One of the most emotional scenes in the entire game imo, it made me really happy that you could finally save a living person with the Song of Healing for once, and not someone who was either about to die, or already dead. The fact that it's a parent makes it even more intense. I'm still close to crying whenever I get to this point.
@@АлексейКазаков-и5ц Wow dude, talk about being an inconsiderate douche bag. So what if people want to share memories of this that can only be best described with media such as songs, video games, movies, etc. It's their right to share these experiences with others and many will relate to these experiences with their own. If you don't have anything nice to say then remember the golden rule next time. To OP, I'm sorry for your loss, losing a loved one to brain cancer/tumor can be really devastating and hope you are doing well as of late.
Sorry for your loss man....weird enough I came to this scene because I remember it speaking to me in an unusual way because all my life my father's been epileptic since he was a kid and how scary it was and still kind of is at time as his mind has slowly gone. He's still here though, should be grateful for that
I love Majora's Mask because the characters feel so real. They're not just NPCs. Many can relate with them. Have you ever had a father or parent who had finally come back to their senses as you patiently cared for them or were afraid they would never return? Have you ever been a parent and had gone through such a nightmarish experience only to find relief in seeing your precious children? Have you ever been there to help someone when something had tried to destroy such a family?
Thank you for your comment. From the age of 11, my parents split. My dad had episodes of alcoholism when it was just my sister and I staying with him for the weekend. I grew up much quicker than most of my adolescent's friends. My father was a intellectual and a soft man when sobre, he'd take us to the movies then he would drink a few beers and pick us up as a different person. Many times as a teenager, I would defend my sister and I from the abuse and delirium. That was over 10 years ago but I still remember. I remember sometimes thinking that my dad was like Pamelas father in his muffied state when he was drunk. This game coupled with my childhod and the experiences still to this day reflect a nostalgia which can be considered good and bad. It's the connection we make in life with themes and introspect that impact our decision making for the future. I'm a bit older now but I still remember being that horrifed child but things like playing my N64 helped broaden my mind and led me to question the emotional response out of games like Zelda which made me the person I am. My dad still suffers from alcoholism and I talk to him after his episodes from a rational empathetic point of view and I am also there to try and help and heal him of his disease. Thank you for your comment, it's brought many good.... and bad memories. But.. at the end of the day, we learn to adapt and not repeat the same mistakes. Love your friends and family no matter who they are. I'm crying reflecting on your comment but you speak the truth on the matters I perceive.
"You had a bad dream. You were just having a little nightmare." That's... the other way around.. Pamela, a small child, soothes her father and only parent like he would his child. Like he would say to her. That's why this is so powerful to me. She was forced to grow up without her parent, locked away the nightmare, her nightmare. The scene is very short, the animation very old. But the framing of the scene, story lines and music is why this game to me is the best of all time. Majora's Mask is full of things like this, everywhere you look. The whole hero genre is blown up nowadays. But when do you ever see the hero solve the drama that goes on behind the curtains, hidden away from the world? Here, we get to save everyone from the evil in the dark. Or, depending on your interpretation; only get to save a few people from their twisted fate.
I remember how stunned I was after this moment when I saw it for the first time. This was the moment that cemented the fact that this is easily one of the best video games of all time, to me.
This has to be (in my opinion) the heaviest part of the entire game. Not only do you get to trap even MORE evil into the form of another mask, but you actually get to save not one, but two poor souls in the process. You can actually feel the emotions of the father, the little girl, and Link, all at once! Can't wait to see what the remake of this will look like!
@@Ironbat92 that's why people after getting all four masks. run through ALL side quests on the final run. and kill all bosses.. saving everyone.. but MAN is it a PAIN in the ass... (looks at zora eggs and wedding mask quests)
@@LuluOliveira_ Fair enough. I wrote this a while ago, so seven years is a lot of time to reflect. Hell, look at what it did to link in the previous game.
This is why Majora's Mask will be one of the greatest games of all time; the way it portrayed humanity was God like......This scene, yes, brings me to tears to this day. When I was a child, this was a scene that gave me nightmares for years. As a guy in his late 20s, it is a scene that contains ridiculous pure emotion.....Bless this game :) The maturity of Pamela is extraordinary. She 'lies' to her father out of compassion, saying after he asked, "What have I been doing??" And she responds with, "You were just having a bad dream that's all" Pamela is probably under 12 years old and has the emotional maturity of a Saint. No games, or works of fiction or film, or video game, covey as much depth to humanity as Majora's Mask. The amount of depth and layers to it shock me year after year. Existence knows what the writers and staff experiences or 'consumed' to produce this game, It is superior to Ocarina of Time for the rational of depth of characters.
When I first saw this, it was midnight, nobody was around, it was dead silent, the music made it feel so unsettling, when I walked up to that wardrobe, and he popped out, I jumped :(
I remember doing this part when I was maybe 9 or 10. When I saw the guy jump out of the closet looking like that, shambling slowly towards me, and the sudden shift in music, it scared me so bad I stopped playing the game for a week because I had to gather the courage to play that part again to find out what to do.
Man, I must've seen this cutscene a million times, and I still get on the verge of crying like a baby... This cutscene alone makes Majora's Mask superior to OoT.
Can we not fight over which is better? Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I personally like both about as much as each other, and my favorite switches between the 2 depending on my mood.
Recuerdo cuando tenia 8 años, llegar ala escena del padre saliendo del closet, me quede mirando fijamente como se acercaba y me asuste dejando el juego encendido y saliendo corriendo de mi cuarto, mi hermano mayor tuvo que apagarlo y no lo volvi a jugar hasta el dia siguiente. Despues mientras lo jugaba ya lo jugaba con miedo esperando otra escena asi de aterradora
It's crazy to me that the horrors you face get darker and darker as you progress through Majora's Mask. As if Skull Kid slips away more and more as the Mask's influence starts to take over
I hate to be "that guy", and sure, it's fine if people like Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask equally, but this.... stuff like this is exactly why I prefer Majora's Mask. This is probably just as, if not, MORE mature than Twilight Princess. Ocarina of Time is a typical good vs. evil type of plot, while Majora's Mask is about an entire population in danger, quite possibly the entire world. Ganondorf is easily the best part of OoT, but MM? That game is just an emotionally gripping game, and it's a shame that future Zelda titles aren't like this game; Majora's Mask is a unique journey.
TP felt like a tryhard attempt at being mature. Like it was an attempt at overcorrecting after WW. It was also boring AF, i couldn't even get myself to finish playing through it. Also agree that MM is better than OoT.
Little story about me and this part. When I was 4 years old, I begged my brother to let me play MM. He finally told me I could, when I asked him what to do he told me I had to open the wardrobe. So 4 year old me goes and opens the wardrobe thinking everything is fine, and that thing comes out. I was too scared to even go near the N64 for a week after that.
Shit loosening scene... happy carnival like music surrounded by death... closet opens to reveal a man half-transformed into a Gibdo begging for death... heavy stuff this Majora's Mask game
I always found the inside of that house really creepy for some reason. There is something about the environment and the music that just doesn't feel right.
As much as I love Majora's mask AVGN said it best. This is a video game not a storybook. And although the story is amazing alot else was very lackluster
The Sadness nearly overwhelmed every possible Feeling of Happiness for me, back then. It was so sad when i realised that even tough only fictional, i happened to rescue a Person from a "likely" inescapable Fate as a Monster. Imagine if Link never happened to walk into that House... ... ... ... ... that Girl would have lived the Rest of her Life unhappy - with her Father transformed into a Monster without any Hope to become Human again. Only fictional, luckily - but still incredible sad. Made me so much more happy when i got it that it's a happy Ending alright.
I find it interesting that it is the little girl that tells her dad he was just having a nightmare. Also one of the first scenes in a game where I felt that my actions mattered TT_TT
By the end of Majora’s Mask I had a To Do list of things I knew I needed to do on my last run through to make sure they happened, and this was one of them.
God that thing really is scary, but oh God, this scene is so beautiful and sad and wonderful and this is really my favorite Zelda game ever. I agree its darker and that is wonderful.
I first played this about 3 years ago so I was 18. And I opened this closet and jumped out of my flipping skin. And then desperately thought, "SONG OF HEALING! SONG OF HEALING!"
The thing about this moment, most people back then were like me who hated the little girl and wanted to rub it in her face that we could get in that house. When we finally accomplished it however, we ended up feeling like an asshole realizing that she was only trying to keep her dad safe
For me the saddest part is where the camera settles for a second on link watching them hug. Link an orphan briefly see's something that he has never known and will never have.
I was about... 12? when I played this part. I was so scared I reflexively attacked him. Doing so causes the young girl to rush in, yell for you to get out and try to push her dad back into the closet. Me and my mother played together and we tried to figure what to do, and when I recalled the others we had helped on the verge of death, then why not someone who had become undead? If anything, it'd be a compassionate mercy, given the history of everyone else the Song of Healing had... Helped.
what's really interesting about this is that him a lot is the first and as far as I know the only character in the history of the franchise to not only call link out on going into another person's home and actually kick him out.
Real question, though. The teddy bear. I guess Pamela locked her dad in this cupboard with her teddy bear on purpose so he'd not be alone, but... Did she really mummify the plush as well? Did her dad mummify the toy while in his gibdo state? Did that plush mummify itself?!
