Note: Originally, the "combined" Oracles review was discovered by combining secret keywords found on the two separate review pages.

Congratulations! You've found the true conclusion to the Zelda: Oracles reviews--and the true final score. Independently, each game earns the score on their respective game pages. But together, the series is something more--and earns a higher score!

Though Ages and Seasons are both fantastic, strongly recommended titles on their own, playing both games as a single, continued quest enhances the entire experience. By transferring your character from the end of one game to another, you can begin the second game with an extra heart container and your rings from the first game. More importantly, the second game will recognize that you have already completed the other Zelda: Oracles title. This lets the player use "Secrets."

To uncomplicate this example, let's assume that Ages was completed first, and that the game was then transferred over to Seasons. In practice, gamers can complete the games in either order. Once Ages is completed, players can save their game. The Ages character is now present in a "peaceful" world that has had the threat eradicated. During Seasons, you may run into characters from Ages. They could be merely visiting, or they could have a Secret they want you to give to someone in the world of Ages. At this point, the player remembers the Secret, saves their Seasons game, and returns to the post-threat world of Ages. Next, the gamer finds the character in Ages, delivers the Secret, and maybe completes a small quest. Link in the world of Ages will receive some sort of reward and another Secret for Seasons' Holodrum. The player then saves the Ages game, restarts Seasons, and enters the secret in the Hall of Secrets. The Link in Seasons now shares the reward! Game files and Secrets can be transferred via the Link Cable or a password, so gamers with only one Game Boy Color will have no difficulty sharing information between games.

Moreover, by playing a "continued" game, the player unlocks new story sequences throughout the game, as well as a new endgame sequence with new bosses and that completes the story. As evil as Veran and Onox are, there's a greater threat that lies behind them both....

As unique and cool as the Secrets system is, however, the best reason to own both titles is that they're both great games. Moreover, the two titles are complimentary; any deficit in one title is matched by an abundance of riches in the other. The two games don't work together just as a feat of programming; the two games fit together as a spiritual whole. Nintendo finally figured out how to make gamers want and buy both "colors" of a game: make them entirely different games. If you have to choose just one, you can't go wrong with either Seasons or Ages. Both are great games with much to recommend. Together, however, the Zelda: Oracles games form an epic quest that encompasses everything great about the Zelda series--and that's no small feat.