The Legend of Zelda: Oracles series

This page details pre-release information and/or media for The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages.

This page details pre-release information and/or media for The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons.

Screenshots#

To do:

Anything in unsorted needs comparisons posted.
Anything in the RPGamer and GIA subpages also needs sorting.
There's a ton of prerelease screenshots here: http://archive.thegia.com/gb/acorn/acornmedia.html
Even more screenshots https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/zelda/zeldamsp/zeldamspss.html

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RPGamer Screenshots
A batch of screenshots from RPGamer.

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GIA Screenshots
Same, but for GIA..

Magazine Screenshots#

Comparisons#

Prerelease	Final
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The path at the top was narrower
The stair go down instead of up, suggesting a layout change during development.

Prerelease	Final

Lots of flowers and darker grass patch decorate the scene in the final.
The three-bladed grass tiles were redrawn to only use two blades for the final.
The jumpable ledge on the cliff is facing downwards, but to the right in the final.
The borders on the cliff were both redrawn, and recolored from red to blue.

Unsorted#

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Screenshots from the Nintendo of Japan Website#

Unsorted#

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Spaceworld Screenshots#

Comparisons#

Prerelease	Final

Essentially redrawn for the final:

Link and Din have different poses, with Link having crudely drawn eyes
Different shading
Din was shifted to the right, and colored darker

Prerelease	Final

Prerelease	Final

Prerelease	Final

There's a second Blue Octorok that was removed later.
The Orange Leever was replaced with a Goriya.
There's more shallow water compared to final.

Prerelease	Final

A dirt road that led into the area was removed later.

Prerelease	Final

The font's exclamation point is oblique in this image.

Prerelease	Final

Went from solid colors to washed out colors. The side of the castle was redrawn and more trees were added in the final. Link and Epona(?) were adjusted to the right.

Later recolored, using paler hues on the castle to better indicate distance.
Trees were later redrawn, moving all of them from off the mountainside, and going right up to Hyrule Castle. The prerelease shows a clearing around the castle, with room for a moat.
The left side of the castle was redrawn, as the Spaceworld version looks ready to fall over.