So as a minor preface to this lovely wall of text I will be hitting you with. Each review will be coming one at a time, so I can have time to sort mine thoughts. If there is such a thing in this enigma of my head. So first up...
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons:
These two games, wow, there is not much I can say. After playing through the both of them I found a lot of differences outside of the story.( And the fact that Seasons is supposedly first in Canon.) These two lovely gems were put out for the GBC, and really the only way to play them. Is to either shell out some dough, or use an emulator. Sadly I used an emulator, as my copies of the game were destroyed by a pesky animal.
Ages:
I played this first, I remember it being my favorite of the two. I believe it was because, at the time, I thought Veran(the Big Bad) of this game was kinda sexy. Until she turns into a giant NOPE filled multistage boss battle from hell. This game is actually harder than Seasons in a few of the REQUIRED minigames. That drove me insane for 5 hours and 900 rupies later. I am still upset about the Goron Dancing minigames. It features a few fun systems in place, such as an npc family that grows as you progress. Code transfers between it and Seasons. On to the show.
Story: Link awakens to encounter Impa.( Who is portrayed as a kinda weird in these games to me.) Who is searching for Nayru to protect her from the evil forces at work. After you push aside a sacred barrier block, and find the lovely songstress, Impa goes all batshit insane. She is revealed as being possessed by Veran, who then possesses Nayru, and throws the timeline out of whack. Lovely, instead of a Delorian I am stuck with a harp. You go all back to the future through several dungeons correcting the wrongs, opening new paths, as well as establishing Link as a omnipresent godsend. Things go good until you save Nayru, but Veran possesses the queen of the land to try and take over the world once again. More wibbly wobbly timey wimey.....stuff you end up restoring the Maku tree to -her- Link-fangirl full power. Ascending the black tower that has been looming over you the whole game, you face Veran in Queen Ambi's body, and get to fight superbitch on her own. This is where my crush on her ended as a child, she turns into a bat thing, then into a turtle, a bigger bat, and a huge ass spider. After that ordeal and lots of dodging later, link saves the day. You get a nifty passcode(or if you had a link cable) to send over data to Seasons.
Gameplay: Typical Zelda. It is a long running system and really needs no changes. You have side quests, and a long trading chain. Lots of heart pieces to collect and rupies to farm. If there is anything that stands out it is the password system. After you beat one game, you get a passcode to transfer to the other game. In that game some data is shared, and more 'secrets' unlock for you to transfer between games. Such as the super short true ending. More on that later I guess.
Graphics: It is a GBC graphics, you are not going to get much. Hell instead of a Wind Waker HD I would love a 3DS remake of these two games. On a single sd and no passcode crap needed.( Yeah Having to switch games constantly grinds my gears.) Colors at the time were pretty good, but nothing close to a console. I do like the artwork cut scenes that you get every now and again. Those do show some amazing color for the time.
Length: Depending on your skill with the goron dancing stuff. I would say anywhere from 6-10 hours of Zelda goodness. Playing just one though.. However, they should be played together. Netting you a 12-20 hour game.
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Seasons: After this recent week, I have changed my favorite of the two to Seasons. All around you have an easier system. Just some seasons, no messing with time and space. No you just get to activate Bikini Weather at will. The dancing in this one only took me one try, instead of too damn many. And who does not like a feisty redhead as an oracle.
Story: (If you transferred from ages like I did.) Link is transferred to yet another strange land. Where Impa recognizes him. Thankfully she is not possessed by Queen of the Damned. She is in a caravan transporting Din to Hyrule for protection against the dark forces of Onox...or is it Onyx ...I can never really recall. Even after playing. After having a nice dance with Din, shit hits the fan and the O-man kidnaps Din. He then proceeds to seal her in crystal, and deposits the Temple of Seasons into Surbosia, an underground city. He praises link for destroying Veran, but he will not be so easily toppled. ( I beg to differ). You go on a fun journey through the land setting seasons right, and using the rod of seasons to ultimately save the day. My big gripe here is that the O-man is a pushover. You barely see him in the game, unlike Veran. She had true presence. Anyway, he tries to use Din as a shield, but that fails as Link knocks the crystal away with the rod of seasons. The ground collapses and you go all 2d battle against a giant fucking dragon. ( Who died in three hits from me.) All the world is safe...except not really.
Throughout this play-through Zelda herself makes a grand ass of herself. After repeated tellings of to NOT GO OUTSIDE THE SAFEHOUSE. The bleeding heart has to 'comfort the people'. Leading to Twinrova capturing her, and you going on another quest to save the dumbass. I kind of liked it when it was two different people getting kidnapped, but they just had to tie in Gannon again. After solving the brainwracking eye puzzle, you fight Twinrova... I hope you got plenty of practice in ages with the batting game. Cause you have to reflect the different elements back at them. Then hit them with mystery seeds from your shooter/sling. Then they will just pull the ace out of their ass, and sacrifice themselves to summon A.....retarded Gannon who knows nothing more than to charge and teleport. I expected a harder fight..since this is the last story and all. Nope you can kill him with just a few well placed spin attacks. Yes Spin to Win baby...spin to win. And once again Link saves Zelda, and I think he does get a kiss in this version.
Gameplay: Much like Ages, not much I can say.
Length.: See Ages.
Next review: Zelda Extravaganza continues...with.. The Minish Cap.
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