I'm trying to get a friend interested in the Legend of Zelda franchise by playing a game of it in front of them. I recently purhased Majora's Mask on the Wii VC store, which I've never played before. I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by finally getting to experience MM and show it off to my friend to get them into Zelda at the same time. My biggest worry is that MM might contain major Ocarina of Time spoilers for my friend. It's probably a judgment call for most people who likely played them in the Order they were released, and I'm sure that that is the optimal experience, but I don't want to waste time playing through OoT again unless my alternative route would ruin things if my friend ended up wanting to go back and play OoT after all.

There aren't any spoilers, just go ahead and play Majora. I should warn you, however, that most people did not enjoy Majora as much as OOT. Majora is my personal favorite of the entire series but the time factor puts a lot of people off.

Uh, no, I don't think there are any spoilers other than the fact that Navi left (if you even consider that a spoiler) so if he wants to play Majora's Mask first i think that should be fine. Still, have your friend play Ocarina of Time; it's a magnificent game!

The plot begins with Link searching for Epona, but aside from that I don't think there's too much plot crossover.

" The plot begins with Link searching for Epona, but aside from that I don't think there's too much plot crossover. "

I remember playing that game when I was a kid.  From what I remember, I don't recall any major connections with OoT.  Then again, I've never played OoT.

There's really only one surprise in OoT and it might not even come up in MM.  Link fights evil (usually Ganon) to save  Zelda ... basically is every Zelda game, not to many surprises.

MM would only spoil things you can do in the game, like ride Epona and play the ocarina. There are virtually no similarities in story besides character models, and MM's set in a completely different place than OoT.

No spoilers, but Majora's Mask is a lot harder than OoT if that's a factor at all. 

Thanks - and actually, O'm hoping the time thing might end up being a factor in MM's favor. Back to the Future 2 was great, etc. Probably not a perfect analogy.

" Thanks - and actually, O'm hoping the time thing might end up being a factor in MM's favor. Back to the Future 2 was great, etc. Probably not a perfect analogy. "

Yo Link saves Zelda, gets the Triforce and defeats Ganon! Whoops, sorry.

I can't look at Major's Mask the same anymore. Not since that haunted cartridge video/article. *shivers* 
 
No spoilers between the two games though. I don't think you can spoil a Zelda game. They aren't really that story intensive.

There is barely a plot in either of those games. 

But yeah Majoras Mask was pretty dark, especially for a Nintendo game. It did a pretty unique thing too, something I wouldn't mind seeing again sometime.

For the record, there's not really all that much to spoil in Ocarina of Time anyway. As for Majora's Mask, a lot of people are put off on the whole timed thing, but I think it was unique and one of the best games of the series. It's also probably the darkest and most emotional Zelda game. The two games are only very loosely connected.

It's a Zelda game... if you've played one you've spoiled them all.... 

All that'll get spoiled is something predictable about the ending, which you can tell from screenshots.

"Yo Link saves Zelda, gets the Triforce and defeats Ganon! Whoops, sorry. "