Was Majora's Mask 3D a Bad Remake? (N64 comparison and review)

Easily one of the most iconic thumbnails YouTube has ever seen

Having the transformation masks on the 3 unused d-pad directions is such an obvious, intuitive, and simple improvement that Nintendo could never even consider it.

The change to the ice arrows is truly bafflingly. Why would they do that?

It seems like there are some higher-ups at Nintendo who absolutely lose their minds any time a playtester becomes confused or overwhelmed for any amount of time. With the slightest provocation they'll add in obtrusive hints, slow the game down, and remove options so that a player can't possibly do the wrong thing.

As a 3ds player I HATED the swimming parts I'm shook to see how the original swimming system look so smooth !

There's no eloquent way to say this, but putting a giant eyeball on every boss is incredibly stupid.

Man I never really realized that the Zora form in MM is honestly one of the only times in gaming where swimming controls were actually amazing.

Every bad design decision feels like a revelation since I’ve only played the remake. How have I been living like this?

I love how you’re so self aware of the thumbnail that you decided to just embrace it and make it your whole channel icon

There's something really really sad about how the original text when you get the Ice Arrows goes "Try them everywhere!" and in the 3DS remake you can only try them when the game wants you to, that's just really depressing

I love how they brightened OoT, but brightening MM felt like a betrayal of the original tone.

Truly one of the most recognizable thumbnails out there

Youtube was selling me on this video HARD! remained on my recommended for weeks

WHY DO WE NEED EYEBALLS ON EVERYTHING NINTENDO

There's a patch for the 3DS version of the game that fixes basically everything wrong with it, and it's genuinely my favorite way to play Majora's Mask now. Love this game.

Something about Odolwa you didn’t mention is how much his new animations lessened his threat level. In the original, he was like a determined and quick-witted swordsman. In the 3DS version, right from the getgo in his introduction, he looks more clumsy and tired and now has moves that further cement this new look of him.

22:25 Honestly, they should have mapped the transformation masks to the D-pad on the N64 too.

Ok Youtube I finally saw it.

I remember my general reaction to the remake being something akin to "man, this just doesn't feel as good." I was a little afraid I was just blinded by my love for the N64 original, but it's nice to see someone put it into words. I was never able to explain exactly what the changes did to it that made me like it less, because I was usually talking to people who bounced off the original anyway. It's just kinda nice to know I'm not insane. The swimming was also a huge disappointment, good god. Even as an adult, I'd happily just swim around for a while.

MM3D was my first time playing Majora's Mask and I genuinely wondered how people thought the deku jumping was so good. I genuinely thought I was doing something wrong, and I'm just now learning that they broke it on purpose.