I've never done Ages or Seasons, personally. Handheld Zelda in general never hit me quite right, like I could just 'feel' that they were done by smaller development teams with different styles from the mainline entries.
Imo they are the best handheld zelda games
--- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!"