Why Majora's Mask Is The Darkest Zelda Game

[@Goroganos]

Twilight Princess has a very dark ambiance, but the themes are fairly light Majora's Mask's ambiance is closer to eerie than dark, but it's themes are what makes it truly dark

[@Thejbinz]

Its horror. The enemies and the mask is straight up traumatizing for a child. The music is disgustingly eerie and creepy compared to newer zeldas were even the hardest bosses are funny and the music is more electronic than cathedrals and orchestral. Instruments with violins is fucked up

[@they_fw_lei]

@@Thejbinz exactly. Id say Links Awakening is dark behind the veil but light in its appearance. The whole Link cant save the people and has to destroy the island and everyone there is a very dark narrative for a hero to go through. Especially after all the deaths hes experienced in ALTTP so him going through that is very dark.

[@huntereaves8810]

I always liked MM better than OOT, it had a much more compelling story and world. Loved the atmosphere and story, it definitely came across as dark vs OOTs. That being said I always felt that ALTTP was much darker not in story but environment. The dungeons felt dangerous and unwelcoming, with names like misery mire and palace of darkness. I think how unnerving it would be to have to not only enter them but to delve to their deepest, darkest rooms to be met by an unholy creature hellbent on killing you at all costs. if it hadn't been for the limitations of the SNES I think it would have been the darkest in the series. It sucks they remade it in the form of link between worlds and scrapped the dark gritty horror feel of the original. I look at it from the perspective of if it were me having to do what link did, which link had it the worst. OOT and MM had their moments that would have been rough but didn't feel like a horror story. I feel that ALTTP does, even if the story behind the hero and motivations were basically nonexistent.

[@pinkraven4402]

the moon. THE FREAKING MOON

[@axe-tq2wn]

@@Thejbinz the moon haunted me

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

Majoras Mask is not just dark, its also incredibly sad. The only Reason why Link goes on this Journey is to look for Navi, and while she mightve been pretty annoying for us Players, she was the only Friend Link had left in the end of OoT. Poor Boy had no childhood, no Friends, no Home and no real Family. Its just heartbreaking 😭

[@pabbate87]

I thought he was actually looking for the skull kid because in OOT you befriend a skull kid and says we are friends now or something like that

[@drakebest8645]

I always thought that link went to look for navi then fell into another dimension.

[@devak45167]

And to top it off no one in Hyrule knows he literally saved them all because of how OoT ended.

[@Milty2001]

The scary thing about majora's mask is that the game encourages you to use your time wisely and help as many people as you can before it's too late but the thing is once you take too long on a quest the music plays faster and faster until you start to hear the bells then the game is like did you help/save everyone?, collected enough moons?, found all dungeons? No? Well too bad because if you don't do any of these everyone you know and love will die and it will be your fault and you can feel the pressure telling you to hurry up with whatever quest you're on or else you'll regret letting everyone die instead of giving you a game over and try again and I love it

[@ZelRando]

The pressure is exhilarating! 😲

[@the1whoplayz]

and that gets completely thrown out of the window with the Song of Time and the Inverted Song of Time. As much as I love Majora's Mask, it's time limit is kinda meh.

[@Izithel]

@@the1whoplayz I think that realisation that the time limit isn't that important will overpower any sense of dread and anxiety that it attempts to give after a while, it's inevitable. But until it does that time limit is extremely strong at making the play uncomfortable. During most people's first play trough and first few dozen cycles, even when they realize that they can slow down the clock and return back to the first day, there is that part of them that sees the ever-present ticking clock at the bottom of the screen. And it's a constant reminder that the clock is ticking, they will eventually run out of time, and that's a powerful tool to keep people on edge. Yeah, eventually you condition yourself to ignore it and the time limit loses its novelty. Unfortunately, you can only experience something like this for the first time once, and the ticking clock is never going to be able to stress you out again.

[@gupworld7395]

Tatl was a MASSIVE upgrade to Navi. She was less annoying and seemed more useful...I appreciated her sass when you ASKED for help on something you should already know...where as Navi would just randomly explain something you know you already know.

[@ZelRando]

True :'D

[@ZelRando]

Yeah i love Tatl :P

[@pinkbeatle2012]

yeah I think Nintendo took on board the annoyance of navi and created a good sidekick.

[@gupworld7395]

Something I also forgot to mention: Tatl provided a lot of foreshadow through various interactions before said events occur in the game. Also when you go to stop the moon all over again her dialogue with Tatl is updated to give away to her and Link have been time traveling, it’s those types of small details I really appreciate

[@hohohoaaa2262]

@@AcidArrestB chad and google chrome don't go well together

[@asagillespie4588]

The art style is also a factor in it being creepy

[@kyoto499]

True

[@thebestworst8002]

It’s one of the few games where the lower quality of the graphics due to the less powerful hardware contributed to the overall tone of the game.

[@salty_guz]

ye, for example, just look at majora, it just stares in ur soul. i remember how i was scared of the moon and ending when moon falls("you met terrible fate, didnt you" thing).

[@MetaGiga]

The little girl in Ikana, Pamela, looked exactly like me when I was little. More specifically, me when this game came out. It took me months to get to Ikana in general because I was just a little kid with barely any gaming skill (Great Bay was the bane of my existence), but once I did and saw her, her and her father’s story hit harder for me. I had a very close relationship with my dad, who wasn’t home much due to work, so when I got to that part, I just started crying along with them. It just hit so close to home for me. This game is seriously emotionally powerful and I’m certain that everyone has ‘that one part’ that tugs at their heart because it’s relatable for them in some way

[@ZelRando]

That's so sad :( I had a great relationship with my dad as well, also never saw him due to work! Majora's Mask is a very powerful game, many don't understand this🤔

[@AnAdorableWombat]

That part hit me extremely hard as well because my father passed away and I was there trying to save him. The goron baby crying for their father, the Deku butler crying at his sons memorial, just a sad game. I bawled through this game.

[@ShadowsWrath4]

*[clearly and visibly disturbed]* Whatever you do, do NOT compare your father to that man. Your father was far, far better than that scientist. I will explain, but you might need to brace yourself for some messed up stuff. Stay with me and read, ok? And make sure you're sitting down. Now, let's think about this. A man of science takes his daughter to a highly dangerous area, where even the dead do not stay in the ground and are hostile in their own right. WHERE IS THE MOTHER? WHY IS THE MOTHER ABSENT? The scientist is researching the dead and apparently isn't concerned about his child's safety, diving into his studies. WHERE DID THE MOTHER GO? WHAT MOTHER WOULD ALLOW HER CHILD TO STAY IN SUCH A HOSTILE PLACE? WHY IS THE MOTHER ABSENT? The girl, Pamela, comments at one point that people have fallen in the nearby ludicrously dangerous well full of Gibdos. WHY IS THE SCIENTIST RESEARCHING THE DEAD? WHY IS HE SPECIFICALLY RESEARCHING MUMMIFIED REMAINS AND SPIRITS THAT PERSIST AS GHOSTS? WHY IS THE MOTHER NOT WITH THEM AT THE HOUSE? IT'S BECAUSE HE'S EITHER TRYING TO BUILD THE PERFECT WIFE ALA FRANKENSTEIN METHODS OR TRYING TO REVIVE HIS WIFE THAT HAS PASSED ON. SHE ALSO MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE WELL AND HE'S TRYING TO BRING HER BACK VIA SCIENTIFIC NECROMANCY. AND HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT HIS CHILD'S SAFETY IN COMPARISON TO THIS GOAL. WORSE, HE MAY HAVE FORCEFULLY ABSCONDED WITH PAMELA FROM A DIFFERENT REGION AND LEFT HIS WIFE WONDERING WHY HE DID SO. AND THE WORST PART? LINK, DUE TO BEING NOT FULLY MATURE, JUST _LEAVES THEM ALONE AT THE END OF THE QUEST IN THIS MESSED UP SITUATION._ HE WAS RAISED BY TREES AND FAIRIES, HE NEVER HAD A NORMAL CHILDHOOD, HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW WRONG THIS IS. IT'S AT LEAST IMPLIED SOMEWHAT THAT THE SCIENTIST FEELS SOME REMORSE AND WON'T CONTINUE HIS RESEARCH. BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. I don't know how good your father treated you and I have no right to comment on your upbringing, but I pray that your safety was taken into account as a child and that you were never treated as an afterthought. Thinking that someone would compare their father to this....PERSON.....especially in favorable terms horrifies me. Horrifies me to my core. Sorry, though, if I've offended. Dear gods, that's messed up....

[@MetaGiga]

@Shadow's Wrath You say you don’t mean any offense, but you just went on a huge goddamn rant about how terrible Pamela’s dad was when I just told a story about how my little kid self associated them with my dad and I. I was 5. I’m 25 now. I know the darker implications of it because I’m old enough to see them now. I don’t appreciate being talked down to like this for something that happened two decades ago. I didn’t bring this up in my original comment because I was just relaying a story from my childhood, but my dad was unknowingly emotionally abusive. I don’t take any offense to you bringing up how awful he is. The fact you think that I’m ignorant to the red flags and feel like you have to lecture me on why Pamela’s father isn’t a good person is what’s offensive to me. I still somewhat associate Pamela and her dad to me and my dad because of how much it hits close to home. I didn’t want to mention the other reasons why, but there you go.

[@ShadowsWrath4]

@@MetaGiga I am sincerely sorry, I was legitimately horrified when I read your comment. I apologize for being insensitive.

[@lonekirin905]

Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess gave me nightmares and they're my favorite games of the series

[@ZelRando]

They are the best!

[@YCCMLaz]

same , when i was 8 i played twilight and the funny thing is that it was for teens XD so obviously i got nightmares

[@johnnydiak4412]

Majoras mask has so many more questions and things that aren’t explained

[@kushgang.787]

Majora's mask really impacted me

[@KeatonPrime]

Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild gave me pleasant dreams

[@AB-qe8cs]

The Deku Butler's story is so messed up, especially how it confirms at the END of the game of all places, that his son died and his death was how Link got the Deku Mask. Ugh, such a beautifully done game. EDIT: and can we take a moment to just acknowledge that Skull Kid straight up MURDERED the Deku Butler's son just so he could turn Link into a Deku Scrub? The other transformations happened organically, like they died from other means... but Majora just blatantly killed Deku Butler's son and dragged him into Link. Wow

[@ZelRando]

It truly is a beautiful game, it's difficult for a game to be dark and beautiful at the same time, Majora's Mask nailed it

[@loading...8512]

I always thought he died before link was there... I mean the way the butler says he felt like he was racing his son again seems like his son was dead before link was transformed and majora just forced the trapped soul into link

[@ri-rid4607]

I think that's "that one part" for me that always gets me. Like out of all the tragic stories we've come across in the game, the Deku Butler's son is the worst for me and I don't know why. I don't know if it's because, like you said, Majora just absolutely murdered him, this innocent little Deku Scrub, in cold blood just to trap Link as a Deku Scrub, or if it's the notion that the Deku Butler doesn't even have peace at the end because he finds out his son is dead. Out of everyone celebrating the carnival and even Anju and Kafei's wedding, there's one person not celebrating anything. In fact, it's quite the opposite: he's grieving. It's a shock for him because he had hoped to find his son again, ALIVE, but it's not often that missing cases turn out well. Everybody else had their time to process the death of their loved ones throughout the game (and even then, grieving is a very long process in general), and his is just beginning. And I feel for him. HOW AM I GETTING EMOTIONAL OVER THIS? GOOD LORD. Anyway, tl;dr version: I think that's the saddest and most brutal part and Nintendo really knows how to pull at your heartstrings. EDIT: My sister pointed out that nobody knows their loved ones are dead because they see Link's version walking around and saving their kind, in their masks. I think what I meant to say is that the ones he helped were able to process their own deaths. We just happen to see what that looks like for their loved ones at the end of the game with the Deku Butler.

[@AnAdorableWombat]

The ending scene with Deku Butler grieving at his son's memorial...whew! I break down everytime.

[@kiminowak8295]

JESUS CHRIST DUDE 😱

[@KurtisC93]

I think Twilight Princess is much darker than people give it credit for, particularly on your first playthrough when you don't know what's going to happen next. However, Majora's Mask is definitely the darkest of the Zelda series.

[@KurtisC93]

@@TGOArchive I didn't even mention the Wind Waker in my comment. Wind Waker is an interesting case because, on the surface, it's pretty much the brightest and most whimsical game in the series. And then you learn its backstory. It hits _especially_ hard if you grew up playing Ocarina of Time. I was 6 years old when OoT entered my life, and I was 9 going on 10 the first time I played WW. That 3-year interval is a very formative one, so Ocarina was already an entrenched part of my childhood when WW came out. For this reason, I actually find WW to be the most depressing game in the series. Not necessarily the darkest, but really sad beneath the surface (no pun intended).

[@nobodyinterestingyou]

@@KurtisC93 Yeah, It came to me as a shock when they revealed to you why the landscape was so different than before. Before I got to WW I had just done Ocarina of time on the GC collector collection and It made the revelation so much more impactful.

[@elgatochurro]

@@KurtisC93 Ww, oot, and tp are not dark stories. They have very few elements and don't have a looming sense of dread. Mm is scary, and even starts you off hopeless and helpless. I've known people who've quit mm just because of the games sad tones and fearful tension of the clock.

[@AnalogHorrorPrincess13]

Did you know that the moon is crying in some moments? Well, it is implied that the Moon is IN PAIN and doesn’t want to hurt anyone, but it has no choice, and no free will.

[@user-ph2qk1sy3s]

this game was one of my earliest experiences with "creepy", unlike most 8 year olds this game really captivated me. I have fond memories of sitting and watching my older brother play, I'd get on after and do my best, but I'd never get very far and would often resort to riding epona around aimlessly. I played the game for real a few years ago on 3ds and it was so great to experience it that many years later. Really great vid!

[@ZelRando]

Majora's Mask is truly a unique experience and so unlike any other in the series, I remember i fell in love with the game when I was about 7, despite not being able to escape clocktown 😂 but since then I have just loved the game more and more I play it! :)

[@kiokat]

@@ZelRando bro i was like 8 when i got this game with no prior knowledge of zelda and this scared the shit out of me

[@rkoopa_bro]

I literally just got Majoras Mask after wanting and watching/listening to some content for awhile. It is easily one of my favorite Zelda games ever, I didn’t even complete the whole game yet. This game really makes you figure things out on your own without any help, it lets your mind run wild. I love it so much. I love how it is a dark game as well, it shows how the hero of time has not had a easy life. The hero of time has been through hell, time and time again. The games with the hero of time are easily the best. Loved this video man, you earned a new sub

[@elgatochurro]

The early Capcom Zelda's do that too

[@KillerKiba]

Mikau is one of the more sad deaths for me and the one that gets me down when you really think about it, if you read lulus diary you found out about her eggs and talking to Evan about taking them to the lab to check on them and all that and how they got stolen Lulu also mentions how she didn't mention it to Mikau to not worry him but when her eggs are stolen she balls her eyes out and tells him the story, her reaction to what he says afterwards leaves her speechless and worried as to what he'll do next. That led to his death trying to get the eggs back and even in his last moments he sings you a song his last cry for help and even in spirit believing in you to get her eggs back. The only thing he cared about in his last moments were getting the eggs back and even in the cutscene when getting the mask his happy moments were with lulu and the band

[@grimace9670]

I love the idea of young link after ocarina of time wondering the world in search of his friend Navi in a noticeably depressed looking state, link in general seems to have added character in majora with how he shrugs at the camera when tatl tells him game controls, how he reacts when he first turns into a deku shrub and then back to a human and how he lowers his head when the happy mask sales man ask for majora

[@wayfarer1021]

Majora’s Mask is such an unique piece of art… Great video!

[@inerphobic5343]

I think majora’s mask goes on to explain a hero‘s trial isn’t always perfect and a hero. Can’t save everyone.

[@talinoimann7804]

i literally hope and pray that botw 2 is gonna be just as dark as this

[@Humble-iq5ue]

Agreed

[@elgatochurro]

They won't, they won't give Gannon a personality

[@fatkatkitkat]

i doubt it tbh

[@nikokichi]

I really hope it isn’t, botw is my comfort game & although I LOVE psych horror it just would ruin everything for me

[@elgatochurro]

@@nikokichi you ever play Majora's mask?

[@Powsifu]

I don't understand why you don't have more views, this is actually pretty good content! Don't let that stop you keep it up one day you'll shine so bright people can't resist to watch

[@ZelRando]

Thank you so much! :D

[@Powsifu]

@@ZelRando you're welcome, Majora's mask was one of my favorite zeldas but now I'm really enjoying breath of the wild

[@afmghost1759]

The fact that Miyamoto apologized for this game happening is a disappointment. I wish he could see the great game he made

[@saunga1]

I think he apologized in the sense that he felt not enough time and attention was given to the game at the time. Remember, they only had 1 year to finish the game so he probably felt it wasn't "good enough". It's kind of like trying to save Termina in only one full 3 day cycle, you _can_ do it but so much will still be left unaccomplished. I think once they had more time, like with the 3DS remake, they were able to do so much more; which shows in the remake.

[@Its_JustJae]

This game makes me get chills almost makes me scared. Also good vid

[@ZelRando]

Me too 😏

[@lillian_hope]

This is truly my favourite Zelda game - and video game - of all time. I find it so haunting and impactful. I also listen to the OST often while I work. Great video! Also, you didn't mention about the story of Kafei and Anju in the game. Despite getting them back together, you know they will face death together, right at the last hour as they are reunited. Truly heartbreaking and makes you think about life and love and not to take time for granted.

[@serenitysadventure6508]

I 100% agree with this! The history behind the masks and the plot itself is very dark! Also, another thing at the barn, if you do not help the sisters before the last day, one of them will be taken away by the ghosts or “aliens” some call it. The sisters are then forever separated if you do not succeed. Another interesting theory I read about was that termina was in fact destroyed on the third day, and the afterlife is stuck on repeat until link ends it by either his death or Majoras. That is when the destroyed town of termina can Rest In Peace.

[@mrh5504]

When I started playing as a kid in 2000 I never even got out of Clocktown. First time I got out of Clocktown and entered the outside world I was way older lmao

[@frohawkgaming3658]

Man My uncle gave me his old 64 in 2015 and I was playing this at 6 years old The whole plot creeped me out so much as a kid

[@mannya6008]

Just recently finished this and idk how we marketed this to kids… I’m an adult and even I had a hard time coping with the sadness and darkness in this game

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

Fun Fact: The beings you have to defend Romani's Ranch from were based off a real life story known as the "Flatwoods Monster" where in 1952, a Family in West Virginia claimed to experience an encounter with an Mechanical-Humanoid being similar to "Them" in Majora's Mask.

[@sixnps]

I'm surprised the video didn't mention that Skullkid effectively admitted to "getting rid of" Epona for being a stubborn horse within the first 10 minutes of the game, where Link responds in horror implying (though not outright stating) Epona was killed by Skullkid. Wibby Wobbly Timey Wimey Song of Time sent her to the Ranch. That is really your first in-game clue how dark this game is. That said, quality dissection of how dark the game is. It's why I've loved the game so much, there was even a trailer I saw made that perfectly captures how dark this game is by showing what happens before Link arrives. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJOwgpmXfJufpZo

[@ZelRando]

Yeah that's a fair point to be honest, it was a fairly old video so i didn't put as much time in then as i do now, maybe i will do a better version in the future :P Thanks for the input :)

[@AnAdorableWombat]

Wait...He killed Epona too?! There is so much of this game that I've missed! I never thought of it that way. I thought Skullkid just let her run loose not off her.

[@Tam00393]

What I still find odd about MM is that Skullkid essentially spared Epona but canonically murdered a deku child in cold blood in order to curse Link in the first place. Wait- Epona died originally??? I assumed he dropped her off at the ranch- WHAT?!?

[@EnigmaticSB]

I remember having poison ivy when this game first came out and thought jeez how itchy deku link must be

[@Gooffy-goobs]

When I was younger I used to have tons of nightmares about this game

[@ZelRando]

So did i! I think i just played it to much lol

[@dr3nch_g0d52]

I can play Twilight princess but majors mask scares the shit out of me and gave me trauma as a child

[@TheLegacyTales]

Masterpiece. So many emotions that hit during this game. Great video

[@ZelRando]

Thank you! I always cringe when I watch this video, I can't understand why people like it so much haha

[@TheLegacyTales]

@@ZelRando cringe? No way man I thoroughly enjoyed this video. MM is my favorite game of all time

[@MrPaull0324]

I remember renting this game way back as a kid, and its melancholy atmosphere creeped me out yet enticed me at the same time. In the first ten minutes alone, Link is stranded in an unfamiliar world, is cursed and transformed into a Deku Scrub, the Ocarina of Time has been stolen, and Epona is missing and presumed dead. Then you discover that the world is going to end in three days. It's so different from Ocarina of Time, it draws you in.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Well it does speak for something when you suddenly look up and at any given time have a massive, wide mouthed moon glaring you down

[@ZelRando]

😂

[@kde6277]

100% agree. Even with the limited time the devs had, they churned out a masterpiece.

[@ZelRando]

yeah they did!

[@vincentm.7462]

I don’t like how there was only 4 dungeons but I am tempted to replay it. I haven’t played it since it was released on N64

[@samiaran]

A more accurate title for this video would be "Majora's Mask: A brief summary"

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNNl]

It's basically Link re-experiencing his death over and over again, and the games represent his final memories as he is leaving the living world in Hyrule

[@ZelRando]

Basically

[@christianvennemann9008]

LOL, I was so scared of the angry moon as a kid, I never completed this game 🤣😭

[@shiptj01]

I remember that this game was considered to be "The Empire Strikes Back" version of Zelda games for the N64. I liked this game. I only beat it once. I think that it was rushed because the N64 was on its way out, sadly.

[@theterribleclaw4285]

I love Majora's Mask it's a much better Sequel than TOTK ever could be. a new world, a unique story, fun Dungens except for the Great Bay Temple and just everything about the Game was amazing TOTK wishes it could be Majora's Mask but it can't because it lives in the shadow of BOTW.

[@johnpett1955]

I remember the part when link first turns into a deku scrub when I was a child. I felt a sense of fear and sadness at the idea that link will probably never go back to normal. (At the time I didn't know link would)

[@iceyr4053]

I just got back into majoras mask recently and got the fierce deity mask, and I just realized how damn good the game is. Thank you for showing how good it is!

[@ZelRando]

No problem my dude :)

[@jerrythebusdriver]

Twilight princess extremely dark... but... to compare it to majoras mask is just hilarious

[@ZelRando]

True

[@theratchinchillaanddog]

6:52 Non-SMG4 watcher: oh this is just an enemy Me who watches SMG4: BOB

[@kai_s.hazaki289]

6:51 BOB!

[@ZelRando]

😂😂😂

[@phoebemae8316]

YASSSS

[@bombasticcat]

ocarina of time is also very dark. The Prision dungoen under the well had a lot of scary elements and it was right under the village. Its so fkn huge that i cant belive that there are so many criminals in hyrule. On the lowest part of the dungeon was a green pool. These are probably all the humans that were killed there.

[@TheForbiddenShadow]

6:51 "The undead Garrett" His name is Bob 🤣

[@honusonai6246]

my favorite Zelda game. very unique and tense atmosphere.

[@ZelRando]

Mine too

[@yqafree]

Don't stop making content, you're a great Zelda commentator

[@ZelRando]

Thank you :P

[@FierceDiety]

Where is your profile pic from? It looks so familiar!

[@ZelRando]

@@FierceDiety I made it, it's the Majora's Mask logo but upside down :P

[@yqafree]

Mine is tarot cards spread out although I assume you were asking Infamous Zelda and not me 😅

[@ZelRando]

@@yqafree I though it was yours they were asking about to be honest haha :P

[@seanschliwa01]

Awesome video. Ive always connected to Majoras Mask from the moment I played it in 2000. Glad to see this masterpiece is getting its Rep elevated. The atmosphere in this game is incredible including its subtext and characters etc. Oh, and its music is epic.. Damn, I hope Nintendo does another Majoras Mask (or Twilight Princess) type game somewhere in the future.

[@ZelRando]

Thank you dude! Yeah I hope to see a darker theme Zelda game return soon! :D

[@razeproduction4443]

never really put much thought into the ambiance of this game until you pointed it out - the first time i played this game on n64 i immediately knew it was gonna be dark... when i realized theres a timer for literally everything is when the nightmares started kicking in, lmao.

[@8bitwulf482]

Majora's Mask is the timeline where the hero dies

[@ZelRando]

Hmm!

[@jonatoncopeland4798]

Holy crap can Link really kill that thief?

[@chrislecount6212]

Yeah, with an arrow.

[@gravint3294]

lel when you realize the main two people who you remember that throw a moon at a planet is Skull Kid and Thanos.

[@ZelRando]

Legit 😂

[@takukomarkui5424]

This is unrelated but this is what got me into series like silent hill

[@tbhockeyboy]

"Twilight Princess tries to be dark; Marjora's Mask IS dark". well-said.

[@ZelRando]

Thank you!

[@Random_stuff_E]

its the man with sabers as hands 6:52

[@demonetization6393]

Majora's mask was dark but I have a feeling botw 2 may give it a run for it's money

[@ZelRando]

I HOPE SO! :D

[@MarluxiaX2]

Yeah, after the latest trailers? Don't think so at all

[@demonetization6393]

@@MarluxiaX2 yeah probably not. it looks like it's gonna be the same game but with a creeper boss

[@briannahebert295]

That's really dark Rick.... Oh but it gets darker, morty!

[@Tam00393]

Not to be annoying, but I'm genuinely curious- did TotK meet your expectations? Did you find it as dark or darker than MM (in your opinion)?

[@Paiget318]

Nightmare fuel, all of it 😂 Still, easily one of my favorites of all time. I loved the versatility of the gameplay with the mask mechanic so although it was infinitely difficult at times, it never got stale or boring

[@ZelRando]

So true 😊

[@amandacruze9165]

plain and simple, this game is dark. but that's what I love about it, when I was playing it I couldn't stop thinking "how is this game for kids!?" this is my fourth favorite game ever and I am supper exited for tears of the kingdom

[@PuffyKat]

I would love a shocking, extremely excruciating unbelievable, hyper realistic version of this game, because the only thing that pulls me out of the immersion is the date of visuals, though sometimes adding to the Crete factor it does not help me feel like I’m part of the experience

[@gerry40404]

It was the first Zelda game I ever played as a kid and also my first N64 game ever... I was not prepared for this and until now, it is the most memorable Zelda, just because it scared the shit out of me, like no other game ever did... and will do... Twilight Princess is not dark at all in comparison to this... Majoras Mask is sad, depressing and not only in a jumpscare kind of way, but much more psychological damaging, because you can feel the impending doom every second of the game and it is about death... also the greatest Zelda ever, because it catches on your emotions like no other Zelda does... even the beginning is so scary, because you get transformed into a deko, have no idea what to do and the 3 days count down with no way to turn time back at this stage of the game and you HAVE TO let it apokalypse happen... as a kid this was freaking me out.

[@mad_quack]

Majora’s Mask.... my favorite Zelda game of all time (the N64 version), and one of my favorite *video games* (N64 version) of all time. ❤️

[@ZelRando]

YES!

[@DublinSeafoodInc]

nicely done

[@ZelRando]

Thank you :)

[@Just_a_Guy94]

I agree

[@CookieThug]

when i was little i was scared to look at posters/game cover of Majoras Mask because the mask looked very scary

[@ScreenJunkie0]

This game is so nostalgic I never played any of the others but when I was a kid I remember playing this for hours I had all the masks except mine or two because I couldn’t beat the castle🤮

[@xthewhitewolf]

You forgot to mention the part where Zelda in Ocarina of Time selfishly sent Link back in time to have a proper childhood and leaves the hero of time to not be remembered leaving Link depressed and that flooding hyrul in a different time line in Wind Waker. But great video!

[@echoesofthevoice9570]

I fail to see how that's selfish. Perhaps in the long run, it wasn't a good idea, but taking a kid's childhood away is horrible. Once it's over, there's no getting it back. And remember that Link wanted to be a child again, too.

[@akward4210]

@@echoesofthevoice9570 Zelda did what she had to do and she made the best decision available to her. She needed the Master Sword to be back in the Pedestal of Time in order to close the Sacred Realm where Ganondorf was sealed, which in turn would send Link back to his childhood anyway since he's the only one who can wield the Master Sword. She used her magic to send him back further back in time so that he could have the chance to live a normal life undefined solely by his destiny as the Hero of Time. I have no idea how anyone thinks that her sending him back is selfish, especially since Link himself was already out of place and time in the Adult Timeline given that he was literally a kid mentally in an adult's body.

[@virgogaming6488]

Majora's Mask is like the Batman Returns of Zelda games. Its darker, different, and polarizes people with its game mechanics.

[@mxihaya336]

My 7 year old self playing this game on my Nintendo at night made me have several anxiety attacks 😩💅

[@ZelRando]

😅😅

[@lordenma4449]

Funfact:romani the farm girl and her sister cremia are both sisters and cremia struggles to keep going trough Romani even mentions Kafei and that indeed that cremia has a crush for Kafei The fact is when you safe them it's starts to get better since she mostly got robbed but finally gets to deliver a new part of milk jugs Afterwards you can replay it and with a low chance cremia gives you a big hug On the last day romani asks for cremia to sleep in cremias room/bed and etc gets allowed by cremia even taste the Château romani wich is a alcoholic milk When you visit them before the moon crashes down the last hours Cremia and romani go from the barn to dinner and then cremia let's romani taste the milk because she thinks she's and adult not just that the milk also let's people get sleepy and both drink the Château romani so they don't feel any pain while the moon crashes down dying in the most harmless and sleepy way

[@ZelRando]

REALLY?? Any videos of that?

[@RandomPosts120]

I’ve been obsessed with Zelda since I saw my older friends playing it when I was like 4.But the Majora’s mask has me more interested then anything in the game. Especially getting it in the DCL pack in Breath of the wild.

[@felldoh9271]

People tend to forego Ocarina of Time as the second most dark Zelda game, which is really frustrating. I think one of the reasons they do so is be fair towards the other Zelda games. Like you said, Twilight Princess tries to be dark, and I think sometimes it even comes off as stupid.

[@AcidArrestB]

Oot isn’t dark imo, the only dark parts about the game to me are the well and shadow temple

[@sammiejeanne3846]

OoT has a lot more sad and tragic themes and undertones than being dark tbh

[@SaintCharlos]

_This is my favorite Zelda game, I love the dark themes_

[@ZelRando]

Then you will love my new video i just uploaded :P

[@saunga1]

I think Majora's mask is the only Zelda game where you actually see the end of the world. Unlike the other games, the only "game over" is when Link runs out of hearts (aka dies). But with Majora's mask, if you run out the clock, you _actually_ see Termina destroyed in a planetary size cataclysm. Knowing that that happens because of a failure on your part is as dark as it gets.

[@birbboi]

Nice video :D

[@ZelRando]

Thank you mate (:

[@xdanielxdt]

Nostalgia: even though i havent played the game i played some zelda games on wii

[@Thecoolguy643]

in german the skull kids are called horror kid which i think fits way better

[@ZelRando]

Is that true? That's awesome!

[@b00n1337]

Man, MM is different for people who can accept death lol That Zora knew he was going to die, but you kept the mission going and now his kids lived. And for the mother, that would easily make a person exactly like that. Every human can have this happen to them no matter how logical you think you are. The only thing Mikau can be jealous of is how hard I constantly rock his instrument; something I think BotW is missing. I would have loved a playable instrument like in MM. Tell me how a pro controller and an ocarina are different?

[@Idoamimationssometimes]

6:52 ITS BOB

[@ZelRando]

😅😎

[@Okla_Soft]

You’ve got an awesome voice, and this is a nice Majoras Mask vid!

[@ZelRando]

Thanks dude

[@josiahhabitofyoutube4373]

Ye during production of the game the dude who made it almost killed himself and his Wife died, 😔 what a legend.

[@ZelRando]

So sad :(

[@13SAD13]

If you pause this video at 9:30 you will see a mask appear that resembles the salesman himself and he just vanishes🤔

[@ZelRando]

Spooky

[@conflicc5505]

Wow I never realized those lil kids with the mask do look like the happy mask salesman...all the videos about him and no one ever mentions that part

[@ZelRando]

I know it's crazy!

[@Anonymous-io4zk]

Great video mate, the time u spent making this video was worth it

[@ZelRando]

Thank you! :D

[@lukascribb6970]

I used to think Twilight Princess was a darker game than Majoras Mask but I realized that it isn’t darker. Majoras Mask is dark and depressing and Twilight Princess is more Violent and Morbid. Which these elements have correlation so I was fooled😅

[@woofaroni-g2k]

I don't remember if it was confirmed or not, but I read somewhere that apparently, at the end of the game, Link falls off epona, hits his head on a rock, and died.......I hope it's not confirmed

[@woofaroni-g2k]

I'd make it a lot more dark

[@ZelRando]

Where did you hear that? lol

[@woofaroni-g2k]

@@ZelRando I was doing some kinda report on some of my favorite Zelda games during school. I wish I remembered, but I definitely know I read it and my uncle had also heard of it to

[@8bitwulf482]

Plan on getting this game on my 64 for my bday since this game is such a dark game yet full of awesome music

[@ZelRando]

Easily one of the best soundtracks

[@TheBrandedOne2003]

Awesome video!!

[@ZelRando]

Thanks dude!

[@53i36]

This game was beautiful

[@petethecatrealofficalnotlying]

what is the song at 7:00 ?

[@ZelRando]

Stone Tower Temple theme :D

[@petethecatrealofficalnotlying]

@@ZelRando thank you!

[@ZelRando]

@@petethecatrealofficalnotlying No problem! 🙂

[@someperson9184]

Nice Video mate

[@ZelRando]

Thank you mate!

[@trystanvillanueva9150]

Oh did I forget to mention it has no cool down

[@ZelRando]

The master sword?

[@rewinder2008]

If there's a game that deserves a sequel it's this one, my favorite of all time

[@animegirl16091]

Ive never thought of comparing majoras mask and twilight princess before I thought they where both really great games on there own. they are both pretty dark but I think majoras mask is more sad and tragic twilight princess is more dark and creepy majoras mask does have creepy moments to. honestly I didnt think majoras mask was dark when I played it as a kid. I didnt really think much of it.

[@HoboJoe15]

Yo it's Bob from Smg4 at 6:52

[@MessedUpSystem]

I think the best way to summarize the difference in "darkness" between TP and MM is: TP is edgy, it tries to be dark and cool just for the sake of being dark, while MM is mature, it's "darkness" comes from mature themes that the game don't shy away from discussing just because children will play

[@sciddles7473]

This game creeped me tf out as a kid

[@trystanvillanueva9150]

Also the only reason you need firece diety is cause you do not have the master sword yet and are not an adult

[@ZelRando]

Oh...

[@erichollis3388]

You have met a terrible fate haven't you???

[@Asigretar]

Great video

[@ZelRando]

Thank you dude! :)