I really love the Zelda franchise and has to be my favorite. But the thing about it, is that it's really hard... I find Majora's Mask to be the hardest. Like I wouldn't knew how to get the inverted song that slows down time on my own. There's so many heart pieces that you wont ever find on your own. There's so many things to do in a 3 day cycle and wont even find them to do them all. What I do is, I beat it first with a walkthrough, then beat it the 2nd time on my own. With Skyward Sword, I do beat the dungeons on my own and I use walkthroughs to find my way where to go next. At times I feel really stupid when it comes to Zelda games, but at the same time it's fun. Majora's Mask is hard for me because of the 3 day cycle, I'm always afriad to run out of time while in a dungeon (happened to me once).  What I'm asking is, am I alone? Does anyone else do this? Or is it just me? 

My sister who is also a diehard Zelda fan can't beat this game. She has been trying and trying ever since it released and she still can't.

It's the same situation with one of my friends who also loves Zelda. She never beat Majora's Mask and tells herself she never will. Lol

give up on walkthroughs

the first time I played a Zelda game was ocarina of time and it was also the first 3D game i ever played it took me a whole month to beat the game but eventually i did so can you.

Majora's mask is definitely the hardest zelda game IMO. you should play every other (3D) zelda game first to perfect your skills. It takes a while to get used to the day cycle, but once you learn to work to one tangible goal at a time (along with maximizing time through fast travel and slowing time) you are able to chip away at i bit by bit. you have to get to a new item or mask or beat a boss during your 3 days in order to beat the game.

is indeed the hardest zelda game i played.
ocarinas water temple is piece of cake compared to stone tower temple.
the 3 day cicle really demand you to be organized, and focus on certains things. it adds a tension feeling to the game.
is my favorite game.

The only problem I really remember having with the game was with the water dungeon, and that only because the ice arrows didn't previously create islands you could hop on (it took a frustrated "blast away!" moment for me to find that out).

Still, the game is quite different than other Zelda games. My advice is to spend each cycle focused solely on one thing. This cycle is devoted to unlocking the temple; the next is to beat the temple (or at least get its item); the next is to follow this character; the next is to search for heart pieces; etc. etc.

Once you break the game down like this, it stops being overwhelming and becomes, if not straightforward, at least followable.

Well, it's actually the hardest 3D Zelda, so no doubt you are struggling with it. I also enjoyed a lot games with walkthroughs, for example, Zelda II, Zelda I, FFCrystal Chronicles, currently Chrono Trigger.

I have to admit that i'm a huge Zelda fan, but I can't bring myself to play this due to the clock.

The first playthrough isn't really the fun one with MM, coming from somebody who loves it to death. It's the later ones that really cement its quality. It's the only Zelda I can stand to do challenge runs in. My first 3D run I did an efficiency 100% run and got through everything possible within as few cycles as I could. I'm still building up the energy to try a one cycle run.

My advice: Stick with it. The 3DS version makes Great Bay bearable and actually kind of fun. Take your time, don't try to fully 100% your first playthrough, because the guide will just make it less fun as a whole that way. Don't forget about the Sheikah Stone inside Clock Tower, because that's all the guide you really need. They literally show you exactly where every heart piece is.

when i first started zelda series i was a bit afraid then i was way more confident, now just read walkthroughs sometimes, i mean time comes and then you learn these kind of stuff easily in and out and how games want you to go further. theres really nothing to worry about in majoras mask, just use the inverted time song, then you have plenty of time, and when time starts to run out just place the remaining rupees in the bank and so on and rewind time, you can rewind time how many times you want, dont be afraid to do it alot.