NEVER Trust The Smiling Man. The Lore of MAJORA'S MASK! (pt. 1) 

Heyo! I owe a huge thanks to the community for being so supportive of this remake. Taking down the originals was a very personal decision. While I understand curiosity, I ask that my boundaries be respected. The focus now is moving forward, making good content, and working towards a better future. Later in the year, I'd like to retire an older series into the vintage playlist and do another remake. Some of those older videos are *rough* in terms of quality! My goal with remakes of the older videos is to amp up to 10. Cleaning up scripts, better video, improved audio - just make that sweet lore shine. What would YOU want to see get the 2024 shine? Outlast? Amnesia? Dead Space?! Maybe even.... Bastion? See you soon with more Majora's Mask. -Tip

I went 35 minutes before I realized I have been here before. I just hope I deposited all my rupees before the moon fall.

BABE WAKE UP NEW ZELDA LADY OF LORE JUST DROPPED

37:24 did-did she just slash at a baby💀💀😭

the way you tell a story is so cool compared to other creators its facinating to say the least

17:08 Kill the Deku man... 🥜 👨 🤣🤣🤣🤣 priceless!

Beautiful as always tip toe.. Thank you so much for recreating this.. Also if you do a four sword or Ocarina of time remake the mangas definitely help tell the lore

I love your method of storytelling! The original 3 videos you made on majoras mask was my all time favorite to fall asleep to because it was great to follow along with, and your voice was so soothing! This remake is still absolutely fantastic, and although the narration is a lot sharper and less soothing (probably not putting it on my sleep playlist) I still love it to bits. You do a wonderful job telling the story in an engaging way. And the new voice over is more exciting! While I have no clue why you took the older videos down and I really do miss them, I understand that, for whatever reason, you were unhappy with them and I totally respect you removing them. And thank you so much for doing the remake! You are amazing and appreciated! Also Sucker punching the goron baby absolutely took me out! 💀

I love how you hint at Termina potentially being an other dimension based on characters from OOT living different lives, because the models were just reused to speed up the release

I’m so happy this video is back

I haven’t been able to sleep this last month since this went down for maintenance. Thank you lore speaker; I may now obtain my long… forgotten… reeeeeessssst… 💤😪

I love these lore videos. I get why you remade them. I personally miss the frantic voice of the happy mask salesman. It’s not a deal breaker lol I’ve relistened at least 6 times already lol

I had no idea Majora’s Mask was connected to Control till I saw this video! Nice hexadecimal code there. Lol.

Very good. I miss the happy mask salesman popping in to comment every now and then though. That was my favorite part of the old series.

The Happy Mask salesman was never immune to the reset. The moment you reset to is the moment you first step out into Clock Town AFTER your first conversation with him. He doesn't remember anything that happened in the loop (not that he would have seen anything while waiting under the clock tower to begin with). I know the internet is desperate to theory-craft about the guy because he looks so creepy, but it's a dark game and EVERYONE looks creepy in it. He taught you the Song of Healing, he's obviously supposed to be a good guy in the narrative. I know the Song of Healing sounds spooky when played, but it's an objective force for good in the world.

I still really liked the original one, but I feel like this is closer to your vision. That or something happened. I won't pry. I'll just say that you are an inspiration, and I am there for this new series.

AAAAAAAA im so exciteddddd. the og versions of these videos were my favourite to rewatch from you and im SOOOOO FUCKING EXCITED to watch a version made with so much more experience under your belt

We're doing this again and idc. I love The Legend of Zelda.

40:09 respectable action.

Your storytelling skills are amazing. Curious, are the manga stories canon to the lore?

yay! majoras mask content makes me so happy, especially with your narration!

I absolutely love what you've done remastering this series. You are an incredible storyteller / lore-giver. Keep it up! Also laughed at your attempts to strike the annoying, crying Goron child. Sounds messed up out of context but it was hilarious. Thanks for the great video!

Well paced. Well narrated. Fantastic editing. Another great video!

Truly impressive your delivery that matches professional audiobook narration yet also the script for this video is so good. You managed to make a story I already knew enticing with your work.

It's baaaack! Glad you remade it! Onward and upward! And if not upward, I still volunteer as tribute.

40:10 Me too, Link.

I’m very thankful these are back on, it’s been a while and I forgot

Yayy, so happy this is back 🙏🏼🙌 Thank you for your work!

I love that you tell the story with the discovery of information that a first timer would have. There's nostalgia, and then there's _nostalgia._

Brilliant as always! Your Zelda stuff is so goddamn good. I didn't bat an eye when you decided to remake Majora's Mask, I knew it would be wonderful no matter what

I discovered your page from the original posting of this lore, and I’ve been coming back for more videos. Keep up the great work, friend!

WOW you're good at this. I'm looking forward to Part 2!

I'm beyond happy that you brought this video back!! I love listening to them while going to bed, whether its Zelda, Elden ring, or even games like Days gone . They make me fall sleep so fast 🛌

Great work, thanks for the update.

Ooh I like this, even better than the first! Which is saying something cause that first one was amazing. Great vid Tip.

Love your work

I always appreciate your storytelling. You do a wonderful job.

Girl; You're voice and content is so sublime! I absolutely LOVE how you tell lore stories. If possible, could you cover FF Ever Crisis? Specifically the character Glenn.

This looks great! Can’t help but feel bad that the guy who voiced the masked salesman in the original version didn’t come back to voice him again this time. I thought he did a great and memorable performance for the creepy smiling masked salesman.

I love your videos.. of all the lore Zelda videos out there, these are defensively the best😁

(Sorry for being late) the livestreams you did were so fun!!! You did a amazing job

So excited to watch! 🙏

Can't wait to hear this while driving to work, thanks once again

I almost felt like I fell through space and time when I saw this was made 3 weeks ago cause I could’ve sworn I saw this a while ago, then I saw you remade it and I was so relieved lol

I'm loving this!!!

Honestly think the remastered version of the Majora video is much better. Remastering a bunch of the old videos is going to be fun. *Edited to clarify I meant the remaster of the video, not the game

This is my favorite game in terms of story in terms of gameplay etc that’s tears but I always love coming back and playing the game for its story

This is like listening to the Fall of Civilization Podcast but with videogames. You are trully a great storyteller and, if someone listen to this only, they would think you are actually telling a real life story somehow. Great content!

Oh it's back!!! I was so worried when I saw it was gone

This is one of the best story tellings I have heard to date

This seems like it was made for someone who hasnt played the game but is interested in the lore but gotta say as someone who did play it it still kept my attention very well done

23:20 He is indeed...

new sub here! Such an amazing work!! keep it up!

Hexadecimal string at 23:27 reads 'HMS is paranatural entity' While I agree that the Happy Mask Salesman is not normal by any means, him remembering what he told Link before is not unusual. The request to get back Majora's Mask and the offer to revert Link's forced transformation came before the countdown started. I'm pretty sure the fulfillment of the latter is also implied to take place before the countdown restarts after Link goes back in time, despite gameplay forcing the countdown to start before the player can make that happen. As a side note, I feel it worth pointing out that time freezes while inside the Clock Tower, where the Happy Mask Salesman is. Some might think I'm about to attribute that to the Happy Mask Salesman with what I said before, but it's important to note that time freezes specifically when _Link_ enters that space. The Happy Mask Salesman experiences and acknowledges the time that flows while Link is out in Termina. Also, that's not the only place where the countdown freezes. It's also between the times when he's defeated one of Majora's monsters and when he claims the mask that serves as the prison for one of the Giants, and it freezes one last time when Link enters the Moon. Personally I'd attribute the time freezing to the Goddess of Time. She already rewinds, slows down, and even speeds up time when Link prays to her in song, why not freeze it at important junctures? She probably can't freeze it for long, at least not without weakening herself to the point of relative uselessness. Canonically the only time Link returns inside the Clock Tower is when he gets the Deku Mask, and I can't see any reason why he'd linger. Theoretically after defeated a boss he should make a beeline to the warp, so that shouldn't be longer than a few seconds. That last time, when Link is in the moon, would be the last and longest time the Goddess of Time acts upon her domain in such a way. It wouldn't do for her new champion to fail right at the last minute because he didn't have enough time, after all. Obviously this breaks down if the player plays the Song of Time while in the moon, but that's non-canonical so it falls under 'gameplay/story segregation'.

I never knew the story of how the mask was carved. How tragic.

Woah! Tiptoe, are you living in my walls? I was JUST watching the original version yesterday!

My new favourite channel lol

Well done, Tiptoe.

To Tiptoe the Tank, I have a proposition for the last part of this Majora's Mask series. You see, given that the ending of the game shows just about EVERYONE as having been helped, even if you DIDN'T in the last cycle, that means that somehow, helping everyone you can IS possible. There are at least more than two RU-vidrs who have performed this feat, discussed this, and even attempted it. Perhaps this can be canon for your retelling? Portray it as Link being so damn determined to make sure he helps ABSOLUTELY everyone he can before the three days are over, before he confronts Majora once and for all?

This is the first video I've seen from this channel. And this is excellent 💜. Like and sub for sure.

Encounters crying Goron child: *Takes a couple sword swipes* She just like me frfr 😂😂😂

Killll! I wish there was a remake

Love the vid, also what version of the game do you use for the clips?

Is there a part 2. I enjoyed this very much

A shame the original videos got taken down but i am more than happy to listen to your storytelling again. I'm curious though. If i may ask, what happened to the person who voiced the Happy Mask Salesman?

OH BABY WE BACK!

Tgis is going to be so fun

What was the issue with the original? (I missed it.)

This is amazing... 😮😎

I like to think the place Majora was eventually became the place where the Interlopers from Twilight Princess were originally sent. Hence the similarities in art design between Twili and Majora's Mask. Its a flimsy theory but I like the connective tissue!

Majora's Mask is definitely an underrated game, mostly due to how slow its beginning is and how it timegates everything, to the point where a lot of people with no patience just say its a bad game and move on, but the game was mostly a product of its time with rushed development, so it couldn't be expected that they would have made it better than what it is, and even with the 3DS remake they had limitations due to the fact that they couldn't drive too far away from it, because at that point it wouldn't have been a proper remake, but more of a reimagination of the game and I am disappointed that Nintendo didn't do something like that, because after seeing the Final Fantasy VII remake I can't wait till that one is done with the 3 parts, because they did a lot for the game such as expanding the lore, and making many moments much more memorable than how they had been on the PS1 original, as the reimagination of that game even brought back a fan favorite character Zack and that sort of stuff is awesome, and with Majoras Mask it felt like they just "fixed" a couple of things and called it a day, when they could have done all the stuff that they hadn't had time for in its original development, which is why that remake will always be wasted potential to me.

Please do windwaker! I love your videos so much! My favorite is definitely this series I also love the Bloodborn

best video game ever, story-wise

Watching this after watching the alan wake 2 videos. This is the OG time loop (spiral) game

"Want to play.... a Game?" Recreated. Thank you!

I could swear you've done this series before, are these re-uploads?

Will def listen to the entire series again. Glad some voice acting (no need to name whom) is gone cause it was so distracting.

This somewhat sounds like a story that I heard in elementary school

Wow I got recommended just channel and not only that this is my favorite Zelda game so I subscribe that's crazy my favorite Zelda game and I got recommended this video and I really like this video

What mod/version of MM did you use? That hud is obviously different, more different than I'd expect from a 4k upscale or HD texture pack

Hell yeah

You make me remember vortexxygaming... You better not stop... It's beautiful ❤

Happy Mask Salesman indeed, Crazy Mask Salesman is more accurate.

I know from a Q&A (I think?) some stuff happened behind the scenes of those original videos and I am truly sorry to hear about it, but would it be possible for you to make those videos available through link only and put it in the description or a pinned comment? That way people looking for the old ones can still find them. I understand it is a sore spot and if it's something you really don't wanna do, but I really enjoyed the previous version and figured I should at least try and ask. Zero hard feelings if you don't feel comfortable doing that and I will still support and watch this new version!

Valeu!

I wonder, dear. Would you be able to tell us up front how many parts a given series will be (part 1 of 3, etc.)? Geeks like me like to listen to the whole thing at work in one go. I love your videos very much, so it's just a little thing. 😊

23:20 its not bullshit or something strange there Link resetet the after he entered termina in the POV of the happy mask salesman he gave him the promise to help him back to his human form around 20 seconds ago. there is nothing absurdly strange there it was even in links memory after him playing the Hymn of Time that moment going through the door is the exact point link chose to reset time and making a timestamp to mark all his items EXEPT those quest items, arrows and rubies why? Cuz if he marks the arrows he cant find them again and gonna loose his infinite supply of those objects btw is u try to find the dungeon items again their gone cuz it’s already with link jumping trough time and because only one of the exact same item can exist at the time the chests are empty same rule counts for masks. Also big examples for Markings with timestamps by the ocarina are the The 3 big masks especially Mikaos cuz after healing his soul link builds a grave and if u reset time the grave is there since day one no matter whenn you find mikao because then its a canon event and gonna be timestamped to obtain the 3rd big mask from the beginning. Links i not traveling through time he is Jumping and the Items can jump with him without creating a new timeline through duplicating and bring a object from another timeline into the main timeline.

RU-vid really pushed this one early.

see me, i think people over complicate some things. i dont totally think that termina is another realm. if it is made, i think it still exists in the same world as hyrule like another continent. and i dont think any of the people have more than an occasional passing resemblance to the hyrule people outside of the mask salesmen. think about it, link doesnt have any reaction to anyone else but the masked salesmen, which link, the salesmen, and epona if you count her, are the only confirmed intended people to be from hyrule with hints of skull kod being from there too from the beginning, where as it is stated that the decision to use other characters was just to save time, although ill admit that i dont take that as 100% confirmation that they DONT look identical to the hyrulians link met, i dont think theirs 100% confirmation for either side as a matter of fact. i just think with imperical evidence outside of visuals, which cant be helped, that they are not lore wise the same people. nd come the remaster, i dont think the people would change the people even if they knew they were meant to look different originally, nor should they have, and as we all know. they didnt. but i dunno, i dont see a lot to provide they are copies lore wise of people link knew. and i think majora in some other form or with another host was the imp the giants befriended, not skull kid. i think skull kid just befriened the fairies after feeling outcasted from hyrule for whatever reason... k guess hes just a sore loser of his and links music duel, and kinda like an eddie brock and venom situation, majora uses this slight simulator of feeling to get skull kid to wear it.

Thanks for the great video. I also want to ask. I see the graphics in this video looks very nice, interface is very hight res. How can i play Majora's Mask this way? It is some HD mod?

HMS is paranatural entity????

Asking what the differences are between this and the original video, as I did not like the take on the Happy Mask sales-man (imo, the game presented him as more nuanced than you did).

34:47 sus

Let's goooooooooo ❤🎉

I miss the Happy Mask Salesmask voice

"In-game legends state that the land was created by the Four Giants. In the official Hyrule Encyclopedia, it is stated that Termina is nothing more than a figment of the Skull Kid's imagination brought to life by the mask, and that once the mask was defeated and Link left, Termina ceased to exist."

Didn’t make a video like this a while ago? Duplication????

Was this sped up?

Comment for algorithm.

While the overall quality is greater, I'd say the loss of the salesmans voice over, and that back and forth he brought to the telling of this story is definitely felt.