Now I am a huge Zelda fan, and I always have been, since I started playing video games when I was like five. I'm not going to say that I am obsessed with the series, seeing as I have not played every single Zelda game like The Adventures of Link, and I have not played the game boy ones except for the DS ones. I will say I am a big enough fan that I got a tattoo of the Hyrule shield, arrows, and the Goron swords on my back but you know, whatever. But this isn't about all the entire series, but one specific Zelda game. The one where I think it's safe to say everyones least favorite. . . Majora's Mask.

"During my travels, a very important mask was stolen from me by an imp in the woods. All I ask is that you also get back my precious mask that the imp stole from me. Why, to someone like you, it should by no means be a difficult task." 
~Happy Mask Salesman 

Ha! What a load of crap!

Little note about the game, Majora's Mask was released in Oct. 26 2000 for the awesome N64. It was the second Zelda game released for the N64, and I am sure that everyone knows which one that was, but just incase for all those people who live in caves, Ocarina of Time was the first one. It's also the first Zelda game with 3D graphics! Oooooo, high tech.

Here comes the spoilers!

Now in the beginning of Majora's Mask, Link is off on one of his awesome adventures, but this time he is looking for a long lost friend. Flash back! At the end of Ocarina of Time, Link's very cute but also very annoying companion Navi disappears. They actually never say who he is looking for, but if you have played Ocarina of Time, well then that hint is like a smack in the face. If you haven't then . . . why the hell are you playing Majora's Mask? Go back and pick up Ocarina of Time, dork. Anyway, as Link is riding on his horse, Epona, through the lost woods, he gets knocked off his high horse by two little fairies, Tatl and Tael. Ha! How adorable. Accompanied by them is Skull kid, and guess what he is wearing? Majora's Mask, duh. As Link is laying face first in mud, he steals your precious ocarina. Yes, the same ocarina that Zelda gave you, pay attention. As Link wakes up, with Skull kid and the fairies making fun of him, Link is a little pissed off. When they finally noticed that he woke up, they all freak out and steal Epona from you. This is when you take control of Link. You of course chase them down, but you really suck at it and you fall down a hole. Before you know it that jerk Skull kid, with his voodoo powers, turns you into a Deku Scrub and leaves. What the hell? But when Skull kid leaves, he leaves Tatl behind. So Tatl gets all offended and stuff so she decides to help you. She's as annoying as Navi but very rude. Through out the game she constantly bugs you about how much time you have left and if you don't get your ass in gear we're all going to die. And you thought Navi was bad.

 
So you get out of the creepy cave, and you end up inside a clock tower. Don't ask me how. As you are about to walk out this weird, toothpick of a man starts talking to you. He is known as the Happy Mask Salesman. He asks you some dumb questions like 'what happened to you?' and tells you about how he travels across the world collecting masks. Like you give a damn. Then he tells you about that damn Skull kid and how that mask he is wearing was his, and he really wants it back. So uou make a deal with him. If you get the mask and your ocarina back from the Skull kid, then he will turn you back to normal. Sounds fair enough.

Once you are outside of the clock tower, you are in a town called Termina. Oddly enough everyone looks like the people in Hyrule, then again it is a parallel world of Hyrule. Twilight zone! See if you didn't play Ocarina of Time, then you need to put down this game and go get help. So you are stuck in this town as a Deku Scrub and they won't let you leave because you're so cute and you're going to get yourself eaten out there. Hopefully that damn Skull kid is still in the town. So what do you do? You explore the town, find the very disturbing great fairy in pieces, play hide and seek with some raunchy little boys, and look through a huge telescope and see Skull kid on top of the clock tower, shaking his butt at you. At least he didn't leave town. As a day and two goes by, running around in circles trying to figure out what to do, you noticed that that big creepy moon in the sky is getting a lot closer then normal. If you didn't notice that, it's ok because all the people in the town screaming about it will give it away. 

On the third day, the town is dead. There is nobody left in the town because they all finally snapped and bailed, but sadly, you still can't leave. On this day you get to go on top of the clock tower where that jerk Skull kid is. Before the moon falling and everything, there was going to be a cool party celebrating the gods or whatever, and I guess everyone was going to go on top of the clock tower and drink and party. With your cool Deku powers, you fly to the clock tower and run up to the top. The Skull kid flips out again, starts screaming and makes the moon fall even faster. So you panic and shoot a snot bubble at him, another awesome power you have as a Deku Scrub, and he drops something. Your ocarina! When you pick up your ocarina you get this nice little flash back of Zelda giving you the ocarina and teaching you the Song of Time. Then you snap out of it with Tatl yelling in your face that we need more time. If that wasn't obvious enough for you then . . . well you're about to get a moon in the face. You pull out your ocarina, but instead you get trumpets. Don't ask. So you play the song, and what happens? You go back three days, to the day when you arrived to the town. 

You think 'what the hell just happened' but then realize you still have your ocarina. You know what that means? You go back inside the tower where the toothpick guy is and show him the ocarina. Out of nowhere this giant organ appears, like crap here isn't weird enough, and you play a song with him, the Song of Healing, and what happens? You turn back into Link! Yay! No more dumb dog attacking you for being a Deku Scrub plus you get a Deku Scrub mask so you can turn into one whenever you feel like. Maybe now you can leave this dumb town. Then the guy asks for the mask . . . shit! You forgot the damn thing. Oops! So when you say '...yeah' about that, he starts freaking out and chokes you. As he is flipping out and choking you he tells you about the mask and how evil it is and evil things will happen if he doesn't get the mask back. To get him to shut up and stop choking you, you're like 'yeah yeah I'll get the stupid mask for you'. You hurry up and get the hell out of the tower and now that you have your cool sword, you can leave the town. That is where it all begins.

Before you went back three days, Tael, the fairy that stuck with the Skull kid, gives you a little hint of where to go before just he got smacked in the face.

"Swamp, Mountain, Ocean, Canyon. Hurry . . . the four who are there. . . Bring them here. . ."
~Tael

 
So you follow his orders, not sure what he really meant, and off you go. Woodfall is where all the Deku Scrubs live. That will be the first place you go to. Then Goron Shrine, the name speaks for itself. Next is Zora Hall, ditto. Lastly is Ikana Valley and, um, I guess you could say dead people live there. All these places are having issues, like in one place they are missing their princess or their beloved hero, another their water is poisoned, all that fun stuff. That Skull kid gets around. As you go to these places you get other masks. You get the Goron mask and the Zora mask, they speak for themselves. Not only can you turn into a Goron and a Zora but each one gives you special little things you can do, like turning into a ball and rolling really really fast, or makes you swim faster underwater. Plus you get awesome instruments you can play. Other masks may not turn you into something but they can do other things like make you run faster or make your face explode. 

You technically only have four temples to go to, but you get other little places you go to in between. Most of the temples aren't bad. I don't like the water one but that's because when it comes to Zelda games and water temples, I always have issues with them. Although the Snowhead temple wasn't that easy either, but that's because at times you have to roll up a narrow path really really fast like 50 stories high and sometimes you might fall off. The boss there though is my favorite. You get to chase him and hit him with spikes. It's a lot of fun. The bosses aren't very hard. Some are a little annoying, but others were fun, and all of them were a little strange. Actually, the whole game is pretty strange.

In between temples you come across a ranch. You decide 'what the hell' and you stop there. Good thing you did because you see Epona, but this damn girl has her. This girl is really strange, not like anyone else around here isn't. She talks about aliens coming and stealing cows . . . whatever, you go along with it so you can get Epona back. You play her little shooting games and then you get to keep Epona. The girl teaches you, you guessed it, Epona's Song. So now when you go back three days all you have to do is play that song and Epona will come running to you. You won't have to repeat the whole alien thing unless you want to get the masks from it.

Throughout the game you can collect all different kinds of masks. Technically you don't have to get every single one, but it's a good idea if you do, plus it's fun to get them all.

You just don't find a mask in a treasure chest. You have to earn them by helping people. For this you might want to get the players guide or look up online because some of them can be a pain in the ass to get. This was actually one of my favorite parts of the game, collecting these masks. If you get them all you get a special mask before you fight the last boss in the game called the Fierce Deity's mask. To get this mask you talk to these little kids wearing the boss masks and they ask you if you want to play hide and seek. You say yes and they demand masks. You give them how ever many it take until they take you to a course. All you have to do is find the kid. Easy? Not really. Some of these courses can be really hard if you are like me and can't control yourself when you're a speeding bullet. Complete four courses and you get you're mask. The mask turns you into, you guessed it, Fierce Deity, which is also known as Oni Link. He's a tall, very white guy with markings on his face and wields a Biggoron's Sword that can shoot out stuff. He's much more powerful then puny young Link.

 Now at the end of the game, you don't fight the Skull kid but. . . Majora's mask. Yes you fight a mask. A floating Mask that sprouts arms and legs and dances around. Now I know what you're thinking and I still think the same thing. I hate this fight, not because it's hard but I just think its retarded and yet a little amusing. Oh and remember what I said about those kids? Well if you don't play hide and seek with them then the masks they were wearing will assist Majora's mask. They're not much harder, they just fly around and shoot stuff at you. So the last fight, to me, rather disappoints. I will say though, the scenes after the fight I really liked. The whole end story was pretty good.

Overall you will either really love this game or really hate it. Some parts of the game can be very stressful and really retarded. Others can be quite enjoyable and fun to do. You might hate the game in the beginning like I did, but if you just get the players guide or cheat online and stick with it you might just change your mind. It's a love, hate game.

Note: There is a manga series of the Legend of Zelda, one of which is Majora's mask. Although it's not much like the game it does go more in depth about the mask and where is came from. I say pick up the book, it will give you a better understanding of what the hell is going on.