Overview: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Is the second in the series of 3D Zelda games. The game Is centred around a young boy named Link, the hero of time. Link has stumbled into Clock-Town, a town located in the strange land of Termina. Already some of the games dark scenes have been played out, Link has been cursed by the mask, and Links Horse Epona is believed to have been killed by the Skull Kid. Only when the player looks up for the first time in Clock-Town is it apparent that the true threat to the game is the moon, which has a demonic face, and is on a collision course with Termina.


                  

The game has a very strong undertone, throughout Majora's Mask the player will encounter characters who are coming to their senses, and are just now realising the severity of the problem in hand. All the characters are well developed and their opinion and attitude will differ compared to other NPCs. The games undertone really begins to show as the moon gets closer to Clock-Town day by day, their outlook will change, and their emotions and responses will wildly vary depending on the time left before impact. At first citizens will be in denial and wont accept their time is coming to the end. Many citizens can be seen preparing for a carnival, without the slightest concern of the looming lump of demonic rock. later in the 3 day cycle, the NPCs will start to display signs of anger, as they have finally come to their senses, and simply not happy about their impending doom. Later on NPCs show signs of bargaining and depression as they are becoming desperate, and will start taking drastic measures to keep themselves alive, or at least from being aware of their future. on the final night, before the moons collision there is a sense of acceptance (mostly) between the NPCs. They are accepting their fate, and know their is nothing that can be done. This may just seem like rapid mood swings shared between the characters, but it actually signifies the 5 stages of grief, a series of emotions that is experienced by people unfortunate enough to be losing their life of the life of somebody they know and love. It's a real occurrence and it's very well implemented into the game. It's this underlying theme that gives Majora's mask it's unique reputation of being "the weird one". Yet because of these trends seen throughout the game, its regarded as one of the best games within the series.

NOTE: The environment and playable area in Majora's Mask reflects the themes seen within the game. The land of Termina strongly contrasts with the land of Hyrule.

Article of the stages of grief 
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