Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages confirmed for western eShop release before summer

A few weeks back, Nintendo made western Zelda fans green with envy when it announced The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages for the Japanese eShop.

Now, we're here to tell these Zelda fans that they can safely return to their normal, non-envious hues: the two games have recently been confirmed for an eShop release in Europe and North America.

Nintendolife reports that long-time Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma recently appeared on the Zelda Miiverse to confirm that the pair of Oracle titles were planned to see a release "... in other territories some time before the summer."

Those readers who remember playing the Oracle games on the Gameboy Colour will likely recall that two games were somewhat - ahem - linked.

After completing either Ages or Seasons, players received a password that allowed them to unlock an alternative version of the other title. In the alternate version, certain NPCs would also give out passwords that can be given to characters in the other game to receive special items or upgrades.

Aonuma disclosed that the eShop release will preserve this "Link System" and will allow players to trade passwords or "secrets" between games.

Nintendo didn't provide a specific release date for the eShop release of these games, but the good news is that summer isn't that far off.