Majora's Mask. What. A. Game. Majora's Mask is my favorite game out of the Legend of Zelda series. It's unique in its setting and story, and it has a particular interesting mechanic that makes the game riveting that hasn't been seen in the series before or since this release.
In most Zelda games, the player's, Link's, goal is to save the princess from the foul grasp of the main enemy who is usually Ganon or Ganondorf. Majora's Mask is a tad different, as it tells a tale of a young hero having to save the town of Termina from the moon as it falls from the sky. A mischievous imp steals and wears a mask that yields an astonishingly evil power, ultimately using the imp as a vessel to carry out its evil plan to drag the moon from its spacey perch and crash it into the earth. The moon falls over a period of three days, and the hero must stop this evil object and its puppet before the town that he has come across perishes.
Though the story is dark and captivating enough, the gameplay itself has its own wonderfully engaging points. In Majora's Mask, the player, Link, boasts his usual arsenal of weapons such as the bow, bombs, the hookshot, the ocarina, and other staple Zelda items that are often seen in other Zelda games. Link, however, also has a new addition to his equipment; masks. Link can place many different masks upon his face, and they can trigger events, open new areas, and give Link new abilities.
The most fascinating masks though are the three main masks that give Link the ability to transform into other species. Throughout the Legend of Zelda series, you meet many different creatures. Some are friendly, some are not, but it is amazing to be able to become a few of the creatures that you have been acquainted with through not only this game, but many others in the series. Link can become a mountain-dwelling Goron and be able to roll around Termina at high speeds, become a Zora, a fish-person capable of breathing underwater and swimming quickly, or become a Deku Scrub, a short wooden plant fellow with the ability to pop up out of certain flowers and glide for a time.
With these new gameplay features and new experiences, Majora's Mask proves to be quite the unique and interesting game. Being the darkest game in the Legend of Zelda series, it does not disappoint with its extraordinary story and the incredibly creative idea of mysteriously powerful masks. I love this game, and I will never stop replaying it.
