Legend of Zelda video retrospective (part 4)

by Blake Snow { Nov 4th 2006 at 11:00AM }

Game Trailers is back with their weekly Zelda retrospective with only one more to follow. Episode four examines the puzzle-based Oracle of Ages, the action-oriented Oracle of Seasons, and multiplaying Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures. Though the weakest in the five part series so far, the video does pimp our favorite word in the English dictionary: doppelganger.

From the beginning: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

[Koekoenutt, represent!]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

luke @ Nov 4th 2006 11:26AM

gives me chills

PhoenixJ @ Nov 4th 2006 11:52AM

Interesting..
Personally, I find that the more nostalgic I am about the games covered in each episode, the more I like the episode itself.
The first three parts were great. Not having played either of the two games in this part, though, it was kinda flat for me. Can't wait for then next one.

Cronotrigger913 @ Nov 4th 2006 12:07PM

I was actually unaware that the GB Color games, Ages and Seasons, were originally planned to be remakes of the first 2 Zelda NES games. That would have been interesting to see, but still like that they created 2 new games instead. Maybe they should revisit that idea, like how they did Metroid: Zero Mission.

paralipsis @ Nov 4th 2006 12:20PM

A little bit flatter than the first three parts. Perhaps, like #2 (PhoenixJ), I simply don't get the nostalgia value because I never got around to playing Ages or Seasons.

Paul Gale @ Nov 4th 2006 12:55PM

This Legend of Zelda Retrospective contiues to bring back great memories with Part 4. I thought that Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons for Game Boy Color were very solid titles. The same with Four Swords Adventures for GameCube; it too was a lot of fun, especially when playing with friends. I wonder if after Part 5 is done, will GameTrailers.com wait a bit until they completely finish Twilight Princess a few times and then release a new video? I would like to see that. Go Nintendo!
Paul Gale
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k_neko @ Nov 4th 2006 1:17PM

I was more excited when I saw the other videos. Mostly because I never got the opportunity to play any of the handheld titles other than Minish cap. I feel as though I've missed some good games. I really enjoyed playing Four Sword Adventures on the GC. Only thing about it is that I never got to experience that game with more people since I know no one else who owned Gameboy Advances. Oh well.

anonymous @ Nov 4th 2006 1:16PM

Am i blind or is there no link for it anywhere here?

oh and an anonymous hello to Paul from an old gamers.com poster.

lowallyn @ Nov 4th 2006 2:29PM

hell yeah

bobman2007 @ Nov 4th 2006 2:03PM

To me, beating Seasons was probably the hardest Zelda game out of all of them, and I have beaten all of the Zelda games besides Ages. I did completely beat Seasons without Ages using other people's codes, but I need to stop being lazy and beat Ages too. Anyways, the reason why Seasons was so hard was because the game requires you to constantly change between the four seasons to complete puzzles before going into dungeons. Not only do you have to use season changing, you also have to visit the underworld Subrosia quite often, and you can't even visit all of it unless you get certain weapons. It's that constant back and forth playing that makes it really hard. And sometimes the game doesn't let you fully know where to go next, which makes it even harder.

Andy Grey @ Nov 4th 2006 3:00PM

There was a line in the video that makes it clear why the video game industry and espcially video game journalism often receive a bum rap. The narrator when discussing the combination of the two games describes it as "one of the most elaborate quests, Link's ever quested". If you were to show that to any Journalism 101 professor, High School Journalism teacher, or even any english teacher, they would tell you how poor writing it is to use the same base word twice in two forms in one sentence. Aditionally, This retrospective was by far the best listen, I have ever listened, too.

Naruhodou @ Nov 4th 2006 3:35PM

I forgot whether it was Seasons or Ages I beat. I just remember me and a good friend were playing them simultaneously and it was one of the best experiences I've gotten from a handheld game. From there, I went back and finished Ocarina, and still intend on finishing LttP before Twilight Princess. It's a ridiculously popular franchise, but atleast for good reason.