blues711 reviews The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)

Very fun game. The harp of ages allowed some great puzzles and I had a great time doing the dungeons. While some of the items like the seed-shooter and slingshot (found in Oracle of Seasons) seem really similar, the diagonal shooting and seed bouncing abilities of the seed shooter sufficiently differentiated it enough for me to say they weren't just being lazy when they made both items. I loved the boss battles, and really wish there was some way to fight them again without going through the whole game over, but the game had minimal fluff and moving between places is easy enough that a full replay can only take a few hours for a practiced player. The link-game system was pretty cool, and the passwords made it easier to carry over the game. I deeply enjoyed the special items only available to link-game players, but I wish they were actually necessary to do anything, rather than just being fun extra toys. Bombchus are fun and all, but without bombchu related challenges, they're pointless. Anyways, great game, grab yourself a copy if you can find it, otherwise get a copy of the ROM.