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I'm expecting myself to wait until Christmas to see what sort of New 3DS deals and bundles are available before I get one, or indeed Majora's Mask 3D.

 

I halted play on Metal Gear Solid 3D and have barely touched Yoshi's New Island, that I managed to get as a free download with Super Smash Bros, in order to hold these back for the new machine :heh:

 

Can you wait!? How? ;)

 

I'm Post-Christmas broke, but Im still devising a plan to get this on the day.

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Can you wait!? How? ;)

 

I'm Post-Christmas broke, but Im still devising a plan to get this on the day.

 

I can wait :heh: I have to look after my money these days (particularly given the significance of the date underneath my username :heh:) but I just know I don't need it straight away. It may even get to the situation where Nintendo eventually show where they're going with the next handheld and suddenly the New 3DS may NEVER get bought :eek:

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Don't forget to put in the code MARIOCAL8 for a free calendar.

 

Just ordered my MM New 3DS XL :D Didn't even notice the free statue til after. I doubt it's going to hold a candle to my first 4 figures skull kid though :p

 

i only noticed that code after i ordered in my hyped up crazy haste, oh well

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I can wait :heh: I have to look after my money these days (particularly given the significance of the date underneath my username :heh:) but I just know I don't need it straight away. It may even get to the situation where Nintendo eventually show where they're going with the next handheld and suddenly the New 3DS may NEVER get bought :eek:

 

True. LOL, I can see that happening.

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Five New Things In The Majora's Mask Remake

 

The weirdest Zelda game, 2000's Nintendo 64 great The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, is finally coming to the 3DS on February 13th. Yesterday, I had a chance to play the game for a little bit during a Nintendo event in San Francisco, and I got to see some of the changes featured in the remake.

 

Now, to be clear, there aren't many huge alterations to the game. It's still the Majora's Mask that fans know and love; you're still going to have to save the world from an impending apocalypse within 72 hours, while having to repeatedly go back in time with key items you obtain before you can finally affect events enough to succeed. But, there are some differences—all of which are useful or improve the game in small ways. Let's start with the most obvious one.

 

Note that the Majora's Mask remake doesn't require the new, more powerful 3DS. It will run on existing models. But what I saw yesterday was running on the New 3DS XL.

 

The Graphics

 

The revamped graphics really make the game shine on the 3DS hardware, especially given the speedy loading times. Here's a short clip that shows those shinier graphics, if you'd like to take a look:

 

 

If you're playing the game on the New 3DS, you'll be able to use that system's new C-stick to look around and take in all the detail, too (without it, presumably, you'd be using the 3DS' gyro sensor or locking Link in place and looking around with the circle pad, as you could in the 3DS's remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time). It's also worth noting that the game now has much of the menu functionality on the lower screen, so pretty much everything you can think of is a tap away:

 

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Better Bomber's Notebook

 

Majora's Mask is a game about people—people that you get to know, people that you have to keep track of as they go about a set series of actions across the game's simulated 72 hours. The Bomber's Notebook is essentially a timeline that tracks those characters. It's been beefed up for the 3DS version of Majora's Mask. Now the notebook shows you your current quests, rumors you've heard, and your completed quests. In addition to that, the Bombers gang will now also give you rumors if you talk to them. These are meant to orient you whenever you're unsure of what to do next. And finally, you can now set alarms in the Bomber's Notebook—so you can always keep track of when certain things happen and get a reminder that, oh yeah, its now that part of day two when character x is supposed to be doing something you want to witness or interact with.

 

A New Saving System

 

Before, Majora's Mask had a somewhat clunky saving system that let you save in two different ways—a single-use quicksave and a more traditional save. In the new version of the game, there is only one way to save: by using owl statues. Better yet, there are more statues around Termina—so you can save more often.

 

More Useful Song of Double Time

 

In the original Majora's Mask, the Song of Double Time let Link shift time forward to either dawn or nightfall. Now the song lets you shift time forward to any hour you'd like. The idea is that this change will make the game better for mobile, on-the-go playthroughs.

 

Fishing Holes!

 

If you think you have the time to spare, the 3DS version of Majora's Mask gives you not one, but two fishing holes to cast your reel in. Bombshell! Each fishing hole has ten different types of fish.

 

These aren't all of the new things you'll find in the Majora's Mask remake. We know, for example, that boss battles have been tweaked somehow, though Nintendo representatives wouldn't tell me any specifics. But, aside from that, the changes listed in this article are the most notable tweaks—and they're strong enough that Majora's Mask seems worth playing on the 3DS.

 

http://kotaku.com/five-new-things-in-the-majoras-mask-remake-1679607360

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Don't like the sound of the changes to the Song of Double Time. Will make it too easy to complete side quests - Kafei and Anju will take no time at all!

 

Yes, because waiting around for time to pass is soooo difficult.

Face it, the only difference this will is less time doing nothing. Great for handhelds. I welcome this.

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Face it, the only difference this will is less time doing nothing.

Yes, because waiting around for time to pass is soooo difficult.

 

 

Went for the blank XL and separate game. I can always paint an upside down Majora's Mask if I feel like it.

 

Comes with a "free" case, but I'm going to have to buy one anyway to protect my new shizzle.

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Well being that I was at work, I missed out on this so I decided to go with the Monster Hunter New 3DS XL instead which is still a nice enough special edition, though if it arrives with any serious screen defects - like my original 3DS XL did - then I'll be sending it straight back. :heh:

 

Congrats to those who managed to get a Majora's Mask New 3DS XL though. : peace:

 

It's just a shame that I bet over half of the stock on the Nintendo store was most likely scalped. :(

 

What time did they all sell out by just out of interest?

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- Thanks to owl statues and quill statues found throughout Termina, you can now save your adventure at any time. But be warned: returning to the dawn of the first day no longer automatically saves your progress. (No explanation on why the statues are different, though).

 

I don't want to watch the video, does it show the quill statue in use? Does it still end the game? This is the big question for me!

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Yes, because waiting around for time to pass is soooo difficult.

Face it, the only difference this will is less time doing nothing. Great for handhelds. I welcome this.

 

Really? Did you play the original, and did you really just stand around doing nothing whilst waiting for the clock to hit a certain time? For me I'd end up, well, killing time by doing other things, thus playing the game a little more, and probably discovering some things I might not have otherwise.

 

Anyhow, I'm really not liking all these changes being made, feel it's really taking the soul out of the game. Not sure if I'll pick this up off the bat, and whilst I was considering an MM-N3DSXL I'm starting to feel less enthused now.

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