I've played every 3D Zelda but this one. I've always been intimidated by it because of the timer thing.

I picked it up earlier this week and have been loving it. I've completed the first dungeon and have mastered the Song of Time, reversed Song of Time, Song of Double Time, etc.

The one thing I can't for the life of me wrap my head around is how the NPCs and their various questlines work. I get that this game is the Zelda most focused on story, but I still need help.

I picked up the bomber's notebook and yeah it's helpful but the fact that it doesn't tell you WHERE the NPCs are located is something that's been troubling me. Of course, the game doesn't need to hold my hand and tell me exactly where to go, that's not what I'm asking. What I'm wondering is how do I intuitively trigger these quest lines? Do I just have to go into every major building and hope the person I'm looking for is there?

It seems like I need specific items for these things to work, and when I get stumped and reluctantly look at a guide, it says I need a certain mask or certain item. Am I expected to just keep going throughout the game and try out every new mask I get on every single NPC? Using Kamaro's mask on the twins was fine, but others seem to be really convoluted.

I feel like I'm rambling but I'm just asking for some guidance from those of you who love this game. I really want to love it too, I just need some tips and tricks on how to properly approach the NPCs in Clocktown. How do I approach these sprawling questlines and how do I know I'll have what I need to complete it. Am I too early in the game to truly be able to tell?

I hope you can understand what I'm asking here. Guidance would be appreciated!

I would buy an OG or 8-Bitdo controller, but I don't got the money so I'm stuck with Switch controller

Been thinking alot about a layout that might get close enough, but the only things I'm sure about are:

1] C-Directions should be mapped to Right Analog AND each be mapped to a Button, since most games ain't designed for dual analog

2] I really like having C-Left and C-Right on the bumpers, 'cause it feels better to turn the Camera like that in SM64 rather than tapping the stick, but that layout may not be for everybody

3] L button rarely gets used, so it's fine if it gets mapped to Stick-Click or something

4] B on the Left and A on the bottom is more accurate, but keeping it how it is on Switch controllers is fine. Less objective improvement and more personal preference

What do you think though?

I recently installed and got dekui runing which is a mod for the azahar emulator that makes the 3ds version of the game a single screen experience and noticed that there is a cheat folder. However I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get them to work. Has anyone here used it and managed to get cheats working?

Either way works but I wanna have the best experience when playing Majora's mask for the first time, I heard that N64 is good if you wanna feel the games atmosphere but what do you guys think?

Some ideas to support Link and some tweaks since my last post. There are three main ideas:

have the Transformation Masks be independant creatures which you can get into the graveyard easily by sacrificing them and give Link abilies that scale well with his P/T.

Strengthen Link with Equipment.

Plan a schedule with suspend cards and manipulate them with time travel.