in this case some dev really was like "yeppp some random dumb bitch WILL run in a panic while on fire into the shop because she run out of elixirs or worse climbed all of death mountain without any fireproof shit whatsoever and this deserves acknowledgement" and i deeply appreciate it

i can't say the newer games haven't taken some of MM's dna about npcs... but nowhere to the same extent. doesn't have as many genuinely unexpected reactions that feel specific to the characters

this game is built like an old click-and-point adventure in the best and worst way possible.... like wdym they wrote lines specifically for the sickos (me) who would talk to the small traumatized child with the gibdo mask on

- show pamela's father the gibdo mask that was according to the description supposedly his own face
- show pamela the gibdo mask and give her a ptsd attack which makes her kick you out of the house
- get kafei the sun mask but not give anju the pendant so he dies alone
- sell the zora eggs

and STILL they added this stupid niche detail of the giants falling over when the moon crashes down for the obscure as shit possibility that someone goes up, plays the oath to order with less than 4 bosses defeated, and then for some reason does not play the song of time and just fucking dies

LIKE??? there already IS a cutscene of them failing to hold the moon back. and you get a small grace period minute timer after to use the song of time which anyone would do bc that's the only way to save your progress

there isn't even an incentive to go up before you have all 4 regions cleared

dw i'm consoling myself with the likely fact that the other two superpowers have definitely and consistently the same discourse but we just don't get to witness it

what a good game (again)

love the ending sequence... and yes everyone knows about kafei's adult model being covered up bc it doesn't exist but has anyone ever paid attention to this fuck bringing his whole-ass chair to the wedding

also it's insane how MM just... works without feeling like it's moved away from traditional zelda. it has so many things in it like bands and electrical musical equipment like speakers, steam-boats, a whole washing machine acting as a temple... idk compared to totk or spirit tracks it's so curious

AND THIS IS JUST THE ENDING TITLE DROP OF ALL TIME

this is just the freak of all time

that one. probably

real

to wrap the quest up by making you wait during the countdown for its conclusion is genius and diabolical... it makes you wait during a time when you would play the song of time without hesitation. and after the wait is over, it ends in an emotional way that makes you hesitate rewinding time

like you don't build an intense relationship with anyone here, there aren't any loredumps, exposition or witty banter or Other Popular Modern Tools To Make NPCs Quickly Relatable

in less than 300 words total, you just get involved in the tragedy itself