Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D gets first review

The first review of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D has come out of Game Informer. The classic N64 title, now revitalized on 3DS, was very well received.

Editor Kyle Hilliard awarded Majora’s Mask 3D a 9.25 out of 10. In one surmising statement, Hilliard notes: “Even without being remade, Majora’s Mask stands as one of the most interesting and through-provoking entries. The experience has only been made better for the 3DS”.

Majora’s Mask 3D is largely the same as the N64 original. However, Grezzo and Nintendo implemented several changes, all of which are “worthwhile and well implemented”. Link’s ability to move forward in time “whenever he wants” is something that Hilliard believes is Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D’s “biggest and best change”.

The review ends with the following:

Purists will decry the changes made to Majora’s Mask no matter how slight they may be, but I am seated firmly in the “change is good” camp. It’s everything you remember, but without the boredom or frustration related to the passage of time. Majora’s Mask was a game ahead of its time in 2000, and revisiting it under this new lens only confirms that sentiment. Whether you’re returning to Termina or visiting it for the first time, Majora’s Mask 3D is the ideal way to experience this classic.”

Check out the latest issue of Game Informer for the magazine’s complete review of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D.