The Horror and Intimacy of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
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Music used:
Song 1 - Stone Tower Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Song 2 - Midna's Lament (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Song 3 - From Past to Present (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Song 4 - Other Side of the Mountain (Final Fantasy VII)
Song 5 - Faron Woods (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Song 6 - Skyrim Atmospheres (Ambient Music from Skyrim)
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- Footage courtesy of MasaeAnela: • The Legend of Zelda: M...
- Additional Lore details provided by The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia and Hyrule Historia
- The Zelda Wiki was used for fact-checking: zelda.gamepedi...
Just a quick thing to note - as some have pointed out, the official Zelda lore is quite spotty and inconsistent at times, and so some don’t like to think of official sources such as Hyrule Historia or the Zelda Encyclopedia that I referred to in this video as genuine canon. That’s totally fair and valid given the inconsistencies, and if you don’t buy into those explanations then feel free to take the couple of instances in the video where I do refer to those sources with a huge grain of salt, or to even ignore them entirely. In the grand scheme of things they’re minor points that don’t really change the overall message I was trying to get across with this video anyway. Cheers!
Why bother to make official lore if it runs the risk of self-contradiction? Nintendo is weird lol
Yo if you want a video topic , talk about pokemon mystery dungeon secret episodes. Like igglyturf adventure with a criminal
@@hagusbristol7346 Unfortunately I don't take requests from comments, very sorry about that - but thank you for the idea and I appreciate the interest! :)
Bro your videos are on a step level than most other video essay writers. Keep up the good work. What mike do you use in your recording setup. Also, Do you use premiere ?
I always felt that Nintendo had to re-write the really dark themes in their Big name games because of the stigma it could cause for them as a company so they just make a convenient explanation despite inconsistencies.
Link is a great horror protagonist because he seems vulnerable despite how capable he is. Especially the way he's designed in this game. Just a brave, tiny guy against the shadows.
In this game he had some proper experience, but yeah I get what you mean. It's pretty inspirational
Link is all of us.
I always wondered why link was always frowning it was a choice by the creators to design him that way...
The saddest part of Majora's Mask I think, is that most of the characters have a happy ending of some sort. Even the villain, Skull Kid. All this happiness is brought by Link's efforts to save them. But, this endless time-looping the same three days is only a means to an end. He's only here because it's an obstacle in his way of finding Navi. And at the end, the only one who isn't reunited with their loved one is Link himself. In short, Link ISN'T rewarded for his efforts, yet all of the burden is placed on him. The entire game is a roadblock.
Honey, wake up! There's a new Aleczandxr video.
And its Majora's Mask!
I'm awake and I'm lovin it
You have to let me go honey...
The crash was 10 years ago it wasnt your fault.
Take your meds , goodbye
before i even watch the whole video I click "like"
I loved how malicious and sadistic Majora's Mask was. Both as an enemy character and as a force in the world of Termina.
The N64/PS1 era of game graphics have given more atmosphere to games to me IMO. Something that helps this game.
Atmospheres like in Medal of Honor 1 and Underground on the PS1 are amazing.
The sad part is that Link never accomplished his personal goals. He could save and help everyone in Hyrule and Termina, but in the end he was alone and by the time of TP he became a ghost filled in lament and sadness.
Majoras mask is a game that has such a perfect tone and atmosphere. This game doesn’t shove its tone down your throat, instead, it allows you to slowly experience the tone of the impending doom hanging above Termina. A perfect example of this is the genius composition of clock town. Day 1 we have a very lively, exiting and happy day where people are doing their jobs and the excitement for the carnival is up in the air, but, people do start to noticed that a giant rock is looming above them appears to have approached closer. Then on the second day, it’s raining and all the excitement and liveliness has toned down. The music tells you that “yes just like yesterday people are preparing for the carnival” but you can also tell by the very unsettling background notes of the song that something isn’t right. More people have started to notice that the moon has auspiciously approached closer and this is when many of the citizens of Termina start going into denial about the fate of Termina, rumours start to take shape, instead of the excitement that was previously up in the air, there is an undertone of fear mixed in there as well. The music gives a sense of urgency like everyone is at unease. This is visually represented through the rainfall in Termina, signifying that it’s not all happy and cheerful anymore and instead There is a constant worry in the people. Finally, on the third and last day, people can hear ground shaking, the moon is so close that it’s almost inevitable that the moon will fall and this is when most people have already fled. If you talk to one of the carnival bridge builders at noon of the last day, he will tell you that all the other carnival builders fled before they even finished the bridge because even they reached a point where denial was no longer going to satisfy them. Nothing encapsulated this feeling better than clock town on the third day. The tempo has become faster than ever before and there is an unsettling background tune that tells you “time is almost up”. Despite all of this, this game never drowns you in that darkness (it is a Zelda game after all). This is because of Link. Link is supposed to thematically represent the hope in everyone’s lives that yes, you can move past these problems. There is a future past this impeding doom and there is always hope in this game and that is what made me want to help these people even more. Love is an important message of this game. Instead of you getting characters to help you, you help them instead. It being uniting 2 lovers with each other or you spreading the love yourself, it’s what keeps people moving. Many people move past their denial of their inevitable fate by appreciating the love and care given to them or them giving to others. This is just one example of how Majoras mask prefects its tone. I can go on and on about why Majoras mask is among my favourite pieces of media but all I want to say is that this game is a work of art and I encourage everyone to play it even once. The time mechanic is a huge turn off for many but once you get used to it, your in for an experience. (Thanks Aleczandxr for this amazing video)
Beautiful and spot on
I've always found it very surprising that people get shocked when I say this is my favorite Legend of Zelda game. I think you captured everything that I love about the game brilliantly and I'm really glad to hear that you appreciate it as much as I do. I had a similar experience to you when it comes to experiencing this game as a child, which is probably why I share an opinion that is similar to yours in regards to this game. Excellent work as always. Thanks for all you do!
My pleasure, thanks for checking it out and glad you enjoyed.
It’s like my second fav game ever made, only after outer wilds, which is coincidentally very much like MM, would recommend
In a strange way, I think the COVID-19 pandemic deepens my appreciation for Majora's Mask in some way.
All of the characters in Majora's Mask react to their imminent death in different yet realistic ways, that I haven't seen replicated in any other form of media.
Some are in denial, some are accepting of death, some are terrified, some don't believe they'll die, etc.
Obviously COVID isn't as extreme as a giant moon with a creepy face crashing into a country...but regardless, it's how the game depicts the concept of death that makes this game special to me.
It's a beautiful yet dark story, and I think it's one of the most daring and bold entries in Nintendo's lineup of video games.
I love this game.
Great comment. I think its by far the most bold game theyve developed. If there is another close someone please give it a shoutout, but the next closest thing I could think of is like Link's Awakening kind of, something like that. Theres Earthbound but they only published it
@@PantsaBear Some may consider Fire Emblem Awakening or Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem to be in a similar category.
@@elijahkaiva8058 Does Awakening really get that serious? I played it for like 6 hours or so, until the parent died, but like idk the characterization wasn't there for me to care too much lol, unless theres more after that since I stopped playing around then. I gave up to play Three Houses which I thought was much better story and quality of life wise
@@SolidLoach Eh I do too but the FE art was never that incredible in either instance
@@SolidLoach Fair point. I do like them, just not my thing I guess. I really like the sprites in the Trails or Ys games, those might be my favorite
If everyone just loved each other as much as I love this game, then the world would be a happier place. The Skull Kid really is such a fascinating and fantastic antagonist.
Now the Aleczandxr Zelda trilogy is complete.
@man with a username he had one about breath of the wild’s story and narrative that he uploaded before the twilight princess one.
Majora’s Mask too?! You’re giving us too much greatness this week my man!
Going through therapy and one focus of the trauma therapy is to heal the holes in my heart...
Watching this video during this sacred time was oh so fitting. Good work my man.
Thanks!
The idea of not being able to play this with a light heart and having to be in a specific mood really speaks to me, I feel the exact same way.
Majora's Mask is a game that gets better and better the older I get. It's not because the game changes, but it's because I do. My own experiences help shape how I view and interpret things in real life, and in all sorts of media. When I was around 9 or 10, I simply saw Majora's Mask as an extension of OoT. Rather than attempting to view it as its own thing and what it was really trying to do/say, I played it as if it were any other game. The point isn't to inflate Majora's Mask and to turn it into more than it is, but it's definitely a special game because of how well it works on so many different levels.
I personally think while Majora Mask is pretty horrifying in the way of the growing apocalypse and the reactions to it, I still think Links Awakening is the most horrifying Zelda game conceptual wise since the whole journey basically revolves around wiping an entire civilization and island from existence, and unlike Majora, nobody gets a happy ending.
Spoiler alert lol
The game is nearly 30 years old though
Link’s Awakening is extremely horrifying and sad in that way as well, for sure. Great game.
I agree that the plot of Link's Awakening is more bleak, especially as the "villains"/bosses are just denizens of the world that don't want to be erased into oblivion once the Wind Fish wakes. Would say that overall though Majora's Mask covers more mature/darker themes than Link's Awakening.
They're my two favorite Zelda games, and their darker themes are both owed to Yoshiaka Koizumi directing/writing them.
@@jessepbigjdp I don't know though, I feel though as Link Awakening was darker since it feels like you are never truely the hero in it after the twist, you are essentially bringing around an entire civilization destruction for an entity you don't really know much about while Majora Mask ends with a mostly happy ending. Hell, the manga expands on Link Awakening story with Link having a full on mental breakdown when he discovered the truth behind what he is doing but I think Link Awakening and Majora Mask are some of the best when it comes to crafting a darker story in the Zelda series and I hope BOTW 2 invokes some of those vibes.
1:53 I'd like to point out that was actually a retcon. Termina was originally meant to be an actual place. But I guess that Aonuma, as with many things with MM, thought that the reappearance of OOT's models needed a better justification than just "we rushed the game", so he came up with that in-universe explanation.
Which, I gotta say SUCKS ASS. I know Aonuma doesn't care much for MM, not so much because of its quality, but because developing it was the most physically and emotionally taxing Zelda for him, but I really think he should know better than tampering with the original intent in this self-defeating way.
And I say that as some to whom MM isn't even in his personal Zelda top 5 (still love it, though).
That official explanation is utterly BS too, if Termina is a recreation from skull kid's memory where the hell Pamela, her father and even freaking *Tingle* came from??
It being a "recton" doesn't matter at all as long as it makes sense in-universe for the explanation. That's all that really matters. I always thought it was a trippy abstract world in a weird way that existed but things didn't appear as they seemed. Your comment doesn't make much sense in saying "original intent" here, what "original intent"? Where? There wasn't an official explanation in the game on where Termina came from so it's not like it's not completely messing up something that was established.
@@nopatiencejoe6376 LOL What? I'm guessing they are people that has existed in Hyrule beforehand that we the audience didn't see. You do know that Pamela, her father, and tingle, along side other characters can exist in Hyrule without meeting them right? It's not complete "utterly bs" but it's just a different interpretation of events of where everything came from!
Bro this game is freaking TERRIFYING.
The transformations scarred me for a decade
Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening really stand out as the greatest creative works of art the Zelda stories have achieved. So much imagination and thought put into a creative premise, and great tone and atmosphere.
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Majora's mask is the perfect game that symbolizes existential anxiety, limited time to full fill your goals
"You've been met with a strange fate, haven't you?"
terrible fate
Yeahhh you're one word off but close enough
He intentionally reworded it to fit the video nimrods lol
I can never get tired of MM analysis videos
Oh my god, that's the one
Can't believe you're blessing my weekend like this, thanks AJ :)
I would like to think Ocarina of time link has pretty much conquered the stages of grief and purgatory in Twilight Princess. After he teaches Twilight Princess Link things he had learned as a royal knight, he could release the last of his regrets and could move on.
In my opinion, if a kid/teen can complete this game without a guide, you have very high comprehension skills. This game is so beyond confusing and having to go back and forth into time, collecting items, remembering different tasks takes a lot of skills and high comprehension.
This game is certainly high up in my fiction of existential horror.
Thats explanation of termina from developers is the equivalent of it eas all a dream. Making your efforts to save termina pointless.
I'm a big fan of just thinking it's another country. Its a pokemon thing, they just look the same but arent, like nurse joy.
To me Majora's mask it's Evangelion so even if it's just in Link's mind it does make him grow up spiritually
I literally had to track down this game myself after watching this video.
This video is just simply Alec at his very best, it was so impressive I could cry.
These are videos that make me want to get better as a content creator
Keep it up!!!
Wow, thanks very much! I'm so glad you thought so, that's very kind of you to say.
Your Zelda / HxH videos are my favorite. Thanks.
I don’t know if it’s my favourite Zelda game (it might be!), but there is something truly unique about Majora’s Mask. It is the most thematically and conceptually interesting game in the franchise and it’s super atmospheric. I really want it to come to the Switch, since I haven’t played it since its original release.
aleczandxr discussing my fav game of all time...MY LUCKY DAY
A truly timeless classic. Just watched Schaffarillas' video on this time. I'm always excited to hear new perspectives on it.
I really love the more mature atmosphere, feel, and themes of Majora's Mask. But I still think this game is a casual game. Despite all of the death and horrible things on display in this game, the game overall maintains a classic Zelda feel for most of the time. There are many notable exceptions to this like all of the song of healing cutscenes, the final 6 hours before the moon falls, and a few sidequests. This is my favorite Zelda game because it has the classic Zelda formula with so many interesting additions and a more mature feel. But I do get why many people think it is an all-serious sort of game. In reality, it is a fun game with many serious moments and themes and Nintendo (and Square) is great at making that those games.
Having just played it for the first time, I never made the connection between link and skull kid’s loneliness. The ending made me tear up just because it was wholesome and was a happy ending that they both deserved, but I appreciate it so much more thanks to you showing how much more fulfilling it was for both of them. They didn’t get exactly what they were looking for at the beginning, Navi or the giants, but they both filled the holes in their hearts and became friends in the process :’) I’m mad this doesn’t have more views
just discovered your channel and i'm obsessed. bet if you did a bungou stray dogs character analysis it would be gold
Link and Skullkid are very similar in a way because they both miss their friends and at the end they both accept that even of they can't see their friends anymore, they will always remain friends.
Your videos are amazing and I can tell you put a lot of work into your videos keep grinding brother!
Much appreciated!
This is my favourite Zelda game bar none. Majora's Mask is a game that once you play it, you never stop thinking about it. I'm super excited for Skyward Sword, but it would be super amazing if we also got OoT and MM on the Switch as a bundle. The games would look great in HD.
the gloom was overwhelming to me as a kid and the mechanics not as fun as OOT, but today i feel like i can appreciate more and its a game i pretend to go back (especially since the 3ds version polished the gameplay mechanics), great video.
Thanks!
This made analysis and thought process really hits the heart more so when you learn of the Hero of Time's ultimate in Twilight Princess. It begs to mind if he still held those regrets of never learning what happen to his fairy friend Navi or the lonely path of a Hero that he took?
@@michaelyu6250 Well... going by both the Hyrule Hysteria book released by Nintendo and many more well versed youtubers of Zelda lore. It's been pretty much confirmed the Hero's Shade is Link of OoT/MajMask.
Who else loves zelda lore and analysis videos ❤️
Man i live for your Zelda and HXH vids. Keep up the ever growing content
Majoras Mask aged a lot better than Ocarina of Time in my opinion.
I agree, but what makes you say that?
@@easschung9442 If feel like the Ocarina of Time formula has been done again and again by other Zelda games like Twilight Princess (Which I personally prefer) and Skyward Sword. There is no other game like Majoras Mask even in the Zelda series. The atmosphere and presentation are unlike any game I’ve ever played. There are also other things like the world which I think is far more lively and detailed compared to Hyrule Field’s barren nature nowadays. The darker style of the game also aged far better than OOT’s (at least on the N64). There are other stuff, but those are the general things.
@@Odinsday Very true, Twilight Princess is a level above Ocarina for me too. Thanks for replying
This video is so good. This has to be one of thee best analysis I’ve seen on RUclips I’ve watched this video several times. Would love for you to do Ocarina of Time someday
Thank you so much! Unfortunately I won’t be making one on Ocarina of Time, sorry about that, but I’m so glad you enjoyed!
A video talking about my favorite video game ever dropping on my birthday? Blessed day!
Happy birthday!
@@michaelyu6250 thank you! 😁
@@Aleczandxr thank you very much! ☺️
I wanted to thank you, for the tremendous effort you put in this wonderful video and also because you managed to perfectly articulate what the experience of this game is for a lot of us.
A dreadful and yet hopeful sense, paired with the depiction of the intricacies of human condition that provides such a valuable and sacred lesson for us to grasp with.
These existantials principles, all this apparent dread, the denial of your inevitable death, the constant suffering of existence and yet the capacity we all have to overcome it, the teaching that there is a possibilty for a bright future past this impeding doom through hope and courage (Link), are such powerful and useful concepts to be put in touch with at a young age while playing that I'm thankful for this masterpiece.
I think the authenticity that this game has to face the darkness of these human conditions, that seems appaling at first touch, and to treat it not in a lighthearted way but in a realistic and thruthful manner is what makes this game one the finest piece of art of our generation.
My pleasure!
Hot damn, I just watched your Twilight Princess video a few hours ago after getting in the zelda commentary mood and I subbed instantly, didn't expect this!
Another great video man. Ocarina and Majora are easily my top two (I consider em one game though because they’re practically identical minus their stories and yet so intertwined) not just because of nostalgia from playing em in the 5th and 7th grade respectively). As cool as a third game (and maybe more if necessary) to wrap up this Link’s tale would be, I wonder if it would subtract from the legacy of Majora’s great ending.
The devs ruined the Moon’s face in the 3DS version whereas the original had a perfect look of mixed emotions.
I recommend Lorerunner’s video about this game if anyone hasn’t already seen it; he thinks misunderstandings are rampant among some of the towns people and a big reason for their problems.
Plus modern graphics will probably remove the sense you’re playing a direct sequel to Majora’s Mask. Best leave this to the incredible modding community; with enough time and money they could give fans something more mind blowing than what we’ve already gotten and that’s saying a lot considering.
Thanks very much mate. And definitely second the LoreRunner recommendation, he always has interesting things to say about Zelda games.
Yeah I really like his thoughts on stuff. You, him, kaptainkristian, Mikasacus (stalgul), Soul, and Tranquil Dionysian (there’re probably others I cannot think of right now) are my favorites.
Off topic but this is cool: m.ruclips.net/video/lXvwvrrWD7k/видео.html
And Nerrel of course, although sometimes (his thoughts on The Last Jedi) I’m kinda meh towards his vids.
Awesome job on the video. This game was a huge part of my childhood, the atmosphere and tension of it just made it stand out so much to me as a kid. Even now saving the little girls father who had been cursed and turned into a Gibdo is still stuck in my head.
Thank you!
can you do one about assassination classroom I think that koro sensei's story is something that is only introduced at the end but is monumental to understanding in and was one of the first animes that made me cry at the end because of how attached you get to each individual character
Listening to Twilight Princess OST in the background was heartbreaking
Now how do we save Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever ?
Happy Mask Salesman: You've met with a terrible fate haven't you?
Me: Um, Aleczandxr just uploaded so I'd say it's a good fate
At end he was not at terminas forest, It was the lost woods. When he look at the light he said good bye to navy.
The choice of words used here are absolutely perfect
Just discovered this channel and it's already in my S+ tier
And after all that, Link gets lost in the lost woods and becomes a stalfos... Hero of Time had a tragic life man D:
@Katie Lewis well he is a little older than he was in oot, and the hero's shade in twilight princess is a skeleton
@Katie Lewis idk what to tell u cuz its confirmed that the hero's shade is the hero of time. maybe he was turned into a stalfos after roaming around the lost woods for years or after death idk
@Katie Lewis true i do like that theory. maybe he got lost when he went looking for navi again as an adult?
Always been my top zelda game. It's just unique, interesting and the game play is some of the most fun in the zelda series.
Amazing video dude, this really made my meal all the more better.
Thanks mate, glad to hear it.
I've read through that damn Hyrule Historia tome more times than I can count and I still can't remember the details
Amazing work.
I always love revisiting this game one way or another.
Such a stunning atmosphere and theme.
Thanks much!
Well time to go re-watch some Majorlink videos after Alec got me all nostalgic with this Majora's mask video. XD
Just realized - Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild, and now a Majora's Mask video. A trilogy of the GOATs
Link's awakening is more melancholy imo
Really enjoyed this vid. good stuff as always : )
Glad to hear it!
Bro your channel is just banger after banger, it also helps that you have like the same exact taste in media as me haha
Thanks very much!
Can you please do one on mobile suit gundam iron blooded orphans
@@michaelyu6250 if he doesn't want to do it then he doesn't have to I was just suggesting something.
So essentially skull kid did all that because of loneliness and sorrow that got magnified by the mask?
Yup, the mask preyed upon his darkness
No he visto tu canal en años. Me da gusto verlo otra vez y ahora con mi video juego favorito.
Moom! He made another video!!!
I think Link is actually dead in this game. That this world is him coping with his own death. We alter see him in twilight as a skeletal warrior after all. So some think he got lost int the forest we see at the start of the game. That the world is so creepy, sad, and beautiful because he is grieving for his own deaths. Reliving his failures and successes and so forth, untill he can finally pass on. This explains why all the people seem to come from Hyrule, and other such things.
Personally, I wonder if the masks are something he uses to cope. He wears them escape himself, and through sharing the pain of those from the mask, can gradually help him gain acceptance. Him departing is him going on, and accepting his own demise.
I dont think this game is top 5 zelda and yet I still appreciate the effort put into the game
Would you ever do a similar video like this for Breath of the Wild or Ocarina of Time?
Whoa, great video as always!
But damn... That retcon for Termina's origin is completely garbage! It's the kinda explanation I'd expect from a kingdom hearts game, not a Zelda one.
And to explain the rich and mysterious world building of that place by saying "it was all just illusion, lmao" Is borderline disrespectful.
How the hell Skull kid could have memories to create a world that's more technological advanced than Hyrule?
Why there's two versions of Romani?
Who were the people that served as basis for Kafei, Pamela, her father and other orginal NPCs?
Although I have to concede that Tingle is something that must've come from a fever dream...
Edit: typo
Phenomenal video about my favorite game.
The last thing we know about this Link, is that he never found is his friend and he was alone.
No wonder he died with regrets.
I'd say this was what breath of the wild was missing, a real coherent theme. Breath of the Wild's nonlinearity was nice in terms of minute to minute gameplay and exploration, but I think it screws it over in the memorability department, as its very difficult to write a nonlinear story and create engaging puzzles where you don't know the players tools, and although Majora's Mask's subquests are nonlinear, the 3 day cycle helps keep the size manageable and allow the characters to have linear cycles during it, as well as the main story being quite linear. BotW feels extremely compartmentalized and very weak in most of its story beats as it has no idea which way you'll go, and therefore can't really build on itself and can't change anything major about the world at large, just like an anime filler episode, its hard to do an arc when things can't really progress if it would break the world. It also doesn't help that Ganon was a monster, albeit with an interesting backstory of how he got there, but there was no real antagonist other than Kohga, who was a joke character, so its hard to do stuff like that, as well as the lack of any other recurring characters throughout multiple parts of the journey made the story feel empty, although Age of Calamity helped with that quite a lot, but that's probably due to it being a relatively linear story, as Age of Calamity's story is about purpose, with Zelda feeling quite inadequate with her lack of progress, Rhoam's reconsideration of what protecting Zelda would mean, the various "new champions" meeting their heroes, and Kohga choosing to ally with Zelda for his clan's sake.
Breath of the Wild's theme was loneliness and isolation
@@seemonuzumaki723 Exactly. And it was told brilliantly through it's visuals and music.
Hey Alec you should make merch I think that will be a good ideas
This was very well done 👏
Thanks!
A chuggaa and Masae watcher? Eh... very nice
as usual a great video!
Thanks!
Such a cool video. Thank you for covering this game
My pleasure.
Can you make a video where you explain how you analyze these movies and tv shows. It would be really helpful to see how to get all this stuff from a show and a movie.
Hyrule Encyclopedia isn't canon though... It was made by a third party... It also gets a LOT of stuff wrong.
Please refer to the pinned comment.
nice work
Excellent work, really enjoyed it. Always really intrigued by MM. I only ever played it on Virtual Console on Wii and tbh I didn't really understand it so I didn't get very far. But I was always oddly fascinated by it. Just like TP, something about the whole world of MM felt not quite right and I think that's what peaked my interest so much. Keep up the good work!
Much obliged mate, glad you enjoyed it!
I apologize in advance for being nit picky here, but I'm a bit of a Zelda lore enthusiast and this particular misinterpretation has always bothered me.
At 1:51 Zelda Encyclopedia isn't canon and in fact contradicts many canon source, and personally I rather dislike this explanation of Termina because it completely undermines the characters in this game and their struggles. It's been stated by the devs that Termina is in fact an alternate world to Hyrule that has always existed.
Great video though, Majora's Mask is my favorite Zelda and you nailed some of the reasons I love the game.
@@michaelyu6250 Common misconception that it was written by Nintendo. It was written by Nintendo Dream, a Japanese magazine, with Nintendo's permission. I suppose one could argue that this doesn't make it non-canon however it states within the book that they take some creative liberties.
As to your last point, you're correct, I am choosing which lore to prefer, I choose to prefer what's stated in the actual game or by a developer as opposed to a book written by a third party.
Termina's not a real parallel world, official? (Looks it up.) Oh god, it's the Wind Fish all over again. That's incredibly depressing, even for MM. Even the happy ending isn't a happy end...
I'm actually really unhappy having learned this, MM is my favorite game of all time (so far) and had a massive influence on me growing up.
Wow how comes that I just saw the video now
RUclips is very bad at pushing my videos out sometimes, haha
Please do a video on Infinity train
Still waiting for those analysis on Pluto and Vagabond!🙂
As I have told you multiple times now, I will not be making any videos on Vagabond and I will not be making any videos on Pluto. Please stop waiting for videos that I have explicitly said *won't* be happening, it's very dismissive of what I have told you and it places unfair expectations on me for things that I have already said will not happen.
Alec I know that's off topic but thank you for recommending Haikyuu, truly an amazing experience and sure one I'll never forget. Keep on with your great content
When did he recommend Haikyuu? I don't think he gives recommendations much
@@justmyopinion79 Well i meant it from the fact that he has some videos covering the series and that he gave 10 to some seasons of it so that's like a recommendation in a way
@@tsakisagapaww Makes sense
Glad you’re loving Haikyuu!!
Nice video.
Can you make a video on itachi
Fala ae meu mano, vim pelo Igoy ta ligado? Gosto pacas dele, muito pica, pesquisa que ele é foda, recomendo. Faz uma participação no podcast dele, acho que você irá amar participar. Um abraço aí, seu trabalho é daora, e sempre se lembre "O Futuro é pica".
followed you for your amazing hxh vids, but YOU DO ZELDA VIDS TOO?! definitely sticking around now!! Can't wait to dive into this!
Just finished watching the Twilight Princess vid
Does anybody forget about Ben? Ben-Drowned?
great analysis