Sakon's Hideout is a location in Majora's Mask.[1] It is located in Ikana Canyon.
Features and Overview[]
The Hideout is where Sakon the thief keeps his stolen goods. During the Reuniting Kafei and Anju sidequest, Link is able to enter it on the Final Day at 7:00 PM along with Kafei to retrieve his stolen Sun's Mask. The door to the Hideout will stay open until 7:30 PM.
Kafei finds his wedding ceremony mask sitting on top of a conveyor belt upon entering the Hideout; however, just as he is about to grab the mask, he accidentally steps on the switch which sets an alarm and starts the conveyor belt. To stop the mask from falling into an endless hole at the end of the track, Kafei and Link must cooperate together, with Kafei solving block puzzles and Link fighting enemies. While Link depresses the switch, Kafei enters the first door, which deals with pushing blocks on top of switches. When he solves this puzzle, a door opens on Link's side, where he must defeat several enemies to open the next door on Kafei's side. The security system of the Hideout is made so that Kafei must push the blocks on top of the blue switches in order for Link to be able to go to the next room; likewise, Link must defeat the enemies he encounters so that the door on Kafei's side unlocks, allowing him to go to the next room and do the next puzzle.[2] The two must continue this process until they arrive at the end of the Hideout, where they must each step on one blue switch to recover the Sun's Mask.
While on Kafei's side, Kafei must be careful to not step on the red switches, for they increase the speed of the conveyor belt; however, stepping on the yellow switches temporally slows it down.
If the duo fails to retrieve the Sun's Mask before it reaches the end of the conveyor belt and falls into the bottomless hole, it becomes forever lost in Sakon's possession and Kafei tells Link to leave the Hideout in distress.
There is a sign outside his hideout, either for humor or to indicate Sakon is very confident in his security system, which is uncrackable without at least two people.[1]
Minor Enemies[]
Trivia[]
- With a perfectly timed side-jump by the small gap at the entrance, it is possible for Link to enter Sakon's Hideout without having Sakon himself opening the stone door. However, once inside, he should not go past the first door, as the cutscene meant for Kafei stepping on the switch will freeze the game, due to himself being absent.
- Despite not having any enemies in his part of the hideout, Kafei can punch by pressing the Sword button.
- Link helping Kafei retrieve the Sun's Mask in the hideout marks the first time in The Legend of Zelda series where the player controls another character besides Link. Such a concept would be reused for The Wind Waker with the three statues in Tower of the Gods, Medli, and Makar.
Nomenclature[]
 Names in Other Regions 
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| Language | Name | Meaning | |
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Japanese | サコンのアジト (Sakon no Ajito) | Sakon's Hideout |
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French | Repaire de Sakon | Sakon's Lair |
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German | Sakons Versteck | |
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Spanish | Escondite de Sakon | Sakon's Hideout |
Gallery[]
Sakon opening the Hideout
One of Kafei's puzzles in the Hideout
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sakon's Hideout
Equipped with walls that can withstand any explosion! Protected by impenetrable internal security!" — Sign (Majora's Mask 3D) - ↑ "It's some setup where the door stays open only while the switch is pressed! [...] That's no good. This isn't the switch... Go check that room. There should be some sort of mechanism. Please! There's no time!!!" — Kafei (Majora's Mask)