legend of zelda: ocarina of time 3D & majora's mask 3D ~ race minigames

[kossai]

kossai play ocarina of time 3D in november 2021 , and majora's mask 3D in february 2023 . ocarina of time 3D was actually first zelda game - was never well off enough to buy consoles when young , so pretty much grow up on PC games only .
of course , dates of these far off enough to not really have specific commentary posts anywhere . but there is one thing which will stick in mind forever :
absolutely hate zelda race minigames .

in ocarina of time 3D , there is glitch with adult epona race - one which kossai have to use in order to win . very simple one , just stop during race and wait for ingo to disappear . then ride on up , and win !

unfortunately , majora's mask 3D races harder , and without such useful glitches . beaver race , gorman race , and goron race after powder keg . of these races :

• beaver race reward is bottle
• goron race reward is bottle
• gorman race reward is garo's mask

will always need at least 1 bottle to rescue zora eggs - of course , just 1 bottle is slowest and most tedious , so really want to get as many as possible .
meanwhile , garo's mask is only way forward , necessary for progress .
so what happen with these races was throw at wall again , and again , and again to try and win . these minigames do not have much forgiveness for those who struggle - strategy guides can not fix slow reaction times or wonky dexterity .

... so if question is , should game designers lock necessary progression items behind race minigames ? then answer is : no , fuck off !