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[[Mask]]s first appeared as a sidequest in ''Ocarina of Time'', but they play a much more important role in ''Majora's Mask''. Whereas ''Ocarina of Time'' has a few masks of which only one can be carried at a time, ''Majora's Mask'' has a complete inventory of twenty-four masks, many of which are necessary to progress through the game. Some masks are invaluable, others are helpful, and a few are used only once.
[[Image:Majora's Mask image.png|220px|thumb|left|Link in his Goron form, fighting with a [[The Legend of Zelda series enemies#Dodongo|Dodongo]] in the northern Termina Field
Unlike previous ''Zelda'' titles, Link is not limited to his human form; three special masks allow Link to transform into different species: the Deku mask transforms Link into a [[Races of The Legend of Zelda series#Deku|Deku Scrub]], the Goron mask into a [[Races of The Legend of Zelda series#Gorons|Goron]], and the Zora mask into a [[Races of The Legend of Zelda series#Zoras|Zora]]. Each transformation grants unique abilities: the Deku Scrub can perform a spin dash, shoot bubbles from its mouth, and skip on water a limited number of times. The Goron transformation can roll around at high speeds and stomp the ground with his massive body. The Zora transformation can use its sleek body to swim rapidly, throw [[boomerang]]-like fins from his arms and generate a [[Force field (science fiction)|force field]]. Many areas of the game can only be accessed by Link's use of these abilities.
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===GameCube re-release===
In 2003 Nintendo re-released ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'' on the [[Nintendo GameCube]] as part of the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'', a special promotional disc which also contained ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' as well as the original two 8-bit [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] ''[[The Legend of Zelda series|Zelda]]'' games, ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', and ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]''.<ref name="IGN LOZCE">{{cite web | url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/440/440850p1.html | title=Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition | publisher=IGN | date=[[2003-11-17]] | accessdate=2006-10-01}}</ref> This disc could be purchased with a GameCube console, as part of a subscription offer to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine, or through Nintendo's official website by purchasing and registering a certain number of first-party Nintendo games.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/457/457897p1.html | title=Zelda Bundle at $99 | publisher=IGN | date=[[2003-11-04]] | accessdate=2006-10-01}}</ref> The offer expired in early 2004
Similar to some other GameCube re-releases, the game is not a [[porting|port]] in the traditional sense, but rather the [[ROM image|ROM]] of the original game running on a software [[emulator]].<ref name="IGN LOZCE" /> The only differences are the colors of the action buttons due to the GameCube's green A button and red B button and the pause screen's use and depiction of the L button as the left page scroller, as opposed to Z. Aside from these, because it is only emulated (rather than altered for the new console), there are some timing discrepancies between the two consoles; some of the music sounds inaccurate on the GameCube and the framerate is noticably lower.<ref name="IGN LOZCE" /> Another issue that has been raised is that the game unexpectedly crashes on the GameCube occasionally; this is once again caused by the inaccuracies of the emulator. Furthermore, the GameCube's controls are different than the [[Nintendo 64]]'s. This results in occasional difficulties in performing maneuvers such as back-walking. Despite these problems, the GameCube version has a cleaner look since it runs at a higher resolution than its Nintendo 64 counterpart.<ref name="IGN LOZCE" /> In addition, the GameCube version supports component video connections and [[progressive scan]] ([[480p]]).<ref name="IGN LOZCE" />
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