The Beautiful & Baffling Designs of Majora's Mask | Design Delve

I never really liked Majora’s Mask tbh, because I found the pressure and waiting around too unpleasant with a weird amount of time wasting. I can appreciate it for what it is and what it does, but it’s easily my least favourite 3D Zelda (and I’m including Phantom Hourglass in that). But I’m not a fan of timeloops, so that’s not surprising! Interesting breakdown either way :)

Majora's Mask has its fair share of issues, but it's unique and creative, which allows me to overlook a lot of its flaws.

I do think waiting for events is actually an important part of the game, since it gives you a chance to look around and stumble on new quests/NPCs that you wouldn't have found if you could just skip ahead to the exact time you wanted. Sure it might be annoying on a replay, but when you're first playing (and going in blind), that's when you find all the fun parts of the game. My casual running around while I waited for morning led me to catch a thief who robbed a little old lady, and that little old lady then gave me a bomb mask that let me blow myself up. That fully blew my mind as a kid, and I wouldn’t have found it without some aimless wandering.