Talk:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask/Masks

I am planning on making this page a complete detailed record of every mask in Majora's Mask including their properties and a detailed account of how to get them. I plan on making the "How to Get" sections very detailed with somewhat of a small walkthrough on how to get each.

I also plan on including masks that you can't wear such as Majora's Mask and the boss remains masks.

--louie55 23:48, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Progress
Ok, I now have every mask listed on the page. Now comes the task of filling in all of the extra information and reformatting each mask further. I am planning on adding more headings to each mask such as "Prerequisites" and "Location" to try to organize and separate all of the information better. I will be working on this slowly one mask at a time. It may take a while to finish, but it should be a fairly detailed mask guide when it's finished. --louie55 02:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, great job on this page; it's looking real good! - naj zere 08:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Stalled
I have written the content for the first mask: the Deku Scrub. However, during the course of writing it, I discovered that the need of maps is high.

The way of thinking I am using when writing these descriptions on how to get the masks is I am assuming that the people reading it have never played the game before and, to go even further, that they have never played any Zelda game before. This means that when I say to go a certain place in my walkthroughs, they will not know what I'm talking about. There are 2 ways to fix this. First, I could explain in detail how to get to this place, or second, I could link them to a map. And, as we all know, a map is worth 10,000 words.

Therefore, in the interest of keeping each Mask's section as short as possible and saving myself a lot of typing, I have decided to divert my attention to creating the "Maps" page which currently is in the Table of Contents, but doesn't exist. I will draw the maps myself, therefore no copyrights will be infringed upon. Once I draw the map or maps I need to keep going on the Masks page, I will proceed with the Masks. --louie55 03:12, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just keep in mind that the maps will need to be fairly high quality, so hand-drawn ones probably aren't going to cut it. If you don't have a way to capture video, the game may be popular enough that you can find shots of it on the internet. - naj zere 06:58, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I never meant I was going to hand draw them. I am going to draw them in a graphics program on the computer. Computer drawn maps will actually look better than a map from a screen shot since Nintendo 64 screen shots can be pretty grainy. I can't guarantee how "high quality" they are going to be until I try to make them. But right now the page doesn't even exist, so any map is better than nothing at all. If someone makes a better one in the future, they can replace mine. --louie55 16:22, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Mask walkthrough
The information for the first map is much too detailed, as it is basically the walkthrough for the beginning of the game. "You get this mask after completing the first day," is probably enough to suffice here. Masks that are gained through the normal course of the game just need to reference that part of the walkthrough. People are coming to this page for info on getting the optional masks. - naj zere 01:51, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I have already had the same thought, I just haven't posted it here. I agree that if most of what is required is in the walkthrough, that it is best to just link to that page. An exception would be if it is an optional mask (as you said), in which case it probably isn't covered in detail in the walkthrough. If an optional mask IS covered in detail in the walkthrough, I think it should be moved out of the walkthrough and into this page. Only the required masks should be in the walkthrough.


 * At first, I had a complete mask guide in mind that could stand alone from the walkthrough which is why I wrote the first mask the way I did. But I see now that all the detail that would be required for such a guide would make it way too long. That is why I only did one mask so far because I wanted to see how it would turn out. This is mainly just a first draft for now. It is nowhere near finished. --louie55 02:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh, okay. And I agree that linking from the walkthrough to this page for details on optional masks is the best way to handle it. - naj zere 02:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)