This feels like a (small) win for Zelda fans who really don’t care for the 3DS version
[Update: Nintendoconfirmeda Friday, February 25 release date forThe Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Maskon the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service.]
Save Termina before it’s met with a terrible fate!
The Legend of#Zelda: Majora’s Mask comes to#NintendoSwitchfor#NintendoSwitchOnline+ Expansion Pack members in February!#Nintendo64pic.twitter.com/WN2Q0Wqc8Q
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica)August 03, 2025
(The “Expansion Pak required” notice on the original N64 box art is too rich.)
For those of us who were willing to pay extra for the Expansion Pass (even if we hadplentyof reservations about Nintendo’s approach to retro game libraries on the Switch), the Nintendo 64 games are at least good, if not great. They’re slow to roll out, to an almost silly degree, but they’re some of the console’s best. Just today, we gotBanjo-Kazooie.
In the case ofMajora’s Maskspecifically, even if the emulation won’t be up to everyone’s standards, I’m expecting it to be a creepy yet satisfying trip on my Switch in 2022. There’s certainly a cohort ofZeldafans who greatly prefer the original incarnation of this time-loop adventure over the prettier but sometimesquestionably designed3DS version.
I infamously (well, to my childhood friends at the time, and no one else…) rentedMajora’s Maskback in the day, was very confused and disturbed, and barely made a dent. I’ve dabbled here and there, especially as some of the more stressful elements and themes have been explored elsewhere, but I still haven’t gone back to exhaustively play through it. All the same,Majora’s Maskis one of those games thatleaves a lasting impression.
After relaxing withOcarina of Timeon Switch, I’m ready to set things straight inMajora’s Mask. (I think.) Or else I’ll just screw around in Clock Town. Save states will help.
