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^Interesting. Though that also brings up the question of how the Fierce Deity got turned into a mask.Neiteio said:pictures
^Interesting. Though that also brings up the question of how the Fierce Deity got turned into a mask.Neiteio said:pictures
Neiteio said:Can't believe the OP praised the villain of my all-time favorite game but forgot to post what he looked like before he was reduced to a mere mask:
Majora's beast form, from the manga. As the legend goes, he ate every warrior who ventured into his realm to challenge him, until one warrior brought a pair of bongos (if I recall correctly) and played a beat that caused Majora to dance... and dance... and dance, until after 72 hours he collapsed of weariness and the warrior (the Fierce Deity) carved up Majora's carapace and made the mask, in which Majora's essence survived.
Meanwhile, the dance-to-death explains why Majora's Incarnation (the second form) dances all over the place, from the moonwalk to the can-can. It's a very cool origin story and one I wish they explored in the game proper. It would be cool to see Majora restored to his beast form in a future Zelda someday... Call him Majora's Hunger, since eating warriors is what he did.
Didn't think so.ivysaur12 said:While interesting, none of that is canon.
Or maybe not? To the internets!Neiteio said:Proof? I seem to recall hearing it's a Nintendo-sanctioned story.
Neiteio said:Can't believe the OP praised the villain of my all-time favorite game but forgot to post what he looked like before he was reduced to a mere mask:
Majora's beast form, from the manga. As the legend goes, he ate every warrior who ventured into his realm to challenge him, until one warrior brought a pair of bongos (if I recall correctly) and played a beat that caused Majora to dance... and dance... and dance, until after 72 hours he collapsed of weariness and the warrior (the Fierce Deity) carved up Majora's carapace and made the mask, in which Majora's essence survived.
Meanwhile, the dance-to-death explains why Majora's Incarnation (the second form) dances all over the place, from the moonwalk to the can-can. It's a very cool origin story and one I wish they explored in the game proper. It would be cool to see Majora restored to his beast form in a future Zelda someday... Call him Majora's Hunger, since eating warriors is what he did.
Bumping this to a new page (if you're on a 50-count like me) so more people can see it. Majora's origin story = <3.Neiteio said:Can't believe the OP praised the villain of my all-time favorite game but forgot to post what he looked like before he was reduced to a mere mask:
Majora's beast form, from the manga. As the legend goes, he ate every warrior who ventured into his realm to challenge him, until one warrior brought a pair of bongos (if I recall correctly) and played a beat that caused Majora to dance... and dance... and dance, until after 72 hours he collapsed of weariness and the warrior (the Fierce Deity) carved up Majora's carapace and made the mask, in which Majora's essence survived.
Meanwhile, the dance-to-death explains why Majora's Incarnation (the second form) dances all over the place, from the moonwalk to the can-can. It's a very cool origin story and one I wish they explored in the game proper. It would be cool to see Majora restored to his beast form in a future Zelda someday... Call him Majora's Hunger, since eating warriors is what he did.
Proof? I seem to recall hearing it's a Nintendo-sanctioned story.ivysaur12 said:While interesting, none of that is canon.
oh my god I need to go replay this right nowEmCeeGramr said:The odd thing about Majora is that you don't even know he's a villain for most of the game. They always treat it as the Skull Kid, even giving you his backstory to make you sympathize with him and understand that he's a messed up kid who was corrupted by forces he couldn't understand.
Then his unconscious body drops and the Mask keeps floating.
There's no elaborate backstory given to WHY Majora's Mask wants to destroy Termina and wreck people's lives. He doesn't have any speeches. The only time the Mask itself talks is when it discards the Skull Kid. There are those odd children inside the Moon who wear masks and look like child versions of the Happy Mask Salesman, and the one wearing Majora's Mask gives you the Fierce Deity Mask and says that in the game you're going to be "the bad guy."
It's all very strange.
Neiteio said:Bumping this to a new page (if you're on a 50-count like me) so more people can see it. Majora's origin story = <3.
Imagine seeing that beastie in full 3D and color... Considering that the mask itself is just a chunk of its carapace, the beast as a whole must've been a veritable rainbow. :lol:
Proof? I seem to recall hearing it's a Nintendo-sanctioned story.
That being said, given the manga is a licensed Nintendo product, I'd hazard to say it's as legit an origin story as any, seeing as I don't anticipate Aonuma rushing in to provide this particular detail anytime soon. I think Nintendo should recognize it in a game at some point... Maybe add a new Gossip Stone in the inevitable MM3D with a few lines of text relating the "rumor" about the mask's origins.The manga by Akira Himekawa, although not by official Nintendo authors, provides a original side story that attempts to explain the origin of the mask. In this story, Majora's Mask is revealed to have been made from the armor of a legendary beast named Majora, that lived around ten million years before the events of Majora's Mask. The land in which Majora lived was not moving, but not dead either, nor had it stopped. According to a myth devised "by the humans themselves," the armor worn by Majora was supposed to grant wishes and hold a great and terrible power. Warriors, adventurers, soldiers, men, and women sought after Majora for his armor, though they were all killed by Majora.
After centuries of a solitary existence, a human, disguised as a musician bearing a slight resemblance to the Fierce Deity, approached Majora, and offered it eternal rest, not by fighting, but by playing music. As the human beat a drum he carried with him, "making time move", Majora began to dance for three days, and on the fourth day, died. All that remained of the beast was his armor. From the armor, the human carved Majora's Mask; by doing so, all of Majora's power was sealed in the mask. The human believed that by creating the mask, Majora's power would no longer be a threat. He threw the mask in an abyss and it was lost for centuries.
Who did these two incredible pieces of art?Mama Robotnik said:
ChoklitReign said:I need to beat this game. Fuck the water temple, it's the worst dungeon in all the Zeldas I've played. The game was great until then.
Song of Healing, duhLittle Green Yoda said:^Interesting. Though that also brings up the question of how the Fierce Deity got turned into a mask.
Pseudo_Sam said:Water Temple rocks, Zoras ftw
Pseudo_Sam said:Water Temple rocks, Zoras ftw
TemplaerDude said:Lets not make too many facetious comments here. That dungeon sucked an epic load of shit.
Maffis said:I think Zant was a pretty good villain in TP. They should definitely have expanded on his craziness instead of just doing what they did instead.
His mount was Ena's mate, you knowVarjet said:I always liked Ashnard.
Mastperf said:This is the Zelda I regret missing out on the most. What is the easiest way to find/play MM? Is it available on Nintendo's store on the Wii?
Green Scar said:The Happy Mask Salesman was Majora's herald, he wanted to challenge Link after the events of OoT and pulled him into his fucked-up game.
At least, that's a possible explanation. If Majora is that evil it would make sense he'd want to fuck with the world's greatest hero just for the craic.
1st Party. Intelligent Systems is an internal team.GhaleonQ said:Fire Emblem's 3rd party? But, yeah, Yurius or Alvis.
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Yurius
http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Alvis
All you Luca Blight-mentioners ought to click.
This never happened, actually.wwm0nkey said:Here is why Gary Oak is the good guy
In the original Pokémon Red/Blue, when you encounter your rival in Lavender Town he asks whether or not you know what its like to have one of your Pokémon die.
Crunched said:Wasn't Majora originally some kind of huge, obese monster? I remember a comic or something where he is "killed" and becomes the mask.
viciouskillersquirrel said:Exdeath, Kefka and Zeromus come immediately to mind as being similar in that they are agents of chaos and seeking only destruction/oblivion. Come to think of it, the murder-suicide motivation seems to be a common Japanese fantasy trope.
But yeah, Majora is definitely Nintendo's only foray into the archetype and it's done pretty well.
A Link to the Snitch said:Porky is my favourite villain. His motives are well-defined, and he is even able to best Giygas in his evil nature. Porky even managed to spread his evil further through time better than Giygas ever could.
CcrooK said:For a Nintendo villain, I like this guy.
Ridley[IMG][/QUOTE]
Ruined by Other M!
[spoiler]Nope, made better than ever. <3 Other M Ridley.[/spoiler]