when Whois said how some people think Nintendo makes kiddy games. I'm sick of haters going on that just because a game is rated E or even T it's no good. Which is ironic, since many of such haters are not even old enough to be playing M games. I hate to say it but Sega is partly to blame since during the console wars they originally tried to make Nintendo look as childish as possible and imply that manly testosterone-raging players preferred Sega games. Including E-rated games with cute blue hedgehogs with even cuter twin-tailed sidekicks... um, yeah.
have they ever played Metroid fusion? geez...that game seems creepy almost horror like and then there is mother 3 even some of the spin off mario rpgs can be dark
Yeah I am pretty sure shadow the hedgog game was rated like E and in all neutral endings shadow kills eggman and in dark ending shadow kills both sonic and eggman and destroys earth.
Sometimes, E games are way better than T and M games, but people almost never want to admit that because it’s “childish”.
@@ahmadkazan7994 Shadow the Hedgehog trys to be a cool game but fails and turns into a laughable mess.
Sonic, ruega por tu vida en español.
The skull kid likely used teleportation to get epona to romani ranch. And it’s nice to know some people don’t believe in that ridiculous link is dead theory.
It must be awfully depressing to make these videos.
In majoras mask, don't get the japanese version, or there will be no owl statues to save at, and then the water temple will require EXACT TIMING to complete puzzles.
Ok I hated Japan for having such popularity from just anime BUT APPARENTLY IT MAKES SOME GAMES HARDER!!!
The most depressing thing about Majora's Mask is that, based on what happens in Ocarina of Time, all of the bad endings in this game happened. Remember, Link is the only thing in Major's Mask that is actively trying to save Termina, and in the time line where link didn't stop Ganondorf's rise to power, regardless if Link died in the final fight with him or not, at that point Termina is gone!
So yeah there are two time lines where Termina is gone. One where Link is killed by Ganondorf and Ganondorf is sealed by the sages (somehow) and no one knows (let alone cares) that Termina is destroyed, and one where Link stops Ganondorf and then Ganondorf is sealed by the sages and still no one knows (or cares) that Termina is destroyed! I don't expect them to know of Termina's existence, after all Termina was found by Skullkid by either luck/accident, or maybe fate led him to Termina in the time line where Ganondorf's rise to power didn't happen, thus with no immediate threat to Hyrule, fate (or whatever great will) led Skullkid to Termina just to make someone from outside of Termina aware of it's existance and possibly used Skullkid as an unaware tool to bring someone (or just Link) to fix the problem and Link followed Skullkid to Termina not knowing it existed in the first place.
I mean, heck, that is why someone (don't remember who but I think it was the Mask salesmen) in the Majora's Mask says Termina is fated to be destroyed.
Oh man! I didn't mean to make this long, but after I wrote the previous sentence, I looked over what I wrote and I started to think I might want to clarify some things or write down an idea that just came to me. I am just going to wrap this up and stop typing before I write another long paragraph over explaining about my thought process.
Jesus Christ! I almost made another long paragraph just trying to apologies for a long paragraph!
"You've been met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" - Majora's Mask, 2000
A theory i heard, (and i think its the most possible...) is that the friend Link is looking for, is the kokiry without fairy he met in the Lost Woods when he was adult, because later he would turn into a skull kid, and says that he also falls into Termina, being Skull Kid
I once wanted to see what would happen at the end of day 3, when the moon actually crashes (i didn't know it would be game over, and I lost the last 4 masks I had collected on the same playthrough). In the last hour I could literally see the moon getting closer without speed up.
In this playthrough I was finishing the Anju/Kafei sidequest
My guess as to why some prefer Tatl to Navi is just because Tatl's "voice" is a somewhat pleasant chime sound, rather than the infamous "HEY LISTEN".
Nintendo back then was definitely very dark, now it’s all unicorn and rainbows
I grew up watching my brother play these games. I now know these are some of my earliest memories. Creepy and nostalgic.
The time loops & depressing endings remind me of PMMM's constant cycles with Walpurgisnacht...
Wait...
Tatl, Tael?
Tattletale!
How could I not get that before now?
Thank you MatPat for causing a video to get flooded with ridiculous comments
The fact link might die via ganon oot just pumps me up more and feel like kicking evil ass even more!
i think part of what makes majora's mask feel so dark compared to a lot of other games is how direct and honest it is about the concept of death. it's a constant threat for the people of termina with the moon looming overhead, and the people we meet who have died over the course of the game haven't passed away peacefully or fairly. the monkey in woodfall was going to be executed after he was falsely accused of kidnapping the deku princess. darmani died while he was trying to find a way to stop the eternal winter plaguing snowhead and save his people from starvation. mikau was mortally injured while trying to recover lulu's stolen eggs, and dies right in front of link after being pulled to shore. most of the citizens of ikana died in a bloody war, and many remain as vengeful spirits who can't let go of the past.
death is a major theme, and the fact that we face it so often while playing the game makes the threat of losing (of the moon falling) feel that much more impactful. death is real, and it's terrifying.
Yeah, leaving the Temple of Time and seeing Castle Town in ruins, filled with ReDeads, is a moment in the Zelda series I’ll never forget. Since I’m a child from this generation, I played the 3ds versions of OoT and MM, and I went in to OoT completely blind. And since ReDeads freak me out so much, I honestly considered walking back into the Temple of Time and letting Ganondorf do his thing.
It's even creepier when the words: "You've met with a Terrible Fate, Haven't you?" Didn't mean you turning to a Deku Scrub, It meant your death.
List of nintendo hidden meanings within character names to date:
-Tatl & Tael "Tattletale" - Majora's Mask, 2000
-Kat & Ana "Katana" - WarioWare Inc., 2003
-Callie & Marie "Calamari" - Splatoon, 2015
Now I am no superhuge nintendo fan that knows everything of the same type, so if you have got something else, just tell me the first game they appeared in and what year. Or you just tell me the game, I'll look up the year.
I know this video's old and everything, but I just wanted to say your introduction and initial thoughts about OoT/MM Link made me tear up. I think it's only fair how invested you made me into a story I already played inside out in a mere minute and a half. I goddamn love your videos.
Christ, that side plot with Romani is so damn depressing, you just HAVE to bring it up. Hell, later in the same year this video was uploaded, The Cartoon Hero mentioned Romani's lobotomy when he talked about Majora's Mask in his Top 10 Games To Play on Halloween List.
24:50 that gave me goosebumps
But the moon takes 3 days to fall about 1 mile. That moon is a threat to the town, because yes, that would crush it, but the surrounding areas would be experiencing a 2 minute earthquake or something similar...
creative licence m8
it's spooky magic, it don't need to make a sense.
I wonder if going deep underground would save you from it. Fleeing to any region of Termina wouldn't work but if they found a way underground they might be able to survive.
What i wanna know is how those scrawny giants are able to hold up the moon
Awakening six items and making a rainbow bridge into a castle…
Where have I heard that before?
*glares at mickey: castle of illusion*
oh man this has brought back some memories, the whole 'save the town and those you love before __ amount of days'
idk if you're fond of Persona series but ive stumbled upon so much creepy stuff on those games(P3 & P4 to be precise) just for being stupid and not spending my time correctly throughout the game, as you only have a specific amount of days before everything goes to shit. i do recall P3 having various different endings but unfortunately i didn't get to see all of them, supposedly P3FES has the legit final ending which makes the regular P3's 'good' ending a bad one, and P3FES's ending isn't all that happy whatsoever(not for all the characters surely). as for P4.. ok this one was actually VERY unfair, for those like me that like to explore all options before doing the right thing
so at some specific day in the game after you've done a wonderful job at saving everyone, you eventually need to figure out by yourself who's the responsible of all the murders that had been going on. you get to pick any person you know(as irrelevant it may be to pick one of your friends they're still in the list), but what the game didn't explain was that you actually have a limited amount of attempts to pick who you believe could be the culprit, should you not pick the right one before three attempts or so and you're already doomed to get the bad ending even though you still get to play the game for a few more days just to view how gloomy and depressing it has become, naturally you'd never expect that you could screw yourself over if you saved your game during those days like i did since one usually expects bad endings to be instant, this one instead lets you view the fruits of your failure which i consider awfully cruel. it really was like one of the most terrible bad endings a game- that is designed for you to form very special bonds with all the people around you- can make a player go through. not only do you have to endure the guilt for failing everyone and yourself, but your also instantly thrown back to the game's main menu which can only lead one to one single conclusion 'oh my god.. I HAVE TO PLAY SUCH A LENGHTY GAME ALL OVER?!'. was definetly not cool. however the atmosphere was VERY similar to those three days before the moon crashes; the weather would change drastically to a nasty fog, there was no people in town at freaking all, all the music in the background was completely gone and there was literally nothing you could do but to let the days pass until you meet your fate which i shall not spoil here. the only difference is that your character doesnt know how to play the song of time OTL
SO EXCUSE THE LONG ASS POST, i just thought id share that since im pretty sure i cant be the only one who had to go through such a unhappy path. im not saying you have to but i believe these series would make a great creepy bad endings video
There is also another quote in the 3Ds when the moon falls and it says:
And so the angry moon fell from the sky
Annihilating this world and it’s many inhabitants
All items collected in those 3 days are lost
If you want to continue from the last
Time you save press 🏠 to return to the HOME menu
And the one and only quote
*You’ve met with a terrible fate haven’t you?*
I think I love Majora’s Mask more than Ocarina of Time. You are fighting for more than just a prophecy to fulfill, MM gives you an entire world to save full of memorable characters and great moments to behold if you do everything and see everything. The ending is just so satisfying when you get every mask.
I never failed to stop the aliens so I never saw what happens when you let one get to the barn. I almost cried when that played out. I need to Let’s Play this game now
It isn't just the wedding scene in the credits sequence that doesn't show if you don't get a certain mask. The shot in the Milk Bar that ends in a focus on Gorman only shows if you have the Circus/Troupe Leader's Mask. The shot in that same place that ends with a focus on Guru-Guru only shows if you have the Bremen Mask. The shot of Grog with all his Cuccos only shows if you have the Bunny Hood. The shot of the Postman returning to town only shows if you have the Postman's Hat. The shot of the Great Fairies all in a line only shows if you have the Great Fairy's Mask. The shot in the Bomb Shop only shows if you have the Blast Mask. The last one I can think of is actually one you erroneously said is always in the credits. The shot of Cremia overseeing Romani practice archery only shows if you have Romani's Mask.
In other words, the ending you get depends on whether or not certain masks were collected. Depending on which of those certain masks were collected, all the ones you have have the best possible outcome of the associated events merged into the New Day timeline, while the others remain unclear. I suppose the assumption is that if you don't have them, the way things turn out is as if you never interfered at any stage at all. Even if you got the bottle from Romani, if you didn't escort Cremia or failed to save any milk bottles, at least as long as you went back in time between that failure and the defeat of Majora, you can assume that Romani in your ending was mind-screwed. As a little hypothetical, if it wasn't for the fact that it's fixed by defeating Twinmold anyway, and that you need the Gibdo Mask to beat the game without exploits or cheats, the bit with Pamela running up to and being embraced by her father in the credits sequence would have been dependent on whether you had the mask or not. In fact, that scene's placement amidst the credits montage gives me the impression that at one time during development; late enough for the credits reel to be complete, the Gibdo Mask _was_ optional. Now imagine beating the game without it; the fate you'd have left that unfortunate family to.
i know right! They say Navi is annoying, but I find Tatl way more annoying. Tatl is just rude all the time, I mean she wants something from YOU, you wouldn't even need her. Even though Navi might be annoying too, i think there grows a bigger bond between the player and her. I don't know why it is, but to me it just is. I like Navi, as annoying as she might be. i think my list goes:
Midna
Navi
Phai
the red lion king
ghost Zelda
and then Tatl
(there are probably even more sidekicks from other Zelda games but I haven't played every game yet)
Theres also Zelda's Ghost. (Yes, Zelda dies in Spirit Tracks)
Johnathan Winters Jr ah yes, forgot that one, thanks!
YunaMomoko also Ezlo form Minish Cap
At least it's not a retarded "Hey listen!".
also (technically) the sheikah slate. but it is a PDA that you use.
5:36 You know, I thought about this, and thought "Unless the heroes actions ended the world or something"
And then I got an idea.
What if there was a game with a super easy final boss, but actually defeating it gave you the bad ending, and you had to lose to the boss to go to the true final boss for the good ending? Like theres a hidden timer, and if that runs out, you get the bad ending, and you also get the bad ending if you kill the boss, but if you somehow manage to fail before time runs out, then you see some cutscenes, and then are transported to the true final boss which is actually challenging.
41:05 nice collision there giant
*cue Roblox OOF sound effect*
I think when the mask took control of skull kid he was like "THE F IS GOING ON I DIDNT DO THIS!?!?!"
majora's mask scared me so much as a kid i never even ended up beating the woodfall temple, but it had so much character and charm i still ended up loving it and playing the shit out of it (as much as i could with barely anything unlocked)
Majora's Mask is a sad sad game, especially for every npc in the game
but daaamn look at those Skull Kid animations, it really feels like some kind of wood puppet show or something
I've never played majora's mask but just watching the bleak and terrifying era of it sends shivers down my spine. (especially with the 5 minutes before the moon crashes...the music just gets to me.)
11:30 OH GOD, SONIC UNLEASHED STOLE A LINE FROM MAJORA'S MASK!
10:19 kid zelda gave it to him because it was the only choice she had
The Shiek is Zelda reveal was the biggest HOLY SHIT moment pf my life.
Oh my god. I didn't even know the Giant's actually lose their grip and fall. That's so depressing. Jesus christ.
I don't know if you know this, but if you play the song of time inverted the time flow would slow down.
That really helped me out when I decided to help everyone in Termina before facing the Majora mask.
Majoras mask is creepy by itself you dont even need an "bad ending" to make it creepier...
You can see Navi leaving Link at the ending of Ocarina of Time when they are in the Temple of Time. Why she leaves? I guess Link is looking for the same answer in those woods in Majora's Mask.
She leaves cuz link called her a whiny bitch and it made her sad
He would then be throwing parties to celebrate, not looking for her on lost woods.
On a serious note, Navi supposedly left because only Kokiri are supposed to receive fairies and link is actually a Hylian so she left once the journey was over.
And how would that apply to the fairy siblings and the skullkid? There was no clear reason for her to leave.
***** Kokiri who get lost in the woods become Skull Kids. I think. They may still have a fairy, but if you recall in the one cutscene, Tatl and Tael found Skull Kid, he didn't just "receive" them.
Nick's answer really seems most plausable, that she just left him cause he really didn't need her anymore...OR the whole time warp thing messed things up? (After all, Navi went to the present and future with Link, is she seen going back to the past in the end when Zelda sends him back to live his childhood? They might've gotten separated then.
These videos are awesome. I never really found much emotion in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask until now. Please continue this series for as long as you can.
I wish nintendo made OOT so that the bad ending would occur if you lost the fight, thus beginning a new timeline.
Nintendo makes kiddy games? ETERNAL DARKNESS!!, MOTHER (whoops watch the language) anyway Nintendo does make some scary things. The paper thine manta ray from super mario sunshine is said to be a reference to the shining.
Nintendo published the game while developed by silicon knights. It has the Nintendo official seal marked, so it's owned by Nintendo. It just like caption falcons F-zero gx, the game was developed by amusement vision, but is published by Nintendo. No need to be rude.
There is nothing "kiddy" about Majora's Mask. I was actually unfortunate enough to get this game as a child. It scared me to death. I still get a relative sense of discomfort when playing this game to this day. It's a great game but geeze is it disturbing and depressing.
warioland523 When I was young, I thought it was just trying too hard to be dark and creepy, and it didn't leave much of an effect on me.
Seeing as first impressions count for a lot I still don't really care. Well, let me take that back. Skull kid irritated me in OoT, I don't really know why, but I absolutely hated him when he turned him into Deku Link.
***** Not really, and even if I did, whenever the game zooms in on it I realize how it's an obvious 3D model. =\
zeldasmetaknight Metroid is a very dark game too.