Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages - A Leap of Faith

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    In the past, I've discussed how trading quests and seeking out information can shape areas in a Zelda game. For Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, Hidemaro Fujibayashi and his team chose to implement their incredible new ideas and mechanics around this philosophy in an effort to channel the original Zelda. The result is a wildly entertaining, challenging, puzzling, and ultimately enjoyable couple of games that don't get the attention they deserve. They're not perfect, but they represent a leap of faith for the developers, and for the rest of the series.
    Thumbnail illustrations by Nin10ja! / nin10ja
    Thanks to Rebecca Tripp for letting me use her remix of Tarm Ruins ( • Tarm Ruins Oracle of S... ), and my brother Daylan for illustrating ( / daylanb.art )
    Also features music by Marble Pawns (marblepawns.bandcamp.com/albu...)
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  • @krissydiggs
    @krissydiggs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    I'll never understand how these games aren't more popular. If there's a series I wish they'd remake or at least rerelease it's these. They are some of my greatest memories.

    • @SilentscufflE
      @SilentscufflE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Unfortunately, I think it might have had to do with releasing so late on the GBC. Because imo they're much better as a whole than LA. Nintendo, for some reason, really doesn't want to acknowledge the Capcom games, but I've wanted these remade for going on a decade.

    • @oliviarts8778
      @oliviarts8778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@SilentscufflE well mabby there are some legal reasons as to why they can't remake these games because capcom also made the game and therefor have some legal rights over it

    • @PsPmoddedOUT
      @PsPmoddedOUT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pretty sure these are on virtual console for 3ds/ds

    • @Kowl
      @Kowl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Back in the day I was a kid and parents didn't have money to afford a GBC. It was until GBA SP that I was able to buy and play these games. Loved the story on both and the ability to make better items by transferring your progress from one game to another.

    • @billymitchelljr.6188
      @billymitchelljr.6188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Too many people saw Capcom and not Nintendo and figured " not my zelda". Unfortunately that's ignorant, but one day those people will pick it up and realize just how damn wrong they were.
      If it shows up on NSO one day and it gets millions of plays then it might have a shot.

  • @TheHaddonfieldRegistry
    @TheHaddonfieldRegistry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    "Pretty sure Din woke something inside of me"
    Lmfao I felt that. Good content as always, top notch production and your insights and perspectives on the LoZ series are always so unique and interesting.

    • @gregclarkreasons
      @gregclarkreasons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Same. She was my first crush. Powerful, powerful stuff!

    • @robertbeisert3315
      @robertbeisert3315 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I was a Nayru simp, myself.

    • @Coldpeak
      @Coldpeak ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why not both? It’s all in the same package. 🤣

    • @Minzerr
      @Minzerr ปีที่แล้ว +7

      May be why I like redheads so much now! lol

    • @recodegamesstudio
      @recodegamesstudio ปีที่แล้ว

      I love stroking my tool over din

  • @MrRudePolite
    @MrRudePolite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    liam’s awakening

    • @sevrothegoblin5212
      @sevrothegoblin5212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ya know, I'm assuming he thought that panel was hot, but I'm not very good at subtext

    • @surge_blade
      @surge_blade 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sevrothegoblin5212 morning r

    • @michaelstanton8363
      @michaelstanton8363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Din up in here giving me incentive to start a new play thru😎

    • @colonel_yuri
      @colonel_yuri 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love this comment

  • @Maceyoshiman
    @Maceyoshiman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    The Oracle Games really are something special, too many people sleep on them.

  • @ChipperTate
    @ChipperTate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Funny story about Oracle of Ages, considering one of the main NPCs is named Ralph, and that is also my legal name.
    So imagine being me at the ripe age of 8, naming my character as "Ralph" only to be have all scenes with the NPC becoming obnoxiously difficult to understand which Ralph they're referring to.

    • @mr.fearingtoon3549
      @mr.fearingtoon3549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Certified Ralph moment

    • @Aesthetically_Saru
      @Aesthetically_Saru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Funny enough. Ralph my favorite character in both games.

    • @emisor9272
      @emisor9272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Happened with me on Mario Tennis Power Tour, one of the students had the same name as my male character so it got really confusing. On following playthroughs, i just stuck to the default name, Clay

    • @chrisgranger5477
      @chrisgranger5477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’M GONNA WRECK IT!!

    • @TheStarTrekApologist
      @TheStarTrekApologist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Okay, comment of shame, everyone knows you have to name your character Link it is a law.

  • @nicolbolasplaneswalker2106
    @nicolbolasplaneswalker2106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    I hope the Oracle games get the Link's Awakening treatment for the Switch.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They really need this

    • @cheeseguy3839
      @cheeseguy3839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@turtleanton6539 y e s

    • @iantaran2843
      @iantaran2843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yea and they should go and contract Capcom to make the final Third game we never got !

    • @Hollow_Tim
      @Hollow_Tim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You mean the “inferior 3D graphics + art style & keeping the censorship and also applying it to the JP version this time” treatment? No thanks.
      (Though I guess there’s probably nothing to censor here, so if they stop being lazy and make it look like ALBW or something I’d be down)

    • @iantaran2843
      @iantaran2843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Hollow_Tim well ya, please god don't use the same art style 😂 if anything just make it look like seasons and ages already looked, just really good with high bit rates 🙏 I mean .. fricken companies never do that but it would be a dream come true

  • @RebeccaETripp
    @RebeccaETripp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Hey, thanks so much for giving these wonderful, nostalgic treasures the attention they deserve!

    • @Gernam12
      @Gernam12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love your remixes and original ttracks!

    • @WillRock07
      @WillRock07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh hey whats up

    • @RebeccaETripp
      @RebeccaETripp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WillRock07 Hey, Will!

    • @ArnieMcStranglehold
      @ArnieMcStranglehold ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your OCRemix contributions through the years. Same with WIllRock in here, geez... you guys are basically celebrities to me!

    • @RebeccaETripp
      @RebeccaETripp ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArnieMcStranglehold Well, shucks! ^^ Consider yourself part of the crowd!

  • @lilacocto9103
    @lilacocto9103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    The game where Nintendo successfully made Din Nayru and Farore official waifu material

    • @SilentscufflE
      @SilentscufflE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Unfortunately, they haven't been officially sanctioned by Nintendo, lol. The only artwork depicting them that way are in Capcom games and media. They released a huge spread of Zelda characters and they depicted the goddesses as shadowed figures.

    • @Osafune2
      @Osafune2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@SilentscufflE they are sanctioned in my heart

    • @SilentscufflE
      @SilentscufflE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Osafune2 same

    • @stinkybean5
      @stinkybean5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@SilentscufflE Farore was sanctioned as working the link cable toll booth instead of a third game. She seems to be smiling, but we all know that the real face just under that smile is one of sad. Truly, deepest farore.

    • @zerogravira2851
      @zerogravira2851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SilentscufflE they have spirits in snash

  • @bonk3746
    @bonk3746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Oh boy he’s going to talk about my favourite 2d Zelda (ages btw)

    • @RhizometricReality
      @RhizometricReality 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @brotatooflegend2927
      @brotatooflegend2927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also my 2nd fav!

    • @Trianull
      @Trianull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same except Seasons

    • @jfiffl7
      @jfiffl7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Na. Either way you try to divy the blessings a remake wont do the (Game) any Justice Just the Porn references

    • @DecisiveRebel22
      @DecisiveRebel22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude ages IS my favorite zelda..

  • @XellosNi
    @XellosNi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Should the Oracle games get a remake, I'm hoping it gets an artsyle that' different from the Link's Awakening remake to help further its own identity. And because LA/Koholint Island's setting better fit the twist associated with it.

    • @anonymousfellow8879
      @anonymousfellow8879 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Link Between Worlds’ style would fit it just fine-and some of the models and textures from LBW were reused for LAswitch (like those mushrooms.) So, lynels can be brought over from LBW, moblins from LA, NPCs in LBA’s style

    • @AlexxxMYLSince2013
      @AlexxxMYLSince2013 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think thar for oracle of Ages two styles for the past and present would be perfect.
      Past: 2D Hd like octopath traveler
      Present: A link betwen worlds

    • @jokig
      @jokig ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AlexxxMYLSince2013 while that would be amazing, it would also be super cost ineffective. At least I'm assuming it would be.

    • @Coldpeak
      @Coldpeak ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anonymousfellow8879 That would be pretty nice, and to give Ganon some justice for the little screen time he had merging with Yuga in ALBW.

  • @ShyGuyXXL
    @ShyGuyXXL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    21:09 "Eagle's Tower focuses on knocking down 4 pillars in the center, so you can ascend to the upper floors."
    I think that description is selling the dungeon a bit short. The cool part is that once you break the pillars, the entire upper half of the dungeon crashes down into the lower half, replacing a huge chunk of one floor with another floor. That's what always stood out to me about it.

    • @DIsturbios1234
      @DIsturbios1234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Considering this dude's entire dungeon segment was 16dungeons is alot. Its a lot of work. They ran out of ideas.
      And doesnt bring up the best dungeon in ages (mermaids cave) I HEAVILY dislike how he covered the dungeons

  • @devaunbeats
    @devaunbeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    These games got me into the Zelda series when I was in third grade.
    But
    Not because of the games themselves. If anyone remembers scholastic book fairs, there was one year sometime around 2002-2003 where they sold an Oracle of Ages and Seasons choose your own adventure book (I swear I'm the only one who had these because I've NEVER seen them mentioned on the internet). I thought the main character's name was Zelda and was obsessed with getting those books. They worked as a guide as well, even had a page dedicated to the trading quest going through what Link traded to who. I did eventually get to borrow one of the games from my friend but never actually beat it. But I've been a huge Zelda fan since

    • @bilodeaumichael3
      @bilodeaumichael3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Completely remember that. I had the Seasons one too. Picked it up from some form of second hand book shop. Got me way into Zelda from that point.

    • @zentraofficial
      @zentraofficial ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got this during the book fair as well! I was obsessed and then it got water damage and was ruined but was able to find another copy online recently and it sits on my bookshelf now, love it!

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had the Seasons book. Weirdly enough, I think I got it at a book fair, too.

    • @kingofthegrill
      @kingofthegrill 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Debra Mcbride, Craig Wessel, Tim Bogenn, the official Nintendo Power guide, that's just a few I found. The Craig Wessel one sounded the closest.
      I'm sure you've already found those and they're not it, but I did my best for you

  • @ingibingi2000
    @ingibingi2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    They need to remake them with the link's awakening remake engine, they can change the art and still use the engine

    • @firebirdstark
      @firebirdstark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Make them a 2-in-1 and maybe compete the third one for a 3-in-1

    • @FelixS.
      @FelixS. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@firebirdstark Originally there was a third one planned but was scrapped due to time limitations.
      I also find the artstyle of the LA remake perfect for those games.

    • @plavonica
      @plavonica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@firebirdstark Only if Nintendo wants to print money.

    • @Jack_MxM
      @Jack_MxM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@FelixS. I think that chibi artstyle was supposed to respresent his dream, along with the macro effect around the screen giving everything a toy-like appearance. Before he sleeps and when he wakes up, everything looks anime and the music is more orchestral sounding. So I don't think it would make sense to reuse that games artstyle again for Oracle remakes.

    • @FelixS.
      @FelixS. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Jack_MxM I have a different opinion. The original GB also used anime artstyle in the beginning and the end as well as the snes iteration (in the booklet at least).The game graphics were due to technical limitations though and the style they chose for the LA remake is a mere callback to those graphics but with a twist. I don’t think it is supposed to represent anything lore wise it is just an artistic way to transfer LA into a truthful modern interpretation.

  • @Zero-xl2ef
    @Zero-xl2ef 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    My favorite games in the franchise. The oracle games need to be remade.

    • @zeroattentiongaming820
      @zeroattentiongaming820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But if they get remade should they get the fabled third game? Perhaps that would be the bonus for owning and completing both? Instead of Twinrova and Ganon being an epilogue it could open up a few more dungeons in a new shared region that uses the gimmick of each title in different ways?

    • @zeroattentiongaming820
      @zeroattentiongaming820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But if they get remade should they get the fabled third game? Perhaps that would be the bonus for owning and completing both? Instead of Twinrova and Ganon being an epilogue it could open up a few more dungeons in a new shared region that uses the gimmick of each title in different ways?

    • @pkrockin3923
      @pkrockin3923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Id prefer to remake them in modern 2d artstyle just like minish cap but much better instead of what theyve done to links awakening.

    • @ryleydoesthings7300
      @ryleydoesthings7300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zeroattentiongaming820 nah the dungeons and characters from the third game was put in seasons and ages so the third game would be a bad rehash and many will complain with the lack of the important ganon and twinrova epilogue

  • @Alfonso88279
    @Alfonso88279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I never found any "creative fatigue" in Oracle of Ages. In fact, the dungeons in ages seem much, much better than those in Seasons. Many puzzles were just brilliant. In seasons everything was "kill stuff to open door, repeat". I am exaggerating but not by a lot.

    • @chazon1780
      @chazon1780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I think that was deliberate, actually. Oracle of Seasons emphasized combat while Ages focused on puzzles. Considering Din in Seasons is named after the Goddess of Power and Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, it makes sense.

    • @Alfonso88279
      @Alfonso88279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@chazon1780 Absolutely. I like oracles of seasons, it's fun in its own way. But I think the guy said that ages had creative problems in dungeons and to me that's an absolute "wtf" that forces me to question the entire video.
      Because it's sooo wrong to me, that if he got that sooo wrong, what else could he get wrong?

    • @TooAwesomeToDie7331
      @TooAwesomeToDie7331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Alfonso88279 "what else could he get wrong?" the part about music. Highly subjective obviously, but that's not how it was portrayed in the video. The weirdness in the soundtrack is all the more consuming and, while not necessarily expressing the same feelings something like "Lavender Town", presses all the same buttons.

    • @Alfonso88279
      @Alfonso88279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TooAwesomeToDie7331 That part about the music baffled me too. The thing is, he talks about it as if it was a fact, when it's more his taste. I love this kind of reviews when they differentiate between what it is and what they feel about it. I am not sure he makes a good work at that.
      And that's pretty much the point for me, the interest, that's what I respect the most about this genre of videos. If you state how something makes you feel, that's great, interesting, cool. When you put that as the Truth, then I'll probably have a problem with you sooner or later.
      The game is not perfect by a lot, but his criticism didn't touch most of the real problems the games have, that's all.

    • @scorpionsapprentice3248
      @scorpionsapprentice3248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Alfonso88279 the biggest problems i find with oracles are the rng from the rings and the test your luck rooms, pacing issues in the overworld where mini-games are mandatory, fail based stealth missions, and unnecessary plot barriers, especially in seasons which is more about exploration. also, one trend capcom does with all of the games they worked on is the lack of i-frames when taking damage from enemies.

  • @SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14
    @SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I've only just finally got around to the 2D Zeldas, as a kid I played a tiny bit of Minish Cap, but i was a dumb kid and was like "no ocarina is better", but fucking hell Link's Awakening and the Oracle games are so good

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ocarina is better but these games are great

    • @ondore
      @ondore 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turtleanton6539 ROFL

    • @Your_Local_Milk_Man
      @Your_Local_Milk_Man ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ondore its not 2008 anymore bro no one says rofl

  • @amaliavillarreal1311
    @amaliavillarreal1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Those games hold so much mistery and magic to me. When playing 2D games like these ones, there's so much left to the imagination. Tarm Ruins and it's song are forever carved in my memory. Thanks for talking about this games.

  • @mugenmarshal01
    @mugenmarshal01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I wish they would do a remake for Ages and Seasons in the Link's Awakening Remake format (or something close to it), also wish they add the 3rd Oracle game as a part of the Remake.
    It would be crazy!

    • @Humble-iq5ue
      @Humble-iq5ue 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What? There was a third zelda oracle game? What's it called

    • @MrOuenben
      @MrOuenben 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Humble-iq5ue It got cancelled during development. The trio were meant to be called Mystical seed of power/courage/wisdom based on the triforce.

    • @IONATVS
      @IONATVS ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrOuenben Had it been finished, the originally proposed idea was for the Courage game to be pretty mucha direct remake of the Original LoZ for NES with the director’s design philosophy, and would have focused on exploration and narrative the way Seasons/Power focused on combat and execution challenges and Ages/Wisdom focused on mindbending puzzles. But they figured out pretty early that creating a password system that worked to link 3 games would have been a logistical nightmare on the Gameboy Color, and since that was kinda the entire point, they just took some of the ideas they had for that third game and shuffled them into Seasons and Ages. Happened early enough in development that if they wanted to complete the trilogy now, they’d need to just make a new game from scratch in the same engine they used for remaking the others…which I’d love to see.

  • @Nurriek
    @Nurriek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Okay, but Din was top tier waifu. 10 year old me was all kinds of yes about that character. I had a massive crush.

  • @Blarglesnarfe
    @Blarglesnarfe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I... can't agree regarding dungeon design. Honestly, did we play the same games? It's like you looked at it and came to the exact opposite conclusion.
    Oracle of Ages' dungeons are complicated and fucking rad, they remind me of Majora's Mask. Absolutely incredible designs, where you'd mess with the whole dungeons and affect things within it. Like, they unarguably have themes and unique identities in them, it's kind of why they're so beloved among those who have played them...
    Edit: Like the dungeon you have to deal with in the past AND present to complete both halves.
    Or the dungeon where you have to manipulate four different crystals to move between the different floors of sand.
    Or the one where it's the four elements, and you have to beat each elemental trial to get the necessary keys to proceed to the final areas.
    Or a DUPLICATE VERSION OF THE WATER DUNGEON where you have to raise and lower the jabu jabu's water levels!
    Or the one where you have to cool certain areas of lava to get around, and switch-hook things onto certain places.

    • @lordnul1708
      @lordnul1708 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? It's almost as if he hates them solely for not being "focused mostly on combat" like the dungeons in Seasons were.
      Seriously, the most complex puzzles you ever needed to think about in Seasons were just platforming challenges the rest were either one room wonders or "enter room, kill all enemies, rinse and repeat", which implies significantly more "creative fatigue" than the devious brilliance that was the puzzles in Ages' dungeons.

  • @magenta_mer-goat86
    @magenta_mer-goat86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want remakes of these two games, plus a new third one, pitch name Oracle of Elements.

  • @TheOriginalJphyper
    @TheOriginalJphyper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oracle of Seasons was the game that introduced me to the Legend of Zelda franchise. Naturally, it wasn't long before I got Oracle of Ages as well.

  • @zanderstigen
    @zanderstigen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Minish Cap and the Oracle games have forever been tied for my all time favorites in the TLOZ series.

  • @IceQueen975
    @IceQueen975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this duology SO much. The rings were one of my fav items. Also, I prefer Ages over Seasons. Nayru best Goddess

  • @Omnicharlizard
    @Omnicharlizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Didn’t even wait to like this video 😂 seasons will always have a place in my nostalgic heart 😎

  • @Bellomancer
    @Bellomancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You're my favorite youtuber. I wish you breakthrough success because you deserve it, dude. Your DKC music video is the best thing I've watched in YEARS on this site.

    • @LiamTriforce
      @LiamTriforce  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you :)

    • @Bellomancer
      @Bellomancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No problem dude. I’m glad vinny introduced me to ya.

    • @joelbrookman8115
      @joelbrookman8115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LiamTriforce you're awesome!

  • @richietorres1151
    @richietorres1151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worth every penny as a kid and as an adult on my DS. These were my 1st intro into anything Zelda

  • @udawg34
    @udawg34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So excited to see this video! First time stumbling onto the channel, but Oracle of Ages is my favourite Zelda game, and it's so underappreciated!

  • @MrTreespace
    @MrTreespace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was such a beautiful video. you sound so joyous and happy talking about it and thats just so dang tremendous. great vid, great music.

  • @sparkyboy4142
    @sparkyboy4142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad I found this channel. I love your utter passion for games, and not just appreciating the big things... but really just finding joy in every aspect of a game you possibly can. Even with something like Sonic R.

  • @SterbsMcGurbs
    @SterbsMcGurbs ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my gosh. These are my favorite handheld Zelda games. Thank you for covering this. I'm glad to have found your channel!

  • @JapaneseTop1
    @JapaneseTop1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for talking about this

  • @julianblind4624
    @julianblind4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite Zelda games! Thanks for covering!

  • @cameronlodor6985
    @cameronlodor6985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    always a treat to see a new liam triforce video to help me get through the work day

  • @BalancedWebSurfer396
    @BalancedWebSurfer396 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video! Great job Liam! Hope you’re well!

  • @thenextepisode9315
    @thenextepisode9315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video man, can’t wait to see whatever you work on next

  • @luciddreamqueen812
    @luciddreamqueen812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These were my first video games way back when I played on my mom’s save file because I was all of 4 or 5 at the time. I will forever love Din and Nayru from these games and when I think of the song of storms I always think of that man next to the windmill. I’m so happy to find somebody talking about games so important to me.

  • @iantaran2843
    @iantaran2843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These and Wind Waker... I straight up love and adore. I'm glad more people like Wind Waker these days but Ages and Seasons I constantly talk about how good they are 😸 and seriously I meet next to nobody who have actually played them.

  • @natyfop
    @natyfop 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun fact, I was watching this late at night and ended up falling asleep at some point, but that Crown Dungeon music at 23:58 JOLTED me awake. That freaking music, I remember always muting the game everytime I replayed Ages in my youth. At least dungeons 4 and 6 had great music.
    I still love the Oracle games, they're peak 2D Zelda fun imo

  • @Jomama7272
    @Jomama7272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I fell in love with both of these as a kid. They really need to be remastered. They're straight up gems.

  • @thewinterprince1731
    @thewinterprince1731 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tarm Ruins is easily the best thing in Seasons, and I always loved its music and cozy vibes.

  • @jltroxell278
    @jltroxell278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oracle of Ages if my favorite 2D Zelda game. Loved the dungeons, and I thought it was the only Zelda game without pacing issues.

  • @Maceyoshiman
    @Maceyoshiman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful custom thumbnail art on this one man. I'd love to hear you talk more about the Zelda Manga! Oracle of ages and the 4 swords books are definitely my favorite of the bunch.

  • @Paul_McSeol
    @Paul_McSeol 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. Thanks, Liam!

  • @ozbulu3548
    @ozbulu3548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man im late but still insanely excited! love to see a new liam vid :)

  • @uetzel
    @uetzel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was the Summer of 2002 and my best friend had Oracle of Ages and I had Oracle of Seasons. I watched him play, and he watched me play, and then we linked the games. I later on played the other Oracle game myself. This summer is still on my mind. I remember it vividly.

  • @albertoperezposada9183
    @albertoperezposada9183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Tarm Ruins... I remember being 10 and wondering what was behind those gates, and after beating the game I would go back there and wander around aimlessly listening to the music. You totally got me with your love letter to the Ruins. Thanks for making this video and showcasing them to the world.

  • @seanmcilroy5106
    @seanmcilroy5106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah man I love your vids so much.
    I watch them while im working and always await a new one with glee!

  • @RhizometricReality
    @RhizometricReality 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nintendo i would totally buy these remastered take my mf monies

  • @uwufoxie
    @uwufoxie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And now we have them on the switch!!! I'm so excited to play them, I never got around to it on my DS but I want to try to finish them on my switch now

  • @noahbeaudin6478
    @noahbeaudin6478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even though I never played the Oracle games I still found this video very informative. Might want to play them. Great video, Liam

  • @joshberninger8355
    @joshberninger8355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved the Oracle games. They are some of my favorite 2D Zelda’s along side Link to the Past/Between Worlds

  • @TimLeeSongs
    @TimLeeSongs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A wonderfully written and produced video, thank you

  • @Rafael_Oiticica
    @Rafael_Oiticica ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sincerely don't know how Oracle of Seasons and Ages aren't more popular. Vastly available through emulation, amazing game design, a lot of content, being a Zelda game... I love this, played 100% of both games (with all rings) in the 3DS Virtual Console. I recommend they to every Zelda fan I know. Thank you for the amazing video!

    • @DrakusLuthos
      @DrakusLuthos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, I'm glad I snagged them off the e-shop just before it closed.

  • @zanderstigen
    @zanderstigen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely definitely underrated and never brought up or discussed in any videos or podcasts that talk about either the timelines or characters

  • @Hirochicken
    @Hirochicken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love that sawtoothy bass so much tho

  • @Miniike
    @Miniike 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    another excellent retrospective, and definitely the best ive ever seen someone articulate what really makes these games feel different from links awakening. ive played through all three multiple times but had never really been able to put my finger on just how much more demanding the oracle games are on your memory/spatial aptitude...they really are special in how much closer they get to the original zelda, especially compared to every other handheld game in the series

  • @mimigih3615
    @mimigih3615 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To be honest the music and sounds effects grew on me, I genuinely love this games

  • @yamiyougs3621
    @yamiyougs3621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    precisely the fresh zelda content i needed! thanks liam

  • @davitzkarnov5956
    @davitzkarnov5956 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work, as always!

  • @bobshmitzel4753
    @bobshmitzel4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm really glad that someone is going through all these games making really good videos, I played every Zelda game last year, and it's hard to find people who have played some of the more "obscure" ones to hear opinions on.

  • @RypticVODS
    @RypticVODS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You're one of my favorite content creators. The hard work doesn't go unnoticed and I thought I'd send some positivity your way! ✊

  • @mr79843
    @mr79843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rebecca Tripp is an amazing musician. It's cool to see you using her music. 2 artists collabing in any way is nice to see. And I love the oracle games. I really enjoy all the gameboy zelda games.

  • @jasonp7423
    @jasonp7423 ปีที่แล้ว

    The oracle games were some of my favorites! Glad I found this video! I would LOVE for a remake to be done for this duo of games.

  • @xoa
    @xoa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another passionate video where I learn a lot. Great vid.

  • @rachelbeasley7647
    @rachelbeasley7647 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's amazing to me that more people don't know about these games - they were so good! + the items you got from linking the games together were all pretty cool and felt like real rewards for going to all the trouble.

  • @fangsofthefenrir1349
    @fangsofthefenrir1349 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first Zelda games and forever near to my heart. Thank you for a great video.

  • @thepatriot2603
    @thepatriot2603 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These two Zelda games are my favorite Zelda adventure! I love the upgraded weapons you can get after linking the game from one to another!!

  • @Inogat
    @Inogat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    those are great! Really inspiring videos!

  • @nestrior7733
    @nestrior7733 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew I heard your voice before and damn am I glad to have watched the entire video. I adore these games and hope that they are remade or at least in a 2D collection for Zelda's anniversary. They are what made me fall in love with the series, together with Majora's Mask. But I couldn't play it consistently at home because I didn't have a N64 back then and only a GBC. Damn, the memories, My stupidity not realising that I could jump down the chimney to get the shovel before the 2nd Dungeon in Seasons... And the excitement when I got Ages for Christmas after putting Seasons in the back-burner because of that block. Finished Ages before I found a gaming magazine a cousin had with the solution to it. Still love both games to bits.

  • @javiersaugar376
    @javiersaugar376 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These were my very first Zelda Games and will always hold my heart for my absolute favorite Legend of Zelda games with Links Awakening right after

  • @jesseknox9322
    @jesseknox9322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved these games. They were a lot of fun and memorable. Oracle of seasons i liked the most. The seasons and the Subrosians were awesome. Oracle of ages was amazing, but I always got stuck on the Goron ridge like the NPCs weren't responding to anything. I thought it was a glitch, but also I could've done something wrong too

  • @SilentscufflE
    @SilentscufflE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These games are hands down my favorite Zelda titles. I would beat them every summer, sometimes again and again, since the linked quest can continue on to the Triforce quest.
    Did you know there's not one, but at least two references to these games in Undertale? There's a chasm a blue chicken takes you across very strenuously, and a table with "A powerful-looking bracelet" on it, before revealing "Oh, it's just a croissant."
    There's a reason these games are so beloved by its fans, and it's no coincidence that BOTW is such a hit with its director coming from them. It's only a shame that Nintendo doesn't give them any recognition.

  • @_Majunior
    @_Majunior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved these as a kid. My mom had the strategy guide which was a cool 2 in 1. It was ages on one side and you'd flip it over for seasons, so cool.

  • @premier1975
    @premier1975 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got both of these back in the day, but never ended up finishing them...good to see they're awesome.

  • @ilovecokeslurpees
    @ilovecokeslurpees 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is my favorite of the 2D games.

  • @StarsAndSticks
    @StarsAndSticks ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you're the only channel I subscribe to that I don't have to watch on 1.25x speed. Thank you for not wasting our time. When you make a 1.5hr video, it's all content and no fluff.

  • @Chronoflation
    @Chronoflation 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Woohoo. A video on my favorite Zelda games! Instant like! Looking forward to listening to this one

    • @Chronoflation
      @Chronoflation 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was great. I'm filled with nostalgia. I have these games on my 3DS, I should play them again there. Ah, it has been a while since I played my 3DS and it really has become one of my favorite consoles what with the 3D, DS backwards compatibility, ambassador program, and the wonderful eshop and Virtual Console games

  • @vinny61389
    @vinny61389 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are forever some of my favorite games of all time. Some soundtracks suck, but there's quite a few I really liked.
    There's _so much_ packed into each cartridge, I'm glad to see so many others appreciating them.

  • @SteveOdinson
    @SteveOdinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good video! Those 2 games are my favorites on the good old Gameboy Color!!

  • @lozmaster6441
    @lozmaster6441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the topic of music, I actually use the credits and staff roll song from ages as my morning alarm sometimes. Because if hire obnoxiously Loud it is, it essentially scares me awake

  • @HerKneeUgh
    @HerKneeUgh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here I was about to comment about the Tarm Ruins then you start talking about them. Great video, Seasons is one of my all time favorite games.

  • @jmcbresilfr
    @jmcbresilfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always loved these two games more than most people seem to, and you very well explained why. I had so much fun exploring the worlds of these games. Might even be my favourite 2D Zelda games.

  • @chrisgranger5477
    @chrisgranger5477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Oracle games hold a hefty dose of nostalgia in my book. Seasons had the best dungeons and bosses whereas Ages had the best story and characters. We can only hope that Nintendo and Grezzo are remaking them on Switch as we speak right now

    • @celiohelder1
      @celiohelder1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would that be a dream?

    • @shepherdstar14
      @shepherdstar14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they should remake them to be more like Link between worlds

  • @JustPokey
    @JustPokey ปีที่แล้ว

    I have barely given these games any thought at all since I played them as a kid in the early 00's. Watching this footage, I'm shocked how much of it I somehow still remember and how positive these memories are.

  • @JeremySolo
    @JeremySolo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Getting me excited to play these again. Ages will always be in my top ten Zeldas

  • @somacruz8272
    @somacruz8272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey these are my favorite zeldas along with awakening thank you!

  • @Zeldahol
    @Zeldahol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well you made me want to play The Oracle Games again. Thank you. See ya!

  • @vj7248
    @vj7248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When my family had to move cross country, i had pokemon gold and oracle of seasons that i played nonstop. Has a special place in my heart cus of that. Thanks for this trip down memory lane 😄

  • @chippedsaracha
    @chippedsaracha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My brother just happened to buy both games at the same time that I bought my Gameboy Advance SP, and I couldn’t believe how fun and wonderful both games were! I’ve played the shit out of them, probably 10 times through by now and they still hold up! I even got into pixel art because one of my classes was so boring that I downloaded MS Paint and re-colored a bunch of sprites from both games, so thank you for doing a video on these hidden gems, they’re my favorite games of all time!

  • @kihro
    @kihro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The greatest legend of zelda game of all time. Love these games.

  • @hellajanice
    @hellajanice ปีที่แล้ว

    Memories you just unlocked:
    1. I was OBSESSED with the Goron Dance Hall in Oracle of Ages. I would start up my Gameboy JUST to play it over and over.
    2. mOOOOOOSH. I loved that dude.
    3. I would make up lil dances by jumping onto the tree stumps in Oracle of Seasons and landing on different sides of it. It was a lot of dumb fun haha
    4. Turning my volume all the way down whenever I had to use that godforsaken magnetic tool :,)

  • @jessica-ov6js
    @jessica-ov6js ปีที่แล้ว

    I almost forgot about these games. I have never finished them. But now I kinda wanne replay them and hopefully finish them this time. You talk with so much love for these games that it triggers me to play them

  • @bonnmaghari4340
    @bonnmaghari4340 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video! thanks

  • @RealHypeFox
    @RealHypeFox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I played them when they came out and Seasons will always have a place in my heart. I’m just sad that I’m only now finding out about the Oracle manga 😅

  • @shaoronmd
    @shaoronmd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    these are my 2nd and 3rd zelda games (link's awakening being first) and I absolutely love this

  • @babakazi808
    @babakazi808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your channel. You deserve WAY more attention than you get 👍
    Edit: *whispers* do a video on gex!!

  • @solveigfrank
    @solveigfrank 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad someone actually point out the beauty of thos two games..its the only memory i have that i once had a close and fun relationship with my father..depending of who of us two was free to play either him or me enjoyed that games..and OoA was my birthday present as a kid..and he gave it to me 1day b4 couse he had tomleave early on my bday so he wont see me..and he had to admit he alrdy started playing it …oh boy thats so long ago i sadly never touched the games ever since i finished them in my childhood…(bought both on my 3DS tho) PS: as odd as the soundtrack is sometimes i still love listen to them all while painting

  • @sstteev
    @sstteev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:13 I had a similar experience, but with sexy Gruntilda

    • @ethandement3921
      @ethandement3921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was Nabooru for me.

    • @sstteev
      @sstteev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh hell yeah she was what the kids these days are calling "thirsty" so that totally would have happened to me too... but B-K came out a few months before OoT and you had to see sexy Grunty to save

  • @eternalshadow1326
    @eternalshadow1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel that these 2 games will be really good when they are finally remade.