The Legend of Zelda: The Minish CapGBA

2004

System: Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Flagship

8.6

Game Rating

Our Review: 9/10

User Ratings: 705

Number of Players

1 (Single Player)

Genre

Release Date

Game Boy Advance

10th Jan 2005
12th Nov 2004
4th Nov 2004

3DS eShop

16th Dec 2011
16th Dec 2011

Wii U eShop

29th May 2014 — £6.29
5th Jun 2014 — $7.99
30th Apr 2014 — ¥700

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack (Subscription)

8th Feb 2023

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Review The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Wii U eShop / GBA)

Capcom pulls a hit out of the hat
If it weren't for the fact that the Capcom logo appears each time you boot up The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, you probably wouldn’t be able to tell that it was in fact developed by a third-party company. That’s because this particular Legend of Zelda title – which originally released on the Game Boy...
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Review The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (3DS eShop / GBA)

Small but mighty
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Pick of the pixies
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News "I Threatened Him" - Capcom Producer's Radical Approach To Negotiating With Miyamoto

Well, it worked
Some of the most memorable Zelda games weren't actually made by Nintendo, but were instead developed by Capcom – more specifically a now defunct division of Capcom called 'Flagship'. These games include Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Four Swords, and The Minish Cap. It's fairly well known by this point that Capcom's...
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Go figure
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Picori of the bunch
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News Three New Game Boy Advance Posters Are Now Available From My Nintendo Store (Europe)

For the price of some Platinum Points (and postage)
Nintendo has today added a fresh batch of posters to the My Nintendo Store, this time focusing on the games of the GBA. This trio features key art from three of the console's very best titles — Mario Kart Super Circuit, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga —...
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Link returns in an all-new Game Boy Advance SP adventure!

When the sorcerer Vaati turns Princess Zelda™ to stone, the king of Hyrule sends Link on a quest that will take him to places he's never imagined. Using the power of a mystical hat called the Minish Cap, the Hylian hero will shrink down for a massive quest...on a microscopic scale!

Small Link...huge adventure! Meet the Minish - a miniature race who secretly work to make the world a better place - and discover the challenges of being Minish-sized: Battle massive enemies and then shrink down and attack them from within! Insurmountable blockades are nothing to you when you're the size of the Minish!
Draw your sword! As you wander a vast world, battle never-before-seen enemies, explore baffling dungeons and use new items like the hole-digging Mole Mitts, the jar-flipping Cane of Pacci and the Gust Jar, a Minish artifact that can fire out what it inhales! Zelda veterans will find new levels of challenge that tie together aspects of all the Zelda games into intricate new puzzles and boss battles.
Fuse the Kinstone pieces! Unravel the secrets of magical relics called Kinstones: By fusing the Kinstone pieces together with different people, you can solve puzzles and unlock secrets!

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retired_account
Sun 28th Feb 2010

Ooo, I smell a review. Unfortunately I never had a chance to play it and used copies are hard to come by.

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Ark
Sun 28th Feb 2010

I'd highly recommend tracking it down if you can. Dungeon-wise it's a little shorter than some of the other games but it's probably my favorite 2D Zelda. Ezlo certainly adds something. Oh, and you might want to make sure your L/R buttons work...

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Curt
Sun 28th Feb 2010

I'd also recommend this game. It was one of the most creative with the items, and even if it was a bit short, has excellent replay value.

4
Hawker
Sun 28th Feb 2010

This is one of the few Zelda games I've not beaten yet. I got to the final boss, but then I got a game called Guild Wars & was stuck on that for 4 yrs. I'll need to start this game up again & finally beat it.

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grumblegrumble
Mon 1st Mar 2010

Yay! You guys finally listened to me and are gonna review this soon... right? riiight? Well, I hope you do, since it's my favorite GBA game ever! --and one of my favorite (and certainly the cutest and prettiest) Zelda games, to boot! I give it a 10/10! Because it's awesome like that

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Damo
Mon 1st Mar 2010

Possibly the best GBA ever.

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TKOWL
Tue 2nd Mar 2010

One of my GBA favs.

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citizenerased
Thu 4th Mar 2010

The best GBA game ever is either Rhythm Tengoku or WarioWar Twisted, but this one definitely belongs in the top 3 with 'em

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Zelda42
Wed 28th Apr 2010

I really want to play this game, but people sell them as collectors items now, so they are really expensive. I am mad, and they never have them at a video game store... I have tears now.