Game and Time Information


About This Game:





The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is the second game from the Zelda series for Nintendo 64. This game is comparable to Ocarina of Time, the first Zelda game for N. 64. Majora's Mask is a much shorter game, but is much more challenging.
The object of the game is to recover a stolen mask for the Happy Mask Salesman in three days. On the way, you will encounter four main dungeons surrounding the main site, Clock Town. You will also meet many people with different characteristics and problems. This adventure game was quite enjoyable and worth the buy. Like Ocarina of Time, it can be played and enjoyed over and over again.


Technical Info:


Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Designer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
System: Nintendo 64
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Player(s): 1
Release Dates: April 27, 2000 (Japan), October 25, 2000 (North America), November 17, 2000 (Europe)


Time Information:





Unlike Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask has an ultimate time limit. This "limit" is a big clock, ticking away at the bottom of the game screen. The clock shows the day (1st, 2nd or Final), the hours (each full rotation of the little sun is one hour and it shows you the number with a red sun for morning/afternoon and a moon for evening) and the sun moving around the semi-circle represents the ticking minutes (each time it passes a line on the circle). Each minute on this clock represents 1 second in real life. Therefore, 1 hour (Zelda time) is 1 minute (our time) and 1 day (Zelda time) is 1 hour (our time). This clock is not a major problem in beating the game, but it takes some getting used to. You can control time by playing on your Ocarina (see the Songs page) or by doing different activities. You can get Anju's grandmother to read you a story or you can dance with the scarecrow found at the Astral Observatory or West Clock Town's Trading Post to pass the time, if you need to.


My Review


Remember the super-hype about Majora's Mask and the early skepticism about another N64 Zelda game that could live up to Ocarina of Time? With characters and recurring songs and events that mirror OoT, Majora's Mask cleverly extracts a small side quest from OoT (selling/borrowing masks) turning it around into a full-fledged game. It's a very fun, parodic sequel that allows young Link to prosper as a little hero before growing up. With only 4 dungeons, it expands on side quests and heart piece searches with lots of fun mini-games and puzzles. Overall, a wonderful "sequel" with a mind of its own. It's not as "classic" as Ocarina of Time, but just good old-fashioned fun and games.


Pros: Smooth gameplay and control, still impressive graphics and animation, original story and plot, very original use of masks to transform species and open up side quests, more capabilities as young Link (arrows, horse, hookshot), recurring characters in new roles (and some newcomers, too)


Cons: Time limit, more difficult to save, can only skip ahead to the 6th hour of the day or night (lots of in-between time for late-night quests), no Ganondorf or Zelda


Overall: Worthy sequel to the classic Ocarina of Time- 10/10


Age Recommendation: 9 and up


Decoding My Directions


All compass directions are based on the maps found on the game screen. Basically, north = up, south = down, east = right, west = left, northwest = up & left, northeast = up & right, southwest = down & left, and southeast = down & right.

Sometimes I use a short form #x that means number of times to do something. For example, 2x means “2 times”.

Major items and weapons are bookended by *s for easy searching. To search a keyword in my walkthrough (e.g. *Heart Piece*), use Ctrl + F (or Edit, Find).

You will also notice that at the top of each section of my walkthrough is a tallied list of important items, weapons, and other things found in the section, with a total listing beside it separated by //. For example, you might have found two Heart Pieces in one section and had found two Heart Pieces in the previous section(s), with a total of 52 in the game, so the tally would look like this: 2 // 4/52.


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