The Legend of Zelda: Mask of Majula
The
Legend of Zelda: Mask of Majula (formerly Zelda Gaiden)
will be the semi-sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina
of Time. Nintendo has been careful not to give away too
much information, but from what has been released we know
that it is due sometime around April 27, 2000, it
requires the expansion pack, and is aimed at keeping
Zelda fans interested until the release of the Dolphin
Zelda. The Dolphin game in the series won't be here for
five years, so Zelda: MOM will be released to keep Zelda
fans occupied until the next one. So far the plot is this:
afew months after Ocarina of Time, Link is in the woods
and a stranger with a mask appears and steals Epona. Link
follows this person into an alternate universe. This
universe resembles Hyrule, and the people look like the
people from Link's world. The moon of this planet is
falling towards them and Link must find the masked person
to return to his homeworld. The masks of Zelda: MOM have
a slightly different purpose here, instead of the being
regular masks, they transform your entire body. Different
masks allow you to do different things. Goron mask:
Allows you to roll at high speads. Zora mask: Allows you
to swim with acuracy. Deku Shrub mask: Allows you to spit
rocks and use certain flower petals to fly. Bunny mask:
One can only guess <gulp.> Along with these
abilites, each creature has it's own instrument. Goron
has an impressive set of bongos, the Zora has an awesome
looking fish scale guitar dude,
and the Deku Shrub pulls out a set of horns. Another
different thing about Zelda MOM is the sundail at the
bottom of the screen. Aparently, if you take too long to
beat the game, you lose. This game promises to have
slight improvements over Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the
controls seem the same. From what has been released, this
seems like a very promising semi-sequel.
Thanks to RedLink for this
info.
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