The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

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Link the Ages and Seasons to Discover the True Evil!

Product Description

Tips for Controlling Chaos using the Rod of Seasons
Time Travel tactics using the Harp of Ages
How to use the Innovative Link System
Statistics on all of Link's Friends and Enemies
Comprehensive maps outlining every searchable area

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (May 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761536213
• ISBN-13: 978-0761536215
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #347,702 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars so so, November 14, 2001

By	L. Cosier "kels" (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This guide is helpful- don't get me wrong. If you are really good at Zelda and don't need much help then this guide is perfect for you- but they often skip over rooms and give short desriptions of things that don't make much sense making it a pretty bad guide for those of you who need the extra push. I've seen a lot of better guides than this and for the record they usually aren't Prima's. Try another guide-- this one is OK but you could find better.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prima Perfection, August 12, 2001

By	Daniel Kerlin "spanishinquisitionau" (Australia) - See all my reviews

Put simply this book is excellent. True to form Prima have delivered a master piece which leaves the other guides ducking for cover. This book has everything, great art work, clear diagrams and presice explanations on how to complete levels. Plus there's that classic subtle Prima humour incorperated into every section. I have all the Prima Zelda guides and I really havent been able to fault them. They are easily the best on the market for in-depth, clear cut presentation of a game guide. Anyone who has given these games a go will be able to use this guide, and this guide could easily allow you to play through the games from start to finish. Recomended above all others.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be WAY better, June 14, 2002

By A Customer

I'll list the pros and cons of this book one after the other; hopefully it's not too confusing...

Pros:

A great enemy list!

Okay boss strategies

Only guide so far to use coordinates (I find that fact surprising; the Zelda games are THE games to use coordinates with!)

Has an okay section about passwords

Nice cartoons

Cons:

Maps are TINY, boundaries not well marked, does not show inside of houses

Screenshots are small and blurry

Walkthrough is confusing; it might say something like, "In the next room, push the block and open the chest. In the next room, use the key," and it doesn't give details on WHICH keyhole to use the key on, and WHICH room is the "next" one. The could have used coordinates to their advantage way better than they did

The whole thing is somewhat monotonous

Cartoons, while cool, are VERY distracting. They are just plopped down anywhere; you might be in a section when you're encountering Zoras, and right there is a picture of a Goron!

Some AWFUL typos; it got me all confused about the Harp of Ages. It said that the Tune Of Currents made a temporrary Time Portal, that the Tune of Ages activated Time Portals, and that the Tune of Echoes gave you tital freedom to travel in time. Then it said that you wouldn't get the ToC until later on in the game. The real scoop on the Harp is this: The Tune of Echoes (the frist tune you get) activates Time Portals; the Tune of Currents (the second tune you get) lets you move from the past to the present (it does create a temporary Time Portal, but that's not it's main purpose) and the Tune of Ages lets you go from Past to Present and Present to Past. Those typos really got me mixed up.

Overall, this guide seemed like it was carelessely slapped together, and though it has some stuff you won't find in the Versus Guide, it has a lot more stuff that Versus does WAY better in.