9th October 2003, 12:57 PM
I don't think Link 3 had anything to do with the Oracle games. I think the Oracle games should be considered an alternate reality story.
The only thing I'll say about chronology for numbering is if you look at the weird code on every Nintendo cartridge, you'll usually see something that's short for the game's name. For instance, Final Fantasy 3 for SNES has the characters "F6", meaning Final Fantasy 6. Super Mario All-Stars has the characters "M4", meaning 4 Mario games. In any case, Seasons and Ages have the codes "Z7" and "Z8" on them, respectively. So, if you decided to go with numbers, and counted the Oracle games as seperate, I guess you'd have to put Seasons first, then Oracles. That is, if you care at all about the little code there...
The only thing I'll say about chronology for numbering is if you look at the weird code on every Nintendo cartridge, you'll usually see something that's short for the game's name. For instance, Final Fantasy 3 for SNES has the characters "F6", meaning Final Fantasy 6. Super Mario All-Stars has the characters "M4", meaning 4 Mario games. In any case, Seasons and Ages have the codes "Z7" and "Z8" on them, respectively. So, if you decided to go with numbers, and counted the Oracle games as seperate, I guess you'd have to put Seasons first, then Oracles. That is, if you care at all about the little code there...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)