Tag: Majora’s

Today’s Zelda Fanart Spotlight is on Deviantart artist Yamoshi’s fanart, “LoZ MM – stone tower climb”. In this fanart is shows Link and Tatl from the Zelda game, Majora’s Mask, gazing up at the inner area of Stone Tower. This artwork excellently shows the scale that the inside of the towers have. One can sense the intimidation that Link is feeling upon seeing how far he has to climb in order to reach the temple located at the top. The…

Today’s Zelda Fanart Spotlight is about deviantart artist know-kname‘s fanart, “one hundred steps east”. In this artwork it showcases one of the giants from Majora’s Mask as he’s walking towards the Hero of Time, Link. The golden colors that are used in the picture well represent the area that the giant is from, Ikana Canyon. The way that the difference in the size of the giant and the young hero Link is represented well. It lets the viewer know exactly…

It is widely known that during Nintendo’s development of Majora’s Mask in order to save time during the development process and get the game out a lot earlier, they used Ocarina of Time’s game engine and character models. That became the reason why there were a lot of characters from Ocarina of Time found in Majora’s Mask. Although the same characters were used in both games some of them possess very obvious differences if you were to compare the two….

Throughout Majora’s Mask, you are confronted by an interesting character; the Happy Mask Salesman. Your knowledge of him during the game is very little, and he seems to show more evil than he does good. In this article, I will show instances of both the good – and the evil – of the Happy Mask Salesman. One of the more interesting things about the Happy Mask Salesman is that he is the same person from Ocarina of Time, who requested…

Hey there guys, so this is a video about my thoughts on Operation Moonfall. You might be able to get an idea of the gist of my stance on it be reading the title maybe, I don’t know. For those who don’t know, Operation Moonfall is a fan campaign intended to get Nintendo to make Majora’s Mask 3D. I’ve avoided answering questions about it on the Curiosity Shop because, well, initially I didn’t realize what it was (knew about fans…

What makes a game difficult or easy? Good question. Game designers walk a delicate balancing act of making a game challenging without causing it to be frustrating. Like any job, there are techniques to accomplish this goal. Major points that contribute to difficulty are the implementation of a navigator, success of game controls and mechanics, and in Zelda games the puzzle quality. However, the most important factor for determining difficulty in any game is the use of patterns. The balance…

Some fans have argued lately that the Zelda series has gotten a bit stale. The sad part is, there is some validity to their arguments. While Nintendo has promised that Skyward Sword will be revolutionary in the same way that Ocarina of Time was, the plot already looks like the same old “green-clad elf lookalike rescues princess from evil in a fantasy world after collecting plot devices, probably with a twist shortly after the third dungeon.” Even if the gameplay…

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a game with some truly revolutionizing techniques that helped shape the rest of the series. It also enhanced many of the techniques from the older games and built upon their themes and stories. But was it a truly amazing game, or was it just an average game that people have over-glorified? Well, we think that it was an amazing game, even though it could be very much improved with today’s…

GameFAQs is holding a Game of the Decade poll, covering 2000-2009. Of course we’re posting about it because there is a Zelda game on the poll! There have been multiple polls to eliminate certain games tournament style, and in fact two Zelda games have been in the competition: Twilight Princess and Majora’s Mask. Twilight Princess was eliminated early on by Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but Majora’s Mask has beaten Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Final Fantasy X. It…

If any of you frequent a Zelda forum, such as Zelda Dungeon, there is no doubt in my mind that you have stumbled across a thread discussing a character from the series being extremely annoying. I’ve seen this thread recreated over and over several times in the past 4 years, but only a few characters stand out as an annoyance to the Zelda fans out there. These include characters such as Midna and Tingle, but Navi soars above the rest…