The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
Game Boy Advance · Nintendo 3DS · Wii U
4.06 from 2475 ratings
5353 members have it in their collection · 193 playing now · 1303 backlogged · 916 wish listed
How long? Main story 15h · with extras 20h · 100% 23h (from 35 logged playthroughs)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords. Like most other titles in the series, The Minish Cap features the fully explorable land of Hyrule, although it can be viewed from the eyes of a human or the eyes of a Minish, a race …
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords. Like most other titles in the series, The Minish Cap features the fully explorable land of Hyrule, although it can be viewed from the eyes of a human or the eyes of a Minish, a race of tiny people and an alternate form that Link can transform into. Unlike the multiplayer focus of the other games in the series, The Minish Cap retains the original form of exploration and dungeons as seen in A Link to the Past, Oracle of Seasons, and Oracle of Ages, as well as returning characters and game mechanics such as Malon and the Spin Attack. New features include fusing Kinstones and shrinking to the size of a Minish.
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Details
- Developers
- Capcom Production Studio 1
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Adventure, Puzzle
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Franchises
- The Legend of Zelda
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
- Event
- Nintendo E3 2004 Press Conference
Release dates
- Nov 04, 2004 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy Advance
- Nov 12, 2004 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy Advance
- Jan 10, 2005 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy Advance
- Apr 07, 2005 (Full Release) (Australia) Game Boy Advance
- Dec 16, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
- Dec 16, 2011 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
- Apr 30, 2014 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- May 29, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
- May 29, 2014 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii U
- Jun 05, 2014 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- TBD (Cancelled) (China) Game Boy Advance
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Rating distribution
5 stars
818
4 stars
1090
3 stars
486
2 stars
71
1 star
10
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status RxBrad Sep 25, 2023
At some point I should finish this game. I've been right at the final boss fight for like 2 weeks, but I keep struggling to get past the three a-hole knight dudes under the time limit. I can do it like 1 time out of 5, and it's super-annoying...
As for what's kept me from finishing this... Final Fantasy 16 …
At some point I should finish this game. I've been right at the final boss fight for like 2 weeks, but I keep struggling to get past the three a-hole knight dudes under the time limit. I can do it like 1 time out of 5, and it's super-annoying...
As for what's kept me from finishing this... Final Fantasy 16 continues to be pretty good.
Status MotivatedMage Feb 23, 2023
Really charming and looks AMAZING upscaled on the NSO app.
Capcom hit it out of the park for their 3rd and final Zelda game which feels like a Lovechild of Link to the past and Majora's Mask.
Great dungeons with great items. Kinstone system was really creative but at the end I did find it became a bit stale and …
Really charming and looks AMAZING upscaled on the NSO app.
Capcom hit it out of the park for their 3rd and final Zelda game which feels like a Lovechild of Link to the past and Majora's Mask.
Great dungeons with great items. Kinstone system was really creative but at the end I did find it became a bit stale and monotonous...All the heart pieces and extras were great but at the same time the game is not really long or hard enough to need all of it.
Status OJ Feb 7, 2023
Went into this game with it being the only Zelda game I knew nothing about and I'm surprised I've never heard anyone talk about it. Just finished and really enjoyed it! It felt like a combination of all the previous games in the series in a nice charming package. This may be the Zelda game that has the most reusage …
Went into this game with it being the only Zelda game I knew nothing about and I'm surprised I've never heard anyone talk about it. Just finished and really enjoyed it! It felt like a combination of all the previous games in the series in a nice charming package. This may be the Zelda game that has the most reusage of weapons rather than them being restricted to only one dungeon. That helped keep the game fresh and forced you to experiment to solve puzzles.
Leading up to TOTK, I was curious to see if there were any theories that involved Minish Cap and found this one by one of my favorite Zelda theorists. It's a little older, but it still seems valid. It would be exciting to see the Minish return and if they somehow incorporate the shrinking ability again.
Status anderbubble Mar 27, 2017
I just beat Minish Cap Saturday with my kids. That game is so much better than I ever expected. The final boss rush is hardcore... rupees actually matter... dungeon design is actually pretty good, and it makes reverent references all the way back to the original game in its graveyard sequence. I think they miss an opportunity to make Vaati …
I just beat Minish Cap Saturday with my kids. That game is so much better than I ever expected. The final boss rush is hardcore... rupees actually matter... dungeon design is actually pretty good, and it makes reverent references all the way back to the original game in its graveyard sequence. I think they miss an opportunity to make Vaati a reference to the magician in Zelda II's backstory; but at least it wasn't Gannon!
I'll probably go back and finish all the kinstone side-quests at some point; but they did start to drag on near the end, and the rewards start to disappoint (particularly when they just give you more kinstones.)
Oh: and mysterious shells can die in a fire. Along with their "figurines."
Status TehDoct0r65 Dec 17, 2015
I haven't been steadily updating this game because I've been (for me) racing through it. This is immensely playable and I love the art design.