I've been thinking about fun challenge runs and ways to play the game, and with mods and such, especially with 2Ship being a thing, an idea came to my mind the other day.

It never made much sense how time-travel worked in this game to me, where link only lost a few items and rupees every time he went back, it does make the game beatable and not a massive headache but... what if?....

TLDR: What if using the song of time made you lose way more items than it does?

To preface, most of these ideas also come from a background of me being a Pikmin fan/player. For those not in the know, Pikmin doesn't borrow much from Majora's Mask (sadly), but I think it does share a very fundamental element; that of "Dandori", which is a concept that has to do with multi-tasking, planning ahead, etc. This very concept is what makes Majora's Mask so fun for me and why I came up with this idea:

What if time-traveling actually worked as it should? Where Link lost most of his inventory and other things each time he traveled back in time? Because again, it never made much sense to me that he'd keep so much stuff, obviously it's for the sake of progression, it would be a nightmare to have to collect everything back, but then again... what if that was the case? Of course this mod would be for veteran players that know the game in-and-out as having to re-do most things each time would be really challenging for new players.

Things Link would keep:

I think Link should keep some items, not only because some make some sense, but also because otherwise the game would lack most sense of progression. Now, to briefly compile all the things I think Link should keep are:

The Ocarina of Time: His main instrument to go back in time, since it has time-related properties to it, I'd assume it would be able to bypass getting reset.

Songs: These aren't a physical object, rather knowledge passed down to Link, he would still have to have learned them in the first place, but it's safe to assume they'd stick between cycles.

The Deku Mask: This is mostly a bit of a shortcut, after all, it's arguably the only item besides gear that Link enters Termina with, he does obtain it as a proper item after learning the song of Healing, but for the sake of convenience let's say he plays the song every time he resets time.

Heart Pieces/Containers: Same logic as the songs, these are now part of Link and wouldn't make much sense for them to get reset.

Great Fairy Powerups: Same logic as before, magic, double magic and defense are all things that upgrade Link in a... physical way? The only exception would be the Great Fairy Sword, but I'd say it'd be able to be kept because of... magic... idk, as much as that excuse can be said for other items, I'd make this one an exception, to keep it the same as other Great Fairy rewards and because this one in particular is the hardest to get. Would also give an edge to the GFS over the Gilded one for once.

The bank stamp, assuming it's written on Link's body, I'd say he'd keep that when he travels back in time, but honestly this one could go either way.

And that's it... at least for things that physically make sense, though hear me out on some other ideas, because some things would be impossible to collect otherwise.

Items Link could keep:

Masks*: I'm not saying you keep the masks, but you do... simply put, if you have collected a mask, it remains in your inventory and you do get it while inside the moon, simply to make the FDM accessible. Let's say the spirit of the mask remains with you across time.

Bomber's Notebook: Probably more of a convenience, but if Link wasn't to keep it, I'd say he does retain records and such, let's just say Link has very good memory and he gets to fill-in the notebook every-time he re-acquires it.

Owl Statues: I'd say these would make sense in a balance-standpoint and the owl is mystical enough to justify it.

Epona: I think getting her song is enough of a good "checkpoint", let's just say she jumps above the fences and goes back to Link, but only if he learns the song.

Boss Re-fights: The fact that these exist is weird; they seem to recall being defeated and such, so having those shortcuts would somewhat help, especially since the Boss Remains and key items would get reset.

Items Link shouldn't keep:

Some items that would make sense to keep, but I'd say would be interesting if you didn't. These all make some sense, but I'd say part of the challenge is getting these again and again, that's pretty much the point of this whole idea.

Key Items: Self explanatory and I don't think it's as bad as it sounds; the most important ones are arguably the Bow and the Hookshot.

Transformation Masks: Darmani's is probably the one that's furthest, but still, part of the challenge would be to get these every time you'd need them.

Boss Remains: These are the most interesting, having to beat the temples each time would pose a fairly interesting challenge, especially for the final cycle.

Other changes:

Finally, I'd like to propose some interesting changes that may make this mode a tad more interesting overall.

Have a cycle limit, let's say the OoT just has so much power to make the Song of Time work, I know it would add real stress to the game but I also feel a hard time-limit of sorts would make things much more interesting. It would also shift the answer to the question "Can you beat Majora's Mask with a more realistic time travel?" from "eventually" to an actual answer that could go either way.

Buff Majora Majorly. I mean, which avid fan of MM hasn't tried to do a cycle where they help as many people as they can? That'd be in the spirit of this idea, helping people beyond just for helping them, because now all the help you receive back is gonna help you against a buffed Majora. The FDM being easily unlocked by just getting the masks once may go against this... maybe to get the FDM you have to collect a certain number of masks again... not all of them, but a majority of them. Would also kinda make upgrades like the Quiver and Bomb bag kinda worth collecting again?

Have an atemporal shop at the Clock Tower, ran by the HMS, I'd be a shop where you could buy all previously obtained items in an instant, at the cost of money. This way you could get masks and items easily by spending rupees, this would alleviate some of the stress and would make money way more useful. Would also give the game a more rogue-like feel.

Have toggles and options, I know many of these ideas will sound like a nightmare to a lot of people, but maybe they still want to give some part of it a go, so why not have toggles on what people want, these could even go beyond just my ideas.

And that's pretty much it, so what do you think? would it be a fun idea? Is there something you'd change to make it more fun? Did I miss anything I didn't mention or that you have questions on how it would work? Is there something already out there that's basically this? Let me know all your ideas and opinions!

Finally, sadly I don't have the skills nor the know-how on how to implement these things, a most I'd probably switch some flags around at most, but I assume there is much more to how these items work and such, so yeah, don't expect this idea to come to fruition... at least not from me. (for now? maybe?)

Been farming this event non-stop and I've gotten everything at the shop already, except for gold and other misc. stuff.

However I'm still ways off from getting the Watermelon Whacker title, I'm currently sitting as 12k chunks and the title is awarded at 17k, I dunno if it's worth it or if I've been doing something wrong, it feels quite slow to get so many chunks and there's around 3 or so days left of the event. Feels like getting 5k in just 3 days (basically around 40% of my current progress) feels rather daunting and even impossible.

Should I focus on getting this title? What are people doing to get so many chunks? note that I've gotten all worthwhile things in the event except for the King Melon S-rank Memory, but that's a work in progress, but this one seems like it's going to be a huge time and stamina sink, feel I'd rather just focus on the current autumn event instead.

Thoughts or tips?

So I've been wondering something about her, from what I understand the Mew Mews need their medallion to transform and said medallion is given by Masha, but in the anime it is said that she had discovered her powers and transformation before meeting with Ichigo and the gang so... how does that work?

I get that they were infused with animal DNA before just like Ichigo (I think?) but that should've just been like some animal-like traits, not the full transformation.

Is it the same in the manga? is there an explanation or is it just like that?

Tough ask since I know it's most common to post things in english and such, but it's killing me to know if anyone can find this song I just heard at an electronics shop here in Mexico. I didn't have my phone with me so I couldn't shazam it, but I tried to commit to memory some of the lyrics, they aren't exact but I think are close enough:

"Las palabras son como flechas" This one is the least exact, I just have the vague idea that one line was like this or conveyed the same idea, don't really rely on this one.

"Agujas que caen en un río" I do remember the word "Agujas" and "Río" here, probably referring to something like rain. Either way, this one is also not exact, but it does have some concrete words.

"polvo de fuego a punto de estallar" This is the line I'm most confident in, specially the phrase "Polvo de fuego" which I assume refers to powder, just in a much poetic manner. I'm not sure if it said estallar or explotar, but both mean the same; explode/ blow up.

Some other details is that it was kinda slow, it did have some instruments that were like guitar, it was singed by a woman and she had this semi-quiet voice, a bit breathy, like between whispering and singing, but it didn't sound too quiet, basically soft singing. I listened to it here in Mexico just today, sadly that doesn't tell me which year the song is from, but doesn't sound too old.

What I'm most baffled at is that I've been searching for a while now and I have found not a single match nor lead, despite some phrases like "polve de fuego" being so specific, I'm wondering if search engines have just become worse at finding such things.

We all know it's bad, like really bad, but somehow it just gets worse the more I use it and observe it. And on one hand I get it, it's not supposed to be all that good compared to an actual player, but I feel that at the very least it should function slightly better than it currently does, specially on the following aspects I've noticed:

- The most obvious one and yet, the one I feel less strongly about; its tendency to hang-out on top of damaging floor. This one I don't mind much even though in theory should be the worst, it's just that I don't use the bot in places where damaging floor is a big factor. I'm sure there will come a time when it is and I'll regret not pulling for Erdrick's Shield, but an even better solution would be if they just fixed the bot.

- This one I feel is related to the last point, but the bot is awfully bad at dodging some specific attacks, and it's a weird mix. The Green Dragon's breath is the worst, does a lot of damage and is awfully large, it also has the distinction of not generating any warning area, and I think that's why the bot never seems to attempt to dodge this one, even if it's as easy as moving to the side a bit, but it can be catastrophic.

Kinda related, but I've seen the bot also outright ignore area attacks AFTER they have started, just now as I'm writing this it happened again; Ethereal Dragon prepares breath attack and bot gets out of the area. Breath attack begins and bot willfully throws itself into the fire right-after... awful. The bot also fails to dodge some random stray attacks here and there, so I'll sort-of add this to my next point.

- The bot is weirdly inconsistent in many ways, like those random attacks, but also, the bot sometimes will ignore medicinal herbs on the floor, even if my character has low HP, for no reason, they will just ignore it. Would be nice if the bot was just more consistent overall.

- The bot also has no priorities, this is too broad because it probably applies to a lot, but I'm specifically talking about Ruin paths and blessings, the bot will seemingly choose at random on these. Would be nice if there was a setting where you could set up priorities, specially for the blessings. This one point feels the most complex I feel.

- And wait, speaking of priorities, bots will break down if they are inside multiple warning areas, lots of rockbombs are almost guaranteed to kill a bot because they just panic and try to move away unsuccessfully and you have to pray the passive damage deals with the rocks. Would be nice if there were some settings to tweak how the bot behaves, like being aggressive, defensive and something in-between.

And that's it, I know coding a simple but competent AI is rough and some situations are harder to fix than others, like I get why the bot freaks out at some situations, but I also feel the bot could be a lot smarter and reliable, unless it is supposed to be THAT dumb.

Anyways, let me know what has been the dumbest thing you've seen the auto bot do and what would you change/suggest to improve it.

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Not gonna ask when these will come, I don't think anyone would know (unless?) But seeing as how the DQ1 event was handled... I am wondering how everyone thinks they'll handle the future events, also list your wishlists and such, it's fun to hear ideas from the community.

What stood out to me were the banners, I didn't expect the Sword of Erdrick to come this soon, although I guess it is in DQ1, I see it more as a DQ3 weapon. What's more, the Dragonlord staff was a nice surprise, it's been a while since DQoTS was live so I don't remember if we got villain's equipment aside from maybe Psaro's so this was just dope.

However, it makes me wonder at what kind of weapons we are gonna see in the future, because if we go strictly by what heroes and villains wield, it's gonna be mostly swords and staffs (some villains don't even use any weapons). So on that note, I guess they are gonna focus on other weapons with different types, list any iconic ones that aren't swords you'd wish to see in the future, same for the villain's weapons.

That aside, what events, characters, bosses, etc. you are looking forward to seeing in the game? Are you saving for any in particular? same goes for events outside of the DQ continuity (christmas, halloween, etc.)

I hope we get to see some fun events (before the game eventually gets to EoS 😭)

By some miracle, glitch or whatever, you somehow learn your loved one/s chose blue, but you have no other information available about the total tally, it's also too late to influence them to change their vote. What will you do?

Obviously on one hand, it may be too late to skew the voting in any significant manner, you only have your own choice, will you press red and risk living without your loved ones? Will you press blue out of solidarity and in case the impossible happens? What if the results are made public after? Do you think you can justify your choice if blue wins?

I know what the original question entails and I don't intend for this to change in any way your original answer, I just want to know how and if knowing the choice of those important to you changes how you think. Also, I guess this can apply to blue-pressers as well, does this affect your choice in any way?