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The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages: 20th anniversary

The Game Boy Color games Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons launched simultaneously as interrelated sequels to Link's Awakening . The Pokéman Game Boy games came in two colors, but these are completely different games! Ages emphasizes puzzles, while Seasons focuses on combat. How amazing to receive two new Zelda games the same day! The central gimmick of Oracle of Ages is that Link travels between past and present in the world of Labrynna (somewhat similar to the light and dark worlds in A Link to the Past ). Playing the Harp of Ages allows Link to move between past and present. The threadbare plot mostly confuses me: the villain, a sorceress named Veran, has possessed an oracle named Nayru (who, I assume, can prophesy on behalf of the goddess Nayru). Under her baleful influence, Qeen Ambi is building a dark tower in the past. Fantasy stories love dark towers. Anyway, for some reason the solution to this problem, according to the great Maku Tree (not to be confused with  Ocarina ...