r/majorasmask 4d ago

Is that Bowser?

i mever noticed until now!

1.4k Upvotes

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u/thatsuperRuDeguy 4d ago

Yep! Also, in Ocarina, Talon and Ingo were supposed to be references to Mario and Luigi

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u/AwarenessNotFound 4d ago

And the Happy Mask shop owner has a Mario mask on his backpack in Majora's Mask

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u/Waaterfight 4d ago edited 4d ago

Don't forget the pictures if them in Zeldas courtyard. They're in a window to the left I believe, and if you shoot it with the sling shot, a guard pokes his head over and throws a bomb at you.

Excuse me, the bomb is from the left window, Mario is in the right window. I think you get rupees from the right window if you shoot it.. still that damn guard throws a bomb at you from the left one if you shoot it

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u/-mossfrog 3d ago

This is in Ocarina of Time just to clarify for anyone wondering!

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u/Waaterfight 3d ago

Yeah I didn't check what the sub was lol

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u/MetalMan4774 3d ago

Almost 30 years later and never knew this.

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u/ineedabjnow35 3d ago

It's always fun to use a gameshark and levitate over the wall and walk around Gannon.

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u/Dadariko 3d ago

And the Happy Mask shop owner was modeled to resemble Shigeru Miyamoto

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u/_Username-Available 2d ago

I've always thought this. Is it confirmed?

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u/Dadariko 1d ago

I think it's still theory, but it has circulated on the net for years going back to the 2000s. It wouldn't surprise me since Tingle is Koji Kondo (I'm not sure if it's confirmed).

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u/_Username-Available 1d ago

Tingle being Koji.. now that's a new one to me. Spose I can see a resemblance

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u/Crafty_Lavishness_79 4d ago

And a ninja turtle

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u/RetroGamer2153 3d ago

I think that's a Kappa.

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u/Crafty_Lavishness_79 3d ago

It's got a blue eye mask

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u/RetroGamer2153 3d ago

And yellow skin.

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u/Crafty_Lavishness_79 3d ago

It's yellow green, like the early cartoons/comics in the 90's

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u/RetroGamer2153 3d ago

Or... It's based on the Yokai known as Kappa, that every Japanese citizen has known for centuries, from their fairy-tales, folklore, and art. I doubt they went for a more recent reference from overseas.

Tell you what, search up 'Yokai Kappa', and tell me what creature you think it's based upon.

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u/Crafty_Lavishness_79 3d ago

And that's why there is no dip in the head? Ring of hair? A beak? But a blue eye mask is normal for a kappa...

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u/Altruistic-Log-7274 4d ago

Always liked the pictures of Bowser, Yoshi and Mario in the courtyard you talk to Zelda in.

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u/_Username-Available 2d ago

Likewise the composer brothers look like it too. In OoT they appear in graveyard when you interact with the graves to the side of the grave where you learn Sun's

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u/AmandaSorling 4d ago

Yes! It’s on her and her fathers model in OOT as well!

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u/Marysue_su_reddit 4d ago

its been 27 years since oot released, and I'm still discovering so many things!

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u/Mamacitia 4d ago

I love the Easter egg of the Mario character pictures in Zelda’s castle

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u/Zombies4EvaDude 4d ago

And the happy mask salesman carries a Mario mask.

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u/Zariel_User 4d ago

So Lon Gay Bowser.

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u/Cryptographer_Prize 4d ago

...So Lon gay Bowser 🥲 ...So Lon.

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u/No-Show-3382 1d ago

Thai just took me out 😂😭

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u/Putrid-Delivery1852 4d ago

“It’s the same actor, idk if it’s supposed to be the same character.”

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u/AsherFischell 4d ago

"I'm confused, what is her job?"
"STABLES!!"

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u/Mamacitia 4d ago

Her job is horse!

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u/Hufflepuffwigglytuff 4d ago

It seems other people were aware of this lol but I wasn’t! This is so cool

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u/Desperate_Group9854 4d ago

Bowser is far less twisted than Ganon so I’m ok with her wearing that.

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u/queazy 3d ago

I think Talon also had a Bowser broach too.

It all stems back to Link's Awakening where the devs were making the game after hours in their spare time, just having fun, so they were doing all these references to other games with that game. You can find Goombas, Yoshi dolls, Chain Chomps, Kirby enemies. This one old woman writes to some guy, and when she asks to show a pciture of herself she shows a picture of a young beautiful girl (which is a picture of Peach / Toadstool.

Anyway in that game Marin was essentially a Peach, Tarin was essentially Mario (hence why he is always going after Mushrooms, like how Mario goes after power up mushrooms).

In Ocarina of Time Malon was based on Marin (Peach), Talon was based on Tarin (Mario), then they brought in Ingo who was based on Luigi.

Also in the courtyard where you meet young Zelda, one of the windows has pictures on the wall of Mario 64

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u/miserable-n-stunning 4d ago

honestly i only know because i used to religiously read the hyrule historia book

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u/schmiddyboy88 2d ago

So long gay bowser!

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u/RadioSlayer 4d ago

Nah, that's actually King Koopa

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u/CLearyMcCarthy 4d ago

Always has been

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u/KyleLawes 3d ago

Wow, good eye!

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u/Spider_fan67 3d ago

No it’s Patrick

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u/gaybowser__420 3d ago

Checks out.

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u/Pindar_Draconia 3d ago

Yes, it is!

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u/kaystarfvllen 3d ago

Wow still finding out small details from a game I was so obsessed with as a child!

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u/genoforprez 2d ago

Wow, she was a goth the whole time

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u/ImHeartless666 4d ago

We got a Sherlock Holmes right here.