The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

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Post by Heroine of the Dragon » Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:10 am

Have you played LoZ: The Minish Cap?
Which are your favourite dungeons and bosses?
Centuries ago, Hyrule was ravaged by evil forces until the Picori, a race of tiny creatures, bestowed a young hero with the Picori Blade and the Light Force, using both to trap the world's evils in a chest. The grateful people of Hyrule would hold an annual Picori Festival, with legends stating that a door between their worlds would open every 100 years, allowing the Picori to return.

In the present, Link accompanies Princess Zelda to the Picori Festival. The festival's swordfighting champion, Vaati, destroys the Picori Blade and opens the chest, releasing monsters across Hyrule. Not finding the Light Force he seeks, Vaati turns Zelda to stone and leaves. As only children can see the Picori, King Daltus orders Link to find them so that the sword can be reforged to stop Vaati and restore Zelda. Traveling to Minish Woods, Link encounters Ezlo, a magical hat, who decides to accompany Link and grants him the ability to shrink to Picori size. The Picori, who call themselves Minish, then task Link with retrieving the Four Elements, magic stones needed to restore the Picori Blade.

During the journey, Ezlo explains that he was once a Minish sage who created the Mage's Cap, a hat capable of granting wishes, but his apprentice Vaati stole the hat and became a powerful sorcerer. Fascinated by evil and seeking the Light Force's power, Vaati used his new abilities to trap Ezlo in his current form. Meanwhile, Vaati brainwashes King Daltus and takes control of Hyrule Castle. Link eventually retrieves the Four Elements and infuses them into the reforged blade, which becomes the Four Sword. Link and Ezlo also learn that the Light Force is passed down within Hyrule's princesses. Vaati, who has been spying on them, overhears this and begins siphoning the Light Force from Zelda.

Link returns to the castle and confronts Vaati, who uses the extracted Light Force to become all-powerful, but Link overcomes Vaati and restores Zelda to normal. Vaati transforms into a demonic form, only to be vanquished by Link, restoring Ezlo to normal. Zelda retrieves the Mage's Cap and uses it undo all the damage done by Vaati, destroying the cap in the process. Ezlo thanks Link for his help, giving him a new hat as a parting gift, and departs through the door to the Minish Realm as it seals itself for another century.


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Re: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

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Post by Luther » Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:32 pm

Maaaan, Minish Cap, honestly one of my favorite Zeldas. Interestingly also developed by Capcom.
You know, I have to wonder if somebody at Capcom was a huge fan of the Zelda series, and what kind of connections they had to make a duology and a GBA title.

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Re: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

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Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:12 pm

Minish Cap is tied with LttP as my favorite 2D Zelda, it's a close call. If it wasn't for nostalgia I'd probably rank it above LttP tbh.

It's been a long time so I don't remember the dungeons or bosses well. There was one in a tree trunk or something I think. I'll probably play it again at some point.
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Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:32 pm
Maaaan, Minish Cap, honestly one of my favorite Zeldas. Interestingly also developed by Capcom.
You know, I have to wonder if somebody at Capcom was a huge fan of the Zelda series, and what kind of connections they had to make a duology and a GBA title.
I wonder why Capcom never took another crack at Zelda or other Nintendo franchises. It often turns out good when big 3rd party Japanese developers get to make an entry in a Nintendo series, like Sega's F-Zero GX.

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Re: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

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Post by Booyakasha » Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:47 pm

I didn't get very far in. I liked what I played, but I was doing college back then, and that ate up most of my spare time. Much good that did me.
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