Thank you! Majoras mask was a better game. I don't understand why people keep complaining about repeatedly revisiting areas and times. Protip, try advancing in the story to get to another place and as far as the days, theres as much difference between the days in Majoras Mask as OoT. Reminds me of people complaining about the E-break in GTA4 making people spinout when trying to take a turn. Theres another break, Y'Kno.

The great thing about Majora's Mask was the very original storyline. Rather than fighting the evil being Ganondorf and saving the Princess from the other castle, you have to stop a mask-wielding sociopath with the ability to control a very angry looking moon. I mean, seriously, how awesome is that?

I never thought Majora's Mask was dissapointing. I thought it was fantastic. But Ocarina of Time is absolutely legendary. I could see why people could think Majora's mask was better, but I walked away from Ocarina of Time with an incredible sense of accomplishment and feelings that I had never felt in a game before.

Length is a bit long and all over the place, so I'll sum up for the lazy:

Both games are worth playing and owning.

Much like how GTA 3 and Vice City get debated to death, so will Ocarina and Majoras Mask. I liked Majoras Mask a lot. They did a different story for Zelda and it was apreciated. However the major thing for the arguement: Ocarina has more dungeons BY FAR compared to the four main dungeons in Majoras Mask. I counted out almost a dozen from Ocarina, but just four in Majoras Mask. I will agree that the storyline and characters were more developed, but some masks you had to get were frustrating to find. Not that the big goron sword wasn't, it was just quicker. The dungeon design was great (except that damn water temple) the story moved you from point A to point B, and its just so darn memorable. Everything had this really cool adventure "I'm saving the world" kind of vibe. Majoras Mask lets you know that the world will end in 72 hours and that you have to play those same three days over and over. It strayed from the formula and tried something different. It wasn't Hyrule, it was a bizzare mirror world full of people who needed you to do fetch quests. You could turn into monsters, but overall it didn't have as much impact as the original. Majoras Mask was the last game I got for the N64, which I had shelved for almost a year. It brought me back to the system for a final game. Whenever I want to play N64, Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask are both what I usually gravitate to. In summary great games or greatest games?

Another thought to consider: Ocarina was before gamefaqs or message boards and this series of tubes we call internet made it everywhere. It was the last game I can remember having discussions about with friends. Also worth pointing out is in that year a few other classic games came out, and Ocarina of Time is generally agreed upon to be one of the games of the year. Just to illustrate my point here are a few games released that year: Resident Evil 2. Metal Gear Solid. Fallout 2. Rainbow Six. Pokemans Red & Blue. Tekken 3. Brood War.

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Clockwork hit it perfectly: You really feel like you've done something in Ocarina.[b] Majoras Mask just feels like a good repeat on the formula with some gimmicks thrown in. The three day thing is easy to deal with. Play the song of time backwards to slow time passing. One big plus Majoras Mask has is that you can re-fight bosses. In Ocarina, you can't unless you replay the game from start to finish. Compare to older Zeldas where you fight a gauntlet of bosses with all your weapons at the end. Also cocks. One major argument for Majorsas Mask over Ocarina: No water temple. Yeah, there is a water level, but I'm sure everybody knows about [b]THE water temple. You miss one key or use it in the wrong place and you're screwed until you hunt around for where you need to go. Its easy to beat with practice, but the fun of Zelda is waiting a few months or years to forget where everything is and going back to replay them.

I'll check back on this tomorrow. Just to make this fair, everyone needs to play both or have played both back during release to fully appreciate them.

Keep in mind, both games are great. Just opinion and personal preference will decide which is the better. I think you can tell by my back and fourth which I prefer. Honestly though, the one I replay more is the SNES Zelda. Link To The Past in my opinion is the best of the series. I love the other ones, but the retro goggles - they do everything. Link To The Past is the definitive Zelda video game in MY opinion.

I completely agree. Majora's Mask is fucking win