Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Capcom and Flagship and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The twelfth entry in The Legend of Zelda series, The Minish Cap was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan and Europe in 2004 and in North America and Australia the following year.
PuzzleAdventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 16 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Capcom and Flagship and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The twelfth entry in The Legend of Zelda series, The Minish Cap was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan and Europe in 2004 and in North America and Australia the following year.
The Minish Cap serves as a prequel to Four Swords, telling the origins of the titular Four Sword and the villain Vaati. The game retains many elements common to previous Zelda games, especially top-down predecessors such as A Link to the Past, and includes new features and mechanics. Chiefly, the protagonist Link acquires a magical talking cap named Ezlo, who can shrink Link to the diminutive size of a Minish.
The Minish Cap was well received among critics. It was named the 20th best Game Boy Advance game in an IGN feature and was selected as the 2005 Game Boy Advance Game of the Year by GameSpot. The game was re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2014 and on the Nintendo Classics service in February 2023.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - Game Boy Advance - Full Playthrough No Commentary, RetroGame.Stream. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Developer
- Capcom Production Studio 1
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ACB
- PG
- PEGI
- 3
- ESRB
- E
- CERO
- A
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | Japan | 2004-11-04 |
| Game Boy Advance | Europe / PAL | 2004-11-12 |
| Game Boy Advance | North America | 2005-01-10 |
| Game Boy Advance | Australia | 2005-04-07 |
Editions
Triforce Game Boy Advance SP pack
In the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Zelda-themed Game Boy Advance SP
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy Advance games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single player only, with no online features. The cartridge runs on any Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy Advance cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 5 June 2014 On the Wii U Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy Advance library of Nintendo Switch Online on 8 February 2023. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii U shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii U Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic Game Boy Advance 89 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale GameSpot 9.1 10 Game Informer 9.5 10 IGN 9 10 Nintendo Life 9 10 Edge 8 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developers Capcom, Flagship Publisher Nintendo Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi Producer Keiji Inafune Artists Takenori Kimoto, Haruki Suetsugu Composer Mitsuhiko Takano
Notes for collectors
- A prequel to Four Swords that tells where the Four Sword and the villain Vaati came from.
- Made by Capcom and Flagship for Nintendo.
- GameSpot's Game Boy Advance game of the year for 2005.
- In Europe it was also sold with a Zelda-themed Triforce Game Boy Advance SP, limited to 25,000.
- Given free to Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program members in December 2011; never sold on the 3DS.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Capcom Production Studio 1
- Director
- Hidemaro Fujibayashi
- Released
- 2005-01-10
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 16 hours
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