My brothers and I shared 1 game boy color growing up. I saved up all the money I had and bought Oracle of Seasons at target. I remember reading the back of the box all the way home. Me and my bro’s took turns beating the game together. Those are some of my favorite memories. Watching you play is bringing many of those wonderful memories back to life. Thanks for the wonderful content!
No matter how chaotic and wierd my days have been, i can always count on bill to make my day a little bit better, just saying interesting things, playing games i love and being his overall self makes me want to keep on going and trying my hardest each and every day
After Link's Awakening, the Oracles are my favourite handheld Zelda games. For me, Seasons slightly edges Ages because 1: when I was a kid, I got stuck on the second boss (Thwomp Head.) I always ran out of bombs and had no idea that it periodically dropped them and 2: when I picked it up again as a teen, I completely sucked at the Goron dance, which unlike the Subrosian dance, is necessary for progression. Needless to say, I had *much* more practice playing Seasons until I bought them on the virtual console (and had the pleasure of destroying Ganon for the first time.)
Fun fact you can pretty much go almost the whole game without getting the boomerang because you can use bombs to set off that switch in the temple of seasons
Ah man! I'm excited to watch you finally play these for yourself! Like a lot of other people have already said, these were a big part of my childhood and are still two of my favorite Zelda games today. I hope you enjoy!
These are 100% my favorite zelda games and were the introduction for me to the series. If you're playing on an emulator, try to get the codes for the secret boss fight at the end.
Dang Bill I'm so glad you're play Seasons it was my first of the Oracles as well, as I'm typing this I'm having the biggest nostalgia trip. I'm so ready for this ride.
I love these games so much. Playing them was such a big part of my childhood. I think I even had the strategy guide with all the secrets sealed in the back
Love love love this game, the rings were so good, I remember the cheat sites I would see as a kid would talk about cheat codes that would bring you to a supposed land of rings under the appraisers house haha
Well, I’m glad you picked Seasons first, since Hyrule Historia and Encyclopedia both ruled that that was the one that came first canonically! Yours is the only play-through I’ve found in the correct order!
I remember watching NCS's playthroughs of these games, too. Partway through his Ages playthrough, I was inspired to playthrough Ages and a linked Seasons. I owned the games for many years - since the games came out in 2001, believe it or not - but never beat them until near the end of his Ages playthrough. Glad to see you tackling these games. You'll be having a blast!
It was originally supposed to be a remake of zelda 1. When that was shot down they were going to make 3 games wisdom. Strength and courage. But they never made the 3rd game
It may have been because I was young but I remember the last few dungeons in Ages being very long and confusing! I remember HATING the Jabu Jabus belly in Ages.
@@5-Volt yeah ages was all about the puzzles from the progression in the dungeons to navigating the overworked between past and present to move forward. Just think about the effort it took to get to jabu jabu in the the first place
Thank you for playing this Bill. I too (being your age) missed these when they came out, as the handhelds didn’t really do it for me. (I’d played Links awakening and didn’t like it; at that time) so a couple years ago I bought Seasons and Time on the 3DS store and was using save states. I started with Seasons and made it to the final boss, using a save state. And I guess I let too much time pass before I picked it up again and it cleared? Erased? Idk something, all my save states except for the time I legitimately saved the game back at the first dungeon. I gave up and haven’t played it since, so now I get to play it vicariously through you.
Only 6 mins in and this video is hilarious! Ages and Seasons are my favorite. I am certain you will enjoy them. We have a lot in common growing up, so this game should suit your tastes.
Happy New Year, Bill! 🎉 I'm so excited for this! I love the manga of these games and I keep meaning to play them but seem to always default to the bigger titles when the Zelda urge hits. I think I'll make a better effort this year. "Lunk" had me rolling 😂
I saw a review for these games a while back. Apparently, Seasons is more combat-focused with regards to difficulty and Ages is more puzzle-focused. Looking forward to watching!
Capcom's original plan was to make three interconnected games - a remake of zelda1, a remake of zelda 2, and an original game. That proved too much and so it was cut to two without remaking past games. Oracle of Seasons has many elements of Zelda 1 that were left over from the original plan.
I swear the Subrosians make me think of Kenny during the picture day episode of South Park, when he put his normal outfit on upside-down and backwards, you can probably guess where this is leading.
@@cactusjack7614 I mean, ya, it is likely he will get Ricky's, but it would still be interesting to see if he does get Moosh's instead (since I doubt he will do the dance again to get Dimitri's), as you can get Moosh's flute without the Linked game
The tunics were added in the dx version of links awakening hence the colour theme to the dungeon it was literally the colour dungeon being in colour for the first time
The photo ops were also added in the DX version (the camera shop doesn't exist in the pre-colour version, which was replaced with Dampé's Dungeon Maker in the Switch remake)
Man, Its disappointing how many people sleep on these games, Absolutely top. Glad to see it gettin some attention! The seasons mechanic was honestly so fuckin cool at the time, I still have my original gameboy copy around here somewhere.
Pick up shield, never uses it, wonders why the dungeon is so hard. Also I screamed when he ran from Maple. Those minigames are how you get some of the best items, as she drops rings and potions Also you have to go to your inventory and equip the ring to have ot do anything. You just moved it to your box
Crazy I just started another playthrough of this game and I realized that was more difficult than I remember. Running into Lynels before the 4th dungeon really had me messed up
This seems SUPER old school, I grew up with the SNES but my big Sister's house mate had a NES and always babysitted me. We had a Commadore 64, with games before she moved out. I remember a bowling game, useing the joystick but I would have been 4 or 5, for me, just like everyone else my first video game experience was Mario. I remember one of her friends was round, playing Double Dragon 3, really far in the game. He paused it and in the time it time it took him to go to the bathroom, I took over and promptly got him a Game Over. It I was him, I would have killed me!
YES YES YES I HAVE LOVED THIS GAME EVER SINCE RELEASE ... its my favourite 2D zelda ... will you be doing a ages with seasons competition code in the future
The music in these games, plus the interesting world from the start. Nintendo made some great 2D Zelda games, and I’ve completely overlooked them. Unfortunate.
One thing I love about these games is simply the fact that there are incarnations of the Goddesses with Din, Nayru and Farore. I wish Zelda games did that again but now it's less about them and only about Hylia... 😑
I would love it if Nintendo commissioned Capcom to remake these. Nintendo remade Link's Awakening and it was roundly disappointing. This is the time for it because these games need to stay on the small screen.
Chose the right one to start with. Canonically, Seasons should be played before Ages (though they are designed so that you can play in any order) Also the similarities with Zelda 1 aren't nods. The Oracle games started as a remake of the original, but things changed mid development. Seasons retains all the remade stuff before the change of plans and is known as the Zelda 1 Remake. And for my fellow viewers: Tips and hints are fine to give, but Bill has already finished his playthrough (refer to the playlist for the total number of videos), so don't be mad when your tips aren't used.
I still tend to like Ages before Seasons due to how a main character from the other game shows up in Seasons throughout the adventure. Plus Impa's troupe tells you why they're here.
@@RyanBlazeheart Impa tells you why in Seasons too, that's not game specific. As for the character from the other game showing up throughout the adventure, that's not game specific either.
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I wish they would give these games an update like they have with others. Probably two of my favorite Zelda games.
I have heard whispers that Nintendo is doing the links awakening treatment to them. I only played seasons as a kid so I'm excited.
My brothers and I shared 1 game boy color growing up. I saved up all the money I had and bought Oracle of Seasons at target. I remember reading the back of the box all the way home. Me and my bro’s took turns beating the game together. Those are some of my favorite memories. Watching you play is bringing many of those wonderful memories back to life. Thanks for the wonderful content!
It’s always a treat to hear “ya dope!” First thing starting the new year off right!
I love this game this was my first Zelda games I played and completed alongside Oracle of ages
No matter how chaotic and wierd my days have been, i can always count on bill to make my day a little bit better, just saying interesting things, playing games i love and being his overall self makes me want to keep on going and trying my hardest each and every day
After Link's Awakening, the Oracles are my favourite handheld Zelda games. For me, Seasons slightly edges Ages because 1: when I was a kid, I got stuck on the second boss (Thwomp Head.) I always ran out of bombs and had no idea that it periodically dropped them and 2: when I picked it up again as a teen, I completely sucked at the Goron dance, which unlike the Subrosian dance, is necessary for progression. Needless to say, I had *much* more practice playing Seasons until I bought them on the virtual console (and had the pleasure of destroying Ganon for the first time.)
Fun fact you can pretty much go almost the whole game without getting the boomerang because you can use bombs to set off that switch in the temple of seasons
@David Jameson that’s why I said pretty much almost
This and Ages is the hardest Zelda games I've ever played.
Ah man! I'm excited to watch you finally play these for yourself! Like a lot of other people have already said, these were a big part of my childhood and are still two of my favorite Zelda games today. I hope you enjoy!
These are 100% my favorite zelda games and were the introduction for me to the series.
If you're playing on an emulator, try to get the codes for the secret boss fight at the end.
Dang Bill I'm so glad you're play Seasons it was my first of the Oracles as well, as I'm typing this I'm having the biggest nostalgia trip. I'm so ready for this ride.
Starting with the combat focused on the two, neat!
I love these games so much. Playing them was such a big part of my childhood. I think I even had the strategy guide with all the secrets sealed in the back
I cant like this video enough. I barely watched anything so far, but just seeing it alone is good enough for me. Hope it's as fun for you Bill.
Love love love this game, the rings were so good, I remember the cheat sites I would see as a kid would talk about cheat codes that would bring you to a supposed land of rings under the appraisers house haha
gonna be real--the two eggs and english muffins with butter sounds absolutely divine.
Yes these are two great games. Very happy to see you play these they are fun and great
i’m so Excited to watch you play these!!! 🤩 i hope you enjoy it!
Frick yeah dude, I'm so stoked for this playthrough!
Link just needs to show his hand and say, "I have a triangle on my hand". That should be his Hero card to open up ALL gates, haha.
Thank you so much for playing this game
Well, I’m glad you picked Seasons first, since Hyrule Historia and Encyclopedia both ruled that that was the one that came first canonically! Yours is the only play-through I’ve found in the correct order!
I remember watching NCS's playthroughs of these games, too. Partway through his Ages playthrough, I was inspired to playthrough Ages and a linked Seasons. I owned the games for many years - since the games came out in 2001, believe it or not - but never beat them until near the end of his Ages playthrough.
Glad to see you tackling these games. You'll be having a blast!
Din was my favorite oracle
The Oracle games are actually my faves in the whole franchise. And I've played (and beaten) almost every Zelda game.
Happy New Year! Been enjoying your Link's Awakening Playlist, so this is going to fun to watch also!
It was originally supposed to be a remake of zelda 1. When that was shot down they were going to make 3 games wisdom. Strength and courage. But they never made the 3rd game
so there is a big difference in the gameplay between the two that seasons is more combat/encounter focused and ages is more puzzle focused
It may have been because I was young but I remember the last few dungeons in Ages being very long and confusing! I remember HATING the Jabu Jabus belly in Ages.
@@5-Volt yeah ages was all about the puzzles from the progression in the dungeons to navigating the overworked between past and present to move forward. Just think about the effort it took to get to jabu jabu in the the first place
Happy new year keep up the great content
Thank you for playing this Bill. I too (being your age) missed these when they came out, as the handhelds didn’t really do it for me. (I’d played Links awakening and didn’t like it; at that time) so a couple years ago I bought Seasons and Time on the 3DS store and was using save states. I started with Seasons and made it to the final boss, using a save state. And I guess I let too much time pass before I picked it up again and it cleared? Erased? Idk something, all my save states except for the time I legitimately saved the game back at the first dungeon. I gave up and haven’t played it since, so now I get to play it vicariously through you.
Happy New Year Bill!! Great game to start off this year!!
Only 6 mins in and this video is hilarious!
Ages and Seasons are my favorite. I am certain you will enjoy them. We have a lot in common growing up, so this game should suit your tastes.
I love you, Bill! My first Zelda ever!
Greetings from Ainz Ooal Gown from your Discord :)
Omg I'm so excited for you to play this!
Yayyyy I'm so ready for this ,go Bill
Happy New Year, Bill! 🎉
I'm so excited for this! I love the manga of these games and I keep meaning to play them but seem to always default to the bigger titles when the Zelda urge hits. I think I'll make a better effort this year.
"Lunk" had me rolling 😂
Happy New Year to Bill and everyone watching! I had these games as a kid but never did finish them. It'll be nice to watch these played.
The Oracle Series was MY SHIT growing up! Glad to see you take a shot at it.
Yay yay yay yay yay!!! So excited to watch this series!!!
Waking up to see this first thing has got to be a good omen for this year!
Sweet, looking forward to watching through these.
Nice dude:D Love this Game, so many memorys
This is a childhood game of mine. I was never good at it, but it’s a big throwback. Happy New Year, man!
Oh man I missed this? You're doin it my dude!!! The Oracle series!!!
I saw a review for these games a while back. Apparently, Seasons is more combat-focused with regards to difficulty and Ages is more puzzle-focused. Looking forward to watching!
I remember it being quite the quest to get my hands on these when I was younger. They are such amazing games. I hope for a remake eventually!
I member playing ages as a young land. Good times.
Never got around to playing this, excited to see it done! I played Links Awakening on the game boy and these sound effects bring me back.
Haven't played the Oracle games in forever. They're pretty good.
Happy New Year Bill and everyone!
YES SIR
I remember first getting this game from a friend and thinking it was so weird. But not even an hour in I was hooked. Easily my favorite 2d Zelda
dear god i’m so excited to see you play this bill!
I just finished playing through seasons and had so much fun, enjoy!
Yes!! I love these games! I personally found them to be a bit more of a challenge for sure, but I thought it was just me being bad at games.
Capcom's original plan was to make three interconnected games - a remake of zelda1, a remake of zelda 2, and an original game. That proved too much and so it was cut to two without remaking past games. Oracle of Seasons has many elements of Zelda 1 that were left over from the original plan.
Yay! I loved these games! I started with Seasons as well.
Happy New Year Bill!!! 😉😉🎉🎉
Happy new Year Bill!
I swear the Subrosians make me think of Kenny during the picture day episode of South Park, when he put his normal outfit on upside-down and backwards, you can probably guess where this is leading.
Keep up the good work
So, who else is curious which of the 3 flutes he will get? It looks like he just gave up on Dimitri's, so will he get Ricky's or Moosh's?
Ricky's is the main story line one. If he had played Ages, Moosh is the main storyline flute and you can get it from linking.
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I mean, ya, it is likely he will get Ricky's, but it would still be interesting to see if he does get Moosh's instead (since I doubt he will do the dance again to get Dimitri's), as you can get Moosh's flute without the Linked game
best Zelda game in my opinion .this one and Oracle of Ages
That one part in the temple of seasons that is for a link game when you find the theory with the code for Oracle of ages
The tunics were added in the dx version of links awakening hence the colour theme to the dungeon it was literally the colour dungeon being in colour for the first time
The photo ops were also added in the DX version (the camera shop doesn't exist in the pre-colour version, which was replaced with Dampé's Dungeon Maker in the Switch remake)
Man, Its disappointing how many people sleep on these games, Absolutely top. Glad to see it gettin some attention!
The seasons mechanic was honestly so fuckin cool at the time, I still have my original gameboy copy around here somewhere.
Pick up shield, never uses it, wonders why the dungeon is so hard.
Also I screamed when he ran from Maple. Those minigames are how you get some of the best items, as she drops rings and potions
Also you have to go to your inventory and equip the ring to have ot do anything. You just moved it to your box
BUT they're the coolest in my opinion! Idk why. They've got a charm to them
happy new year
Ya dope! I love the catch phrase!
Crazy I just started another playthrough of this game and I realized that was more difficult than I remember. Running into Lynels before the 4th dungeon really had me messed up
Tbh this game is most enjoy when you link the games and do all of the secrets.
Yesss so pumped for this! Sorry I was one of the annoying people nagging you to play it, but I hope you enjoyed these awesome games😂
Loved these game
This seems SUPER old school, I grew up with the SNES but my big Sister's house mate had a NES and always babysitted me. We had a Commadore 64, with games before she moved out. I remember a bowling game, useing the joystick but I would have been 4 or 5, for me, just like everyone else my first video game experience was Mario. I remember one of her friends was round, playing Double Dragon 3, really far in the game. He paused it and in the time it time it took him to go to the bathroom, I took over and promptly got him a Game Over. It I was him, I would have killed me!
Oracle of Seasons & Ages are great games. Would love to see them remade for the Switch like they did with Link’s Awakening
YES YES YES I HAVE LOVED THIS GAME EVER SINCE RELEASE ... its my favourite 2D zelda ... will you be doing a ages with seasons competition code in the future
Check the playlist description and you'll be happy 👍
@@YoYoK3nny thank you 😊
Attacking Tucans just finished lets playing this game blind too :)
YES! BRO!
The music in these games, plus the interesting world from the start.
Nintendo made some great 2D Zelda games, and I’ve completely overlooked them. Unfortunate.
Want to watch the playthrough but I havent beaten these games yet, so I will be back
Horon village means something else in Finnish 😅
*joyous screaming*
One thing I love about these games is simply the fact that there are incarnations of the Goddesses with Din, Nayru and Farore. I wish Zelda games did that again but now it's less about them and only about Hylia... 😑
I would love it if Nintendo commissioned Capcom to remake these. Nintendo remade Link's Awakening and it was roundly disappointing. This is the time for it because these games need to stay on the small screen.
Fun fact: A link to the past Link, Links Awakening Link, and the Oracle Games Link are all the same Link.
Chose the right one to start with. Canonically, Seasons should be played before Ages (though they are designed so that you can play in any order)
Also the similarities with Zelda 1 aren't nods. The Oracle games started as a remake of the original, but things changed mid development. Seasons retains all the remade stuff before the change of plans and is known as the Zelda 1 Remake.
And for my fellow viewers: Tips and hints are fine to give, but Bill has already finished his playthrough (refer to the playlist for the total number of videos), so don't be mad when your tips aren't used.
I still tend to like Ages before Seasons due to how a main character from the other game shows up in Seasons throughout the adventure. Plus Impa's troupe tells you why they're here.
@@RyanBlazeheart Impa tells you why in Seasons too, that's not game specific. As for the character from the other game showing up throughout the adventure, that's not game specific either.
@@YoYoK3nny well its a particular character and it finishes a side plot thread from ages way more smoothly.
@@RyanBlazeheart Which character?
@@YoYoK3nny A queen of her land gets her arc concluded in Seasons if you play it second.
They do seem more pointy!
20:54 that jingle means there is a secret in this room if I'm not mistaken
Hell yeah these are really great games the Oracle games are some of the best topdown Zelda games.Are you doing a linked game?
Yeah, I will be linking to Ages.
I entirely forgot santa is cannon in the LoZ series, what a weird detail lol.
Wandering prophet Sakra... Socrates... hmmmm...
The hypeeeeee
Always thought this was a cooking game.
Didn’t wanna ruin your perfect 69 comments, but hell yeah for doing this game!
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hello bill
Bill!
Are you playing Oracle of ages as well?
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