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The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)

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For this week's race, we were given a plando made by fraZOR for April Fools which ended up being the same plando that I played a long time ago. I didn't realize it was the same one until we had already started and apparently there were a few minor changes since I last played it. The first time I played this plando, I got stuck and most likely influenced one of the changes.

If you aren't familiar with what a plando is, it is a randomizer seed that is carefully planned out by someone. That person meticulously chooses where to place the items instead of randomly assigning locations. Since they choose the item locations, they can make things difficult for the player or they can place items in thematically appropriate areas or they can force certain routes through the seed.

For those unfamiliar with Oracles randomizer, it is an item randomizer where items in chests are shuffled amongst each other. This leads to a different outcome each time you play and helps to make a fresh experience each time. There are a few notable exceptions to what is randomized however:

- As of version 3.5.0, small keys, boss keys, and maps/compasses are randomized only within their own dungeon
- Some items given from NPCs may not be randomized (mostly if the rewards are normally gasha seeds)
- Freestanding heart pieces and gasha seeds in the overworld are not randomized

You can find out more about the randomizer and download it here: https://github.com/jangler/oracles-randomizer/blob/master/README.md

Dungeon randomizer basically means that dungeons entrances are shuffled amongst each other. For example, dungeon 1 could be in its normal spot in the graveyard or it could be located in any of the other dungeon locations. The randomizer logic accounts for the new dungeon locations and can lead to some very interesting routing opportunities as you can reach some dungeons without the normal requirements (e.g. dungeon 7 without the mermaid suit).

I stream all of my randomizers live on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/mashy

#zelda #oracleofages #ooarandomizer

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