Why I Love The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | A Minish Cap Retrospective Review
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2022
- Over the years, Zelda games have come a long way from where they started. As a franchise grows, however, some entries emerge as fan favourites, while others are lost to the sands of time. In a world where we have games like Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild which are beloved by the Zelda community, it’s often easy to overlook the lesser-known chapters in the life of the series. A prime example of this is the Minish Cap, a game that was received very positively, but was equally only experienced by a relatively small playerbase. This was most likely due to the time period in which it was released - Minish Cap came out in November of 2004 for the GameBoy Advance, which was the very same month that the Nintendo DS hit the shelves. While this was an unfortunate way to start off its life, you would be mistaken in thinking that this game isn’t up to scratch with its counterparts. I’m FibreOpticBroadbean and this is Why I Love The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap!
Music:
- Picori Festival [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Cloud Tops [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Mt. Crenel [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Climbing a Beanstalk [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Hyrule Town [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Vaati's Theme [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Minish Woods [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Vaati Reborn [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
- Rescuing Zelda [The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]
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Minish cap is such a goated game, thanks for shedding some light on it's greatness
Fr, had to represent the goat of 2D Zelda 😤
@@FobbAfter link’s awakening.
There will never be another Zelda game this good that barely anyone played. By far the most underrated in the series. The very definition of a hidden gem. When I think about the best 2D Zelda game I have a hard time choosing between MC and ALttP it really is that good. Art-style, combat, exploration, dungeons, music, this game absolutely nails everything a good Zelda needs + the central shrinking gimmick and the cloning are among the best central gimmicks of any game in the series. Suffice to say this game rivals the best in the series and yet will probably never get the full respect it deserves
No, for me link’s awakening was the best and Minish cap was second. I liked ALTTP but it was way too hard and punishing.
INSANE that fucking links awakening gets a remake but minish cap collects dust
Minish cap was my first videogame and a great introduction to the Zelda series
Really awesome to see more love for Minish Cap!
Thanks for watching! Haha yeah, the items in this game are so creatively implemented, it's really impressive what they were able to pull off with all the puzzles in the dungeon and overworld. Glad you enjoyed!
I love this game, and I love this review of it! Wonderfully illustrated what makes this game great
Thanks, glad you enjoyed! There were just so many great things to say about this game, so it was hard to condense it all into one video!
I fondly remember being engrossed in this game on the school bus. Also, the final boss took me forever to beat.
This is my absolute favorite hand held Zelda game. Unique items, gorgeous sprite work, whimsical reimagining of normal places as a tiny person. Love it!
And not to mention all of the ARTWORK that was made for the game!
The art direction of this game really was fantastic, Capcom did a great job with it!
Link’s awakening
We need a minish cap remake Nintendo
Nah we need a legend of Zelda or oracle remake. Minish cap still holds up to this day!
One day 🙏
True, it would be great to see the Oracle games brought to life on a modern console!
my childhood zelda game was four swords anniversary edition, so my childhood zelda villain was vaati. when i got older and actually got into zelda, my previous connection with vaati made him become basically my favourite legend of zelda character. with this love for vaati, i decided i had to play minish cap. so, in 2021, i bought a whole wii u just so i could buy and play minish cap. i do not regret the purchase at all. minish cap has the same art style and some of the same sound effects as four swords, and so the added nostalgia just made the experience better. the 3d zelda games are great, but theres a charm to top down zelda games that i just love.
this was just a very lengthy way to say that i love minish cap and i especially love it when people talk about minish cap.
I love this game, it has such anime/adventure feeling, you do feel like an adventurer in it , the characters are all very unique and the world is amazing too .
It definitely has a unique vibe when compared to the other Zelda games!
Minish cap is easily my favorite 2d Zelda game hands down.
It's a masterpiece of a game 👌
Second for me behind link’s awakening but yeah Minish cap is pretty awesome and I hate the fact that some people say it’s bad.
This and skyward sword are my favorites so it’s always good to see it get more love
Thanks for watching! Skyward Sword is my all-time favourite Zelda, it gets quite a bit of criticism these days but there's still so much to love about it 👌
@@Fobb you’re very welcome and there really is sure it has its flaws like any game but it has lots of charm too
Lol u are a rare one .mine in minish cap, link between worlds and twilight princess
It is because of this game I became a fan of The Legend of Zelda
Oh sweet, this game is a great entry-point to the franchise!
It was the Zelda game that got me to start reading lol. I play Oot ,MM and WW but had no idea what was going one then I played minish cap lol.
@@komlat253 reading is important ☝️
Playing the part in the spooky ghost forest where you had to follow the signs was hard as a kid that could barely read and didn't know what left/right was lol. I had such vivid dreams as a kid of turning into minish sized and going into extinguished fireplaces like in the game :D even had the golden GBA with the triforce on the back
I loved this game and to be honest, the flat landscape versions like this one, a link to the past etc holds a special place in my heart❤
The 3D Zelda games are great, but the 2D ones definitely have a unique charm to them!
I can't stress enough how much this game means to me. It was my introduction to the Zelda series and the first Zelda game I ever played to completion. It basically established what I consider quintessential Zelda. If you haven't played it, please consider it. It's a fantastic Zelda experience.
I couldn't agree more, a lot of Zelda fans haven't played this one before and they're really missing out!
Thank you for making this video. The Minish Cap deserves more love!
It really does, glad you enjoyed!
I love this game. Especially the Picori World are vast. They have the Wood Picori, Town Picori and Mountain Picori. Each has its own character, environment, culture, and architecture. Also they're own elder / leader. Very attention to detail.
That's a really good point actually, I loved all the different outfits they wore. Really shows how much care was put into this game!
let me tell u it is my 1st zelda game and i played it in 2016 well in our country no one knows about the legend of zelda but i discoverd it through yt and loved it but didnt have a pc to play 3d titles like ocarina of time so i rember downloading a gba emulater and playing minish cap and oh my god i fucking finished it in really fast and it from then i fell in love with the zelda series my fav is still MINISH CAP others i havent completed yet but 2nd would be botw followed by oot and mm which i have played just a little and decided to play with better graphics when my new pc comes out
i love minish cap to my heart content and i appreciate u making this video
ya man, this game is so so good. I just played it for the first time on Switch online and I am shocked at how good it is. It focuses more on the NPCs and sidequest than all other Zelda games other than Majoras Mask which I love so much. ALso it might just be my favorite looking Zelda game the graphics are so good.
Loooooove this game's visual style, the pixel-art is so nice!
as a kid i didnt have the self esteem to fight the final boss vaati. I was legit scared
Minish Cap is a gem, no doubt. But my favourite game ever is Zelda A Link to the Past. 💖
Very enlightening video. 😊
Oh sweet, I actually played through A Link to the Past recently and had a great time with it! Thanks for watching!
My first console that was mine was the gameboy adv sp. And with it I got minish cap. I absolutely loved it and really didnt mind the grind of the shells. The dungeons were neat and loved being tiny in a giants worlds. Would absolutely love to see this game remaster in some why in the future.
Agreed, really hope this game gets the remake it deserves one day 🙏
Doesn't need no remake
I recently played Minish Cap on my Wii U. My first Zelda game was L2tP and I can see the similarities. It's amazing how Capcom can make a Zelda just as good as nintendo can. I love the clone puzzles and the items. I wish the GBA had more buttons so I could use my of them in combat without going back into the menu. It's so underrated, and it's easily a 9/10 for me
Capcom did a stellar job with this one! Perhaps one day if Minish Cap is remade, we'll see some QoL changes like the Sword and Shield being mapped to A and B, freeing up the other face buttons for other items 🙏
I preferred minish cap to ALTTP. I think ALTTP was way too hard and punishing and prefrerred its spiritual successor Albw. Although my favorite will always be link’s awakening.
@@FobbSo like with link’s awakening
I’ve always heard this was a under appreciated gem. I figured I never would get to play it unless I got my hands on an old GB Advance so when they released it switch online I was super happy. Going to start it this week.
Sweet, hope you enjoy it!
this is such a joyful review of a joyful game!
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!
One of my fav Zelda games too :( I love the atmosphere so much.
The algorithm has been very good recently
Praise be to the UA-cam Gods 🙏
This game is probably my favorite Zelda game! A close second would be Twilight Princess, because i love it, but i like the feel of Minish Cap so much. :>
Minish Cap is such a cute little game! Twilight Princess is one of the few I still haven't played, I need to get around to finishing that one off!
I think the Minish Cap is A Link To The Past on steroids.
I so hope they do a Minish Cap remaster/revision as they did with Link's Awakening
Hopefully one day, I'd love to see this game get some more love!
Great video. I love this game
Thanks, glad you enjoyed! Minish Cap never seems to get the love that it deserves, so I wanted to shed some light on it here!
Minish cal is my fav zelda game but zelda fans dont even mention it. Thanks for making a video of it. This deserves attention. maybe not, the picori should kept a secret
It's such an underrated gem, I'm glad more people are getting to experience it now that it's been added to Nintendo Switch Online!
I just played it in the switch emulator
I was really surprised how good the game is
This game is perfect. The Kinstons make this castle down easily the best. Too bad it's a short game and small hyrule..
And this Zelda game solves a problem that many Zelda games have and that's many items have 1 use but in this game shocking most enemy have a easier way to kill them with any of the weapons. The only item not like that is the claws ...the last boss is the only challenge and what I like is that it's the only final Zelda boss to make u use all of yours items. That's so shocking. U need the bow,cane,arrows ,and lantern . The upgraded items are just convenience to a mostly easy game. And u don't need the drinks untill the final boss or temple I'd say . Also this game has the most capacity upgrades by far lol
Great point about the items! It's common for a lot of items in other Zelda games to (almost) exclusively be used in their respective dungeons, but Minish Cap does a really good job of giving them all uses outside of that context.
Minish Cap is hands down my favorite Zelda. It's aesthetic, character design, environmental design, sound and music design are all top notch. The mechanics are classic Zelda, so tried and true. The main gimmick of shrinking yourself is used so brilliantly and adds so much charm (YOU CAN TALK TO DOGS AROUND TOWN HOW IS THAT NOT GREAT?). Kinstones are a really neat way to do side quests, and effect the world in a way we wouldn't see again until Skyward Sword's Goddess Cubes (as much as I love Skyward Sword, Kinstones were still better than the cubes). The characters were all really cool and endearing, and the guide character didn't get on my nerves at all, which is something I can only say about this game and Twilight Princess. But best of all, the overall game design was REALLY tight. Dungeons were extraordinarily memorable, dungeon items ALL (with the exception of one optional one I will discuss in a minute) got used all over the world for puzzles and combat with a frequency that lets them all shine and makes none of them feel shoehorned in (*cough* spinner *cough cough*). Minigames are relied upon for heart pieces SPARINGLING, by which I mean only two are gated behind minigames. Really, there are only three complaints I have with the game: 1) The Cucoo catching minigame for a heartpiece is beyond frustrating, 2) The collection quest to get those figures is annoying (but not as bad as everyone says, just spend one shell per draw throughout the game and more often than not you'll be stopped from drawing because the guy has run out of figures and not because you've run out of shells), and 3) The mirror shield can only be received AFTER killing Vaati, and by that point the only thing it'll be useful for is rematching Vaati which is kinda pointless.
Really good point about the dungeon items! Making them all feel useful even outside of their respective dungeons is something that very few Zelda games manage to achieve, so Minish Cap deserves props for that.
Link’s awakening is my favorite but minish cap is second
I cant believe i never heard of this, regardless im glad i got to play it. I wish i played it when i had a gba but ill b ok
whaaaaat, i didnt know you could take out the arms in vaati's final form
It took me ages to figure that part out, I was trying every weapon until it finally clicked!
The music was instantly beautiful
Great temples and bosses
There's a few flaws. But the biggest, is, your not tiny enough imo
Agree ,minish cap is goat for me. I think minish cap much better than link to the past remake
ayy the picori festival tune
Such a happy little song haha, felt like it was the perfect fit for the intro of this video
phantom hourglass is pretty good actually
Agreed, I quite enjoyed it when I played through it for the first time. The Temple of the Ocean King wasn't fantastic, but I feel like it gets blown way out of proportion.
my first zelda
Great place to start! 🙌
It was my first Zelda game also my favourite 😁
Great stuff haha, Minish Cap is an awesome way to start off your Zelda journey!
Minish cap is one of the best Zeldas
Definitely, it's 2D Zelda at it's finest!
Damn that is a whole Lot of spoilers without alert? It is possible to review a game without spoiling toi much!
This game deserves a remake
It really does, make it happen Nintendo 🙏
I need Nintendo to put gba on switch would love to play this on switch
For sure, there are so many hidden gems on the GBA - Minish Cap is just scratching the surface!
Your wish has been granted!
I would take Minish Cap 2 over any BOTW sequel.
Great video
And then you made a pun at the end :(
It took him that long to make a pun? That's a first!
I had to do it 😂
Believe me: I'm not Minished yet!
@@Fobb NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Although I'm not nullifying your passion for minish cap I think the oracles are more under appreciated than minish. I find more people who love minish cap and want a remake over the oracles. I find myself loving the the outliers of zelda... Besides *looks at zelda 2* but I can understand why you love minish cap.
That's fair, I do feel like the Oracles should be prioritised over Minish Cap as far as remakes go. It'd be interesting to see how they'd approach making it and whether we'd finally see the fabled Oracle of Secrets 👀
@@Fobb oh my days I so want the third oracle game with the remakes too.
I think the difference is that more people were aware of the Oracle games existence whereas MC was literally not even known about because of the DS release
: )
I think you have a fake cartridge there, isn't the real one supposed to be red?
Never mind, the one you have is the Japan Version, mine looks different because it is the American version.
My bad.......
No worries! As I'm from the UK, my copy is the PAL regional variant so that'd be the reason for the difference in label
@@Fobb I think I saw a similar cartridge design from Japan too which is why I thought that it was from Japan
I love minish cap but they abuse you with text walls. Like just shut up hat
Video actually starts at 0:59
I'd play this if I had an easy option. I'm not above buying GBA carts but I do wish GBA nso on switch existed.
Why not emulate it? Almost any computer (and/or phone) would be powerful enough
@@AyrisX86 respectfully, not my thing is all. Don't own a computer and gaming is the last thing I wanna do on a phone
@Dusty Parker a bit late but I gotta say emulating classic gba games on phones is actually very pleasant. Not difficult to do at all and functionality wise plays very well. I highly recommend giving it a try so you have an opportunity to play some of nintendos classics
Ocarinaur of taim.
You get him buddy
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Thank you for sharing your wisdom, I will use your advice for the betterment of the channel and ensure that all future videos are produced to a greater standard 🙏
Ocarinaur of taim.
I'm about halfway through my first playthrough at the moment. I absolutely adore it so far.
Awesome, you made it any further now?
I need to complete the Dark Hyrule castle and finish it off. I've loved it immensely.
Don't know why, but this is the only Zelda game where the castle city feels alive and "real"
Good game but the only reason why It's not my top 3 is because to the annoyance of having the stupid EZlo dance around to shrink Link down is annoying. Link To The Past on the SNES will always be my favorite in the series, followed my Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
Nice list! I definitely need to get around to playing ALttP at some point, it's on NSO so I really have no excuse 😂
If you click the action button that skips the whole dance routine and shrinking down animation all together lol