The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap

🎮 Game Boy Advance ⏳ 20 hours ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

Charming Shrinking Adventure #

Minish Cap is a charming entry in the Zelda series, blending classic top-down adventure with inventive mechanics. The game introduces the Minish, tiny creatures that allow Link to shrink and explore otherwise inaccessible areas, adding clever puzzles and a fresh twist to dungeon design. Its vibrant, cartoon-like graphics and catchy soundtrack capture the whimsical spirit of the series perfectly. Being surprisingly developed by Capcom, and not Nintendo, it stills feels as part of the mainline series, especially when it comes to the more cartoonish-looking Link timeline. It feels like a much simpler, and shorter, version of ALLTP, since it was originally focused on a portable/handheld platform.

Classic Zelda Polish #

The story is light but engaging, centered on defeating the evil sorcerer Vaati and restoring the Light Force. Gameplay feels tight and familiar to Zelda fans, with satisfying combat, exploration, and item-based puzzles. While it’s shorter and simpler than console entries, its creativity, polish, and attention to detail make it a standout handheld adventure. Overall, The Minish Cap is a delightful, cleverly designed Zelda game that showcases the series’ charm in a compact, portable format. I highly recommend not skipping this one if you like the Zelda franchise to any extent, play it any way you can, I decided to go with the original version of the GBA platform.