The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Dataminers Uncover Potential Majora's Mask, Master Quest DLC Hints
By Google News Technology ·
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time players are getting their hopes up after dataminers uncovered hints of Master Quest DLC – and maybe even some Majora's Mask content – tucked in the files of Nintendo's new remake.
It's not been one week since Nintendo reimagined one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time for Nintendo Switch 2, and while some players are tearing it apart to look for glitches, others are digging even deeper. One of the first things dataminers did was sift through Ocarina of Time's files, and surprisingly, there may be some clues as to what remake plans Nintendo has in the cards.
There's a good chance you're here to see why we're talking about Majora's Mask today. We'll start by saying that you will want to keep expectations in check until an official announcement is made, but that shouldn't make YouTuber Austin John Plays' findings any less compelling (via Kotaku).
Yesterday, the content creator uploaded a video meant to explore the in-game functionality of amiibo for the remake, including unreleased figures, of which there are (officially) two: one for Link, and one for Zelda. Considering the toys-to-life collectibles won't launch until 2027, anyone looking to access the masks they unlock would need to dive into the game's files to use them.
This is the path Austin John Plays took – but he found more than just two new masks.
"I was starting to think that this was an Adult Link amiibo that's going to be released in the future," he said, referencing data containing strange, unused NPC dialogue. "I'm starting to not think that. I have a feeling this is one of those videos that I put it out, and in three years, I'm going to go like, 'Look! See? Crazy Austin? Crazy Austin was right!"
The code he referenced in the video alludes to characters calling out Link for wearing a "rare" and "otherworldly." Others call it "strange," with NPC Dampé even saying, "What's with that mask?
Lookin' at it makes me feel weird." We do not know what this secret mask looks like or if the text tied to it will ever amount to anything…but with so much data on the backend, you can see why many believe Nintendo has already completed some amount of Majora's Mask content for some reason.
Again, this is all far from hard evidence, and even if it did point to something related to Majora's Mask, it's hard to say exactly what it may be. Austin John Plays theorizes the data we see here could be tied to a yet-to-be-announced Skull Kid amiibo for a yet-to-be-announced Majora's Mask remake.
The idea here is that, like their Nintendo 64 counterparts, Nintendo's work on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake may have allowed it to quickly develop another remake based on Majora's Mask.
There's also the chance that Nintendo could simply release a standalone Skull Kid amiibo. The data could also point to another unique mask entirely – or it could point to nothing at all. Meanwhile, Bluesky user and dataminer @mrcheeze.github.io found their own clues that point to something entirely different: the return of Master Quest.
Master Quest is a remixed, harder mode for the original N64 Ocarina of Time that launched with the GameCube re-release. It reappeared with the Nintendo 3DS remake and then was confusingly absent from the Switch 2 remake.
MyCheeze's findings suggest Nintendo could have plans to add it during an update, but dataminer @OatmealDome reported that their findings suggest players will need to own additional DLC in order to access…
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