The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Let's Play: Collecting Masks and Defeating the Four Bosses and Majora's Mask

After the events of the previous game, the protagonist was traveling in search of his partner, Navi. Along the way, he wanders into a mysterious forest, where his beloved horse and his ocarina are stolen. He catches up with the culprit, Skull Kid, but is hit with a sinister spell and transformed into a Deku Scrub. Skull Kid flees, and the protagonist follows him out of the forest, arriving in Termina, a world doomed to destruction in three days.

Searching with a telescope from the edge of town reveals Skull Kid on the roof of the Clock Tower. The roof can only be entered at midnight on the final day, so the streamer finished their preparations beforehand and rushed in as soon as the time came. On the roof, a countdown begins, and Skull Kid uses his magic to start bringing the moon down. Still in Deku Scrub form, the protagonist fires a bubble, catches him off guard, and takes back the ocarina.

Playing the "Song of Time," a melody tied to memories of Princess Zelda, on the recovered ocarina returns him to the first morning. The streamer jokingly remarks that the system message at this point spells out what's coming next. Saving happens during this rewind.

The mysterious Mask Salesman met next is also a victim of Skull Kid. He says the dangerous "Majora's Mask" was stolen from him, and the protagonist agrees to help get it back. With the "Song of Healing" taught to him by the Mask Salesman, the protagonist returns to human form.

Once back in human form, he helps people in various places to gain strength and collect masks. The masks obtained at this stage are the "Great Fairy's Mask," "Kafei's Mask," "Bremen Mask," "Blast Mask," "Keaton Mask," "Postman's Hat," "Kamaro's Mask," and "Bunny Hood." Termina has a temple in each of the four directions, and the boss of each temple has sealed away one of the Four Giants, its guardians. The streamer decides on a plan to free the Four Giants and ask for their help in defeating Skull Kid.

This is the first boss fight. The streamer first trades blows with the enemy while landing jump attacks, then slips between its legs to get behind it. From there, they repeat thrust attacks. Landing a thrust with good timing stops the enemy's movement, so it can be defeated without taking any counterattacks.

On the way north, the "Mask of Scents," "Goron Mask," and "Don Gero's Mask" were obtained. Deep inside the northern temple is a frozen, bull-like boss that has sealed away one of the giants. The streamer melted the ice with the "Fire Arrow" obtained in the temple, then switched to regular arrows before it finished melting to prepare for the fight.

Goht runs away as soon as the battle begins, so the first step is to chase it. After a while its footsteps stop and it halts, and from there you just need to aim at it with arrows from a distance. According to the streamer, if you stay hidden too long, Goht will approach, but if you show yourself occasionally, it stays put. It went down after a total of 15 arrow hits.

Clearing the northern temple expanded the area available to explore, and the protagonist was also reunited with his beloved horse, Epona. The masks collected here were the "Garo's Mask," "Romani's Mask," "Stone Mask," "Captain's Hat," "Zora Mask," "Troupe Leader's Mask," "All-Night Mask," "Mask of Truth," and "Couple's Mask." After that, the protagonist rode on the back of a giant turtle to the "Great Bay Temple" in the western sea.

The Gyorg fight is the first underwater battle. In the first phase, you wait at the water's edge with the "Hookshot" ready and hit it as it charges. Then you put on the "Zora Mask" to transform into a Zora, spin around quickly, and ram the enemy. The streamer kept their hitbox pressed against it while moving along the wall as if scraping against it.

In the second phase, small fish come out of its open mouth. You stun it by throwing the jars placed in the room at it, then spin and ram it just like in the first phase. The streamer explains that luring the enemy well and stunning it near the wall gives you the advantage.

After collecting the "Gibdo Mask," the protagonist heads to the "Stone Tower Temple" in the canyon. Inside the temple, he obtains the "Giant's Mask," completing the mask collection.

Twinmold is a pair of flying bosses: the blue one is weak to fire and the red one is weak to ice. According to the streamer, only the two bosses' starting positions are the same every time, so you can shoot the blue one's weak point, its tail, with a "Fire Arrow" right at the start. Each one goes down after four hits. This time, the streamer landed two shots at the start and two more afterward to take down the first one.

Next, they switched to "Ice Arrows" and targeted the red one. Only the tip of its tail is vulnerable, but there's no need to rush, so they took their time aiming and landed the hits. The streamer says it was frustrating that elemental arrows take a long time before you can fire again when you hit at close range, making the firing rate slow.

Midnight on the final day arrives again, and the battle with Skull Kid begins at the Clock Tower. Summoning the Four Giants freed from the four temples stops the moon's fall, and Skull Kid is defeated as well. The fairy Tatl is reunited with her brother. The streamer worries about the backs of the giants holding up the moon but says they'll probably be fine, and jokes that maybe they'll just keep swinging the sword until the credits roll.

But the story doesn't end there, and the protagonist and company enter the moon. Inside are mysterious children wearing masks, who show interest in his masks when spoken to and end up taking every mask he has. After talking to all the surrounding children, he finally faces the child wearing "Majora's Mask," and the final battle begins as a game of tag.

The final battle is divided into three phases. In the first phase, attacking a little triggers a cutscene, and the husks of the previous bosses hanging on the walls start to move. The streamer ignored them and ended the first phase by landing two sword beams on the main body.

In the second phase, you attack the fleeing main body with sword beams. The streamer explains that, considering how the next phase starts, it's advantageous to finish with a beam rather than the blade, and says they managed to time it well this time.

In the final phase, they followed a roll with a normal attack, landed a jump attack with the "Great Fairy's Sword," and finished it off with a thrust attack. With that, the evil of Majora's Mask vanishes, and Termina greets a new day.

The streamer especially praises the system of repeating three days. While acknowledging that it can be a high barrier to entry for some players and was an ambitious experiment, they say the portrayal of people facing the end of the world is wonderful, and that the game has a unique appeal that can only be experienced because of this mechanic.

As for combat, they say that although there are few bosses, the fights were highly satisfying. Even battles that seem simple at first glance offer plenty of room to master finer techniques, and they look back on the boss fights as one of the enjoyable aspects. Finally, calling it a game where you make many discoveries by playing it yourself, they recommend it to viewers and close out the video.