The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D.
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[@Distortia1994]

Fun thing to note about the bank, the guy likely tattoos you with a code equal to the amount of rupees you have stored with him. When you go back in time, the tattoo stays, but the rupees don't go back and magically fill his vault. You are literally scamming him out of his money.

[@jaxonnobles]

That's kinda the way real banks work, you do realize that, right? You go to the bank, give them money, they give you a card that says how much money you have, and at any time you can go back to any other bank, even though you don't have money in that bank, and take money out. They literally couldn't have been more realistic about the bank unless they make the bank some dingy bleak place out on the outskirts of town. Oh, and the whole "scamming him out of his money" thing, that money is still yours, since the code on you stands for the money you have, and the code stays the same no matter what, even through timelines.

[@MT-fs9bl]

But now you didn't give him the money in the first place. So he is giving you back money you never ACTUALLY gave him in that timeline. It's like if someone made a code in real life that tricked a back into thinking you had money with them, but you didn't.

[@jaxonnobles]

Michael Tyler Except you would have had to give money to him for him to give you that code, and the money he gives you is money he has in the bank, it wasn't actually yours. It's exactly how real banks work, even if you didn't give money to him in that timeline, you still gave money to him technically, so you wouldn't be getting more money than you already had.

[@MT-fs9bl]

Right, that is how banks work. The time travel is the issue though. Say the bank starts with 1000 rupees. In timeline A you give him 100 and he gives you a code to withdraw 100 rupees. He now has 1100 rupees. But then you time travel. He once again now only has 1000 rupees, then you use your code for 100 rupees. You now get the 100, but he is suddenly 100 short. The main point wasn't about you making money off the "scam" but him losing money.

[@jaxonnobles]

Michael Tyler Except he's a bank, most banks are backed by the government, so he himself isn't loosing money, the government technically is, assuming that Hyrule has a government. And if the government was loosing money, they wouldn't really be, because they can just make more, of course the price of said money will go down, but that happens all the time, in real life too.

[@jkillyleagh953]

What?! Yahtzee likes a Zelda title?! Is the moon smashing into earth as well?! ....oh fuck, there it is...

[@RarefoilB]

Well, you are new here, after all, so I'm going to blame you for tha*BOOM.*

[@whitenorthentent]

The Moons only words as it smashes down. "Please Understand"

[@BabyConan41]

he liked wind waker too

[@lxjoe96]

BabyConan41 everyone liked windwaker. everyone. don't tell me you didn't. because everyone did. everyone. i will personally track down anyone who claims to be to the contrary, kidnap them, take them out to sea on the king of red lions, and ask their opinion once they've heard the 'great sea' music. if they still somehow don't like it, i'll take them to dragon roost island. then forest haven. then if they still don't, i will fight them with zelda because they are clearly ganondorf.

[@loweydude220]

lxjoe96 i didnt like wind waker tbh, the great sea music's overrated

[@WeedgokuBonerhitler]

It's worth noting, for funsies, that you don't technically save your money. The bank guy marks on link's hand how much money he has in the bank so when you go back in time he just assumes link isn't a lying little shit. You're stealing other people's money.

[@cachotognax3600]

WeedGoku Bonerhitler just getting paid for PREVENTING DEATH FROM A FUKING GIANT MOOOON

[@Leo-pw3kf]

Holy shit, I finished this game a bunch of times and never understood how the bank functioned. Link is a bastard!

[@gingerqueer22]

Time Fraud

[@jupitersgodzilla7114]

+WeedGoku Bonerhitler 69th like...

[@dowingba]

The bank is not inside the place where you fight skull kid. And in the original game it wasn't even anywhere near that area.

[@auzpayeur8229]

“I did know it had some kind of time loop mechanic that was supposed to be good, but I find it hard to believe that nintendo came up with a game mechanic that they haven’t since milked to oblivion.” This is a surprisingly relevant sentence in the *swamp* of time loop games in 2021

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

Also how apparently the botw sequel will have time travel. Yahtzee might have predicted something here

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@joaoassumpcao3347 That's still only a theory; it hadn't been confirmed and it's honestly a bit unlikely.

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

@@matthewmuir8884 don't jinx it. else we are gonna have to deal with a KH3 situation all over again

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee I'm not familiar with the Kingdom Hearts series; what do you mean by "KH3 situation?" All I really know about that game was that it had initially troubled development thanks to the engine they were initially using, the dev team being cut in half with half of it working on FF7 Remake, the director having to also direct FF7 Remake at the same time, and Disney being more controlling/hard to work with than they usually are with the series.

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

@@matthewmuir8884 oh no i meant KH3 situation in terms of the story and what they did to it. So many time plots suddenly shifted at you and you just gonna have to accept what happened without questioning or so much as of an explanation. SPOILERS FOR THE NEXT THING. they made the big bad that started all of this into a good guy. I DO NOT want to see Ganondorf as a good guy just because of time travel bs

[@edking7950]

Any time I'm feeling particularly optimistic, I like to think of Yahtzee saying "You're not special anymore, Useless". It always brings me back down to earth.

[@alex.g7317]

Lol

[@BlueUncia]

I can't have been the only one who, just before beating the last boss, did a quick run-through of the previous dungeons to kill off the first four bosses and make everyone's life worth living again? Yes? No? ... Anyone?

[@sciencemile]

Bill Murray it up ;)

[@AlluMan96]

I think it's implied that everything kinda sorted itself out by the end anyway, regardless of weather or not you did it on 1 cycle.

[@bonnie1020a]

I did. It was hard though. Goht almost made me run out of time.

[@Improbabilities]

Bonnie1020Production Did you do it Goron race style or did you use the crazy bomb throwing kid routine? Rolling around trying to catch up always felt like a waste of time to me.

[@TheMasterQuests]

I did that and all the side quests again and then beat the game

[@ThePa1riot]

1:31 Okay fair point, but the thing is, as evil as Gannondorf is, he's a despot not a destroyer. Sure he destroys a lot of shit and leaves Hyrule in a state of darkness and fear, but there's still a world left to be standing on. Skull Kid is, as pointed out, chaos and destruction with no rhyme or reason. To also quote, "it's the difference between lawful evil and chaotic evil."

[@takashiari1598]

It's almost like Ganondorf is The Penguin and Skull Kid is The Joker

[@pauloandrade925]

@@takashiari1598 Exactly

[@Monkeywe]

does anyone else find this game really fucking depressing once you start thinking about the plot

[@davidandersson7642]

The game is supposed to be depressing. And winning is supposed to leave you melancholic. It's a similar feeling to Link's Awakening on the Gameboy, where you realize that the world is all a dream and by defeating the bad guys you are actually ending the dream, effectively killing everyone in the kingdom. Majora's Mask, like Awakening, makes you complicit in an act of futility and that strikes a chord with audiences.

[@matthewmuir8884]

Honestly, I always considered this game in many ways about struggling against depression: Termina could not possibly seem more bleak and doomed, and every reset as you go back in time only makes that more pronounced... and yet, Link struggles on anyway, and with every cycle, he gains a bit more progress towards saving Termina. And, the ending shows that none of what he did to help everyone in each cycle was for nothing: for just one example, it doesn't matter in which cycle you complete the Anju & Kafei sidequest; you just have to complete it in a cycle, and the end credits will show Anju & Kafei's wedding. I honestly think that people saying that this game is good because it's depressing are missing the point; that the game is all about defying that depression and struggling on no matter how bleak things may seem.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@davidandersson7642 I don't think so. Link's Awakening, yes, but not Majora's Mask. Majora's Mask is depressing with just how bleak everything seems to be and with each cycle-reset seemingly undoing Link's progress while hammering in how hopeless it all seems... and yet, Link struggles on, and in doing so, he brings hope to all these people who are without it, and the victory over the mask is a real victory; nothing you did was actually futile, as it all mattered in the end. If you just see the game as depressing and hopeless and about futility, then I honestly think that's missing the point: Link's struggle and actions weren't futile in the end, and that no matter how bleak things were, it could be overcome.

[@They_are_Arthur]

Seeing Yahtzee dislike Link's usual portrayal is like getting beat over the head with a metal bat. In some games it's ridiculous how much the people around him like him, but in most cases, it's circumstance and his general heroic attitude which hearkens back to more classic hero stories. That being said, I love the way Link is barely looked at by most people in Majora's Mask. Really makes Termina feel even more uneasy.

[@HTFFanOfFlaky]

Bit of advice, Yahtzee. When the First Day begins. Play the Song of Time backwards. Your time limit doubles because the days take twice as long to pass.

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

triples, actually.

[@HTFFanOfFlaky]

Sebby19 All the more reason to play it.

[@HTownsend]

Triples on the N64, doubles on the 3DS.

[@HTFFanOfFlaky]

BJGvideos Did you play the Inverted Song of Time? The 3DS version lets you see down to the minute, so you will see a difference.

[@HTFFanOfFlaky]

BJGvideos So use information from other loops to save time

[@roborock97]

My favorite part 1:45 "As we all know, the Gods of Hyrule are nothing if not cheating mother f***ers!"

[@Br1tishman]

The “eh you lookin’ at my bird?!” bit absolutely killed me

[@Pleaseunderstand]

Isn't it nice that Yahtzee actually liked a game for once, and even more surprisingly, a Zelda game?

[@RarefoilB]

You're new here, aren't you?

[@dementedavenger2784]

see: Wind Waker.

[@bryangutierrez5]

Zachary Erickson He's cynical and points out the flaws in everything, no matter how small the flaws are. Especially if he liked the game, it means nothing part of the core of the game was bad. He says he was pleasantly surprised by Majora's mask then went on to just complain about a few gameplay elements but other than that you can tell he enjoyed it, since it's basically just Ocarina of time done better.

[@GavinHohenheim]

Portal one and two. Nuff said.

[@iancd9171]

Everybody's saying he liked it, but I honestly heard more of a mixed review (although a mixed review from Yahtzee indicates a pretty good game). He did say "it's not terribly big for a Zelda game and the ending was kind of an anti-climax". Overall, the impression I got was that he enjoyed it, especially the fact that it's not a copy and paste of previous Zelda games, but nothing more.

[@choclytgremlins]

Man, I made the mistake of playing Wind Waker and Majora's Mask back-to-back, and now all other Zelda games feel just a little bit disappointing.

[@SaberRexZealot]

choclytgremlins Still haven't had my filling, but Ocarina, Majora and Waker are really the only ones I find appealing. Breath of the Wild looks great but I'm concerned it'll be The Phantom Pain 2.

[@hoodedman6579]

Try the classics; they're actually challenging.

[@jw7500]

A link to the past is a really good one and Link's Awakening is also a good one (but be prepared for feels).

[@Jaricko]

Link between worlds next.

[@Pyroniusburn]

From 4:00 onwards as a Glaswegian, that was hilarious

[@quahogconvo]

EH, YOU LOOKIN' AT MY BIRD?! rofl

[@darkrun]

I'm dying! It's my favorite review haha

[@ValkyrieCain123]

Pyroniusburn lol glad i'm not the only Glaswegian that found that brilliant xD it's so accurate.

[@dtice69]

Pyroniusburn thanks for explaining that. being from the states, i oft times have trouble with uk/aussie slang and had no idea what "glaswegian" was

[@alessandrobozzi7085]

Yahtzee liking a Zelda game. What a time to be alive.

[@BulletBill64]

Yeah that's only like the fourth Zelda game he liked so far

[@azzzanadra]

@@BulletBill64 can you list them?

[@BulletBill64]

@@azzzanadra Well he really liked Majora's Mask, Ocarina Of Time and Wind Waker. And he said he thought twilight princess was good until he played Ocarina of Time and found out it was more of an edgy remake.

[@azzzanadra]

@@BulletBill64 and now he liked botw

[@mikedawolf95]

Zelda gets his teeth kicked in and tea bagged.

[@FPSpro1]

This is my favorite game of all time since the original release, something I usually defend and praise like a coked up corrupted televangelist asking his masses for donations so he can buy two more pounds of blow, and damn I love how he made this review. Didn't pull any punches, and still funny as all hell. Fuckin love Yahtzee's sense of humour!

[@IVIaskerade]

I absolutely hope that Nintendo uses "Like Quantum Leap for bastards" as a box quote.

[@BenjaminSteber]

2021 here. Nintendo never did milk the time loop mechanic to oblivion...but suddenly everyone else is.

[@kamnamek]

I always felt horrible knowing I couldn’t save that one deku kid (especially after seeing him again in the credits)

[@joshzuker8308]

Maybe you could not save him, but at least you could heal his spirit.

[@thac0ffeedr4gon]

"I want to murder the world. Moon. Smash. Bam." XD Yahtzee, I love you.

[@Sjono]

My major complaint about most of Nintendo's villains is they have no immediacy with their plans. Usually they conquer things and practically wait for the hero to defeat them

[@ink4852]

But isn't that like, every video game villain ever?

[@Sjono]

No villains like the Skull Kid have a more active role in the plot

[@ink4852]

Sjono Oh, which is why they had to give you the ability to rewind time.

[@carbonbonds3019]

Sjono i guess the fact that you need to go back in time went over your head right? You have 3 game days. If you do nothing and stand there, you lose. Derp.

[@tobiasarboe5753]

Sneezee Burgg Well, when talking Skyrim, even though i havent played trough the main missions, despitie my 100+ hours in game, i dont see any implications for a "need for change". Since you are the deciding factor in the war between the stormclocks and the imperials, the war isnt really "moving" before you jump in. True about the dragons though, but we do see dragon attacks on citys now and then. And while it is a little bit weird that nobody does anything about the dungeons full of bandits and vampires, there is a war going on, plus dragons and stuff, so i guess there is meaning behind that too. This is only skyrim though. In Far Cry, you are pretty much right that something like a timer would be good, but then again, the camps (is that what its called? i havent played it myself, only seen a friend do it) you actually do conquer are attack back, and there is no "need" for a rescue here and now. I mean, they have carried on for many a year now, they wouldnt have trouble with a few months more. I cant really say for the other games, since i havent played them.

[@wyvernlord23]

Is this real life? Yahtzee complimenting a Zelda game? What next? A good spunkgargleweewee shooter?

[@spaceman221]

I was just thinking that myself. The world must be coming to an end or something....but that's alright I'll just go to the dawn of the first day.

[@astralharmony3742]

He liked Wind Waker, and I think the last shooter he had good words for was Wolfenstein: A New Order.

[@areskrieger5890]

Hell if you watch his Ocarina video he said he thought Twilight princess was good

[@areskrieger5890]

Though not in hindsight as it copied tropes from ocarina, (though I also prefer it to OoT)

[@09philj]

Because MM, like WW, is unlike other Zelda games.

[@DrLuck-xn7ez]

"It's like quantum leap for bastards" a brilliant analogy no one got.

[@spundefiant3925]

When I was a kid there was a competition in a nintendo magazine to win a nintendo 64, to win you had to design a power up for mario and they said they would send the best ideas to nintendo. I came up with the masks of the other characters to give mario their abilities, for example the Lakitu mask would allow mario to climb previously invisible "air blocks" to unreachable places. I drew mario wearing each of the masks separately on A3 sheets of paper and was really proud of them. I didn't win though, the winner did a space suit. So what i'm saying is majoras mask was my idea and you're welcome :)

[@uberd3323]

Thats completely Retarded (The Spacesuit thing, Your Idea was actually pretty good)

[@spundefiant3925]

Thanks. I thought so too, at the time.

[@Jake-jo4fw]

there were masks in Ocarina

[@DarthInfernite]

The amount of comments from people "wait he actually liked it" yahtzee likes alot of games that he has no problem critiquing. Games like Majoras mask stand out because they break established formula. See also spec ops the line, persona 5, and ftl. Yahtzee gives unique games with new ideas more praise because he wants to see them expanded.

[@DarthInfernite]

@Axiom Steel26 i will agree he likes picking on nintendo they deserve it at this point for every Breath of the wild or Mario Oddesy you get a dozen metroid prime federation forces and paper mario sticker stars. When nintendo trys new ideas it is resplendent, but they spend so much time making and remaking old formulaswith superficial changes

[@spacewizardpip1111]

I’ll never understand the issues he has with Zelda targeting system

[@tomgeytenbeek2207]

Yes, he seems to have missed the point... Much like the targeting system tends to do.

[@Netherwolf6100]

Fans love this game not for the gameplay or how its story lines up in the canon but because how the entire game itself and bits and pieces within can be viewed from so many different indepth philosophical ways that provides hours upon hours of discussion where everyone who plays that game has a near similar yet completely different view point on the subject.

[@BlueberryMuffnKing]

ZERO PUNCTUATION LIKED SOMETHING FOR ONCE! ZERO PUNCTUATION LIKED SOMETHING!!!!

[@mikedoty2249]

He has liked certain video games, Portal being one of his favorites

[@jackschmit4696]

***** You can't say for once, I'm sure he's liked at least 2 other games.

[@casulgamer1499]

***** He liked Dark Souls, Psyhonauts, portal, elite dangeroius...

[@MicroChirp]

Silent Hill 2 too.

[@areskrieger5890]

Don't forget Windwaker

[@The-Game-Merchant]

I think I figured out why Yahtzee has yet to review the new Smash Bros game. He is waiting for the hype and fanboys to calm down about it enough that when he finally does review it, the only people who will watch the review will be people who are completely indifferent to the game. Or he just likes being a bastard to the people who want him to review it. Probably the later.

[@suwatsaksri7191]

Remember the last time he did a review on a Super Troll Bros game?

[@The-Game-Merchant]

Suwat Saksri No. Actually I don"t.

[@bryangutierrez5]

TheGameMerchant Yahtzee reviewed Brawl when it first came out and didn't have much kind things to say about it. He had no nostalgia for any of the characters and just saw it as Nintendo's desperate to shove all of their IPs in our faces for money, which if you think about it cynically smash bros kinda is, even if it is really fun. The backlash was insane, and he later made a video just reading and responding to some of the comments he got. Fighting games aren't his thing. Nintendo isn't his thing. Multiplayer isn't his thing. There really is no reason to expect anything special from a smash bros review XD

[@1colonelsanders]

Enough time will have passed for him to review smash bros. 64 in about 5 or 6 years. Melee will be in about 10 years and so on.

[@thegreatnahwhaile]

I think the only reason nitendo didn't reuse the time travel gimik over and over is because aside from the very specific scenario link finds himself in there isn't really much you could do with such a system

[@aidenwray4724]

Wounder if yahtzee knew that this gamevwas made as a bet? If you dont know the bet was 'Nintendo cant make a new zelda game in a year' or something similar. They need to make more bets, they create new and interesting ideas that way.

[@Gento70]

Ed,Edd, n Eddy was made off of a bet that the creator couldn't make a kid's show.

[@ThrottleKitty]

DarkLink _123 I believe the bet was to turn another game, that was even a zelda game into a zelda game, which is why majoras mask is so different.

[@SuperLordGaming]

Mr. Soulife And the creator made some messed up stuff :P

[@stratagemmedley]

DarkLink _123 Maybe someone should make a bet with Nintendo that they can't create a good game that doesn't feature any other characters from any other IP.

[@BrickBreakerXX]

Stratagemmedley *obligatory Splatoon and Codename STEAM comment*

[@isaackopstein3367]

completely agree with his statement about WindWaker link's characterization. The other toon link games were awful, but that one was actually one of the best Zelda ames to date.

[@tearyghost]

Does triforce heroes count as a toon link game? The box art, the player icons and the chat all show toon links with the exception of you playing as a "normal" Link

[@tearyghost]

Daniel Jones​ Yeah I guess so

[@KikBlava]

Except for Minish Cap, that was another Toon Link game that was a lot of fun. :)

[@havoren]

Isaac Kopstein I know that Phantom Hourglass is fucking bad, but is Spirit Tracks just as bad?

[@azzzanadra]

hey! spirit tracks is awesome!

[@cameronmoore7675]

Does anyone else try to help out as many characters as possible on their last three-day run through before beating the game?

[@ApexGale]

You can't help everyone, unfortunately. Times overlap.

[@cameronmoore7675]

Zenith Tempest. You can't help everyone, but you can come close! In the case of time overlapping, I'd usually prioritize. For example: I'd let the bomb shop lady get robbed so I could save Romani and the ranch. Too much thought put into the well being of fictional characters? Yes. But it sure did make a satisfying final three-day run!

[@DestinySpider]

I did that too. I was in such a rush as I realized I had to get to Romani fast, while still fighting a boss, to fix the region. When I arrived the music was already playing and I had to shoot a ghost that was right in front of the ... Scheune (don't know what it is called in english ... that thing where Romani and the cows were in) from the entrance of Romani Ranch. I was so satisfied to still have saved her :)

[@cameronmoore7675]

destiny spider Epic save!! I didn't even know the game kept track of the ghost/aliens when you're not in the area. I'm glad I'm not the only one who cares that much about the folks in Termina! Oh, and I think the word you're looking for is "barn." :-)

[@DestinySpider]

Ah okay, thanks ^^ Well, I like to get invested in the games I play (and really care about). For that I'm also trying to ignore fast travel in the Elder Scrolls

[@MadDemon64]

You want to read too much into things? There are theories that Link is dead and the game is just a metaphor representing link's coming to the understanding of the fact that he died, not at the hands of Ganondorf, but by falling off a ledge trying to get back his horse.

[@atreides213]

***** Of course that theory has absolutely no validity, because you know the only correct way to interpret the messages and symbolism in a game, and your opinion is the right one, so no others carry any weight, and if the try to forward an opinion, just call them an eight year old and they'll go away.

[@xXepicwolfXx1]

***** I agree that Mat Pat's links is dead theory is flawed, but it doesn't mean that only 8 year olds like him and that his theories are wrong. Most of his theories use real scientific evidence and make a lot of sense, its just the odd ones (like link is dead theory) that are shitty and flawed.

[@TheKidNobodyNotices]

***** He said that there are theories. Unless he really is 8 years old and doesn't know what that means, then your argument collapses.

[@ThrottleKitty]

***** That theory has been around a lot longer then him. If you want to be to dense and stupid to consider the possibility of things not being exactly as they seem then that's your own personal hang up, no need to try and spread it to people on the internet like some sort of idiot STD.

[@SuperLordGaming]

xXepicwolfXx1 Who's Matt Pat?

[@HarbingerLand]

I think the main reason why I like Yahtzee so much is because he see's right through the bullshit of the video game industry. The industry, at the moment, has done a bang-up job of rehashing and retelling stories with the same mechanics, same archetypes, same tropes, etc. That's why a lot of his reviews don't even touch on some game's positive aspects: Because for most games, the negatives have begun to outweigh the good. I feel like Yahtzee has made me a bit more cynical though, in that now I cant help but see every little flaw in a video game, and weighing them against the things I like. However, at least I understand that the video game industry needs some help. Badly. A few good games isn't going to wash off the caked on shit of the rest.

[@carbonbonds3019]

except for the fact that almost everything he said in this movie about Majora mask was positive? Learn to listen before you type up a whole essay.

[@HarbingerLand]

Carbon Bonds *Cracks knuckles* I love people who want to get in internet fist fights... This comment was generally geared towards all of his videos, since I really cant leave a comment like this on his actual profile page. I mean, it wouldn't get that many views either way. No. I've been seeing a lot of comments towards his videos saying they don't like him focusing on the negatives. That's why I wrote what I said. I was actually going to add another small paragraph about how even though this video isn't all about the negatives, he found a game that has more positives. (Or at least enough to talk about in a four minute span.) So maybe, I should have wrote more to explain myself to simpletons like yourself, but I already thought it was too lengthy. Also, this link might help you out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay Any more questions, kid?

[@HarbingerLand]

Suwat Saksri You are so right. Also another reason why I stopped pre-ordering games altogether. I don't base what I buy entirely off of reviews, but when I do, I usually get an idea of the game through multiple reviews.

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

Scott Carranza I'm with you. Glad he calls out the BS and that the industry needs fixing. Unfortunately, I have become far more cynical with new games, but the good news is is that I've broken away from the IGN way of viewing video games.

[@HarbingerLand]

Usoland, Descendant of Noland and Destroyer of Sugar IGNorant's line of thinking is a whole other animal. lol But I completely feel you there. I think to me, what personally let me down and what personally destroyed my faith in developers, was Destiny. I don't want to get into a debate about what the game did and did not do, but for me, it was a total let down in every sense of the word.

[@MrCaptainRoscoe]

"Eer you looking at my bird" xD

[@CJusticeHappen21]

I was obsessed, O B S E S S E D with making everyone and everything happy before the night of the third day.

[@HTownsend]

I ran out of time in the 4th dungeon. I ended up abusing the fact I had the weapon to skip 65% of the dungeon, including the bit I got stuck on the next time through.

[@lennychurch]

I think that happened to me on at least three of the dungeons.

[@Felipemelazzi]

I just had to rewatch this after the AVGN episode. It does look like the game improved significantly with the remaster

[@amysel]

Yes, but no The strongest aspects of the original Majora's Mask are its creepiness and transformations Both of these were nerfed into oblivion, so fans of the original have mixed feelings about the remaster, while the casual fans prefer this version for its other quality of life improvements and cartoony graphics. The best way to experience the game would probably be through modding

[@Felipemelazzi]

@@amysel Then I agree. A good mod would definitely fix that =)

[@TheCaptainstupendous]

if you want to get more story line and a more satisfying ending, I recommend completing the bomber's notebook. I found it very satisfying when I played the game on N64, both as a kid and years later as an adult. The individual story lines add a lot of depth to the world and you become invested in the people living in it. Of course the incentive for doing this is all the heartpieces/masks/bottles/handjobs you're rewarded with, but the real payout is that at the end of the game you see a cut seen of everyone's story you completed showing how you improved their lives. The wedding brought tears to my eyes.

[@MarcDize]

This ❤ This is the real reason why fans love it and hold it close to their hearts.

[@ARandomClown]

there are also a few ways that the remake made things a bit worse, mostly in terms of "there is now only 1 way that you can fight this boss or solve this puzzle or use this item", or by messing up the swimming controls when you are a zora now

[@jonathankent1517]

*Moon*: 'Ere, you lookin' at my bird?!

[@Luciferlocks]

HA, i knew you would at least like that one. Emo Zelda is always to the rescue against all those "Zelda is to shallow and always the same"- people. Still love your reviews though :-P

[@rhapsidy]

You know a game is good if Yahtzee likes it.

[@Helljumper91]

"It's almost a metaphor for the futility of existence." That's exactly why the game is so good though. It's depressing knowing that no matter what you do, you can't help everyone because there isn't enough time to do so (plus in the case of Anju and Kafei, you need to be in certain areas at certain times and it disallows you from helping other people at the same time), and you'll run out of time anyway and have to reset. As someone who's supposed to be a hero, it's even worse knowing that no matter how heroic you choose to be, you STILL won't be able to help everyone. On top of that, the ending shows that the first mask you get was actually from the soul of the deku butler's dead son, who you couldn't have saved at all anyway, in addition to the lives of Darmani and Mikau that you weren't able to save and had to act in their stead to save their people (and they were basically heroes that failed in their quest). Then you have the villain, who was basically just a dumb kid who had a hard life and just wanted to have friends, who got possessed by an evil that he didn't understand and couldn't control. And of course, lets not forget about Ikana canyon and the whole symbolism of Stone Tower Temple and what happened there. GAH, SO MANY GREAT STORY ELEMENTS! I like the gameplay of it and the design of the world and the boss fights (except the original Gyorg but I digress), but it's really how dark the story is that makes this game so special.

[@PrinsaVossum]

Not a single reference to the Happy Mask Salesman, smh.

[@ethanedwards3357]

When you time travel, you lose all items that you can find or buy, including rupees, though banking those will allow you to keep them, and mandatory/special/most collectable items, like masks, bottles, heart pieces, and the ocarina are kept. And unlike the original, you don't get to save when time traveling. You can only save at owl statues, but on the bright side, they are now permanent, YAAAAAAY! And there's book statues that also allow you to save, with the only difference being that you can't teleport to them. Also, funny story! I had a whopping 9 or so hearts at the final boss because I either couldn't be buggered to get the heart pieces, or I just didn't know how to. I also didn't have the deity mask, nor did I know that I would have an easier time if I JUST USED THE TRANSFORMATION MASKS, DAAAAH!

[@sEaNoYeAh]

On the subject of reading too much into the game or not, one must note that Majora's Mask was largely written by Yoshiaki Koizumi, which is important because he's Nintendo's secret narrative depth guy. Secret is literal too, he enjoys deep storytelling and confessed in interview to sneaking deeper plots into his games via subtext and metaphor because his bosses, often Miyamoto, rejected complex storytelling outright. Miyamoto was later confronted with this revelation and was understandably shocked. So there is a theory that Majora's Mask is actually about Link being dead, and Nintendo's official position is that it's not. But, Yoshiaki Koizumi, so we can guarantee that regardless of what Nintendo says there is certainly more to it than the very surface level, because the surface level is what he's hiding the storytelling from.

[@ShadowLady1]

Ninja mask owned by flamboyant german porn stars?

[@richardeisbrenner9211]

If i have to choose one guy who represent to whole gamer comunity on planet earth, i would choose (Yes you guessed it) yahtzee, because he doesn't lose his mind in all this sparkling cinematic trailers and really say what we all think - that gaming industry can fuck itself if they do something wrong

[@PessimisticPete]

i'm seriously pleased that yahtzee enjoyed majora's mask. brightened my day.

[@the888gamemaster]

Having played through the game again, it only now dawned on me Yahtzee must have never played the song of time backwards making time go slower

[@matthewmuir8884]

The 3DS remake severely nerfed the reverse song of time, so it doesn't slow down time nearly as much as it did in the original.

[@the888gamemaster]

@@matthewmuir8884 Well, guess he should have played the original then. He's probably got a friend who owns the original

[@MURPHYCHACHO]

I'm with Yahtzee in regard to the farm race mini game to unlock the next area. When I was a kid, I thought the race was optional and could not for the life of me figure out how to progress the game. I actually snapped and went out and bought the players guide just so I could move ahead. I love Majora's Mask, but that pissed me off.

[@amirabudubai2279]

Unlike most quest, the race had multiple entry points. I lot of Zelda games have a moment when your breadcrumb trail ends and you have to explore to find the answer. Personally, I like that, but it does go entirely against modern game design.

[@Dahpie]

4:04 - 4:12 Fuck me, my sides. You've still got it Yahtzee.

[@oakfire12]

I felt a Ground Hog Day nostalgic dread while playing through this game AND THAT'S WHY I LOVED IT!

[@TheDamnBeast]

"Eagh you lookin' at my bird?" Genius.

[@thekingofcardboard]

not surprised a guy who likes bloodbourne would like this game.

[@danteglory95]

My only major issue with Majora's Mask (other than the three day cycle imo making everything more tedious.) is that it's the only zelda game where you fail no matter what you do. It wasn't the case when it came out but hyrule hystoria confirmed that link being sent back in time creates an alternate time line (It doesn't undo anything) so everyone except for link and tatl dies several times over while link tries to save his own ass. (In my case it was probably more like 60 times because I was a kid and the wedding mask quest is hundreds of times more annoying than the water temple in OoT) In the end link only saves him self (and Tatl though that's probably just cause she's never more than a foot away from you) but he never saves any of the people he sets out to. In fact he creates multiple timelines and makes more people die then needed. If link gives up at the start at most only 1/4 the amount of people will die compared to the multiple timelines you leave to die in the story.

[@tesnacloud]

If that were the logic the game was actually using, then you would get to keep your bombs and arrows when you went back in time. Link is using powerful magic to create a static time loop series that he then collapses into a single series of events at the end of the game. Thus he forces the events to play out how he wants them to.

[@danteglory95]

tesnacloud except you still get to keep the main items like your bow so that point kinda falls apart pretty fast. If everything restarted then he should lose everything. It's weird he loses the items but it's no more illogical than the fact that Link learned the song of storms from the man he taught it to in OoT. Link is using the ocarina of time to travel back just like zelda used it to send him back at the end of OoT which doesn't restart the timeline it separates it in two. I'm sure they meant for it to just be restarting everything but using the same means of travel as in ocarina of time kinda implies the same outcome. And while I'm on the topic why is link affected by travel at all? Everyone else is reset and has no memory of what happened but link keeps his memory but loses some items and keeps others. Even if he is restarting the world that doesn't make any sense. Either he would be affected like everyone else or he isn't at all cause he was the one who time traveled. Whether he's restarting the timeline or splitting it losing some items while keeping others makes no sense to me. I know he needs to keep the items for progression and I might just be over thinking it but it bugs me logically.

[@neoyaku]

4:01 - Too true, I also became paranoid about starting anything unless it was the first day. I Liked the idea of Majora’s Mask, but didn’t enjoy playing it.

[@ShinobuSakurazaka]

3:16 "It's like Quantum Leap for bastards!" I like the fact that Yahtzee and Jim Sterling are the only fucking people who ever use or reference stuff that pre-2000. Jim uses a lot of still images from cartoons I watched as a kid and Yahtzee makes references to TV shows and movies that came out when I was a kid. Sorry to wave my walking stick around at the grand old age of 34 but these days it seems that anyone over the age of 25 might as well not fucking exist as far as the internet is concerned so it's nice to see some people who keep it old school and all good in the hood.

[@yungleen1841]

I wished hotline Miami 2 was this

[@Dice12K]

Well, it's not this week's either. Maybe Australia doesn't allow it, as stupid as that is, or maybe he's playing it now. I might get to see it next week since I watch the newest episodes on the Escapist. You, since you refuse to turn off ad-block and watch it at the Escapist, might have to wait two weeks.

[@BigT.Larrity]

Whatever you say, Muffin Pan.

[@PapaBadDadcumsuckgod]

Dice12K I think it was banned in australia for the "Rape scene"

[@ahenryb1]

ccdump72 They banned it for a fake rape scene for an imaginary movie taking place in the game from what I understand. Ah Australia, always censoring games.

[@Blackopsgod0001]

I have several questions...

[@Farscryer0]

Majora's Mask was babby's first introduction to existentialism, brought to you by Nintendo. Please leave $24.99 USD at the cashier's desk for the Expansion Pack required to play this game or you can fuck off and play something else. ...it fits, strangely enough. Hell, I always thought Link was dead throughout the entire game, and his mind was just going through the motions, questing and shit, before expiring when the Moon hit.

[@charliewilson8782]

Yes you see whenever you beat Majora's Mask you get the bad ending. The real reason why Useless was given the ocarina and sword was so that he could go back and kill Tingle then burn every place that sells leotards to the ground. Once you've don that, you unlock the secret good ending and OH MY GOD I JUST DID THAT AND LUCAS APPEARED IN MY CHARACTER ROSTER FOR SMASH BROS 4!!!!!!!!

[@1colonelsanders]

...Good lord, it makes so much sense...

[@TheLegoGamerDude]

This has made my day

[@normal6483]

Charlie Wilson Suddenly:TINGLE Comes Out Of Nowhere!

[@Jaricko]

I like how he complains about majoras mask being obscure when the remake had very heavy hand holding compared to the original. They were to afraid to change ocarina of time for fear of pissing off the die hard fans. Meanwhile majoras mask did not get the same treatment. Some of the changes were for the better but i really could have done without that unskippable text box that pops up every time you stumble upon a side quest. I could have done without certain items getting moved around to different parts of the game, and i sure didn't ask for the water skip momentum getting fixed for the deku... made the swamp way more annoying to traverse.

[@tonberry2670]

So here is how I interpreted this review. Overall great game, the story appeals to him a lot, and he loves the fact that the villian is far more competent than ganondorf ever will be. He also likes how the majority of the game doesnt treat link like some gary stu save-THE-world-lick-my-coochie type guy that npcs usually treat him as. His list of cons are of course, the gameplay aspects leaves some things to be desired. Combat system is as jank as always, and the 3day system lends to some mminor annoyances such as tingles balls in the leotard and the anticlimax at the end. For all those who have trouble understanding yahtzetion

[@tonberry2670]

Also some of the ways forward can be ridiculously obscure

[@zogozogy98]

'Eh, you looking at my bird?' I'm dying XD

[@zylaaeria2627]

"Moon. Smash. Bam." Profit?

[@infinitygames9317]

Gonna guess this guy is not a Zelda fan. Also gonna guess that he failed to read certain bits of dialogue such as the wandering ghost catcher in Ikana literally telling you both to get the Goron Mask and where to bloody get the damn thing. Always pays to read.

[@gregorsamsa9264]

I see the game as a buildungsroman about Link coming to terms with the existence of death.

[@tacticalcactus2845]

+Noah Blank But Link from Twilight Princess was Oot/Mm Link's descendant,and in Majora's Mask Link is clearly still too young to have a child. Essentially, the GT is flawed and Link cannot be dead.

[@MT-fs9bl]

In all likelihood, they suffered from "Mass Effect Syndrome", where they had initially intended one thing but ended up having to cut/change it, leaving all the foreshadowing and themes in the game. The timeline was decided after the game had come out, so it is quite possible they intended to have Majora's Mask be the end of The Hero of Time. But by putting Twilight Princess in that timeline, messed up the original vision.

[@gregorsamsa9264]

That Guy I don't care about the game theory. I'm talking about symbolism. I don't believe that Link is coming to terms with his own death, but rather the concept of death as a whole. Majora's Mask is about Link realizing that all things are mortal, that people die in humiliating ways, and about Link growing up due to his realization of this mortality.

[@comical9587]

Well, it's not too surprising that he liked a Zelda game. It was Majora's Mask after all, literally and undeniably the best Zelda game ever made.

[@Lukefonfabre9]

I never thought women had the hots for link, besides the zora princess from oot. I've only played oot and mm though. However in those, women aren't throwing themselves at him. Malon's just friendly. Zelda sees him as part of the prophecy. Who else could he be talking about?

[@squidden]

wut? _"I've _*_onoy poayed_*_ oot and mm though"_

[@Lukefonfabre9]

GigaKyte I was on my tablet, small "keys" Edit, there, fixed(oot, and mm are acronyms for Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask)

[@squidden]

***** No, I knew about MM and OoT

[@Lukefonfabre9]

GigaKyte ahh okay, well I was on my tablet, and the "keys" on the screen are so small that I quite often miss the keys. I actually made some corrections to the message before I sent it, but I apparently missed some. :P

[@isaacargesmith8217]

***** To be fair there are a lot of real women who would want to link up with him.

[@paulstaker8861]

Do you have a feeling that the moon's slowly spiraling towards the Earth?...

[@kasig2013]

I do really respect this game, especially the story, characters, and themes, but goddamn is it frustrating!

[@ECL28E]

The thing is, Yahtzee doesn't hate Nintendo. He just doesn't possess the same crazed, rabid, instant loyalty most Nintendo fans (or fans of ANY single console) seem to be debilitated by. He doesn't care if it's Nintendo, if the game doesn't fit his tastes, he'll tear it a new one, regardless of nerdrage. If he likes it, he'll express so and everyone will act like Hell froze over, even if I had a dime for every game he's reviewed that he's liked, I'd be able to buy two King-sized candy bars

[@UNIVERSAL1S]

I have to agree with Yahtzee on this one ... the ending felt a bit weak then again it's hard to compare to the novelty of a 3 day time loop

[@JustSkram]

Nintendo blows Now lets wait for the fanboys.

[@cusionmon6652]

And then nobody came...

[@EntropicMalevolence]

They were all too busy shitting in Yahtzee's mailbox

[@ty1298]

I Googled Deku Scrub bong after and was disappointed.

[@mercurysorbit5138]

The original was probably the best because it was so open with no tutorials. Majora's Mask would be second because of tone and gameplay mechanics. Windwaker third because it was so charming.

[@KidSnivy69]

No tutorials is a weak reason to be first

[@mercurysorbit5138]

+KidSnivy69 When they interfere with the fun because of constant hand holding like many modern games, no it is not a weak reason. If Information can be conveyed without the developer making explicit statements then he is has improved it.

[@pieoverlord]

You do know the original Zelda wasn't Dark Souls, right?

[@KidSnivy69]

Andrew Baker I've never been bothered by tutorials.

[@SpankSandwitch99]

Eh. It was intense, especially because of it being the first game in 3d. But I loved the sequel more for being so different from most games of the series. And the time mechanics really helped make the world feel more alive.

[@lynxager]

It's like Quantum Leap for bastards 😂😂

[@guardianmega]

Yahtzee, I'm going to use your own joke against you in this case: only someone with a permanent consolation prize for a brain could actually play all the way through Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword and not see that Link has a personality. You really should get that stick that seems to show up every time you talk about Nintendo out of your butt; I don't trust anyone's taste in games who thinks that Super Mario 3D World or Skyward Sword were bad games. To everyone else: trust Jim Sterling's take on Zelda. NEVER trust Yahtzee's.

[@YingofDarkness]

I think everybody who watches his videos knows he seems to really dislike Nintendo in general so to take his opinion with a grain of salt. Hell I don't take his reviews seriously in general. I watch them because they can be funny and because he talks about the bad points of games that are universally praised. Even if those bad points are miniscule it is nice that someone has acknowledged that no game is perfect

[@baloneypony966]

Skyward Sword wasn't bad, sure. Wasn't good, either.

[@baloneypony966]

Fine. Kumbayah, only positive opinions of games are allowed to be given, so sayeth jtlego1

[@jtlego1]

Awesome Man I wasn't trying say that only positive opinions of games are allowed, I was just saying Skyward Sword split the LoZ fanbase... And you don't need to be sarcastic about it -_-

[@jamesquinn6662]

Fanboys Yay -.-

[@ruskieconrad]

"Its like Quantum Leap for Bastards" best Yahtzee quote ever ;)

[@NthDoctorWho]

Still waiting for Metroid 5, Nintendo Come on...

[@VampieOreo4636]

Everyone saw the Game Theory about Majora's Mask right? How the game's plot actually symbolizes the Link's death? If not go watch it! Even if it isn't true it's one of the most interesting Game Theories I've seen!

[@LinkMEP]

The targeting is great, you're just really bad at it for some reason. It's annoying when people who are just not good at something blame it on poor design.

[@idontreallyevenlikeanimetb7212]

LinkMEP or the targeting is shit and you're just a special little boy

[@ginag.c.2127]

Lol THE GUY WHO FLOPS UP AND DOWN LIKE A CIRCUS SEAL IN A HEAD LOCK!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACHIEVED GETS UNDONE!!!! HA HA HA!

[@twitchster77]

I bet just 30 seconds into this review this dude's face was purple from the lack of breathing.

[@ShamblesTCG]

Why is everyone always shitting on Nintendo and their usage of franchises, while we get new CoD, Battelfields, Final Fantasies, Halos, Assassins Creeds, FNAFFs, Resident Evils, Street Fighters etc. all the time? If you hate the concept of "milking" a franchise, then don't hate only one company for doing it, while licking the balls of every other company that does that...

[@eusouocarameuirmao]

ohh, i wasnt aware yahtzee licked the balls of any of the franchises you mentioned, in fact, i have yet to see ANYONE disliking the concept of milking in the selectively/hypocritical manner you suggested

[@ShamblesTCG]

Seven Sete I was actually talking about the comment section and not about yahtzee ^^

[@eusouocarameuirmao]

GamerChannelOne and the second-half of my comment refers to that.

[@ShamblesTCG]

Seven Sete Well you see people complain all the time about Nintendo only, while no word is said about any other company, which makes it selectiv, does it not?

[@eusouocarameuirmao]

GamerChannelOne No, it doesnt. Absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. Just because you have not *seen* someone complaing about other companies here _(Why would they? This is a video about a _*_nintendo_*_ game after all)_ it doesnt mean that these people agree with the policies of said companies.

[@ikovian1463]

I always loved how depressing the 'Song of Healing' sounded.

[@yowhazgood4505]

lmao i love how he always brings up windwanker as a "good comparison"

[@ketmakura]

No matter how many times I watch this video, I still laugh at "AKA Snothat".

[@mordenkainen88]

This is what you link Yahtzee haters to. It's the counterexample to their every gripe.

[@Akiraspin]

The moon game me nightmares as a kid. That face will forever haunt my dreams.

[@williamcornett9389]

Yatzee, play fire emblem awakening. You hate japan anime Nintendo and all the jrpg giant hair crap right? And you hate nintendo's repedative sequels offering the same game many times? Then play fire emblem Awakening, I don't think you've reviewed this Nintendo game before. I presuppose you'll hate it to hell, but I wonder what you would think say about the game! :D -A Scum of the earth 3ds owner

[@TheDiscoGenre]

William Cornett I'd recommend FE7 or the FE 1 DS remake instead. Most of the old FE fans don't like Awakening for not having much of a plot after Gangrel dies/its easy outside Lunatic mode because Nosferatu and Tharja are busted.

[@davidandersson7642]

I think Majora's Mask works so well because the majority of the puzzles are actually solved outside the game, which compliments the story and tone. It's up to the player to figure out how best to tackle the quests within the time limit (and how to trigger certain quests in order to beat new quests). The game is literally a giant clockwork world that you gain mastery over simply by immersing yourself in it. The dungeons are actually really straightforward once you mentally map them (this is especially necessary for the Great Bay Temple, a dungeon I always had reverence for). This means you can pretty quickly traverse them on subsequent runthroughs to find fairies and things, because your mental map doesn't get reset when the cycle does. So the game is doing double duty, and the only way to win is by becoming invested in the lives and schedules of these characters and spaces, at which point the mechanics reveal the game's broader theme: you'll never save these people that you've spent all this time becoming invested in. Sure, you can save them from the apocalypse or solve some of their problems on the final runthrough, but ultimately you need to accept that the world is just too big to save everyone, and that's a gut-punch of a way to build a game.

[@MarcDize]

I wholeheartedly recommend you to complete all the Bomber's Notebook sidequest. It's fun and worthed and actually opens up the "true" message of the game, as there are several dialogs that explore this. it's a beautiful magic trick you may want to experience. Spoiler alert: it isn't "hey, that's life 🤷🏻‍♂️"

[@maxpowr90]

"Still will not review Kingdom Hearts."

[@xwaytothedawnx]

Link has a GREAT personality. He's kind and courageous. He's a really likable character

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Agreed. There's a thousand games where I can be an unlikeable anti-hero with a stupid body count, so the game developer can preach about how much they hate their life and their parents. Let me play a character who just genuinely likes making other people happy, and actually has a chance to do so and be rewarded for it, without Ayn Rand's fan club crying about how offended they are.

[@MarcDize]

Well Yatzhee. I might be old but I remember the Bomber's Notebook (side quest galore tracker) and it's explained that its whole existence is the heart of the game. Why should you finish 1 or all side quest? Well, you end with an everlasting friendship... and a ribbon. See... yeah time resets sure and several characters ponder about the meaningless of your actions - Skull Kid, specially - BUT (and its a big Fucking BUT - jiggle jiggle - for all of us rabbid fans of this game above OoT or ToK or the edgy my cousins love) it's explained in the Notebook instructions and in some side quests, that Termina's habitants DO remember at the bottom of their hearts all the good you did for them, they are just stock in Hell Loop of forced forgetness... Soooooo, once you finish the whole damn notebook, you are rewarded with a full credit scene with all the happy endings you created with your actions in the game. The whole credits scene recontextualize your efforts into something meaningful (yeah, friendship is the true princess in this castle AhA!), and you also tear up like a madman. So No. your complain will not stand. You need to apologize to all of us Majora's lovers over a completionist charity marathon of Majora's. A pleasure rectifiyng the universe. cha cha!

[@MAZZ0Murder]

This review makes it pretty evident why this version of Link became the Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess XD Regardless it's my favorite Zelda game/game of all time. And I liked it back when everyone hated it :P The remake made some tweaks. Some I liked (i,e, FISHING and changes in the boss battles), one glaring one (Zora Link's swimming is only fast when he uses the barrier thus draining the magic meter). Still decent though :P

[@Bluesit32]

Wow...all these reasons are why I HATED Majora's Mask. I feel like I'm not accomplishing anything. People's lives stay fucked over while my backpack gets heavier and my wallet gets fatter. Then I have the compulsion to try and fix the problems I fixed before because it feels like the proper hero thing to do. There are games where you can be a dick to people and that's fine... But Link is a hero. It's on his business card. Besides, chances are this is all just some delusion brought on by a head injury. Why else would everyone look like people he knows?