The Legend of Zelda alone is one of my all  time favorite video game franchises, and Majora's Mask is definitely no exception to this. One of the things that really attracted me to this game is how much darker the series was going, considering that Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time. The story is great and the game play is great, all in all this game deserves the praise that it received, and does receive. So I'm sure that it is no shock that I rated this game a solid 10 out of 10. Alongside Ocarina, this game is my favorite of the Zelda series. My one and only real problem with this game however, is the way the saving works. When I was young and first started to play this game on my Nintendo 64 I never made it anywhere because my save would be completely messed up because I was saving incorrectly.

The save system works in one of two ways, you can either play the Song of Time and have everything you collected (excluding special items like bottles and songs) and start on the first of the three days saving automatically, or you can stop at one of the many owl statues and perform a quick save. When I was young I had no idea the owl was used for quick saving. Needless to say that I understand now and have beaten the game multiple times.

Anyway getting into the review, the graphics really don't look much different than Ocarina of Time's graphics so I rated it an 8. I would have rated it an 8.5 like I did with Ocarina, but vizzed has changed the rating system a little. Anyway, I thought the game(s) looked great. Majora's Mask has an interesting look to it though, as to make you feel like you are in a different place than Hyrule which you are. The world Link is now traversing is Termina. I'm going to digress a little here and just point out a few things, first off there is no tri-force in Termina except on a statue that depicts a strange creature licking it. I like to think that the people of Termina, being the Hyrulians polar opposites do not like the idea of the three Goddess so mock them when possible. Second, Skull Kid's design was originally black with that strange beak thing but this was seen as a secret racism so it was changed (this also happened with Jynx from Pokémon). Third and finally, I really like to think that the beloved friend that Link is looking for at the beginning (and never finds) is Navi, even though Navi got on my nerves.

Sorry for my digression, anyway the sound of this game was fantastic. I rated it a 9, there were songs for the Ocarina that Link carries added for new dungeons and they sound awesome. The Song of Time has remained however. Link still doesn't say a word, but he still does the action sounds when swinging his sword or attacking. As for addictiveness I rated a 10, and I don't think I need to explain why. However, this is a review so that would defeat the purpose. This game is highly addicting just like Ocarina. Once you get the saving systems down you are in it to win it, as they say. This game has caused me a lot of sleepless nights, let's just put it that way.

The story, here is one of my favorite parts of the game. I rated the story a 10, it was amazing. Link, after saving Hyrule as the hero of time is on a quest looking for a beloved friend but gets robbed of his ocarina by Skull Kid. After giving chase to Skull Kid and his two fairy friend Tatl and Teal, Link is then turned into a Deku by the Skull Kid. Tatl begins to mess with Link as Skull Kid and her brother Teal are leaving, which ends up leaving Tatl to team up with our hero. Link soon discovers a man known as the Happy Mask Salesman (creepiest man in the world), and he tells him of Majora's Mask which was stolen from him by none other than Skull Kid. The mask has a terrible power that will end up destroying the world in three days so Link must return it for him. After getting his ocarina back Link then learns two songs, the Song of Time and the Song of Healing. The Song of Healing turns troubled souls into masks which he can use along his quest. Each mask having a different transformation for Link to undergo whenever he wears them. I do believe that would be the jist of the story, I was trying not to make it a spoiler but just to explain what is going on in the game.

The depth of this game I gave an 8, I'd say that the overall map is about the same size as the map in Ocarina and even uses some of the same landscapes. Like the Romani Ranch sign, it is the exact same sign from Kakariko Village in Ocarina. However, there a ton more items to be used in this game, primarily the masks. As for difficulty I rated it an 8, the game itself I don't want to say is hard I personally think that I rated this high due to my problems with the saving, but the game is probably about the same difficulty level as Ocarina. Of course the enemies for the most part are the same.

Well that's it for this review, I know it has been a while since my last review and I really hope that I'm not getting rusty and that you all enjoy it. I try to take a lot of time into these to make them as good as I can. I really enjoyed writing this one, like I said before The Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite franchises and Majora's Mask is one of my favorites from the series. I really hope that I have inspired those who have not played this game to give it a try, I promise that you will not be disappointed. Until next time.

Amazing review 5+ one sec let me rate it a 5/5 :3

All the Zelda games go into great death.
Personally I must agree with the fact that the happy mask salesman is the creepiest man in the world...

He also carries around a Mario mask

iN008 : Thank you, with the games I grew up with or love beyond reason I try to give them more I don't know if it shows but I really try and I love the reviews I come up with, so far this one and my Bioshock review I think are the best I have written. Yeah when I was younger the Happy Mask Salesman scared me so badly when he first showed up, like following around a little boy and teaching him a song that steals peoples faces and turns them into masks! I just thought of something, what if he stole Mario's face? O.O By the way, thank you so very much for the rate it helps me out greatly.

XxEzraxX : No problemo :3
Keep making reviews, it helps you and vizzed's retro game room out alot

iN008 : Sure will, I enjoy doing them  ^.^

Beastmode64 : Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. When I was a kid I didn't realize it was a sequel at all, and that is what I kind of find really cool about the game it's so good that if Nintendo was just all like oh yeah Majora's Mask was its own game and not a sequel no one would be hurt by it, but I personally could see it as it's own game.

Beastmode64 : Ohh Good point technically Majora's mask is Ocarina of Times sequel because of the official Legend of Zelda Timeline...
But then again Wind Waker is also a sequel so theres probably games in the future that will go in-between.

I loved this review, and I completely agree on all accounts.  I loved that even the animations and the music seemed much darker in this game than in Ocarina of Time...  It seemed so much more intense, and urgent.  And I also never totally understood how to save until I had the game for a pretty long time already.  But I loved the game nonetheless.  Turning into whatever the mask was...  That part was sweeeeeet. 5/5