Nintendo has just dropped two new titles onto the NSO service. As of tonight you can now play The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons on your Nintendo Switch system. Both titles were developed by a Capcom subsidiary and released for the Game Boy Color in 2001.

Two classic The Legend of Zelda games are now live for #NintendoSwitchOnline members!#GameBoy – Nintendo Switch Online:
☑️ The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
☑️ The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons pic.twitter.com/4DhIxf5QzG

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 27, 2023

 

[Scarlet]

Belter games. Beat Seasons on 3DS VC but never got around to finishing Ages. Might play through it and then replay Seasons with the password to continue the game.

Honestly it’s wild there was a period of time where we got TWO great Zelda games releasing together that are both bangers and complement each other. I’d love to see Pokémon get a bit more creative with its dual releases, but given how long they’ve been the same I doubt it’ll happen.

Having said all of that, I guess Fire Emblem Fates is the more modern take on this kind of formula.

 

[JuanMena]

Got excited for a moment, thought these were going to receive the Link's Awakening treatment.

 

[mrcroket]

What a great games. I miss classic zelda games... totk and botw are great but they doesn't feel like "zelda games" to me.

 

[pustal]

For a split second there I thought they were doing a remake, Link's Awakening style. Wishful thinking got ahead of me.

 

[JakobAir]

Damnit... I just got a Steam Deck to emulate these.

 

[zfreeman]

In what order should I play them to get the best ending?

 

[x65943]

Some of the best video games ever produced hands down, glad more people will get to experience these classics

 

[SAIYAN48]

These two are overdue for a remake!

 

[dragonblood9999]

Nice. I own the original carts but I'm still going to play these. Also hoping for a remake soon.

 

[hippy dave]

I just started playing Ages on the Zelda Game & Watch like a normal person.

I didn't play these games back in the day, but the fact that they're in the same engine as the one Zelda game I did play in my youth (LADX) means my nostalgia button is getting pressed nicely.

 

[regnad]

These are my favorite 2D Zeldas and contenders for favorite of the series. Not a popular opinion I’m sure! These and Majora I feel most successfully hit the sweet spot of having dungeons that are little-puzzles-in-a-big-puzzle, as opposed to one room after another room after another room.

 

[Paralel]

I wonder if the old passwords will work on these releases?

 

[HarveyHouston]

I got those for the Nintendo 3DS, but I wouldn't mind playing these on NSO.

 

[JuanMena]

In what order should I play them to get the best ending?

Any order you want.
Just that Oracle of Ages is heavily focused in Time Travel Puzzles to progress and reach dungeons and recover items, and Oracle of Seasons is focused in Action, so it's like Link's Awakening.

Both of them has the same ending with the link/password game.

If you don't want to finish one to get the password for the other, create a SECRETS file with the following password:

NNNNN NNNNN
NNNNN NNNNN

You can replace some of those for the following simbols: [Square] [Left Arrow] [Spades] [ B ] [Heart]
Each one offers a different glitched "Name" but the result is the same.

 

[console]

I had both owned The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons for my old Nintendo Gameboy Color. I love both Zelda games. For Nintendo Switch then no thanks due to digital only. Remember Nintendo kill support off Nintendo Shop on Nintendo Wii and eShop on Nintendo Wii U/3DS means people can't get their games back. It will happen to Nintendo Switch to drop support on eShop next few years and Nintendo will force people to buy new hardware. I know digital games are worst ever know to face a lot of problems later in near future. I always stick with physical copy of games over lousy digital games on eShop.

 

[pustal]

I just started playing Ages on the Zelda Game & Watch like a normal person.

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I didn't play these games back in the day, but the fact that they're in the same engine as the one Zelda game I did play in my youth (LADX) means my nostalgia button is getting pressed nicely.

I played Oracle of Seasons when I was a kid, but not Ages, because I thought it was like Pokémon Red and Blue and they were the same game with slight differences only

 

[pedro702]

shame no remake :S

 

[KiiWii]

Finally

Perhaps this will spur on a remake to get some more use out of that engine they built for Links Awakening.

Seems a perfect opportunity to me, but; Nintendo.

 

[NinStar]

Funny to see people wishing for remakes, but if it were going to have the terribly inconsistent framerate of Link's Awakening remake I'd rather just play the originals.