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| Developer: | Nintendo | | | Release Date: | 2000 | | | Systems: | N64 |
Today on Super Adventures it�s the very last and final game of my year long alphabetical gimmick event: The Legend of Zelda: Majora�s Mask! I couldn't finish off the alphabet without the biggest 'Z' in gaming; the entirety of the �Majora�s Mask� text is taking up about 1.3% of the pixels in that title screen, while the �Z� on its own covers a massive 3.4%! Anyway after this game I�ll be free to play whatever I feel like and I never have to worry about titles again... until I come up with some other dumb idea.
I don't really like talking about these Zelda games to be honest, as I always feel like I'm wrong about them. I've criticised critically acclaimed games before, I'll point out flaws when I see them, but if reviewers were able to measure a game's entertainment value using a universally recognised SI unit, they'd be using kiloZeldas. This series sets the standard that other games are judged against, and if any professional reviewer were to give them a low grade, people would likely consider them to be at fault. I say likely, because I can't even find one single truly negative review for a 3D era Zelda on metacritic.
But I�ve put a few hours into Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time now and I walked away from each of them unimpressed. I�m not going to say they�re bad games, and I�m definitely not about to start throwing about words like �overrated�, but either I�m immune to their charms or they sure take their time getting to the good bit. So I�m coming into Majora�s Mask with zero nostalgia and a little bit of apprehension. I�ll give it an hour or so to win me over, I�m here to learn, not to hate, but there�s a fair chance this is going to end in tears and you should adjust your own expectations accordingly.
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