Woodfall Temple, A Darker Introduction - Dungeon Design in Zelda (Majora's Mask)

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  @atkvin · 2 years ago

  This is an old video, but to add to your section on the game&apos;s intro, after returning to Majora&apos;s Mask with a bit more insight into game dev after trying my hand at making a mod with puzzles and mechanics for another game, I&apos;m realizing how much it also subtly teaches little mechanics for the larger game.<br><br>Finding the stray fairy for the great fairy -&gt; setting up mechanic of finding stray fairies in dungeons, and encourage exploration of clock town<br>Playing hide and seek -&gt; forcing player to explore clock town, get a grasp on Deku spinning to chase the bombers, and get used to time limits (game ends by next night/day)<br>Bombers&apos; hideout -&gt; teaches player about Deku water hopping to get through the sewer section, and contains first combat encounter<br>Moon&apos;s Tear trade -&gt; teaches player about the item trading interface, important for several sidequests

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  @devonm042690 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Something worth noting is the Bomb Flowers in the boss room. &nbsp;The boss&apos;s minion summons (the beetles and the moths) can be easily dealt with using bombs. &nbsp;Following the example of the moths throughout the temple, if you pick a Bomb Flower, the lit fuse will attract any bugs in the room to it, killing them when it explodes.<br><br>Otherwise, the only way to deal with the moths is to transform into a Deku and wait until the boss summons a ring of fire, which carries the risk of having to start the fight over, since exposing Link&apos;s non-Hylian forms to their elemental weaknesses kills him in much the same way falling into an abyss or getting lost in the desert or at sea does; thus, a void-out.<br><br>Also, I think Odolwa is weak to bombs, but that might just be coincidence. &nbsp;I just know that I&apos;ve killed Odolwa by complete accident with a Bomb Flower I picked to deal with his minions more times than I can even count. &nbsp;Maybe he takes damage multiple times from a bomb&apos;s explosion since his mercy i-frames are almost nonexistent.<br><br>Oh, and while I&apos;m thinking about it, between Ocarina of Time and Majora&apos;s Mask there are roughly half a dozen bosses that can be one-cycled through precise button presses so you hit them just as their mercy i-frames expire. &nbsp;There&apos;s Gohma, Bongo Bongo, Ganondorf, Odolwa, Majora&apos;s Incarnation, and Majora&apos;s Wrath. &nbsp;Odolwa being one of them is why it was relevant, of course.

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  @GameOverJesse · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m watching this again, because I&apos;m withdrawing from not getting my Daniel Stream Fix today. SHAME!!!

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  @garganrose · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJ9qTIMeN4&amp;t=482">8:02</a> The only drawback to the blast mask is that it hurts you every time you use it, but if you draw your shield while you’re using it, you can actually use it without taking damage.

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  @chiffmonkey · 4 years ago

  &quot;Because she spends too much time punching Link in the face.&quot;<br>Love it.

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  @elsiebartlett6808 · 5 years ago

  “What makes this game tick”—nice metaphor there for a game completely surrounding time ticking away 🙂<br>Can’t wait for the rest of this series, especially stone tower temple! MM is by far my favorite traditional Zelda game in terms of story and gameplay mechanics.

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  @TheGeekApprentice · 5 years ago

  That intro though! Yes!

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  @shaobues · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJ9qTIMeN4&amp;t=159">2:39</a> I think this is meant to be him essentially thinking &quot;I&apos;m going have to go through a traumatizing and harrowing journey to save the world. AGAIN.&quot; He still technically has the mind of a child even after being an adult, so this reaction is more reasonable.

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  @Meeeeowowow · 5 years ago

  I totally agree about the DS remake making it a little too easy. I wasn’t a fan of that either. Much preferred the original designs!

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  @horricule451 · 2 years ago

  What the 3ds remake did to Odolwa was just unforgivable to me, here we finally have a first boss in a Zelda game that poses an actual challenge with varied attacks and multiple different ways to defeat him, and now you just hit him on the head three times and that&apos;s it? Thank gods for Loetlino&apos;s Restoration Mod, I just can&apos;t enjoy the vanilla version of MM3D nearly as much as the original game

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  @GameOverJesse · 5 years ago

  Was waiting on this one

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  @mattfry6716 · 5 years ago

  Cool you finally made it to one of my favorite Zelda games.

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