Today we bring you some EXCLUSIVE facts about one of the most beloved Nintendo 64 titles, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. This information largely comes from Japanese magazines that we had translated into English for the first time.
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Sources/Further Reading:
Nintendo Dream Magazine Supplement (July 2000)
Nintendo Dream Magazine Supplement (August 2000)
Nintendo Dream Magazine Supplement (September 2000)
Famitsu Weekly Magazine No.559 (September 1999)
Game Informer Magazine (April 2015)
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36 Comments
Love to see the boy KingK doing a Zelda episode!
Also, team Cremia all the way.
Every copy of [game i played as a child] is personalized
Would just like to remind everyone Zels a douche.
9:17
"like when he snuck Rosalina's storybook into Mario Galaxy." I can't believe people are still pushing this lie.
MIYAMOTO WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON HE SHOWED IT TO AFTER HE HAD WRITTEN IT OUT. The Nintendo Power interview is VERY clear on this. There was no "sneaking" in. People really don't understand Miyamoto and Koizumi's relationship and how closely together they always worked on projects.
I feel like there's a bit of sexism going on in Japan, with the bullshit about women showing their emotions and the woman who stays quiet being better. Yikes.
Majora’s Mask is my favorite game of all time, and always probably will be. But I will probably always wonder what could’ve been if it got delayed to the GameCube. Imagine a Majora with crisper graphics, a slightly more complex combat system like in WW, and a few more dungeons. It could’ve been even more amazing. But we’ll never know 😞 ofc, it’s also probable it would’ve ended up an entirely different game, and not the perfect game we can imagine it would’ve been in hindsight
miyamoto's anti-story views are pretty annoying sometimes
I wonder what would happen if they ever decided to go back to the game and put in all the content that was cut out by all those constraints. Even moreso than MM3D did.
Wow, the making of this game was insanely chaotic. Super crazy.
Less gooooo, team Cremia!!!
Seriously my favorite Zelda game to this day.
As for the 'unanswered' question about Kafei returning to normal, idk I thought it felt pretty obvious that he did. Since the wedding cutscene is from his POV for a little bit. That and I would imagine the curse would be lifted when Majora was defeated.
I feel like if the reason we haven't gotten much Majora love out of Nintendo post release was due to work related trauma, I would believe it. Who would want to look at this again after the work schedule it included.
I have SO much respect for Miyamoto for what he has created but he NEEDS to get his hands off of everything at this point. The more I hear about his creativity-murdering meddling the more pissed I get
Is Kafei turned back into an adult? Really? Seems pretty obvious from the credits cutscene, don't you think? They wouldn't place the camera at eye-level with Anju or have her looking straight ahead if Kafei was still a child.
One of my favorite games and This video made me appreciate it so much more than I already did.
I always disliked MM because it's pretty rough and overall a mess. It definitely required at least another year of development. Then it could've been something truly special because I do love the concept and dark atmosphere.
Team creamia, I need a girl who can milk an udder.
The way kingk says moo moo’s murdered me
That unique star-patterns thing could be a great method of finding cheating speedrunners..
So basically Koizumi is good with stories but Miyamoto only wants to focus on gameplay?
Gamergate said hi
I'll watch this but it's obviously clickbait trend chasing and not true at all.
Comment for engagement's sake
The fact that one of the most iconic parts of Majora's Mask, maybe even of the entire franchise, was designed around the fear of North Korean missiles while at a wedding is one hell of an amazing origin story.
team Cremia
For a little bit of cultural context on why Cremia is better liked in Japan, Japan has always been very much about fitting in and not "rocking the boat." So much so that it is pretty looked down upon to talk about problems going on. They think that people should just persevere through it all with a brave face, as it "can't be helped." This is why the field of mental health is still not regulated at all there; it's not even used much. Thus, it really makes sense that likely most people there in general would like Cremia better, as Anju "rocks the boat," while Cremia perseveres through her problems with a brave face.
On the sketches for adult link…. what the fuck is that drawing on the left?
I remember playing majoras mask but don’t remember a lick of it other than the mask.
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A few minutes?
In the case of the deity mask, more like a few SECONDS, you can kill all of Majora's stages in less than a minute, each boss is dead in seconds
I was NOT expecting to learn that Majora's Mask drew inspiration from Space Battleship Yamato (A.K.A Star Blazers). I LOVED that show when I was little
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I only did that mission twice but I got that hug on the GameCube zelda collectors disc
Team Cremia, no contest.
Team Cremia 🥛
Of course the team was having waifu wars during development
God, Miyamoto is so insufferable. xD
Every detail i learn about MM just makes me love it more, thank you