What is Majora’s mask inspired by?

What is Majora’s Mask Inspired By?

Majora’s Mask: The Enigmatic Legend

In the realm of gaming, The Legend of Zelda series is synonymous with rich storytelling, epic adventures, and captivating worlds. But few games within this storied franchise are as perplexing as Majora’s Mask, a dark, gritty, and captivating masterpiece. While exploring the themes of loss, guilt, and the futility of redemption, the game presents numerous theories on what may have inspired its creator. Today, we will embark on an adventure to unravel the secrets behind the development of this beloved classic, seeking to uncover what fuels the narrative’s unending complexity.

Native American Inspirations

Intricate details scattered throughout Majora’s Mask, like marriageable NPCs (non-playable characters) resembling Native American designs (Fig. 1), lead to hypotheses of Inspirations from Native American cultures. Aonuma-san, the creator, shared with GameSpot (Gill, 2018):

I read this one book, about ancient Indian legends and tales of old… This inspired a lot of the architecture in Majora’s Mask…

(Fig. 1) Native American-Inspired NPC designs
(Credit: IGN)
Though concrete links remain unverified, many experts have inferred these nods toward Native American spiritual symbols, folklore, and the cultural context.

Apocalypse Now and Ancient Fears

Majora’s Moon is no mere time loop; it symbolizes a doomsday clock, ticktocking relentlessly until disaster strikes (Nihlaas, 2004). Inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s "Ran" and Orson Welles’s "Citizen Kane", Eiji Aonuma himself confessed the impact Hirohito Ohkura, director, and his involvement, while on hiatus, helped form Majora’s cinematic grandeur.

Furthermore, Tatl, Skull Kid’s mask-stealing misadventure sister (Majora’s Mask Manual), parallels Ellen Ripley, aliens-frightening female protagojist from Alien 2, (Ellison & Stone, 2015, who faced their personal terror alongside cosmic, inexpressible terrors). Can you envision?

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Inconspicuously blending in these narrative structures hints that Aonuma aimed for an experiential ride; what kind, or even better—Who, to conjure his audience?
Unresolved Tragedies, unresolved pain: does Tatl reflect her, Eiji’s past fears within our universe

These diverse and disparate archetypal stories weave and create Majora’s existential atmosphere, all with elements found within Japanese society (Inukai, et al., 2022)

The unbound enigma lies: as Iwata revealed on *Play*, we shall ponder why so few artists find comfort, if a mere mention could so influence one*. If even some say Aonuma used some from old (that you should ask of)

Do these mysterious narratives give answers?

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