Topic: The Unofficial And Pre-Emptive Majora's Mask Retroactive Thread

[azeke]

I am now at the last boss and i realize my biggest problem with entire Zelda series.

I am constantly out of loop of what's going to happen when i leave locations. Will my progress save or will i have to redo it again? Or what will happen with my save when i go back?

On the last location i gave up a huge number of masks and was afraid it's now permanent, and if i go back in time that will automatically save my current status too and will mess up my save file.

I gave up on insect kid's dungeon where i ran out of bombchus and they give you 10 and that's it. And i don't know how those bombchu work.

Then i started an actual boss fight and at first attempt with 10+ hearts i got to third form and then died. Since i gave up so many of my masks i didn't dared to go back to stock up for some fairies and stuff and went on with three hearts game gives you after you fail boss fight. I tried to do it on three hearts for a few hours. I can't do it. I can't even get to as far as i did on my first try.

So just now i said whatever, screw it, i am going back and will get bombchus and fairies and do it again. I got back and saved -- and magically all my masks are back!

WHY DIDN'T YOU TOLD ME EARLIER, GAME? I spent literally hours retrying final boss on three hearts again and again, being afraid of messing up my save file all this time.

Again, out of loop.

Whatever, i only need two other masks for full set, might as well go for this...

[Pixelated Pixies]

@azeke
 
Wait! You're the same person who is really enjoying La Mulana right? Because La Mulana is way more opaque than Majora's Mask.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Just finished Majora this morning. Really enjoyed it.

The last boss is a total joke with the Fierce Deity mask though. I've never not got the Deity mask so I'm curious as to whether or not it's any more difficult without it. Can anyone who has beat the last boss without getting the Deity mask tell me how that plays out?
 
 

[EasyCure]

Just finished Majora this morning. Really enjoyed it.

The last boss is a total joke with the Fierce Deity mask though. I've never not got the Deity mask so I'm curious as to whether or not it's any more difficult without it. Can anyone who has beat the last boss without getting the Deity mask tell me how that plays out?
 
 

I don't remember it being that bad once I got his patters down, but I only beat him sans FDM once and likely can't remember all the details.

[MagicCow64]

Yeah, I was going to respond to an earlier post about how the game might be updated for a 3DS rerelease by suggesting that they add a "real" final boss to go toe to toe with FDM Link, which would also be a reward for collecting all the masks. For some reason developers have long lost the knack for properly rewarding completionists. Nintendo would never commission this (though it did happen in the Oracle games in the first place).

I do recall the final boss being one of the more difficult Zelda boss fights without FDM.