Product Description
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Matched up against the mystical power of Majora's , Link
must race against time to stop the maniacal moon from cing
into the world. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's is Link's most
massive adventure ever, riddled with maddening puzzles and raging
with -swinging action. To survive the rigors of this quest,
the body must be strong and mind must be stronger. Are you ready?
.co.uk Review
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The story of Majora's begins with Link having a brief yet
strangely violent encounter with a -wearing stranger deep in
the heart of the forest. The ed figure kips Link's beloved
horse, Epona, and his Ocarina, and Link falls down through a
dimensional warp hole. When he wakes up, our pointy-eared hero
finds he has been turned into a Deku Scrub! Now he must fight
against time, not to mention many other foes, to save his
friends.
Playing as a Deku Scrub, you will know how Luke, Obi-Wan and Hans
Solo felt as they walked into the Mos Eisley bar in Star Wars.
Deku Scrubs, it seems, aren't welcomed in the village, and no one
pays them any attention. But being a Deku Scrub has its
advantages--like being able to shoot nuts out of your wooden nose
(not as gross as it sounds), using flower petals to propel
yourself into the air, and lots of other neat trickery.
While the landscape looks somewhat familiar, you will notice a
gigantic moon that seems to be falling down toward the earth.
That's no optical illusion; it really is falling to earth! For
that reason, Link is also battling time. Each group of challenges
must be executed within a 72-hour window before the moon ces
down, destroying the world of Hyrule (and you thought you had
your hands full just duelling with Gannon).
A sophisticated-looking sundial on the base of the screen
displays the game's day and the time. The tough part is that a
day on the game clock (meaning 24 hours) takes place every 15
minutes in real time. Of course, you are not going to be able to
complete the game in under an hour. Link is trapped in a
three-day time loop. If the end is near, all Link needs to do is
to play the Song of Time and the three-day cycle starts all over
again, with Link retaining all of the information and items he's
collected. If this is confusing, watch the Harold Ramis movie
Groundhog Day and you'll understand.
As you might have guessed, the s play an essential part in
the new gameplay system. Collecting certain s will give Link
special powers and will transform him into a variety of different
characters.
Thankfully, the weapon targeting system and battle style is the
same as Ocarina of Time (which is to say, perfect). Expert game
designer Shigeru Miyamoto has always been fond of creating new
gameplay mechanisms in the past, so it's great that the team
decided to leave the incredible Z-targeting feature in place.
The new time-based element might seem confusing at first, but it
introduces an incredible a of depth to an already deeply
challenging game. It is innovations like this that have kept
Nintendo among the world's premier gaming developers for 20
years. Plus, with older innovations (such as the rumble pack) and
newer ones (expansion pack galore, baby!) the list of positives
just keeps growing.
As one of Nintendo's biggest ship series', with all the power
of the Big-N behind it, the true Zelda fan should have nothing
but blue skies to look forward with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's
. --Todd Mowatt
- Real-time adventure/role-playing game.
- Play as Link, transformed into a Deku Shrub.
- Use different s for variety of special powers.
- Find your way back from time loop.
- Expansion Pak required.