Some titles are not forgotten. And The Legend of Zelda is one of those games that will remain timeless. The episode Majora's Mask celebrates its 20th anniversary on April 27. Happy birthday! After the great success of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time which will remain as one of the greatest games of all time, Nintendo decides to develop a sequel to its masterpiece. One year of development will suffice. On April 27, 2000, Majora's Mask was released on Japanese Nintendo 64 systems. Darker, more scary, the game wins the hearts of all fans of Nintendo's license. Even today, the image of this moon threatening to crash into the world haunts all players.
An acclaimed game!
This moon at the center of the game was at the origin of a multitude of novelties in the gameplay. Link to three days to prevent this moon from crashing and save the world of Termina. But Skull Kid and his Mask of Majora make sure everything goes according to plan… On the program of this particular episode? A moon that announces the end of the world, time that passes quickly, death and mourning omnipresent throughout the adventure and an enigmatic mask seller. Accumulating innovative ideas and sequences of anthologies, this much more mature episode was acclaimed by the professional press. It has a score of 95% on Metacritic and 37/40 on Famitsu. 
Majora's Mask sold 300,000 copies in Japan in its first four days of operation, making it the second-best debut on the Nintendo 64 system. The game eventually sold 600,000 copies on the archipelago and became one of the best-selling games on the console. If the game divides the community at its release because of its themes and its importance in the lore, it knows a tremendous success allowing it to have a remake in 2015 on Nintendo 3DS under the name of Majora's Mask 3D. The Legend of Zelda has always brought its share of timeless masterpieces and Majora's Mask is one of them. 20 years later, his universe still seduces and delights players. Theories, fictions, creepypasta etc…. There are legends that do not die. Happy birthday!
Japanese advertisement for Majora's Mask for Nintendo 64:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juO6MFUdEg
