The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
| The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons | |
| Developer(s) | Flagship |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date | February 27,2001 (JP) May 14, 2001 (US) October 5, 2001 (EU) |
| Genre | Action Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E), ELSPA: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Color |
| Media | Cartridge |
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (also known as OoS ) is a video game published by Nintendo and developed by Nintendo in conjunction with Capcom. Although the game was originally released for use on the Nintendo Game Boy Color, it exhibits special features, such as additional items, when played on a Nintendo Game Boy Advance.
This game is the counterpart of Oracle of Ages, which was released at the same time. These two games have the ability to link with one another, using either passwords or a cable, so that a person could play one game, and then transfer his or her progress to the other game. In addition, this is the only way to reach the "true" ending of the game. The game was originally planned to be a trilogy known as the "Triforce Trilogy", in which two of the games were to be remakes of the original NES titles. This idea was scrapped early on in the development process.
Difference Between OoA & OoS
The biggest difference between Seasons and Ages is that each focuses on a different aspect of the classic Zelda formula: Ages is puzzle-heavy while Seasons is action-oriented. It's worth mentioning that Seasons and Ages are fully self-contained games that can be played and completed without each other.
Storyline
Deep inside the Temple of the Triforce, Link slowly approached the golden relic when a voice called out to him. Without warning, he was sucked into a vortex that tossed him out into a dark forest where upon landing, the young hero heard music and voices from just beyond a group of trees. In a clearing, a group of traveling entertainers were cheering a beautiful red head who was dancing around a fire. The dancer motioned to Link for him to join her. She welcomed the Hylian to Holodrum, and mentioned that her name was Din. Din took Link's hand and the two began to dance around the fire. The other people started cheering them on, but the happy moment was short lived.
The sky over the forest became covered in black clouds followed by several strikes of lightning and booming thunder from which an ominous voice spoke from. The speaker declared himself as Onox, General of Darkness and added that Din was the Oracle of Seasons.
After his short speech, a funnel cloud dropped from the sky blowing back everyone including Link before sucking up Din into its dark heights. As the tornado dissipated, the seasons of Holodrum fell into disarray with them changing rapidly.
See also
| The Legend of Zelda game series | |
| Legend of Zelda | The Adventure of Link | A Link to the Past | Link's Awakening | Ocarina of Time | Majora's Mask | Oracle of Ages | Oracle of Seasons | The Wind Waker | The Legend of Zelda (tentative title) | |
| The Four Swords subseries | |
| Four Swords | Four Swords Adventures | The Minish Cap | |
| BS Zelda | BS Zelda: Kodai no Sekiban | Master Quest (Ura Zelda) | Collector's Edition | Mystical Seed of Courage (cancelled) |
Categories: Legend of Zelda games | Game Boy Color games