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Majora’s Mask Gameshark Codes — Zelda Xtreme

Requires Zelda Keycode
Enable Code (Must Be On) (Xplorer 64 Only!)	2A096820 2400
Enable Code (Must Be On) (GS 2.5 Or 3.30 Needed!) (Due to a bug in GS 3.0, 3.10, 3.20 & 3.21, this enable code still doesnt work, even the long ass version of it, ala DK 64, did not work either.) ALSO NOTE: With this FF enable code, it doesnt give the device much room to store ‘Active Cheats’… Therefore only 7 or 8 codes will be activate any once.	F1096820 2400 FF000220 0000
Activator 1 P1	D03E6B3A 00??
Activator 2 P1	D03E6B3B 00??
Dual Activator P1	D13E6B3A 00??
Infinite Health	811EF6A6 0140
Max Health	811EF6A4 0140
Infinite Magic	801EF6A9 0030
Have Ocarina Of Time	801EF6E0 0000
Have Hero’s Bow	801EF6E1 0001
Have Fire Arrow (MP2)	801EF6E2 0002
Have Ice Arrow (MP2)	801EF6E3 0003
Have Light Arrow (MP4)	801EF6E4 0004
Have Event Item Modifier 1	801EF6E5 00??
Have Bomb	801EF6E6 0006
Have Bombchu	801EF6E7 0007
Have Deku Stick	801EF6E8 0008
Have Deku Nut	801EF6E9 0009
Have Magic Beans	801EF6EA 000A
Have Event Item Modifier 2	801EF6EB 00??
Have Powder Keg	801EF6EC 000C
Have Pictograph Box	801EF6ED 000D
Have Lens Of Truth	801EF6EE 000E
Have Hookshot	801EF6EF 000F
Have Item Modifier 1	801EF6F0 00??
Have Event Item Modifier 3	801EF6F1 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 1	801EF6F2 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 2	801EF6F3 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 3	801EF6F4 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 4	801EF6F5 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 5	801EF6F6 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 6	801EF6F7 00??
Infinite Rupees	811EF6AA 03E7
Infinite Arrows	801EF711 0009
Infinite Bombs	801EF716 0009
Infinite Bombachus	801EF717 0009
Infinite Deku Sticks	801EF718 0009
Infinte Deku Nuts	801EF719 0009
Infinite Magic Beans	801EF71A 0009
Infinite Powder Keg	801EF71C 0009
Have Postman’s Mask	801EF6F8 003E
Have All-Night Mask	801EF6F9 0038
Have Blast Mask	801EF6FA 0047
Have Stone Mask	801EF6FB 0045
Have Great Fairy’s Mask	801EF6FC 0040
Have Deku Mask	801EF6FD 0032
Have Keaton Mask	801EF6FE 003A
Have Breman Mask	801EF6FF 0046
Have Bunny Hood	801EF700 0039
Have Don Gero’s Mask	801EF701 0042
Have Mask of Scents	801EF702 0048
Have Goron Mask	801EF703 0033
Have Romani’s Mask	801EF704 003C
Have Circus Leader’s Mask	801EF705 003D
Have Kafei’s Mask	801EF706 0037
Have Couple Mask	801EF707 003F
Have Mask of Truth	801EF708 0036
Have Zora Mask	801EF709 0034
Have Kamaro’s Mask	801EF70A 0043
Have Gibdo Mask	801EF70B 0041
Have Garo’s Mask	801EF70C 003B
Have Captain’s Hat	801EF70D 0044
Have Giant’s Mask	801EF70E 0049
Have Fierce Deity’s Mask	801EF70F 0035
Maximum Visibility	80166118 0020
Semi-Walk through Walls #1	8017CBC4 0020
Semi-Walk through Walls #2 1	8017CBAC 0020
No Collisions 2	8017F5B4 0020
Blue Fog	80166108 0020
Pink Fog	8016610C 0020
Yellow Fog	80166110 0020
Alternate Entrances 3	8016A720 0020
Fight Demo Majora’s Mask	8016A718 0020
L Button For Moon Jump 4	D03E6B3B 0020 813FFE18 40CB
Item/Bottle Modifier Digits 5	N/A
All Items Can Be Used As Any Character 6	811F3588 0000 811F358A 0000
All Quest/Status Items	801EF72D 0005 811EF72E F7CF
Link’s Form Modifier 7	801EF690 00??
B Button Modifier 8	801EF6BC 00??
C-Left Button Modifier	801EF6BD 00??
C-Down Button Modifier	801EF6BE 00??
C-Right Button Modifier	801EF6BF 00??
All Equipment Upgrades 9	801EF6DD 0023 811EF72A 201B
Fast Time Flow(D-up) 10	D03E6B3B 0008 811F35C8 0101
Double Magic Meter	811EF6B0 0101
Day Modifier 11	801EF68B 00??
Time of Day Modifier 12	811EF67C ????
Double Defense	801EF6B2 0001 801EF743 0014
Have Big Key, Compass, & Map	811EF730 0707 811EF732 0707
Have All Stray Fairies	811EF744 0F0F 811EF746 0F0F
Infinite Small Keys	811EF73A 0909 811EF73C 0909
Mask Modifier 13	803FFF03 00??
Swipe Stay Modifier 14	801E4FAF 00??
Hold Weapon Style Modifier 15	803FFEFF 00??
Use Shield With Two-Handed Weapons 16	803FFF01 0008
Time Flow Modifier 17	811EF686 ????
Always Have Swipe 18	8040088B 0001
Swipe Succession Modifier 19	8040088D 00XX

Number	Comments
1	With this code, it works for a few places, for kafei’s place, swing sword at door to go through.
2	With this code, you are able to go through all rocks, freezing ice, people, and other props. Not able to go through doors though. Also immune to some enemies.
3	With this code, never play the song of time with this code on, it will erase your game!!! Also never ride Epona. This code’s only use is that it allows you to get to certain save points before you are suppose to. Once you get to a stone owl, save the game. Then turn off this code!
4	With this code, you need to press and hold the ‘L’ button to rise up in the air, and then let go when you are at your desired height to fall.
5	Misc. Items05 — Japanese Flute? 0B — Japanese Item? 10 — Great Fairy’s Sword 11 — Japanese Hookshot? 31 — Japanese Scroll? 4A — Japanese Bow? Bottles 12 — Empty Bottle 13 — Red Potion 14 — Green Potion 15 — Blue Potion 16 — Fairy 17 — Deku Princess 18 — Milk 19 — Milk (1/2) 1A — Fish 1B — Bug 1C — Blue Fire 1D — Poe 1E — Big Poe 1F — Spring Water 20 — Hot Spring Water 21 — Zora Egg 22 — Gold Dust 23 — Magical Mushroom 24 — Sea Horse 25 — Chateau Romani 26 — Japanese Bottle? 27 — Empty Japanese Bottle? Event Items 28 — Moon’s Tear 29 — Land Title Deed 2A — Swap Title Deed 2B — Mountain Title Deed 2C — Ocean Title Deed 2D — Room Key 2E — Special Delivery To Mama 2F — Letter To Kafei 30 — Pendant Of Memories
6	You can use any weapon as any transformation. you can even always be fierce deity link. some items may freeze when used as certain people like the bow but it does look cool if you find certian combinations. the deku scrub can even use the great fairy sword.
7	00 — Fierce Deity Link 01 — Goron Link 02 — Zora Link 03 — Deku Link 04 — Normal Link
8	Misc Items 4A — Fire Arrow w/ Bow 4B — Ice Arrow w/ Bow 4C — Light Arrow w/ Bow 4D — Kokiri Sword 4E — Razor Sword 4F — Guilded Sword 50 — Deity Link’s Sword 59 — Mystery Potion?(don’t use) 5C — Fishing Pole Boss Masks 5D — Odolwa’s Remains 5E — Goht’s Remains 5F — Gyrog’s Remains 60 — Twinmold’s Remains
9	If you want the Guilded sword, you must put on the FD mask then take it off, or use this code 801EF6BC 004F in addition to the other codes, then save your game.
10	Once it starts, you can’t stop it unless you go into the Clock Tower or wait until a whole new day.
11	00 — «Day 0» 01 — 1st Day 02 — 2nd Day 03 — 3rd Day 04 — Dawn of a New Day If you put in the value 00, make sure it has an activator in front of it and hold it down when you go to a new area. Do NOT talk to ANYONE on Day 0 as the game WILL freeze. On the dawn of a new day, make sure not to play the Song of Double Time.
12	4001 — 6am 8000 — 12pm C000 — 6pm FFFF — 12am If you switch between night and day the days will progress.
13	Replace ?? with any of the below values. Make sure you equip the mask to a C-button and use the «Use Any Items As Any Character» code. Masks can be used in any form they just might not show properly. 00 — No Mask 01 — Mask of Truth 02 — Kafei’s Mask 03 — All-Night Mask 04 — Bunny Hood 05 — Keaton Mask 06 — Garon Mask 07 — Romani’s Mask 08 — Circus Leader’s Mask 09 — Postman’s Hat 0A — Couple’s Mask 0B — Great Fairy’s Mask 0C — Gibdo Mask 0D — Don Gero’s Mask 0E — Kamaro’s Mask 0F — Captain’s Hat 10 — Stone Mask 11 — Bremen Mask 12 — Blast Mask(+) 13 — Mask of Scents 14 — Giant’s Mask(yes it works)(*) 15 — Fierce Deity’s Mask(*) 16 — Goron Mask(*) 17 — Zora Mask(*) 18 — Deku Mask(*) * Means that if you don’t have the mask equipped to a C-button, you will get stuck. Also, if you take one of these masks off with the C-button you will get stuck. + Don’t ! use it, you can’t transform.
14	This modifies how long that white swipe when attacking will stay on the screen. Set this to 00 to disable swipes.
15	00 — Swing both hands 01 — Low Left Hand, right hand shield 02 — Swing left hand, right hand shield 03 — Both hands held in front 04 — Swing both hands 05 — Swing both hands 06-0B — Hurt Link & «Rear slide roll»
16	I seriously recommend adding one of these activators. If you are going to use the hookshot D23FFEF7 000D So your code would look like this: D23FFEF7 000D 803FFF01 0008
17	0000 — Normal Speed 0007 — Double Speed 0100 — Really Fast FFFD — Stopped FFFA — Backwards FEFA — Really Fast Backwards Don’t go bakcwards in time past 6am/6pm because it will make you go either ahead one day or behind a day. Also, do not go backwards past 6:30am on the first day in South Clock Town.
18	With this code on, you will not be able to jump off of anything unless you use an activator. Swing a weapon and the swipe it leaves behind will continue to trail. If this trail hits an enemy it will get hurt.
19	00 — Cannot execute the 2nd and 3rd swing blow 01 — Cannot execute the 3rd swing blow 02 — Skips the 2nd swing blow, jump attacks end in a backwards attack 03 — Freezes when Zora Link attacks

Majora’s Mask Cheats, Codes, Cheat Codes for Nintendo 64 (N64)

The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

Strategy Guide

Note: This game is also titled Zelda No Densetsu: Majora No Kamen.

Advance time twelve hours

Play the following notes on the Ocarina: C-Right(2), A(2), C-Down(2) to travel to the next time it will be 6:00. For example, if it is currently 6:00 P.M. on the first day and you play the song, you will go to 6:00 A.M. on the second day (twelve hours forward). However, if you play the song at 4:00 A.M. on the first day, you will go to 6:00 A.M. on the first day (2 hours forward).

Slower time with normal movement rate

Play the following notes on the Ocarina (The Song Of Time backwards): C-Down, A, C-Right, C-Down, A, C-Right. Play the song again to return to normal.

Heal signs

Destroy a sign, then play the following notes on the Ocarina (The Song Of Healing): C-Left, C-Right, C-Down.

Hints

Infinite rupees


Note: The following trick requires a Bomb Bag, Bomb, code for observatory (you can use the front door but the back door is better), the Ocarina Of Time, and the Song Of Time. As an adult buy the Bomb Bag at the Bomb shop (50 coins?), then buy a Bomb or get them free by cutting weeds. Go to the kid that is blocking the observatory and give him the code (you need the code to become an adult). When you get to the water, go left instead of right to find a wall that can be bombed. Bomb it and go inside to find a chest with 100 silver rupees. Go to the bank (the man on the wall opposite the shops in the west part of Clock Town). Deposit the coins and play the Ocarina Of Time. The bank teller has marked you to remember what he owes you, so your cash stays intact in the bank. However, the contents of the chest will reset. This works for all coin chests in the game, so you can use this trick at any time.




On any day, go to the northeast corner of Clock Town. Turn and walk south to the edge of the ledge (be careful not to fall off). Turn around and give yourself some speed. Run toward the edge and press A before reaching the edge and Link will roll. You will land on the next ledge. From there, jump across on the decorations of the building going south until you are above the shooting gallery. Turn right and follow the roof until you get to the treasure chest. The chest contains 100 silver rupees. Remember to go to the banker and deposit your money to save it. Play your Ocarina to start at day one and repeat.




Enter Termina Field from South Clock Town and head towards the Milk Road. There will be a bird that attacks you and steals your items. Use the Deku Mask, target the bird, and shoot bubbles at him in the air. When he attacks, spin attack it. The bird will die after a few hits, and you will get 200 rupees. This can be repeated as needed.



Path through the woods


The path through the woods differs each day. For example, on the first day it is left, right, right, straight, left, left. On the second day, it is right, left, straight, left, left, right.



Laboratory code


The code for the laboratory to get the Moon Tears changes from game to game. It is determined by the order you find the five bomber kids. Each of them have a number on their back. The code is their numbers in the order that you found them. To find out what the code is, you must first pop the balloon with a bubble, arrow, or Zora Link’s boomerang (preferably the bubble). Then, talk to the small kid who was trying to pop it. Tell him you want to try his test, and if you can locate and catch all five kids before the next morning you will receive the code. To catch a kid, run up to him. When he starts to run away, stand still. After running a short distance, he will stop running. When he stops, shoot him with a Deku Bubble Attack. The kid should be caught. Note: The kid carrying the Cucco must be shot once before he starts running, then again after he stops.



Change masks faster


Simply press the C button your mask is on a lot. Instead of the sequence where Link puts on the mask he will have the mask on faster.



Farther Distance with Deku Link


Use the following trick while on a lillypad or a place where you need to hop to another place when using Deku Link. Before you start hopping on the water, do the spinning attack so you can go at a faster speed. The extra speed will allow you to reach a bit farther then before.

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Game Shark Codes

Note: You must have a 2.5 or higher version of the Game Shark to use these codes.

Zelda Keycode Required
Enable Code (Must Be On) [Note 1]	F1096820 2400 FF000220 0000
Enable Code (Alternate) [Note 1]	F1096820 2400 FF000240 0000
Infinite Health	811EF6A6 0140
Max Health	811EF6A4 0140
Infinite Magic	801EF6A9 0030
Infinite Rupees	811EF6AA 03E7
Infinite Arrows	801EF711 0009
Infinite Bombs	801EF716 0009
Infinite Bombachus	801EF717 0009
Infinite Deku Sticks	801EF718 0009
Infinite Deku Nuts	801EF719 0009
Infinite Magic Beans	801EF71A 0009
Infinite Powder Keg	801EF71C 0009
Have Ocarina Of Time	801EF6E0 0000
Have Hero’s Bow	801EF6E1 0001
Have Fire Arrow (MP2)	801EF6E2 0002
Have Ice Arrow (MP2)	801EF6E3 0003
Have Light Arrow (MP4)	801EF6E4 0004
Have Bomb	801EF6E6 0006
Have Bombchu	801EF6E7 0007
Have Deku Stick	801EF6E8 0008
Have Deku Nut	801EF6E9 0009
Have Magic Beans	801EF6EA 000A
Have Powder Keg	801EF6EC 000C
Have Pictograph Box	801EF6ED 000D
Have Lens Of Truth	801EF6EE 000E
Have Hookshot	801EF6EF 000F
Have Postman’s Mask	801EF6F8 003E
Have All-Night Mask	801EF6F9 0038
Have Blast Mask	801EF6FA 0047
Have Stone Mask	801EF6FB 0045
Have Great Fairy’s Mask	801EF6FC 0040
Have Deku Mask	801EF6FD 0032
Have Keaton Mask	801EF6FE 003A
Have Breman Mask	801EF6FF 0046
Have Bunny Hood	801EF700 0039
Have Don Gero’s Mask	801EF701 0042
Have Mask of Scents	801EF702 0048
Have Goron Mask	801EF703 0033
Have Romani’s Mask	801EF704 003C
Have Circus Leader’s Mask	801EF705 003D
Have Kafei’s Mask	801EF706 0037
Have Couple Mask	801EF707 003F
Have Mask of Truth	801EF708 0036
Have Zora Mask	801EF709 0034
Have Kamaro’s Mask	801EF70A 0043
Have Gibdo Mask	801EF70B 0041
Have Garo’s Mask	801EF70C 003B
Have Captain’s Hat	801EF70D 0044
Have Giant’s Mask	801EF70E 0049
Have Fierce Deity’s Mask	801EF70F 0035
Max Visibility	80166118 0020
Walk Through Walls #1 [Note 2]	8017CBC4 0020
Walk Through Walls #2 [Note 3]	8017CBAC 0020
No Collisions [Note 4]	8017F5B4 0020
Blue Fog	80166108 0020
Pink Fog	8016610C 0020
Yellow Fog	80166110 0020
Fight Demo Majora’s Mask	8016A718 0020
Have Item Modifier 1	801EF6F0 00??
Have Event Item Modifier 1	801EF6E5 00??
Have Event Item Modifier 2	801EF6EB 00??
Have Event Item Modifier 3	801EF6F1 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 1	801EF6F2 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 2	801EF6F3 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 3	801EF6F4 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 4	801EF6F5 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 5	801EF6F6 00??
Have Bottle Modifier 6	801EF6F7 00??
Quantity Digits to Accompany Item/Bottle Modifier Codes
Bottles12 — Empty Bottle 13 — Red Potion 14 — Green Potion 15 — Blue Potion 16 — Fairy 17 — Deku Princess 18 — Milk 19 — Milk (1/2) 1A — Fish 1B — Bug 1C — Blue Fire 1D — Poe 1E — Big Poe 1F — Spring Water 20 — Hot Spring Water 21 — Zora Egg 22 — Gold Dust 23 — Magical Mushroom 24 — Sea Horse 25 — Chateau Romani 26 — Japanese Bottle? 27 — Empty Japanese Bottle?Event Items28 — Moon’s Tear 29 — Land Title Deed 2A — Swap Title Deed 2B — Mountain Title Deed 2C — Ocean Title Deed 2D — Room Key 2E — Special Delivery To Mama 2F — Letter To Kafei 30 — Pendant Of MemoriesMisc. Items05 — Japanese Flute? 0B — Japanese Item? 10 — Great Fairy’s Sword 11 — Japanese Hookshot? 31 — Japanese Scroll? 4A — Japanese Bow?

Note 1: If one enable code does not work, then try the other enable code. However, do not activate both enable codes at the same time.

Note 2: This code enables you to walk through many places and doors. However, you can only use one walk through walls code at a time.

Note 3: This code enables you to walk through some places and doors. However, you can only use one walk through walls code at a time.

Note 4: This code enables you to walk through all rocks, freezing ice, people, and other things. It also makes you immune to some enemies. However, you cannot walk through any doors with this code.

-Some Game Shark Codes from: [email protected]

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Majora’s Mask — one of Nintendo’s darkest and weirdest games — Games on DTF

Apocalypse that repeats itself every three days.

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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time. Among the fans, it is considered that this part is one of the darkest and at the same time strange games in the series.

In the story, Link enters Termina, an alternate version of Hyrule, which is in peril as a powerful demon has caused the moon to de-orbit and fall to the planet’s surface. To prevent a catastrophe, the protagonist is forced to go back in time again and again, three days before the end of the world. nine0003

Retelling an excerpt about the making of Majora’s Mask from Gabe Durham’s Boss Fight Books series. Initially, the game was not even in the plans — it was developed using the assets of the previous part in just a year and a half.

Ocarina of Time became a resounding success not only for Nintendo, but for the entire industry of that time as a whole — in the first week the game was bought a million times. In total, over 7.6 million copies have been sold.

To build on the success, the developers, led by legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, wanted to release something like a New Game+ for Ocarina of Time — Second Quest. This is an additional hard mode that has already appeared in previous games in the series: the world was mirrored in it, and the enemies dealt double damage. Dungeons have also been heavily reworked. nine0003

But the dungeon designer, Eiji Aonuma, didn’t want to just redo the newly created levels, which he told the game designer about. In response, Miyamoto offered him something else — to make a new part of Zelda using the Ocarina of Time engine and assets. The team was given only one year to develop. The designer spoke about this in one of the editions of the interview “Iwata Asks” (“Iwata asks”, talking about Satoru Iwata, the previous president of Nintendo).

However, in another interview, Aonuma told the story slightly differently. Allegedly, at first the designer agreed to make Second Quest, but then «could not get involved in the work. » He refused to redo the old dungeons and started creating new ones, and eventually it grew into an independent project. nine0003

I plucked up the courage to ask Miyamoto-san if I could make a new game, to which he replied that it would be fine if you could do it in a year.

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

So Aonuma actually became the game designer for the next part of the series. Miyamoto could not and did not want to reskin Ocarina of Time, while Aonuma knew the technical aspects of the previous game inside and out.

We were faced with an important question — what game could come out after Ocarina of Time and its seven million copies sold?

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

Ocarina of Time

Aonuma had a very small team at his disposal. The newly minted game designer understood that the future game would have to be scaled down — however, he did not want fans to be upset about a less ambitious sequel. He needed a «smart idea» to sit on two chairs at once. nine0003

To do this, he contacted Yoshiaki Koizumi, his friend and game director of Ocarina of Time. At this point, Koizumi was developing a board game for Nintendo about cops who had to catch robbers within a limited amount of time. Due to the small scale of the game, it could be replayed over and over again.

Aonuma told the game director about his idea — and he agreed to help only if «he will be allowed to do whatever he wants.» So the idea of ​​a board game about cops formed the basis of Majora’s Mask. nine0003

Technically [in the tabletop] you should have caught the criminal in a week — but in reality the game could have been finished in an hour. And I realized that I would just throw into Majora’s Mask the ideas that I already had by that moment.

Yoshiaki Koizumi, Game Director

In order for the player to enjoy the same events in the same places, the game had to work not in breadth, but in depth.

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask 9 game designer0003

The original board was inspired by the German thriller Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer. In the movie, a girl named Lola had to deliver a huge amount of money in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend. In the process, she is killed — after which time is rewound back, and she, remembering her death, starts anew.

Koizumi suggested to Aonuma the following idea: «What if we made something like ‘Lola’?» He liked the idea, after which the developers came up with the following concept — so that the game repeats a cycle of three days again and again. The mechanics were based on the dynamic change of time of day and night, which was already implemented in Ocarina of Time. nine0003

Miyamoto liked the idea because it was in line with his belief that absolutely all games should be replayable.

It’s useless to make something that the players run through in one go like it’s a movie. The full pleasure of the work appears gradually, with each new look — until all the details are revealed.

Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer

It was originally planned that in Majora’s Mask Link would have a whole week at his disposal until the end of the world. But the developers quickly realized that it would be quite difficult for players to keep in mind everything that happens for seven days. nine0003

You simply can’t remember who did what every day. And if you were to go back to the beginning of the week, would you think, «I’m going to have to replay the whole week again?»

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

​Majora’s Mask

Koizumi continued to be torn between two projects — Majora’s Mask and the board game. Miyamoto ended up telling him to concentrate on The Legend of Zelda. nine0003

I hear a whisper… Zelda… Zelda… Zelda…! And then my game gets cancelled. I’m shocked. (laughs)

Yoshiaki Koizumi, game director

As the author of the story noted, during a joint interview, Miyamoto and Koizumi laughed while telling this story — but when the board game was canceled, the game designer was clearly not laughing. The Japanese are extremely polite to each other — it is unlikely that Koizumi would be offended in public.

But when the game director was «pushed» to Majora’s Mask, it was not at all clear what his task on the new project was.

When the design of my other game was scrapped, our development team was left with nothing to do. I asked Miyamoto what should I do? And he replied: “Do everything you can!”. It didn’t help at all!

Yoshiaki Koizumi, Game Director

As

Majora’s Mask grew, it became clear that Aonuma and his team were short of people. nine0003

I tried to do everything on my own, but I had no choice but to ask Koizumi for help. I wouldn’t have been able to do it alone.

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

Whether Koizumi liked it or not, The Legend of Zelda was the company’s second biggest IP — developing a new game in the series was prioritized over a simple board game. In the future, the game director became a producer and actually led the production of Mario games — already the first most important IP for Nintendo. nine0003

The fact that Shigeru Miyamoto had almost no involvement in the creation of Majora’s Mask came as a surprise to the developers, even though he had promised them so from the very beginning. By that point, the game designer was notorious for being able to push for big changes even late in production, and everyone listened to him.

While Majora’s Mask was being created, Miyamoto worked on other projects such as Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Mario Tennis, Paper Mario, Mario Party 3, and Pokémon Stadium 2. The game designer was also involved in the creation of Nintendo’s next console, the GameCube. nine0003

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Team Zelda was unaccustomed to Miyamoto’s lack of control, especially after his meticulous focus on Ocarina of Time. As Koizumi recalls, employees whispered among themselves, “Miyamoto didn’t say a word. He’ll say something someday, won’t he?»

In the office, one could not wait for the phrase «Good job» from him. And when Mr. Iwata came to us, he said that Mr. Miyamoto liked the game. I answered: “What? But he never told me that! I think there are some benefits to getting compliments for your work. nine0003

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

In an interview, Aonuma described Miyamoto as someone who was used to «turning tea tables» — a reference to the manga Kyojin no Hoshi («Star of the Giants»), in which a strict conservative father hit his son so hard that food fell off the table.

Only this time the game was “beaten”, and pieces of code “flew away”.

When the development was close to completion and there was very little polish left, Mr. Miyamoto would invariably turn over the tea table, and the direction in which we were all moving would suddenly change. nine0003

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

game designer

However, Aonuma is grateful for the experience he will gain while working with Miyamoto.

I spent even more time with Miyamoto at work than with my father. […] I’m still surprised by his opinion, and I’m far from his farsightedness.

Eiji Aonuma, Ocarina of Time dungeon designer and Majora’s Mask

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However, in the case of Majora’s Mask, instead of keeping the team in a tight rein, Miyamoto actually entrusted the development to other people — and if he had not, perhaps we would not have seen such a dark and such a strange The Legend of Zelda . As Durham emphasized in his story, now the developers had to “turn the tables” on their own. nine0003

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20 years of impossible game from Nintendo.

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The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts

On April 27, 2000, such a cartridge for the Nintendo 64 game console appeared on the shelves of Japanese stores for the first time:

Not by itself, but, suddenly, in a box.

From this moment on, you can count down the endless praising of the content of this cartridge bordering on fanaticism. And whether the game, imprisoned inside, deserves at least part of its reputation as the darkest and most mysterious game in The Legend of Zelda series, I will try to reveal on a personal example. nine0003

Link’s adventure that started Zeldo Fever.

I first came into contact with the game a year ago during a volley of all parts of the series, impressed by the most recent of them at the time, Breath of the Wild. I flew into it right after Ocarina of Time, and I don’t advise jumping over, because the game is a direct sequel and expects you to experience gameplay and knowledge of the backstory.

​Here I realized that Nintendo gameplay is power. nine0003

There’s a lot to be said about the history of the game in those 20 years, but who cares? Most importantly, the best version lives on the Nintendo 3DS, along with a restoration mod via CFW or the Citra emulator. Playing on a real 3DS is the best, but if you need a Nintendo 64 version, check out Nerrel’s texture pack. Also, the fans made a translation of both versions, however, it is better not to place high hopes on the quality.

Something you won’t see on the Nintendo 3DS. nine0003

How is this game in the series different from others? In it, the main role is occupied by the time cycle system that flows in front of the player. The characters have their own schedule, and grabbing them at the right time is part of the game. What happens is divided into 3 days, on which side quests are based: the focus of the game extends to them no less than to dungeons, so lovers of stories outside the main one are completely expanse here. You can keep up with them with the Reverse Song of Time, which slows time by half in the pristine version of the 3DS, and three times slower in the original N64 and restored 3DS. Among the quests, there are those that require the player only to find themselves at the right time and in the right place, while others are giants that stretch until the last minute before the fall of the moon. At the end of many quests, the player receives a Mask: sometimes directly applicable in different game situations, and sometimes a simple “memento”, with no function other than a reminder. At least once the quests are intertwined: having prevented a crime on the night street of the Clock Town, it will not be possible to investigate its consequences otherwise. nine0003

There is something to remind you of. When the player plays the Song of Time, many things fall back into place: characters, bombs and arrows, rupees. Everyone that the player has helped in the last cycle returns to their previous existence, awaiting death. But this does not mean that it will not work at all to help solve their problems: before the last battle, the Hero of Time has a choice of whom to come to help for the last time. However, if the Mask from the quest has already been received, it is not necessary to do it again.

Picture with sound. nine0003

The biggest impressions come from the intense emotions that the game masterfully evokes. The consequences, past and future, fall on the player’s head in a big lump of awareness of the situation. Surely you yourself are afraid of death, but here every inhabitant meets this fear directly, you just have to raise your eyes to the sky. Their tragic journey from rejection to (not) readiness for death, they go not only next to the main character, but sometimes with those who are dear to them, which makes the player an observer, not a hero in their last moments, before jerking back in time. It is impossible not to empathize with these characters, brought together by an imminent threat. nine0003

As much as one would like to limit oneself to empathy, the effect of what is happening is transferred to the player, and not only thanks to this vague term, «atmosphere». The fourth wall, if not broken at all, then repeatedly loosened. Some of the speeches of the characters you meet (especially among the last four) are addressed to the player, but you take something at all at your own expense.

The question is addressed to several characters.

nine0002 The game is designed in such a way that (optimally) with each entry into the game, the world around begins from the first day, and the player chooses an activity for himself: move through the story, go storm the dungeon, collect items, play mini-games, or pester characters . But this way of playing is not suitable for everyone.

Jeez…

This was my second Zelda, and, as it turned out later, the most difficult. Judging by the reaction of the Internet, many do not like the constantly ticking timer. I didn’t think I would like it either. And although I am generally the last person among fans of such countdowns, this mechanic has taken root. Yes, I used save states in difficult situations (curses!) and read the guide (bloody me!), but even so, there was enough time. Failing quests can force you to return to the beginning of the cycle, and if one of the big ones fails, it will make you sad. But…

…and don’t cheat!

Closure. I keep hearing that word. It’s the theater of the absurd. Everybody knows that on television they’ll see the end of the story in the last 15 minutes of the thing. It’s like a drug. To me, that’s the beauty of ‘Twin Peaks.’ We throw in some curve balls. As soon as a show has a sense of closure, it gives you an excuse to forget you’ve seen the damn thing.

David Lynch, Co-creator of Twin Peaks

Majora’s Mask differs significantly in storytelling from other games in the series, influenced by the choice of engine for the previous game, Ocarina of Time. The history of the game does not give positive answers to what exactly happened, and who Link actually met. This led to a bunch of different fan theories, and to this day, the history of Termina does not give rest to controversy. Thematic focuses are appropriately placed, evoking emotion in a not-so-coherent, non-linear story. All this is very interesting to watch, especially when the producer and essentially the guiding force of the entire series, Eiji Aonuma, is asked about them during an interview. Nintendo itself doesn’t mind giving fans something to think about, as we learned that Link from Ocarina and Majora is the same character as Link’s sparring partner in Twilight Princess, which conjures up vivid images. nine0003

A rather sad fate overtakes the Hero of Time.

What am I talking about? It is very difficult to approach the creation of anything and correctly arrange the breadcrumbs for those who are interested and not break into an explanation of everything and everything. Sometimes your vision may not coincide with that of the fans, sometimes they will deny your vision — the death of the author. In Majora, everything is just fine with this. It’s been a year since I first played this game, but I still can’t stop thinking about it. Even after all subsequent games in the series, it does not cease to influence my attitude towards the series as a whole. That the two directors, Eiji Aonume and Yoshiaki Koizumi, and the rest of them, managed to do it in just a year is not just commendable. In many ways, it is for this reason that the game has embodied in what I try to moderately praise in this text. When there is no time to think things through and compare focus tests, and there is practically no time for prototyping, development becomes an intuitive approach in which, pardon the expression, the game is given the form that it itself calls to life. The failed attempt to «simplify» it in the remake only confirms that looking at a game too closely can lose its essence, even if you’ve already made it 15 years ago. nine0003

We forgive everything, but it was still not worth being ashamed of the original game.

This is a game that uses the relationship between characters as a driving force, permeating the entire world of Terms with tests of friendship and love against the backdrop of inevitable death. It brings gameplay unique to the series and does not forget about high-quality dungeons, complementing all this with extraterrestrial musical accompaniment. I can confidently say that this is the most outstanding game among the already unique The Legend of Zelda series. nine0003

If you haven’t played this game yet, you will find numerous surprises and metaphorical punches in the gut. It’s one of the most memorable gaming experiences in front of you, even if you don’t like it in the end. The influence of the Mask of Majora will not weaken even after the passage, and it will be difficult not to try it on again.

Doesn’t let go anymore

I almost (ha) made it, only slightly yielding to «the dawn of a new day».