I know .

It would be nice to see the original in a FSA-like quality someday. Besides, this SNES one is also almost 20 years old by now.

Good thread. Bookmarked for later :D

Majora's Mask is a really great game. I would only rank Ocarina and A Link to the Past ahead of it -- it's that good.

It's probably destined to be forever in the shadow of Ocarina, but it actually improves upon that game in some important areas: play control being one of them, and also graphics. I know the 72-hour timeline turns off some fans, but I think it's the best hook in the series.

In any event, I recommend you play it when you have the opportunity. It's a special game.

Yeah, I'll try to play it whenever I can! It's just weird, that, if it is all this great (that people say it is) how come it didn't sell well to begin with?? It must be the worst selling home console Zelda ever... Maybe with the exeption of Link's Adventure

Most people (myself included when I was a kid) was expecting a similar game to Ocarina of Time, needless to say, the two games are somewhat very different. I remember when I was a kid I couldn't get pass the first dungeon in the game without restarting time (didn't knew how to slow down time) and that just pissed me off.

Years later I decided to give the game another shot and I like it a lot more, the stories of the people who are about to die are really touching and that's what makes the game for me. I know a lot of people who are in the same situation as me: hate it as a kid, but love it now. So I guess the game didn't sold well because most OoT fans didn't like it and thus the "bad news" spread across gamers. 

Hmmm sounds interesting! I guess I had a similar beef with WW when it was announced; it looked way too cartoonish for me, so I didn't bother. Now, on the other hand, I'm really looking forward to the remake!!

Damn this book is selling like hot cakes O_O

@KingofRedLions: thanks for the vids! It makes for a great watch!

It is the 'worst' selling console Zelda game, if you exclude Four Swords Adventures.

The game suffers from the 'second game syndrome', which affects all 2nd Zelda games on any particular console. All second Zelda games on a console (true for both console and handheld games) sell significantly worse than the first, but still it managed about 3.4m coupies which is not dramatic. The Adventure of Link actually was the best selling 'second' game and came relatively the closest to it's predecessor.

Anyway, Majora's Mask is pretty much only praised on the internet. It's basically because it's different from what is usually percieved as 'the regular Zelda game' (even though they're all different) and because it's massively overshadowed in both popularity and recognition by predecessor Ocarina of Time in the real world. Still, like all Zelda games, a great game, but definitely not the best. Personally, I'd rank it (in descending order): Ocarina of Time > Link's Awakening > Twilight Princess > Majora's Mask > Skyward Sword > the others.