For The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons on the Game Boy Color.
Each panel sums up one part of the booklet that came with the game and quotes a line from it, with the page. The page numbers are the same in the English and Japanese booklets.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Instruction Booklet (Nintendo of America, 2001)
The Triforce calls Link into Hyrule Castle, then sends him to a forest in Holodrum. There he meets a troupe of travelling performers and dances with Din, their dancer.
Onox comes in a tornado and takes Din away. The seasons go wild, and Onox draws power from the withering land.
I've found you, Din! You can't deceive me by disguising yourself as a dancer. I am Onox, General of Darkness! Now reveal yourself, Oracle of Seasons!
Din is the Oracle of Seasons, travelling as a dancer. Impa, Zelda's nurse, has come to Holodrum to take her to Hyrule. The Maku Tree guards the land, and only someone with courage can meet it.
Vasu is the only ring jeweler and keeps two pet snakes. Maple is a witch's apprentice, and the Gorons sit in a cave waiting for spring. A Gasha Seed grower lives with his wife and their child, and a whole people lives in Subrosia, below Holodrum.
Two foes close the list: the Great Moblin and Onox himself.
The Great Moblin lives in his proud keep and tries to swindle a toll from all who pass by.
The Control Pad moves Link in eight directions, and the A and B Buttons use the items set to them. START opens the subscreens. SELECT shows the map, which only has the places Link has been, or the dungeon map inside a dungeon.
Pressing all four buttons at once resets the game.
You can also reset your game without saving by pressing the A Button, B Button, START, and SELECT all at the same time.
There are three files. A new file takes a name of up to five letters, and the message speed goes from 1, the slowest, to 5, the fastest.
The number on each file counts its game overs.
The File Selection Screen also shows how many lives you've used.
Copying a file over another erases the one underneath, and an erased file cannot be brought back.
Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages link through secrets, short passwords that one game gives and the other takes. Linking needs a file that has already beaten the other game.
A linked game keeps the file name it came with.
You cannot choose a file name when starting a linked game.
Other secrets heard along the way upgrade items or move rings from one game to the other.
Pressing START and SELECT together opens the save screen, which offers three choices: go on without saving, save and go on, or save and quit.
When the hearts run out, the game is over, but there is still a chance to save.
Even if you run out of life energy (Hearts), you can still save your game progress.
The main screen shows the items on the A and B Buttons, the Rupee count, and the life gauge.
You can carry up to 999 Rupees.
There are three subscreens. The Essence screen also shows how many Pieces of Heart Link holds.
The map marks dungeons, towns, the portals to Subrosia, and the trees where seeds grow, which Gale Seeds can carry Link to.
Six actions need no item: walking, talking or checking, opening chests, pushing, jumping down ledges, and climbing.
You don't need any items to perform the six basic actions listed below.
Items add more: the Power Bracelet lifts and throws, Roc's Feather jumps, Pegasus Seeds make Link run, and Zora's Flippers let him swim.
The Rod of Seasons changes the season, but only when Link stands on a tree stump. In spring snow melts and buds bloom, in summer lakes dry up and vines grow, in autumn fallen leaves cover holes and mushrooms can be picked, and in winter water freezes.
The Seed Satchel holds five kinds of seed. Ember Seeds light fires, Mystery Seeds give hints, Scent Seeds draw monsters, Pegasus Seeds give speed or stop enemies, and Gale Seeds blow enemies away or carry Link to a tree.
The booklet also covers the Boomerang, Slingshot, Magnetic Gloves, Shovel, Bombs, and the partner's flute. Quest items include Zora's Flippers, the Magic Potion, the Cuccodex, and four Jewels.
It has been said that something will happen once all four of these mystical stones have been found.
Link finds rings on his travels, but cannot wear one until Vasu has appraised it.
A ring must be appraised before you can wear it.
A ring works only while Link wears it. Rings are kept in the Ring Box, and some are very rare.
Inside a dungeon, the key count takes the place of the Rupees. Each dungeon holds a Map, a Compass, a Boss Key, and one of the eight Essences of Nature.
The Boss Key opens the boss's door. Small keys open one locked door or block each and are used up.
Other keys found in the dungeon can be used only once to open a locked door or block.
Cracked walls and pits are some of the tricks a dungeon holds.
There are many other tricks in dungeons. If you see anything suspicious, try everything you can think of.
Link starts with three hearts. Hearts turn up in shops, in grass, and under pots. A small fairy refills six hearts, and a Great Fairy at her fountain refills them all.
Each Heart Container adds a heart to the gauge. Bosses hold them, and four Pieces of Heart make one more. The Magic Potion refills the whole gauge.
Dungeon bosses keep Heart Containers, but you can also get them by collecting four Pieces of Heart.
Three animals can help Link: Ricky the kangaroo punches, Dimitri swims, and Moosh flies with Link on his back and blows things away with his big bottom.
Link only ever gets one partner's flute, and which one depends on what he does. In places such as dungeons the partner may not hear it.
You can get only one flute to call a partner. The flute you get depends on how you go through your quest.
A partner Link befriends in Oracle of Seasons stays his partner when a cleared file goes on to Oracle of Ages through a secret.
When the way is blocked, look for a tree stump and change the season.
If you reach a dead end in your travels, find a stump and use the Rod of Seasons. New paths may open!
When the music changes and a shadow passes over, Maple is about to fly in. Gasha Seeds go in soft soil, and what grows from one is a surprise.