Majora's Mask Crooked Cartridge - PAL FD Link
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Instructions
- Open up a save file.
- Put on the Deku Mask and play the Song of Time to save the game.
- Reset, and return to the file select screen.
- Choose to copy the file you just saved.
- Select "yes" to begin copying the file, and immediately perform the Crooked Cartridge trick.
- Once the file is finished copying the name should be the same! If so then push the cartridge back in and load the file.
Result
When the screen showing the clock tower comes up, the magic meter, B icon and Rupee counter will be visible. Once you gain control of Deku Link, you shouldn't be able to see the A or C-button icons. The magic meter should also be flashing blue and you'll have infinite magic. You can now use any item that is equipped to a C-button. Some items could crash the game if you try to use them. Once you've used an item, or if you leave the area or pause the game you won't be able to use any more items.
Obviously the major use for this is to have the Fierce Deity mask equipped and change into him. Once you do so, he'll have the bow equipped to B and will automatically take it out. To fix this, hold Z and sidestep your way to Honey & Darling's game shop. Once you enter, you should have Bombchus on B; exit, and then pause and unpause the game to get your sword there.
If you instead change into any other form of Link, you'll find they have the Bow on B as well. Pressing B as Goron Link will either crash the game or make it start running at about 1 fps for around 30 seconds before crashing.
Once you turn the game off, when you get back to the select file screen the file will be gone, you can load it again by performing the 48 Ocarinas trick on the empty slot where it was though.
Explanation
To help you understand what you're trying to do, here's an explanation of the game's saving system as I understand it.
When you start a new file or copy an existing one, one of the first things saved is the file's name. The game then saves the contents of the Quest Subscreen, and then the Mask and Item Subscreens. What you need to realize is that all this information is saved in the first half a second of the saving process; I don't know what it saves after that, but it spends a long time doing it.
When you do this trick, what you're aiming to do is perform the Crooked Cartridge trick after the game has saved the file's name, but before it has saved the Quest Subscreen -- you're aiming to perform the Crooked Cartridge trick about a tenth of a second after you press A to begin saving. Seeing as you probably can't tell when exactly to perform the trick, because of the very small time window, what you should do is press A and perform the Crooked Cartridge trick at the same time.
Then, if the file copies and the name is different, the number of bosses' remains you have is different, or the number of heart pieces you have is different, you know you're doing it slightly too early. If the file copies and is perfectly normal then you know you're doing it too late.
