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[MrAngryFace]

WOOOO!!!!!!!!! Got these tonight. Increasingly hard to find

Awesome games omg omg. Borrowed them from Drinky Crow once but had to give them back

Gonna get minish cap next I think, another one I borrowed from drinky but had to give back. Is Four Swords any good?

 

[methodman]

If you play four swords, make sure you got atleast one more person with you. Playing with yourself is fun sometimes, but usually sucks

 

[demi]

Four Swords is poop

 

[Chony]

I can't beleive I haven't played these nor minish cap. I am sad inside.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I think I've got sealed copies of the Oracle games lying around my house somewhere.

 

[Mejilan]

I've got 2 copies of both Oracles games. Rawk.

 

[MrAngryFace]

The Oracle games are fucking awesome! So is minish cap for that matter.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Played and beat Ages, still haven't gotten around to Seasons yet...

BTW, what's the scoop on Minish Cap? Yay or Nay?

 

[BocoDragon]

Picked up Ages at EB Games, complete in box a few months ago! Gotta find Seasons and Link's Awakening DX and my Zelda handheld collection will be complete...... The handheld ones are great for an old school style fix.

Minish Cap is an excellent title. it's not groundbreaking. it's a little linear. It's a little short. That doesn't stop it from being one of the best GBA games. I dunno about you, but I need to have it.

 

[methodman]

Minish Cap is awesome, play it.

 

[Mejilan]

The Oracle games are fucking awesome! So is minish cap for that matter.

I agree, though I think I like Minish Cap more. In hindsight, MC is just a tighter game, in general, whereas the Oracles were a bit more... meandering and loose, and not in a good way.

Then again, the Oracles did have the Subrosians... and it even had a dungeon puzzle that honestly stumped me, and had me laughing out loud when I finally solved it.

 

[Drinky Crow]

BEST. ZELDA. GAMES. EVER!

Minish Cap is a close second.

 

[ronito]

You will have fun.

 

[Red Scarlet]

I sold mine..lol. Have fun, MAF.

 

[Unison]

MAF, I'm glad you created this thread. Zelda gets no love on GAF. It's tragic, really.

 

[Oblivion]

Meh, they're ok. Still got nothing on LttP and some of the 3D Zeldas.

 

[masud]

 

[MrAngryFace]

SEE HOW THE LOVE COMES FROM MR NINTENDO HATERS?! I THINK YOU LABELED ME WRONG.

God bless GBC/GBA

 

[Version 3.0]

So, you makes threads like this because underneath your mean heartless callous exterior, you really just want to be loved? Is that right?

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I was very disappointed when I found out that my DS couldn't play my copy of Oracle of Seasons

I never finished it because the GBA unlit screen was so horrible. Maybe I'll get an SP someday...

 

[Version 3.0]

I was very disappointed when I found out that my DS couldn't play my copy of Oracle of Seasons

I never finished it because the GBA unlit screen was so horrible. Maybe I'll get an SP someday...

Game Boy Player! Game Boy Player! Or even a Super Game Boy, but it'll be in black and white. TV's are good, is what I'm saying.

 

[BMAN]

Oracle of Ages is awsome, its got to be the best Game Boy Color Zelda.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Game Boy Player! Game Boy Player! Or even a Super Game Boy, but it'll be in black and white. TV's are good, is what I'm saying.

What. Super Game Boy works with GBC?

 

[CajoleJuice]

I need to pick up these games one time.

 

[BocoDragon]

What. Super Game Boy works with GBC?

No, Game Boy Player.... for Gamecube. Plays ALL Game Boy Games.

 

[Brandon F]

The bonus dungeons in the Oracle games are absolute devious tests of wits and action, the likes of which are quite unparralleled for the aging franchise. Of course reaching them is no small feat; password linking, both game completions, secret item scavenger hunts, just a whole load of effort and a bit of faq perusal. What a way to close two brilliant adventures though!

It's almost a shame that Minish Cap never goes for the jugular in quite the same way. I was actually a bit underwhelmed with that one, yet it is bursting with a heapful of fanservice, great visuals and audio, and a simple scenario design which count for something.

 

[White Man]

I'll give you my copy of Minish Cap. It's a pretty disappointing game.

 

[Trident]

I didn't really enjoy Minish Cap either. The Oracle games were all right, but the last really great 2d Zelda was definetly LttP.

 

[MrAngryFace]

Really whiteman? Ill totally take it from you!

 

[speedpop]

Zelda appreciation thread

I thought this was going to be a joke thread again, but then I saw the Oracles box arts and I smiled assuredly.

 

[SantaC]

the orcale games are underrated imo. In "some" ways they're better than minish cap.

 

[Farmboy]

In my opinion Link's Awakening>Oracle of Seasons>Oracle of Ages>Minish Cap. But they're all good!

 

[The Gaming Gamer]

The Oracle games are the only Zelda games I never played, I really wish they included them in one of the GCN collections, paying $30-40 seems like too much for both games after I got classic Zelda games like OoT, MQ, MM, Zelda 1, and Zelda 2 practically free.

 

[FortNinety]

I still need to get a copy of Seasons...

 

[Tritroid]

Yeah, the Oracles both have some really intricate dungeon puzzles towards the end. Hats off to Capcom for really delivering in that department. The only issue I'd have with the oracles is the storyline, which seems like just a rehash of every Zelda character/item to date. :lol

Fun fact: There were originally supposed to be 3 titles, each titled after a piece of the Triforce instead of the Oracles.

 

[Limedust]

I agree that the Oracle games are probably the two best Zelda games ever made. Despite the outward presentation, they play to the hardcore crowd.

 

[I <3 Katamari]

Minish Cap = best handheld Zelda ever. I'd almost say better than LTTP, but I don't know if I'd go that far.

 

[radioheadrule83]

I never turn my nose up at 2d Zelda love... right on!

Wind Waker for me was quite close aesthetically to something like the 2d games from Link to the Past to Minish Cap, but none of the 3d games for me have yet captured what I love about those games.

I love the 3d Zelda games too, but I never get engrossed like I have done in the 2d ones. Not quite. One thing that bothers me is that the overworld feels a little more hub like (by hub I mean, Mario 64 castle style hub). I don't expect Hyrule field in Twilight Princess to be any less hub-like than Hyrule Field in OoT, or the Great Sea in Wind Waker. I just think its great that in Majoras Mask, each area and each character has 3 days of depth, and in the 2d games nigh on every screen has something to do on it.

I havent finished either Ages or Seasons. I'll have to look into this myself...

 

[Sanjuro]

Minish Cap = best handheld Zelda ever. I'd almost say better than LTTP, but I don't know if I'd go that far.

Don't go that far. But Minish Cap is the best ORIGINAL handheld Zelda right above LoZ:Link's Awakening. The two oracle games are very basic but neither one is chopped liver. As far as the Four Swords go, the GC version is very fun with 4 people cannot say the same for the GBA.

 

[Ecrofirt]

2D Zelda >> 3D Zelda

The 2D games completely outclass the 3D ones.

 

[Deku Tree]

Wind Waker = Best. Zelda. Ever.

 

[Spike]

I still haven't gotten around to playing the Oracle titles just yet. Thanks MAF!! You've given me the incentive to start on them now.

Which one should I play first? Is there a specific order to these two?

 

[psycho_snake]

hard to find? Over here in dubai there are always copies of them on the shelves.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I still haven't gotten around to playing the Oracle titles just yet. Thanks MAF!! You've given me the incentive to start on them now.

Which one should I play first? Is there a specific order to these two?

Seasons is more action, while Ages is more puzzles.

The choice is yours, but CHOOSE WISELY!

 

[psycho_snake]

Every Zelda game is amazing, they all rock. This is the order id put them in.

Zelda: OoT>>>Windwaker>Majora's mask>LttP> The rest


I know Im going to get a lot of stick for saying that lttP is not as good as the 3d Zelda's but I just dont really like the 2d Zelda's. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I played OoT first, but I just think that Zelda is a lot better 3d.

 

[Solo]

I dont give a shit if its the "mainstream" opinion (because agreeing with the masses is bad, AM I RITE?), but OoT towers above the rest.

 

[radioheadrule83]

I dont give a shit if its the "mainstream" opinion (because agreeing with the masses is bad, AM I RITE?), but OoT towers above the rest.

says you. and a load of other people.

But that isn't why I disagree. Its because OoT isn't half as good-lookin' or fun to me as LttP is. Hell, I prefer Links Awakening.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I find it funny that people rate OoT so highly. I usually chalk it up to it being the first 3D Zelda, and the first Zelda that many younger gamers played.

Really though, I don't thing the game is really all that good. It's a big barren hub overworld where it almost feels like each area is it's own mini-world instead of everything being part of the traditional huge Zelda overworld that's bustling with activity.

Majora's Mask handled this much better than OoT, and I really enjoyed the game much more. The same underlying problem existed though, and it's a limitation of 3D worlds.

Wind Waker was terrible, worse than OoT, and I've started the game twice and left it after going underwater both times. Terrible, terrible, terrible.

I'm not even excited for Twilight Princess. I'll pick it up because it's a Zelda game, but I don't have high expectations for it at all.

The 2D games have never disappointed me, though. They're much more alive than their 3D cousins.

 

[Version 3.0]

What. Super Game Boy works with GBC?

Actually, I just tried it. No, the Oracle games don't work on Super Game Boy. I thought they did, but I have it backwards. It's the few games designed to run in color on the Super Game Boy that run in black and white on the Game Boy Color--like the original (and awesome) Game Boy Donkey Kong.

 

[Jiggy]

If only I'd known this was a 2D Zelda appreciation thread, I would have come in here a lot sooner.
Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages, and Oracle of Seasons really need to either be available for download on the Revolution, bundled into a three-pack DS game (possibly with revamped graphics, possibly not), or both.

2D Zelda >> 3D Zelda

The 2D games completely outclass the 3D ones.

Yep.

I find it funny that people rate OoT so highly. I usually chalk it up to it being the first 3D Zelda, and the first Zelda that many younger gamers played.

That's pretty much it. Same with the FFVII effect, IMO.
If LttP and FFVI had been released in 1997-8, when gaming was finally hitting its stride and coming out of its "niche hobby" pidgeonhole into the mainstream, I wonder how different things would be today.