Zelda 'Oracle' games coming to 3DS eShop

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and its twin Oracle of Ages are coming to the 3DS eShop. Nintendo has announced they'll hit Japan later this month, and take "a little while longer" to come to other territories.

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Nintendo held another Nintendo Direct presentation in Japan early this morning. It was mostly light on new game announcements, but it did reveal that the 3DS eShop will be getting two classic Zelda games. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and its twin, Oracle of Ages, are coming to the handheld Virtual Console.

Joystiq reports that following the announcement of a Japanese release on February 27, series producer Eiji Anouma took to the Zelda Miiverse page to point out that it will come to North America sometime later. "The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages will be released for Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS in Japan," he said, "but it'll be a little while longer till the're out in other territories. We''d like to ask for your patience until they're ready for release. Thank you!"

The Oracle games will be released individually in Japan at first, but also in a combined pack. The two Capcom-developed titles are meant to work in tandem, even consisting of similar world layouts with one relying on a season-changing mechanic and the other on time travel. The original games also featured the ability to use a password found in one game to get an extended ending in the other.

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    February 21, 2013 11:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Zelda 'Oracle' games coming to 3DS eShop.

    The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and its twin Oracle of Ages are coming to the 3DS eShop. Nintendo has announced they'll hit Japan later this month, and take "a little while longer" to come to other territories.

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      February 21, 2013 11:50 AM

      Interesting. This is the one pair of Zelda games I haven't played.

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        February 21, 2013 11:56 AM

        Same. Actually... I've missed all the handheld Zeldas. I love the series but have only played the console games.

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          February 21, 2013 12:02 PM

          The handheld ones are worth playing. The gameboy one is already on the eshop

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          February 21, 2013 12:06 PM

          I played them both and they played just as well as any Zelda game in the series. I loved that they were both tied together and that you could play them both in any order to get the Super Awesome Secret Boss Battles and Mega-mazing Secret Ending. I'm actually kind of sad that the series abandoned this idea, because it was a really cool feature at the time.

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          February 21, 2013 12:08 PM

          The Minish Cap is really great. I'm a sucker for the "top-down" Zelda games, which is why my favorite is LttP. The handheld Zeldas have all reminded me of LttP style gameplay.

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          February 21, 2013 12:33 PM

          me too, except for the DS titles (Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks)

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      February 21, 2013 12:07 PM

      These weren't bad games, but I always forget they exist until I look through my gameboy collections.

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      February 21, 2013 12:26 PM

      Eh, I had both of these on the GBC, didn't really find them that great. They're not horrible or anything, but they have anything on the main Zelda games.

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      February 21, 2013 12:33 PM

      I should buy link's awakening. I had this game when i was REAL young and never could get past the 1st hour or so.

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        February 21, 2013 3:51 PM

        squigs, it is a must play. Best top-down since ALttP Please do it and report back!

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      February 21, 2013 3:30 PM

      Aren't these the only two that are currently unavailable in some form?

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      February 21, 2013 4:30 PM

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