The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | |
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Developer(s) |
Capcom Flagship |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
Producer(s) | Keiji Inafune |
Artist(s) | Haruki Suetsugu |
Writer(s) | Hidemaro Fujibayashi |
Composer(s) | Mitsuhiko Takano |
Series | The Legend of Zelda |
Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo WiiU |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Aggregate scores | |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 90.36% (67 reviews) |
Metacritic | 89/100 (56 reviews) |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
1UP.com | A |
AllGame | |
EGM | A+ |
GamePro | 4.6/5 |
GameSpot | 9.1/10 |
IGN | 9.0/10 |
X-Play | 5/5 |
Awards | |
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Publication | Award |
IGN | 20th best GBA game. |
GameSpot | Best of 2005–GBA Game of the Year |
GameSpy | Editors' Choice 2005 GBA Game of the Year. 2005 GBA Adventure of the Year. |
Nintendo Power | 2005 GBA Game of the Year. 24th best game on a Nintendo console. |
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (/ˈmɪnɪʃ/) is an action-adventure game and the twelfth entry in the The Legend of Zelda series. Developed by Capcom, with Nintendo overseeing the development process, it was released for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console in Japan and Europe in 2004 and in North America and Australia the following year. In June 2014, it was made available on the Wii U Virtual Console.
The Minish Cap is the third Zelda game that involves the legend of the Four Sword, expanding on the story of Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures. A magical talking cap named Ezlo can shrink series protagonist Link to the size of the Minish, a bug-sized race that live in Hyrule. The game retains some common elements from previous Zelda installments, such as the presence of Gorons, while introducing Kinstones and other new gameplay features.
The Minish Cap was generally 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.