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Oracle of Ages
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Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Nintendo
Extra: When linked up with "Oracle of Seasons", extra levels will become available, and the true story of the games will be revealed.
Genre: Adventure
Multiplayer: No
System:
 Game Boy Color
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Analysis: Eighth in The Legend of Zelda series, created by the Nintendo head Miyamotoさん. One of two Oracle games for the Game Boy Color, Oracle of Ages is geared towards the cerebral (intelligent) gamers, with its heavy focus on puzzle solving. The Triforce has alerted Link to trouble in the land of Labrynna, where the evil sorceress Veran has possessed Nayru, the Oracle of Ages. Veran travels back in time, setting up events that lead to a world where evil dominates. It's up to you to help Link stop Veran and set things straight. The harp of time is mandatory to your quest-it's required to manipulate events and stop Veran's rewriting of history. After you complete one game you'll be given a password that lets you begin with all your items, statistics, and progress intact in the other. Certain characters will appear only by playing both games. By using a link cable, players can trade items. While this is one of the best Game Boy titles ever, a truly sublime experience can be attained by playing it with its companion title Oracle of Seasons. Game Boy Advance users will find a store that's exclusive to them. The game has a few pros and cons, the thing is there are so many battles in this game, that your thumbs will either hurt or get blisters, so take breakes when playing this game. Out of the two Oracles, I like this one. Why? Well the game gives you alot of action to handle.
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Prologue:
Link awoke one day to find himself deep in strange forest. As he
started to walk through the woods, he heard cries for help coming from
just up ahead of him. Link hurried toward the voice, only to find a
group of monsters surrounding the woman who was screaming. When the
monsters saw Link, they immediately fled.
The woman who was being attacked was none other than Impa, nurse to
Hyrule's Princess Zelda. Impa said she had come to the forest to search
for a singer named Nayru.
"Can't you help me look?" Impa asked. Despite the strange look she gave
him, Link could not refuse her request. Together they found a large
stone with a rune on it. Naturally, Link moved the stone, but Impa
wouldn't so much as lay a hand on it.
As they traveled even deeper into the forest, they found a young woman
singing. Invited to sit by the group of animals that listened to the
girl's song, Link joined in the circle and let the beautiful song fill
his ears and penetrate his heart. This was surely Nayru, the singer
Impa was searching for. Just then, Impa erupted in a cackling laugh.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"
A darkness surrounded Impa, and a frightening shadow lifted from her body.
"Nayru! Oracle of Ages! I, Veran, Sorceress of Shadows, shall make you my own!"
The shadow that called itself Veran began swooping about the forest
before flying straight into the body of the frightened singer. A
blinding light shone forth from Nayru's body.
When Link's eyes had grown used to the light, he realized that Nayru
looked very strange. Her face seemed veiled in shadow, and her bright
smile had vanished. A piercing, evil gaze had replaced it.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Now the power of the Oracle of Ages is mine! I can travel through time
at will! Now a new age shall begin--an age of shadows!" And with that,
Veran and Nayru vanished.
Nayru was actually the Oracle of Ages who controlled time in this land
of Labrynna. When the oracle was kidnapped, the flow of time in
Labrynna was distorted, and strange things began to happen. Before
vanishing, Veran said, "When the past changes, so does the present."
Her plan was to travel to the past and gather power from the sorrows of
the people of Labrynna so that she could create her age of shadows.
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