Blast Mask

[Mases]

I read this elsewhere and I absolutely had to post it here, so hilarious, yet weird.

In Majora's Mask, if Link uses the blast mask, he wears it on his head and it blows up. Cool, but Link does take some damage. (How a mask on your face blowing up doesn't kill you, that is besides the point).

The thing that really is awkward, is if Link has the bomb mask equipped, but then holds his shield out, he WON'T take any damage. Are you kidding me? Does holding you shield out away from your body actually shield your face from a mask that is ON your face. How thinks up this stuff?

[Peregrine]

From a programmer's perspective, it's probably pretty logical.

do bomb.explode();
x=damage
if Link is within range and shield=false
call link.damage(x)
end if
end do

They probably used the same code for a regular explosion, but forgot to take into account that the bomb was on the wrong side of the shield.

[Onilink89]

got a point, the explosion occurs at the front of the mask, maybe thats why you can shield it.

and yes i agree its weird that link only looses 1 heart, but then again the whole idea of MM is pretty weird if you think about it.

[Kybyrian]

Heh, that's pretty funny. Holding your shield out in front of you and then when a bomb blows up on your face you take no damage. And I also don't see how it doesn't kill you in the first place. Then again, I don't see how a hit from a giant Ball and Chain doesn't kill you either. Heh.

[Alder Dragon]

That is pretty hilarious now that I think about it. Like Peregrine said, the programmers probably just made a simple mistake. Link is one of the toughest guys out there I suppose. I don't see how many things don't kill him, as in..

Being run over by Goht or Dodongo.
Falling off of Death Mountain and being able to just roll and be alright
And not to mention walking through Lava.


Concerning the bomb mask though, imagine if Link DID die, and his head EXPLODED. That's kinda.. greusome.. yet.. intriguing. You never really think about Link DYING. When he does die, whether it be from freezing, drowning, bring burned alive, falling to his death, landing on spikes, etc.. he always seems to just die without any real damage. Although I think if you die while in lava, Link actually catches on fire. I'm not sure about that but it's what I remember.

The bomb mask is actually quite useful though, if you run out of bombs and need them for a wall. I'd spare a heart for a well needed bomb, sure.

[Mases]

I'd spare a heart for a well needed bomb, sure.

This is what the modern world calls, suicide bombing. Sacrifice your own 'heart' to blow something else up. How nice of Nintendo. Hehe.

Well, since it is video game land, and our hero Link has... multiple hearts that can be replenished all the time, sure, it is worth nearly blowing your head off to defeat an enemy. Find this quite amusing yet disturbing.

[Zelda Granny]

Speaking of blowing things up, one day I decided to shoot the thief who stole the old lady's bombs with an arrow instead of hitting him with the sword and he BLEW UP! It was soooo funny, my daughter was watching and we both cracked up laughing. Oh, and needless to say the old lady didn't give me the mask for blowing up her bombs lol.

[linkman8]

Seriously? I didn't know that could happen. I want to try it now. :D

Oh, and I don't think Nintendo had suicide bombing on their mind when they made the Blast Mask.

[Zelda Granny]

Seriously, I don't know if I hit the bombs or what but he vaporised... lol.

[Caleb]

Majora's Mask just had tons of "last resorts". Several forms to exploit enemies if you so desire, Blast Mask if you run out of Bombs, Zora Mask's fins if you run out of arrows (to shoot things at a distance), six bottles for tons of fairies, my gosh... In a way, they added too many items to cover every possible situation, including some that were entirely useless... on purpose...

[Onilink89]

Majora's Mask just had tons of "last resorts". Several forms to exploit enemies if you so desire, Blast Mask if you run out of Bombs, Zora Mask's fins if you run out of arrows (to shoot things at a distance), six bottles for tons of fairies, my gosh... In a way, they added too many items to cover every possible situation, including some that were entirely useless... on purpose...

got a point there. every time if you played the song of time, your bombs, rupees, arrows ect.. is gone. so its logical that they made the blast mask.

lol i also used the blast mask in some places to get a littile boost when jumping.
the basic bunnnyhood+blast mask combo.
first put on bunny hood, then jump, in midair use the blast mask to gain a little boost.

[Caleb]

lol i also used the blast mask in some places to get a littile boost when jumping.
the basic bunnnyhood+blast mask combo.
first put on bunny hood, then jump, in midair use the blast mask to gain a little boost.

Interesting. I've heard that mentioned before, but I never really considered doing it. The game is set up so you can reach whatever you need to (with the exception of getting some of the stray fairies in the Great Bay Temple - jumping to frozen platforms) so there isn't much need for that.

Perhaps eventually, I'll play through the game again and keep that in mind as I revise the guide.

[silent lion]

I've gotta try the boost thing...

Also don't forget Link had to listen to death music, get chopped about, pelted with flaming boulders, thrown here there and everywhere, electrocuted...

The blast mask was always a ludicrous idea. But like people have said, the whole game is ludicrous(ly cool). I mean, if the moon falling wasn't insane enough, the moon having a face just takes it too far. And the design of the giants... maybe there should be a thread making fun of that game. I'm pretty sure Nintendo knew there would be laughs when they added in the blast mask. It wouldn't be the same without it.

[Onilink89]

I've gotta try the boost thing...

Also don't forget Link had to listen to death music, get chopped about, pelted with flaming boulders, thrown here there and everywhere, electrocuted...

The blast mask was always a ludicrous idea. But like people have said, the whole game is ludicrous(ly cool). I mean, if the moon falling wasn't insane enough, the moon having a face just takes it too far. And the design of the giants... maybe there should be a thread making fun of that game. I'm pretty sure Nintendo knew there would be laughs when they added in the blast mask. It wouldn't be the same without it.

some people don 't know this, but MM had rather a dark story.
i mean moon falling ( i like the glowing eyes )
aliens invading lon lon ranch
cursed kafei turns in to a boy and tries to marry the person he loves.
a dad who turns turned to a half gibido

the background story of each thing is interesting. the most interesting part was the garo of my opinion. i love the line "to die without leaving a corpse, thats the way of a garo" BOOM. now those need a blast mask lol,

i also read in a article that termina means doom.

[Avenged]

I think it is pretty obvious it has a dark story, I dont see how people could miss it. But about the Kafei thing, the curse isnt the dakr side of his story. Go to the Inn on the day three at about 4am (2 hours until armageddon) He will be just chillin in the room waiting for death. And actually, if you visit other places in town that close to the end, it seems a lot of people have just given up hope and pretty much said screw it, we;re done for.

[firebunnies123]

well thaths why mm is a little easier then oot. It is kind of funny how the shield is out while the explosion is coming from link it looks funnier then it sounds, Logicly i don't think nintendo thought this over a lot.

[Caleb]

Logicly i don't think nintendo thought this over a lot.

Either that or we could debate for years on end over the incredible significance this obviously holds for the Zelda timeline!

[Avenged]

well thaths why mm is a little easier then oot. It is kind of funny how the shield is out while the explosion is coming from link it looks funnier then it sounds, Logicly i don't think nintendo thought this over a lot.

Ofcourse they thought it over...its called development and writing. But yes, there will always be these glitches and errors that we as the fans will find.

[Onilink89]

well thaths why mm is a little easier then oot. It is kind of funny how the shield is out while the explosion is coming from link it looks funnier then it sounds, Logicly i don't think nintendo thought this over a lot.

like avenged said, writing and programming.
i also said this in my first post, the explosion occurs in front of link's face, not from his head.
thats the reason why you can block it.

[Twili123prince]

lol thats hilarius and messed

[El Bagu]

Explosion maybe only transplant outside the mask somehow?! I do not remember exactly how it looked like when you used this mask :hmm:

[MajoraKing12]

My sister got it on Majoras Mask it is so funny and cool how it works but I don't understand why does it hurt you.it should like fire a mini bomb a then bomb paralizy it. and then it blasts.

[Kybyrian]

MajoraKing, when you need to use it, just hold up the shield in front of you when you use it, you won't take any damage, ironically. This was also stated earlier in the thread.

[Glided Sword]

I never knew that, or thought of that, but it sounds like something to try out. I don't use the Blast Mask because of that reason but it sounds like something to try. I'll try anything in video games, no matter what.
Either way, whether it follows the rules of physics or not, it's still cool to know.

[Kybyrian]

Yeah, it is really helpful. I tried it months ago when I saw it in this thread. It's a nice alternative to bombs once you get it. So that's a good thing.

[Glided Sword]

No more bombs for me now, I'll just use the Blast Mask.
I played Majora's Mask for a moment to make sure my save file wasn't deleted by myself for no reason and decided to try the mask and found that it actually worked. I saw that the explosion took place in front of the shield so that's how it happens but try that with a normal bomb, you're going to get hurt.