
This game is my personal favorite game of all time, not just for the Nintendo 64, but my favorite game that has ever been made for any system; past or present. This game is special to me because of how the game played out. It starts off with Link in a forest (Presumably the Lost Woods from Ocarina of Time, and is speculated that Link is looking for his fairy, Navi, who was with him throughout the events of Ocarina of Time or his other friend, Saria, who he grew up with.)
While link is looking for his "friend", he is a attacked by the Skull Kid wearing a purple heart -shaped mask. The Skull Kid then steals links horse and disappears into the Forest leaving link to die. Link then wakes up and starts following the trail of the Skull Kid, which then he finds a link to another dimension and is sucked in to it. He falls down a long cave and when he reaches the bottom, the Skull Kid is waiting for him.
The Skull Kid turns link into a Deku Scrub, laughs, and floats away. Link goes to chase him but is interrupted by one of the Skull Kid's friends, a fairy named Tatl, who repeatedly hits link on the head. While she does this, the Skull Kid leaves with his other friend Tael (Tatl's brother, and if you didn't realize, their names are Tatl Tael (Tattle tale) and Tael can't help but say things that have to do with the plot) Tatl then gets mad at link, blaming him for her loss of the Skull Kid and her brother.
Link then pursues the Skull Kid, only to find a dead Deku Scrub that is rotting away in the forest. Link then keeps following the Skull Kid and then enters a Clock Tower, and he meet a man from Ocarina of Time, the Happy Mask Salesmen, who then tells link the fate of Termina if he doesn't get back the mask back.
Sounds easy enough, right? WRONG...you only have 3 days before everyone dies =D...but you eventually get back the Ocarina of Time, which is when you remember the Song of Time, which when you play it, resets time. Since you only have three days to do things, which is only like 72 minutes, and resetting time will reset all the dungeons and you will loose all you items link bombs and arrows...and yes, your money too (There is a bank in the game where you can deposit your money so when you reset time, you don't loose all of your money, and you also don't loose key items, like your bow and hookshot)
The way the time resetting works is unique, as i have never seen time travel done quite like this before. And the game is unique in itself. The game seems like it is juvenile, but that only hides the darkness of the game. If you fail, everyone dies. If you take more than 3 days, everyone dies. If you don't kill Majora, EVERYONE DIES! The moon crashes into the Earth because of a curse that the Skull Kid put on it. The reason he is angry and full of hatred, is because his 4 friends left to protect the four corners of Termina.
So the whole reason the quest takes place is because one kid is depressed and the magic (spirit?) of Majora's Mask uses the Skull Kid as a puppet and his emotions are exaggerated by the mask. And all the masks in the game have magic in them. 5 of the mask change Link's physical appearance and 3 of them turn you into a different race, and each of the different race's have special and unique abilities.
This is one of the most underrated and worst selling Zelda game ever, BUT everyone that had beaten Majora's Mask and did all of the different things in the game love it. Its a cult classic, and is very popular among anyone who thought it was good. Everyone who has played this game either love and think it's the best Zelda game ever mad, or hate and think its the worst Zelda game ever made. My opinion is that it's the best, because of its uniqueness from other Zelda game, and its shear saddness and emotion that Ocarina of Time didn't have. In Majora's Mask, you really get to feel for the chatracters that are in the game.
depending on when you talk to them, they will say different things. Some people are scared out of their minds and are trying to flee Clock Town and others don't believe that the moon is going to fall.
I would give this game an 11/10 because it was that freaking amazing and unique, and it thought it was cooler than Ocarina of Time. The games story isn't as 'epic' as Ocarina of Time, but it's a lot darker and makes you feel bad for all the people that are going to die, INCLUDING YOU, if you fail the quest. Literally and entire world and all its inhabitants are going to be exterminated if you don't succeed, and you are only like 12 or 13, so that's pretty messed up. The game is actually be my favorite in game existence, well that, and Perfect Dark.
This game is one of those games that every Zelda fan should play. You either get that game for the Nintendo 64 or you can download it from the Wii's Virtual Console market for like 10 dollars or something. You can also purchase Ocarina of Time there as well. I recommend that you get the Nintendo 64, because personaly, the Game Cube's controller sucks. And it wont be the same experience when you use the Game Cube Controller as it would be with the Nintendo 64 controller.
And don't worry, the Water Temple doesn't require you to equip and unequip the Iron Boot ALL THE TIME like in Ocarina of Time. Also a 3DS version of Majora's Mask hasn't been announced, but it is more than likely because there are some references in Ocarina of time for 3DS that are in Majora's Mask, like the Mask Salesman's travel bag.