Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works makingStuffForFun @lemmy.ml 8 mo. ago

Zelda. The minish cap

So I finally started it.

It's a fine game.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I'm old. I'm patient.

Please, please don't mention spoilers if possible. I love to crack nuts the old fashioned way. 🙂

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Minish_Cap

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap[b] is an action-adventure game and the twelfth entry in The Legend of Zelda series.

Twelveth. Man.

I think that the last game in the series I played was the fourth game, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, from 1993, 11 years before that.

EDIT: I did get the early version of that cartridge which had a neat screen-warp bug where if one hit Select just as one was transitioning across screens, once could skip across the entire screen and break the game in interesting ways, get into areas that one wasn't supposed to be in yet.
- For anyone who hit the series much later, a timeline with YouTube playthroughs to see what they're like (excluding remakes on later systems):
  
  The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo Entertainment System, 1986
  
  Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Nintendo Entertainment System, 1987
  
  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, 1991
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Game Boy, 1993
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo 64, 1998
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Nintendo 64, 2000
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Game Boy Color, 2001
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Game Boy Color, 2001
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Game Boy Advance, 2002
  
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, GameCube, 2002
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, GameCube, 2004
  
  The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Game Boy Advance, 2004
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii, 2006
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Nintendo DS, 2007
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Nintendo DS, 2009
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii, 2011
  
  The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Nintendo 3DS, 2013
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Nintendo 3DS, 2015
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo Switch, 2017
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo Switch, 2023
  
  There might be someone one here who has played through all of them, though if I had to bet, I'd guess not. That's a pretty large library.
  
  I've played most of them, and minish cap is definitely the best imo. The music, story, world, and nostalgia were all there for me. I also think LOZ was at its peak in the 2D era.
  
  Also special mention, crossbow training for wii is C tier and LOZ CD-i is definitely A tier because Morshu
  
  My first Zelda was... the original Zelda. Man I'm old. :)
  
  So far I've played: 1-5 (Link's Awakening on Switch), 9, 12, 16 (Switch), 19. So I've played almost half. I thought BotW was meh, so I'm thinking of going back and playing some of the games I've missed (I bought Skyward Sword and Link's Awakening after TotK released). I never had an N64 (played Ocarina of time on a friend's N64), Game Cube, Wii, or Wii U, so I skipped those (I switched to XBox around that time).
  
  I'm thinking Majora's Mask and Wind Waker next. Any thoughts?
  
  Thank you so much for this!
- Ikr? The last Zelda I played before TotK was one (or two?) on GBC with seasons and time manipulation and I can‘t remember a thing about them other than the mechanics being great… So I guess they’d make an amazing „second“ playthrough?
  
  I remember a lot more about A Link To The Past, especially being extremely anxious back then about the thief that lurks on the way to the Master Sword…
  
  TotK didn‘t blow me away as much as it blew away critiques. There‘s just so much empty space between points of interest… I haven‘t given up on it though. Keeping it spoiler free, I’m at the part where I gotta look for someone specific down in the Abyss which is a bit daunting since it‘s big, dark, and full of enemies (I know you haven‘t played it, I‘m just rambling, apologies).
  
  TotK
  
  That's how I felt about BotW, so I didn't bother buying TotK, I figured it was more of the same with the tool-making gimmick added.
Minish Cap was my first Zelda. I remember using my allowance to buy the strategy guide back in the day so I could 100% it. Lots of nostalgia there.
- 100% with the Gatcha stuff? Wow.
  
  I’ve 100% Minish Cap twice. It’s just takes a bit of patience to get all the figures.
  
  I was a child with extensive free time and limited game options. I spent hours mowing grass to grind shells for the machine.
  
  That wasn't even the worst part. Combing through every NPC looking for the last few kinstone fusions if you missed one was way more annoying.
TMC and four seasons are some of my favorites from back in the day. You're in for a treat :)
I just started playing that last year after meaning to for many years (doesn't help that I only got into 2D Zelda like 5 years ago). It's super fun. I still haven't finished it, though. Got stuck at one part or another and haven't gotten back to it yet.
I just beat it for the first time myself last year. I loved it, beginning to end. I don't know why I waited so long to play it honestly. I grew up with the Oracle games, which were also Capcom, so I should have known it would be great. Enjoy!
The Minish Cap was a fun time, but the Kinstones...

I remember having to find a guide to get all of them.
It's one of the best Zelda games period and certainly the best made for a handheld console — and that includes the Switch ones. Enjoy!
I think it's interesting that Capcom developed that one for Nintendo. They certainly did a great job!

I like, but don't love, Link's Awakening. I get that they had the limitations of the Game Boy to work around, so the idea that the map is confounding to navigate - just like a dream can be - was a creative choice that fit well. It just doesn't resonate with me.

The GBA was definitely a better platform for a Zelda game than the OG Game Boy.
- I never played the GB version, but the Switch version is pretty good. So maybe consider that.
  
  I've played it. Since the basic game design is unchanged, I still don't love it.
I love it, and it's one of my favorites.
This is April's game of the month for a Discord server I'm on, so a few of us have been tinkering with it recently. I was surprised at how good analog control felt with it.

So cool to see a bunch of praise for this game here! It's one of my favorite Zeldas and it's always seemed like it never got a lot of talk.
I never finished this one because someone broke into my house and stole my GBA SP with this cart in it (and some other stuff). Same reason I didn't even play Oracles (or maybe Seasons?). I finished one, and started Minish cap before the other.

:(
- I loved it and didn't finish it either, only I don't even have an excuse. Maybe I just got stuck.
Is the BOTW emulation experience at a point where I can get 30-40fops consistently on a 2015 Hawaii series AMD card?
Not as patient as waiting to post after playing it through. :p

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