Well seasoned and well aged

[E-Man]

To be honest I'm not sure what could be done in an Oracle of Secrets game. Ages, you travel through time. Seasons, you change seasons. Secrets, you... tell people secrets? I mean, sure it would have been awesome, but I don't know what you'd do.

I also read somewhere that they decided to scrap Oracle of Secrets because a three-way linked game system would have been too complex.

If I'm not mistaken, a former friend of mine on DeviantART is attempting to create that third squeal. They got most of the sprite work down, but I'm not sure if they got any further than that.

Downloaded both. Currently going through Ages.
Game's nice and all, but there are some moments that gets me tearing my hair out. I'm not proud to admit I had to resort to using Restore Points (3DS savestates) at one point.

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Jabu Jabu is a nightmare. So much backtracking! Not knowing the dungeon is even worse. I must have visited every room at least 10 times.
I'm currently at the boss of the Ancient Ruins. I had to grab a guide just to know how to beat him. First 3 forms I've beaten through T&E, but the last form is just impossible to know how to tackle it. There is not a single clue. It had me seething with rage, because the first 3 forms aren't particularly nice. (Note: I vowed to myself never to use savestates in the middle of a boss fight)

I played a little through Seasons aswell. They're both well worth their price, but at points it becomes apparent that they wanted you to buy strategyguides. What's also lame is the fact that they left out the GBA-exclusive features. It's on a 3DS for crying out loud!

Save states, huh? Back when these games came out, you had to actually save the games instead of using any save states to help you out. While they are nice to have, most gamers long ago had to rely less on those.

Oh, so the GBA-exclusive features are no more? That's a crying shame... Still, the only thing that would be left out was the GBA Shop, so it's no great loss.