Man I actually own both games, and linked them back and forth 3 or 4 times so I could 100% them.
The Nintendo Thread
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I never played either of them when they first came out…the only two Zelda games I haven't played...I've remedied that of course and having a blast~
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Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons remained the only Zelda games I had yet to ever play (CDi abominations aside). This is no longer the case. I am a happy dude.
I couldn't decide which one to play through first. I might just go back and forth, doing one dungeon at a time in each.
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Better off going through one and then the other, that way you can use the passwords =3
Personally I like Ages waaay more than Seasons.
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I prefer Seasons, though I guess it's mostly nostalgia due to that one being the one I played the most. But I do think that Seasons has generally better dungeons, and I really like Subrosia. Though Ages is a top notch game as well.
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i prefered seasons as well although it was mainly because that goron dancing game in ages caused me to never be able to finish the game as a kid. I had to go back to it during zelda's 25th anniversary and beat it then for the first time
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I remember hearing that one was more focused on puzzles while the other was more action-oriented. If that's true, which was which again? Might help me decide which one to go through first.
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To be honest, I don't really feel any difference between the two, when it comes to puzzles and action. Both games have the big puzzle element to it (time travel and changing the seasons), and all dungeons seem to be almost equal in puzzles and such. I guess Seasons has easier puzzles overall, while the puzzles in Ages tend to be a bit more complicated.
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The differences between Ages and Seasons, I feel, can be summed up like this: The obstacles in Seasons are more action and reflex based, and the obstacles in Ages are more logic and thinking based.
What I mean is, in Seasons you might have a dungeon where you have to use the Roc's feather to jump from platform to platform. You know what to do and how to do it, its the timing of your buttons that's key.
Ages, on the other hand, might have an obstacle where you must roll a block to a certain place and a certain color on the block is facing up. It requires more thinking and strategy.
I feel like this can be seen in the bosses too. Seasons' bosses always felt straight forward, while Ages' bosses always required a trick to beat them.
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I remember hearing that one was more focused on puzzles while the other was more action-oriented. If that's true, which was which again? Might help me decide which one to go through first.
yeah seasons was action based while ages was puzzle based. Probably why my child brain found seasons much easier
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The differences between Ages and Seasons, I feel, can be summed up like this: The obstacles in Seasons are more action and reflex based, and the obstacles in Ages are more logic and thinking based.
What I mean is, in Seasons you might have a dungeon where you have to use the Roc's feather to jump from platform to platform. You know what to do and how to do it, its the timing of your buttons that's key.
Ages, on the other hand, might have an obstacle where you must roll a block to a certain place and a certain color on the block is facing up. It requires more thinking and strategy.
I feel like this can be seen in the bosses too. Seasons' bosses always felt straight forward, while Ages' bosses always required a trick to beat them.
You do have a point with that. Maybe that's why I've always preferred Seasons, as a kid tends to be more inclined towards action than puzzles.
Well, anyway, both two are excellent games, and besides minor differences I'd say they are just as good.
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Ages is the better game because combat isn't exactly deep in Zelda and so a title focusing on combat doesn't really add much to the game. If they made any of the battles actually difficult in any way it would maybe help a little, but who plays zelda because of the challenging combat? As long as the bosses are interesting, which they are.
Ages has way better dungeons, because they get more elaborate and difficult than anything from Seasons. Jabu Jabu is not a straightforward level haha. And the time travel mechanic just offers a lot more options than changing the season. The puzzles in that respect from Seasons mostly revolved around finding the right stump to change the season from.
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I liked Seasons for its secrets when I was younger. I just loved exploring the world and discovering all the hidden nooks and crannies you wouldn't find if you didn't explore, like the old men under the tree stumps. So I felt seasons got the exploration aspect much better than ages which got the story better.
Fun fact: When I was a kid I never got the dancing dragon key in seasons because I couldn't use Moosh properly and my button tapping skills sucked, but through exploring the world, I actually managed to sequence break seasons by getting to the temple ruins early.
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I don't remember feeling more exploration factor in Seasons, though it was cool to see how areas changed based on season. Ages had a lot of water-based exploration though which I thought was cool. And it was fun trying to get to places you weren't supposed to reach by using Roc's Cape.
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I remember playing both of these games as a kid. Seasons -> Ages was the order I always went in. Jabu Jabu and that one part where you had to use the Roc's Cape to navigate a zigzagging path of pits gave me PTSD.
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I have good memories of that puzzle boss of Ages, where you had to use the Cane of Somaria to beat him.
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I cannot quite put them apart to the point saying one is better then the other. I played seasons first and a friend had ages, then we switched and then we unlocked all the rest. Exchanging our journey and then each trying to beat the linked game in the same room together was pretty awesome.
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They are just one lonnng zelda game that cost more than normal haha
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Super Mario Bros 3, F-Zero X, Link ‘N Launch, and Metroid 2: The Return of Samus are this months club nintendo rewards
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http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/uujebd/the-final-bosman-what-about-nintendo-
Just watched the bosman from last week :D pretty funny, also to those that are confused about the buttonless controller, he's actually talking about DRM there.
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Well started playing Lego City Undercover today.
Pretty good so far, but the load times are freaking horrible. Sucks having to sit and wait like 30 seconds for a load. I'm hoping that is maybe just the beggining which is loaded with many cutscenes
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Report that the Wii U Basic is being discontinued at GameStop
http://www.gamespot.com/news/wii-u-basic-being-discontinued-at-gamestop-report-6409269
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Report that the Wii U Basic is being discontinued at GameStop
http://www.gamespot.com/news/wii-u-basic-being-discontinued-at-gamestop-report-6409269
wonder why? thats the model i bought on the release date
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wonder why? thats the model i bought on the release date
Nintendo is probably pulling it because no one is buying it? The Wii-U isn't selling great and most people who are buying one and going all out and getting the better unit.
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Because there is really no point in it at all. It's £50 difference in price. And for the £50 more you get 4x the amount of storage, Nintendoland (which is £30-£40 seperate anyways), other extras like the stand etc and the money back scheme too. If there was a large difference in price then could see it but it's just not worth it
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So I just played the demo for Project X Zone and I must say this game is amazing I greatly approve of this game. 10/10
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Not sure if this had been mentioned before, but it was new to me.
Was rumaging through the Nintendo E3 site and they mention that there will be a total of 4 demos to try out at Best Buys:
http://e3.nintendo.com/Also, the thing about the Wii U Basic being discontinued turned out to be just a rumor. All the shipping back of units is apparently to redistribute numbers in stores, presumably in anticipation of sales post-E3.
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I hope soon they release the controllers.. its almost a year without replacement remotes now
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Should note. In Nintendo Direct delivery of 23:00, June 11, New video of "Smash Bros." will be unveiled for the first time. Simultaneous world, here for the first time! Do not miss out
We're actually getting to see a video of the new Smash, in the next direct!
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Sounds like the head of Plat games is getting sick of people bombarding him with questions about the new Smash
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He's always doing that though with whatever new thing groups of people will ask him about
And sometimes with really hilarious comebacks, but that's basically his twitter feed for the past three years and it hasn't been noteworthy in a while
It is funny when sites try to act like it's news tho
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I liked how he said he wanted Issun in out of any of his chars XD
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I liked how he said he wanted Issun in out of any of his chars XD
All of his fans would hate it
… He probably loves that
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So why the majority of Europe doesn't deserve the stupid eshop cards?
Is that is realy becoming quite frustating. -
So why the majority of Europe doesn't deserve the stupid eshop cards?
Is that is realy becoming quite frustating.Really? Here in the UK they're probably stocked better than the X-Box ones. Try looking where you get gift cards for stores/apple/facebook etc, we can get them in Supermarkets and Card shops
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Really? Here in the UK they're probably stocked better than the X-Box ones. Try looking where you get gift cards for stores/apple/facebook etc, we can get them in Supermarkets and Card shops
But I don't live in the UK.
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Meanwhile in Texas, I don't think I've ever seen one of those cards. Only seen them on amazon, and usually they're more expensive than the value of the card, which is stupid.
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Do people these days still not have credit cards?
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I know there's some people who are uncomfortable sharing debit or credit card information with any site or company due to the chance of their information being stolen.
Didn't that happen to sony with their PSN accounts?
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Well on PSN it was only if you told PSN to actually store your information. You don't have to leave your payment info lying around on there if you don't want. But being that paranoid about online credit card fraud these days is rather baffling to me. I mean, between me and my friends/relatives our card info has been stolen multiple times, and not a single time was through online activity (it was stuff like restaurant credit card machines being compromised, or systems getting hacked such as my former university health center). And of all those cases, it has cost me 0 dollars, just the inconvenience of waiting 2-3 days for the new card and updating auto-billing info.
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My whole family do.
So why do you need eshop cards? The only thing I can think of is to give as a present to someone.
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So why do you need eshop cards? The only thing I can think of is to give as a present to someone.
16 characthers of downloadable content.
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I get that – what I don't get is why you can't use a credit card to purchase that content. Surely you can buy Nintendo points or whatever with a credit card?
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I get that – what I don't get is why you can't use a credit card to purchase that content. Surely you can buy Nintendo points or whatever with a credit card?
I never got one and don't know the ups and downs and my parents are not very fond with those.
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Do people these days still not have credit cards?
Kids don't. And I'm sure there are plenty of parents who aren't comfortable giving their kids their credit card numbers.
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Kids don't. And I'm sure there are plenty of parents who aren't comfortable giving their kids their credit card numbers.
See my above statement about being baffled. It's not giving them the number, but the parents simply doing the transaction themselves. And you'll probably retain an even better idea of what your children are doing on their consoles.
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See my above statement about being baffled. It's not giving them the number, but the parents simply doing the transaction themselves. And you'll probably retain an even better idea of what your children are doing on their consoles.
There are lots of different kinds of people which can especially apply to out of touch parents. Such as people who don't want to use their credit card over the internet out of paranoia and people who don't want to be bothered with such a hassle. There are also kids who want to purchase these things themselves. And yes, there are a lot of lower class people who don't have a credit card or even a bank account. That doesn't stop them from figuring out how to play Madden, though. There are also foreign countries to consider.
It's not like your logic is bad, but there are plenty of parents don't care enough to want to be bothered. From a business standpoint, the console manufacturers want to make it possible for anyone to be able to give them money.
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Oh I wasn't really asking why they exist at all. I mean, they are pretty much free to print and there are obviously cases, not the least of which is gifting it to a friend as I mentioned before, where you'd want them. I actually know people with imported consoles (Wiis I believe) where they can't buy foreign region points with a CC, so they need people in that country to buy eshop cards for them. But I did find it kind of odd to hear someone on here complain about their lack of availability, especially right after Smiley admitted his whole family has credit cards. The paranoia thing is just really sad if it still exists to a large extent, and the whole situation with uncooperative/uncaring parents is lame :/
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Oh I wasn't really asking why they exist at all. I mean, they are pretty much free to print and there are obviously cases, not the least of which is gifting it to a friend as I mentioned before, where you'd want them. I actually know people with imported consoles (Wiis I believe) where they can't buy foreign region points with a CC, so they need people in that country to buy eshop cards for them. But I did find it kind of odd to hear someone on here complain about their lack of availability, especially right after Smiley admitted his whole family has credit cards. The paranoia thing is just really sad if it still exists to a large extent, and the whole situation with uncooperative/uncaring parents is lame :/
It's other way around they don't have those, my parents and eletronic stuff don't combine very well and considering only this year I got a nintendo 3ds with my own money(and internet 3/4 years ago and only a 1 year ago with a router)
And I don't know how the minimals to get a credit card.:unsure: