It's safe to say that most entries in The Legend of Zelda franchise are iconic to the gaming world, but none may truly embody that moniker like Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time. For many players, these games represent their entry to the series; for those who grew up with the original games, it marked the shift toward 3D worlds and bigger adventures. Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time, while starring the same version of Link, tell very different stories with very different gameplay mechanics that won't appeal to every player.
Ocarina of Time was the first of the two games, in which a young Link is granted power over time and uses it to defeat Ganondorf and his different, more primal Ganon form. This game plays like a standard action-adventure in that it advances chronologically, balances exploration with combat, and challenges the player to be aware of where they are going and where they have been. Though Ocarina of Time tells a lighter story than its successor, it's arguably the most crucial story in the entire series since it marks the timeline split for the franchise.
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Majora's Mask is a very different experience and is quite experimental compared to the games that came before it. Its story is much darker in tone and the art direction for the world of Terminus is often unnerving and surreal. With Majora's Mask offering such a different experience overall and holding such high praise in the Zelda community, is it a better game than Ocarina of Time?
Deciding whetherMajora's Mask or Ocarina of Time is better or worse than the other is no easy feat, given that this kind of decision is entirely subjective. In order to make a strong argument for either
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