History Trivia / TheLegendofZeldaMajorasMask

* This is the first entry in the core series[[note]]If we go outside of the core series, the first instance would be ''BS Zelda no Densetsu'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Satellaview}} UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom, in which Princess Zelda was playable[[/note]] in which the player gets to control directly a character other than Link, even if only for a very brief section: Namely Kafei, in one moment during his side quest.

* QuoteSource:
** YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness

* The box art for the [=3DS=] version is based on [[https://zelda.gamepedia.com/File:MM_Preliminary_Sketch.png a piece of scrapped artwork for the original game.]]

* Blooper:

* FanNickname:
** ''The Legend of Zelda: Link in Wonderland'' for the game.
** [[WebVideo/SomeCallMeJohnny Mr. Smiles]] for the Mask Salesman.
** Oni-Link for Fierce Deity Link. He is almost only known by that name in some countries. [[note]] This is because of a [[LuckyTranslation Lucky]] BlindIdiotTranslation of 鬼神 (Kishin), as the first Kanji on its own (鬼) means Oni.[[/note]]

* CreatorBreakdown: The very concept of the game and the sequence when Link is turned into Deku Link are coincidentially based on daydreams and nightmares. The stress of the deadline Eiji Aonuma had to make a ''Zelda'' game in a single year gave Aonuma nightmares, one of which involved Deku. The next day, the scene director showed him a scene he created for the game, which was just like Aonuma's nightmare; they decided to keep it in. As for the concept of the game, it was partially inspired by Creator/YoshiakiKoizumi's daydreams, where he would wonder what it would be like if the moon suddenly fell down to Earth, and how people would react.

** Data mining has also revealed a [[http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/majoras-mask-contains-two-hidden-unused-cutscenes/ removed cutscene]] that was apparently supposed to be a Great Fairy teaching Link about the Magic Meter [=and/or=] how to use the SpinAttack. It looks... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything more than a little suspect]], and remains unused even in the remake.

** The game began development for the N64 add-on called the 64DD (or the "Nintendo 64 Disk Drive"), and was going to make use of some of the add-on's features. The game would have used a real time clock instead of the in game one, and was going to use a full 7 day week instead of three days like the final game (which was later shown during the 2020 ContentLeak), but these were dropped from the final product since there were difficulties trying to get these features to work on standard N64 hardware (even with the required RAM expansion pak). There was also a proposed feature regarding being able to literally buy time from a merchant, but the change to the clock system and lessening of days made the merchant seem less important.

** The game began development for the N64 add-on called the 64DD (or the "Nintendo 64 Disk Drive"), and was going to make use of some of the add-on's features. The game would have used a real time clock instead of the in game one, and was going to use a full 7 day week instead of three days like the final game, but these were dropped from the final product since there were difficulties trying to get these features to work on standard N64 hardware (even with the required RAM expansion pak). There was also a proposed feature regarding being able to literally buy time from a merchant, but the change to the clock system and lessening of days made the merchant seem less important.

** In the 2020 ContentLeak, it was shown that there was originally going to be a 7-day cycle rather than a 3-day cycle.

** It has a "Collector’s Edition" in America that came with a cartridge that had a holographic label.

* This is the first entry in the core series[[note]]If we go outside of the core series, the first instance would be ''BS Zelda no Densetsu'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Satellaview}} UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom, in which Princess Zelda was playable[[/note]] in which the player gets to control directly a character other than Link, even if only for a very brief section: Namely Kafei in one moment during his side quest.

* This is the first entry in the core series[[note]]If we go outside of the core series, the first instance would be ''BS Zelda no Densetsu'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Satellaview}} UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom, in which Princess Zelda was playable[[/note]] in which the player gets to control directly a character other than Link, even if for a very brief section: Namely Kafei in one moment during his side quest.

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* FanonDiscontinuity: Almost no one considers the explanation of Termina offered in ''Hyrule Historia'', [[spoiler:that the entire world is a creation of Majora and vanishes shortly after it's defeated]] as canon. Not only is it [[AssPull never hinted towards in the game itself]], it also renders the entire game a ShaggyDogStory.

* CreatorBacklash: Eiji Aonuma experienced a degree of this, not exactly ''disliking'' the final game, but seeing it as the marked result of [[CreatorBreakdown a very hectic development]]. [[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/majoras-mask-3d/0/3 During pre-development of the 3DS remake]], Aonuma replayed the original game and came up with a list of features needing changing and problems needing fixing, and he phrased it as a "What in the world" list (as in, "[[WhatWereYouThinking What in the world was I thinking!?]]"), constantly apologizing for the questionable design decisions he made when he was younger.

* CreatorBacklash: Eiji Aonuma experienced a degree of this, not exactly ''disliking'' it, but seeing it as the product of [[CreatorBreakdown a very hectic development]]. [[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/majoras-mask-3d/0/3 During pre-development of the 3DS remake]], Aonuma replayed the original game and came up with a list of features needing changing/problems needing fixing, and he phrased it as a "What in the world" list (as in, "[[WhatWereYouThinking What in the world was I thinking!?]]"), where he constantly apologized for the design decisions he made on the game when he was younger.

* The box art for the [=3DS=] version is based on [[https://zelda.gamepedia.com/File:MM_Preliminary_Sketch.png a piece of scrapped artwork for the original.]]

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* UrbanLegendOfZelda: There are still some people who believe that the Fierce Deity Mask is called the Oni Mask in Japanese, because of the Majora child's dialog at the end of the game. The game of tag he asks you to play (or "good guys and bad guys" in dialogue) is called ''onigokko'' - "playing an {{oni}}" - in Japanese. However, the mask itself is called the Kishin Mask on the item screen and in its description.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: There are still some people who believe that the Fierce Deity Mask is called the Oni Mask in Japanese, because of the Majora child's dialog at the end of the game. The game of tag he asks you to play (or "good guys and bad guys" in dialogue) is called ''onigokko'' - "playing an oni" - in Japanese. However, the mask itself is called the Kishin Mask on the item screen and in its description.

** Early screenshots showed the moon to have no face.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The 3DS remake came out on a [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Friday the 13th]], which is appropriate given the game's rather macabre tone. The original was also released in the US around Halloween, for similar reasons.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The 3DS remake came out on a [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Friday the 13th]], which is appropriate given the game's rather macabre tone. The original also came out around Halloween, for similar reasons.

** Oni-Link for Fierce Deity Link. He is almost only known by that name in some countries. [[note: This is because of a [[LuckyTranslation Lucky]] BlindIdiotTranslation of 鬼神 (Kishin), as the first Kanji on its own (鬼) means Oni.]]