The main theme in Ages was time, a familiar device for Zelda fans who have played A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time, where in this version Link would find portals in the land of Labrynna that would transport him between the past and present. They nonetheless follow a similar structure set in locations outside of Hyrule as Link is tasked with finding eight Essences to save each Oracle. Unlike say Pokémon Red and Blue, which were essentially the same game but with different available Pokémon spread between two carts, Oracle of Seasons and Ages were two different games that could count as stand-alone experiences and played in any order. There’s also Farore, but unfortunately what oracle she was fated to be we’ll never know as the third game ended up getting cancelled, as Flagship settled on a duology instead as linking between two games was ultimately less complex than having a third wheel. ![]() Or rather the goddesses associated with each piece who became the titular oracles: Din, the Oracle of Seasons, and Nayru, the Oracle of Ages. After attempts to fit the NES original for the Game Boy’s smaller screen proved too difficult, Shigeru Miyamoto proposed a brand new trilogy instead, with each title based on a piece of the Triforce.
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