Has there ever been a more anticapated game? (Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask (N64))

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Product:	Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask (N64)
Date:	17/06/01 (221 review reads)
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Advantages: Gameplay & graphics

Disadvantages: length compared to OoT

I fell instantly in love with the smash hit Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, and I couldn’t stop playing it, It was brilliant. Then I heard about the Majora's mask, I couldn’t believe that the makers were going to try and make a game that was better than the first one. Was the possible? I have to be honest I thought not. I mean the first game was perfect wasn’t it. Anyway I couldn’t find a fault with it.

I bought it the Zelda: Majora’s Mask it immediately and started playing straight away I was not disappointed. The story line was great, even if it was a little weird, well not that weird. Well has there even been a Zelda game were the story made any sense? It is generally the same game engine as in Ocarina of Time so it is pretty similar, and even though link can do no more moves than he could on Ocarina of time, they just look a while lot better. And the whole world of Zelda has been generally improved from the graphics to the sound.

~~~~The story~~~~

With his final battle with Ganon and defeating him, and the land of Hyrule safe again. Link left the land of Hyrule and went in search of his great friend, Navi the fairy. He set of through the lost woods. He traveled far and wide in his search. He was traveling through the forest one day when a strange boy, the skullkid, who then stole horse and his precious ocarina. Link like the young warrior that he is set off in chase of the strange fellow. He chased him through a door (in the middle of the forest!). He found himself in another dimension.

He then traveled to the nearest town were he was met by a mask salesman, who told him that the mask that young boy was wearing has the power to destroy the earth.

As well as that he is told that unless the mask is returned to the salesman then the moon will fall into the earth in 3 days. Link must travel around the world and collect different masks to help him on his way.

You have 72 hours
to save world.........

Not that strange for a Zelda game I suppose!

This game has a very impressive point. It is real time (I think) One hour in the game is one minute in real time. This means you have 72 minutes to save the world. But not really. With the help of your trusty ocarina (which you soon get back) you can travel back in time to the first morning of the 3 days. This is the only time you can save during the game as well which is annoying at time.

One BIG disappointment compared to Ocarina of time is that there are only 5 main dungeons, compared to the 8. This means that game is short (er) than Ocarina of Time. As on Ocarina of time there are a LOT of sub games were you could get heart pieces, bonus items and all sort of stuff. Or more importantly to get the 20 masks through out the game. You don't actually need them all but to completely complete the game you do. As if you get them all you can then get the fierce deity mask, which makes the final boss much easier.

Overall, Majora’s Mask is similar to Ocarina of Time, as the same games engine is used, but everything has been made better. Mainly the graphics and the Gameplay they are the most noticably differences. But also the amount of sub games and items to collect, mainly because of the quests to find the all-20 masks. The only and biggest disappointment is the size of the game. It is considerably short than the first, and is not one of them game you can play over and over again, like you could with the first one. Also compared to the first the ending is a little disappointing. But it is good enough considering the game on a whole.

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