CGRundertow THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE MINISH CAP for Game Boy Advance Video Game Review

[Robustoid]

"Raindrops become boulders and leaves that are bigger than link", Good English matey.

[sgteric543]

This makes me feel bad I got my 3DS in October. D:

[TmKmHill]

Only the first temple, huh? It really is too bad you CGRundertow reviewers don't take more time to play the games so we can see some variety in the footage.

Otherwise, great review Ryan. lol, your gravestone inscription is awesome.

[SoftAsABaboonAss]

@TmKmHill 3:37 Does this look like the beginning of the game? And with all the reviews these guys have to do each week, they can't play all the "20 hours or more" games to the end. They have to sleep too.

[TmKmHill]

I wish they'd make this available to download on the eShop for the general public. I bought my 3DS a month after the price drop... sigh, should have gotten it at Walmart when they lowered the price before the deadline... }:'(

[CybertronXStudios]

Thhis wasn't the last top down zelda game. You have to include Phantom Hourglass and its sequel.

[foolboyv5]

@CybertronXStudios It wasn't a typical top down view, infact it was sort of half side half top down

[BrotherDamascus]

@CybertronXStudios I would say that Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks take more inspiration from the 3D games than the top-down ones.

[Madmonkeythegreat]

I just sold mine on amazon last week because I havnt had a game boy for years. It was a great game.

[ganon23000]

Good review, dude! - But it's "Ezlo", not "Elzo". The Z comes first.

[ptasiek83]

Mine grave will say "I died long before this..."

[shaden489]

i just got this on my 3ds for free

[Tommiiehh]

卍 swastikamosaicplates @Bosslevelroom

pretty nice

[ExperimentLife]

You didn't talk about the story

[loewie124]

I played this a year ago. I REALLY loved it :)

[LovezHD]

I remember having this game but I lost it somehow, I never beat it :\

[EmeraldWarrior420]

It's good to hear I'm not the only one that loved this game. I never hear love for this entry in the series.

[RoseDillinger90]

Don't have the ambassador program (didn't purchase my 3DS sooner), but i still have the original game and a GameCube with a Game Boy Player and on my phone via emulator. Love this game. One of the best GBA titles. Period.

[nintendolife25]

Thank you for adding this game in the ambassodor program, Nintendo!

[aquaguy34]

Still have this on my GBA

[Voliko1]

Hands down my favorite Zelda

[Kirbyguy12345]

Awesome idea for my grave it should say here lies kirbyguy he loved his family and friends also his wife other things he loved is the legend of zelda and the kirby games

[genesisSOC]

Great review, solid Zelda game, definitely one of the best ones in the series. Have to say it's probably my fourth favorite Zelda game.

[Corrol132]

This game is freaking awesome.I beated it in the middle of last year on the GBA, my borrowed me the game.

[gamereviewsss]

i still havent played this but yeee for ambassador program :D will be playing it soon

[Speegys]

First Legend of Zelda game that I ever played and beat, it's still a favorite of mine.

[wariorcamicase]

@Speegys same here xD

[crashpro3]

It's EZlo. Skyward Sword comes before this game, so stop using the GameTrailers timeline. Shrinking came first in Four Swords for the GBA. What was the point of the Game Over screen?

[thaneros]

@crashpro3 Nintendo kinda made an official Legend of Zelda timeline. With 3 branches and not just 2

[thaneros]

Links Awakening > Oracle of Ages > Minish Cap > Oracle of Seasons

[4everOscar]

@thaneros What about Four Swords?

[ZWIGEDgames]

what about the four swords anniversary edition on the ds store?

[Luigi84289]

Best Zelda

[Robertskull9]

one of my favorite zelda games, right next to wind walker

[Luigi84289]

@Robertskull9 Nah man this blows windwaker a new asshole.

[dampedcarne]

dafuck! its derecks review

[MarkThaCat]

Loved this game and I loved Ezlo!

Too bad I lost the cartrige...

[Luigi84289]

@MarkThaCat Mine got stolen TWICE! Next time I buy the game I'm gonna have to lock it in a fuckin' safe.

[MarkThaCat]

@Luigi84289 Treasure it always! ;-;

[artz900]

Its a pretty darn good game :D

[SuburbanScourging]

Best handheld zelda in my opinion!!!!

[SonofMrPeanut]

I'm actually hoping the revival of the sidescrolling platformer extends to top-down games like these.  There's a sizable market for them.

[hangia]

Amanda should have done this review.

[GeminiDX]

His name is Ezlo, not Elzo.

Nice all caps LINK name.

Do you guys always only show footage of the beginning of games?

I could name more flaws with this review but that would take too long.

[Luigi84289]

@GeminiDX Undertow used to be awesome now it's just so-so

[ThePossumReport]

i thought they already reviewed it :o

[janfeyen9]

Eh I'm a bit confused, sure this was the last Zelda game that wouldn't use 3D graphics, but aren't the DS games actually have a top down prespection

[maxyliano]

@janfeyen9 I think you're not the one who's confused here :P

[janfeyen9]

@maxyliano

So am I right

[Gentlemenhugs]

you emphasize that you are a great zelda fan and yet A.) you continually mispronounce Ezlo's name B.) you seem ignorant to the fact that top down perspective zeldas were made for the ds albeit with 3d sprites. and C.) you believe ezlo is the original green link hat when he obviously wears one in skyward sword, a game released months before this review

[RocketHandNinja]

Minish Cap is a masterpiece of a game, with an awesome gameplay, a great style and an epicness far for many other games.

[hachiki7354]

spirit tracks was last top down zelda game i think.. still cant decide which one was better, spirit tracks or phantom hourglass.

[RocketHandNinja]

@hachiki7354 Even though PH is still one of the best games in the series, and spirit tracks is good too, I don't consider them top down games, because they have a 3D shading, there are many gameplay sections, especially when travelling both with ferry and with train, that doesn't allow a top-down-games-like gameplay :)

[gheith001]

Phantom Hourglass was top-down... :\

[MyHeadIsFuIIOfStars]

Elzo?

Ezlo.

[g00171227]

huh the ds zeldas are top down or am i wrong

[ShinigamiKiba]

People tend to hate Minish Cap

but it's one of my favorite Zelda games

[Speegys]

@glichz1 I think he meant this like it's the last game with a classic 2D sprite-based perspective. While PH and ST were both top-down, their 3D graphics and controls make them pretty different from the likes of Minish Cap and LttP.

[SalvableRuin]

Ezlo (not Elzo) is not how Link first gets his green hat in the Zelda series. It's how he gets his hat in THIS GAME. Minish Cap is not the first game in the series, and Link has the hat in earlier games.

[Terryracoon]

My favorite zelda ever....

[glitchz1]

Last topdown Zelda game? What about phantom Hourglass or spirit Tracks?

[Terryracoon]

@glitchz1 Yah, he did forget about these.... But who cares, PH sucks anyway (never played ST)

[2007pepsilover]

Back when capcom was still decent :(

[WolvesAsParents]

Leave it to capcom for some really stunning sprite work. Also the new items are some of the best, and most innovative in the series. the gust jar, mole mitts, cane of pacci, flame lamp, all are incredibly fun to use, and all of them have so many creative uses. best additions to the games since the hookshot

[dreamkaster64]

I didnt really enjoy this game as much as lttp,la,and the oracle games.it seemed to short.

[hockeypke14]

One thing is wrong

[GorillaFireface]

This was my second Zelda game and I can't fucking find it. =(

[quaz225]

I got this on my 3ds and finished right after skyward sword! :D

[SophiaVIP]

@quaz225 but the 3ds dosent have a gba slot ??? its impossible to play it on the 3ds

[foolboyv5]

@SophiaVIP Its on the eShop to download if you bought the 3DS before the price drop

[SophiaVIP]

@foolboyv5 ooh thats why ...damn :)

[LiveRock1123]

I really hope that this isn't the last top-down Zelda...

[4everOscar]

@LiveRock1123 Hopefully the upcoming Zelda game for the 3DS will be top down.

[tembwbam99]

@4everOscar I've heard that's actually what they're going for. We'll see if it happens.

[SalvableRuin]

@LiveRock1123 It isn't. Nintendo has already discussed making a new one.

[LiveRock1123]

@SalvableRuin I didn't know that. Thanks for telling!

[emucosmos]

why are you playing MY game? the game's mine, don't play it, nobody play it, I'm serious

[megabatmanfan]

Hey Ryan, what about Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks on the ds? Those were both good and in the traditional top-down style.

[tfp1119]

@megabatmanfan but they did not use traditional controls

[MusicTrackers]

@megabatmanfan

"Phantom Hourglass"

"Good"

Oh god, what

[Pentagram619]

@MusicTrackers phantom hourglass is good, just not a good zelda game (yes they do have their own standard)

[Abs0luteZero000]

Thumbs up if this is your favorite Zelda Game and are screaming at Nintendo for not re-releasing it yet on the E-shop for everybody else

[sarikaru]

one of my favorite zelda games

[vestibual]

I think I 100% completed this, it was just that awesome.

[loveabldemon]

who else got this game for free on the ambassador program.  ;D

[BeautyBoyTV]

@loveabldemon

Yew bitch.. lol. I'm find with you guys getting it for free but I don't see why Nintendo is making the rest of us WAIT SO LONG! O_O... They could've released it on the store and just made us pay for it, I'm perfectly fine with that.

[BeautyBoyTV]

BY THE WAY... Ezlo is not the reason Link first gets his hat. That's purely coincidence. Skyward Sword comes before this game, and Link has that hat from the academy uniform...

[lunarpking]

@BeautyBoyTV in skyward sword link is older............in this game he is a kid......how does link go from a adult to a kid?

[BeautyBoyTV]

@lunarpking

Oh my god... *facepalm*...

Almost every Zelda game features a completely different Link. The spirit of the hero becomes reincarnated, and most Zelda games are hundreds of years apart from each other. Go look up the timeline if you want to know more.

[BombBakers]

@BeautyBoyTV "Go look up the timeline" that's harder than you think.

[BeautyBoyTV]

@BombBakers

No it isn't. There's an official one.

Google: "Zelda official timeline"

Use eyes to read.

Clink relevant "Link" with mouse.

[BeautyBoyTV]

Dude, the DS Zeldas are top-down too. They suck, but they are top-down. This is definitely the last GOOD traditional Zelda game though... So far.

[SkankinDevil89]

what about the DS Zelda titles? those are top down.

[akawhut]

One of the few tollerable Zelda, because it wasn't made by Nintendo.

Also why is Minish Cap the last Zelda with topdown view? What about Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. Also MC doesn't show how Link got his Hat, otherwise he wouldn't have his hat, because this hat isn't actually a hat.

[FastTquick]

@akawhut You should've payed attention at the end of the game when the cured Ezlo gives Link his trademark hat.

[akawhut]

@FastTquick I'm not sure what I wanted to tell, but according to Nintendo Skyward Sword plays before MC and Link already has his cap. Also it's not always the same Link in every Zelda game. Often it's not even the same universe.

[DaRkLoRd1061]

I <3 ZELDA!!!

[SuperSupermanX1999]

thumbs up if you've got this on 3ds

[RDV333]

So wait... now with SS and its time travel,perhaps minish cap happens in another timeline branch?

[tsuruchitetsuo]

I thought I was watching a DS review. The graphics look really good for GBA.

[ipodxdude]

when i die i want on my grave "Ipodxdude, atheist, all dressed up and nowhere to go"

[neobogard]

great review ,truly worthy of the game.real is one of the best zelda games.

[medicwheat69]

seeing this game only makes me wish that the Wii...or new WiiU would come out with an attachment to play the DS and 3DS games on our TV

[dreamkaster64]

@medicwheat69 I dont think an attachment is needed.they can just create a channel that lets you do that.

[medicwheat69]

@dreamkaster64 I wouldn't see how a channel on the Wii would allow you to read and play a came off a DS cart......they could do one where you could maybe buy them again on line to play on your Wii, but I was talking more along the lines of playing the one you already own instead of having to rebuy them all over again.... granted (Off topic) I fear many of my PSP games will have to do JUST that to use them on the new handheld coming out..sigh..

[dreamkaster64]

@medicwheat69 the same way you can play psv games on your ps3.

[mercenarybdu]

It was okay. But I didn't quite like it overall.

[RoboSquiMonk]

why did jump away? he shoulda taken the hit like a real man...err..elf

[burrhe]

wat about the top-down DS games 0.o

[Lugmillord]

er... the DS games are also from this perspective

[medicwheat69]

@Lugmillord he was speaking from the time period of the last GBA game...not taking the DS zelda games that only recently came out.....which where spaced apart by a few years....

[5thhokage113]

SIXST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stuffisgd]

Just finished playing this (again) last week. One of my favs.

[CrisisCharlie]

Definitely in the Top 3 of Best Zelda games.

[darkmandoom1]

i love this game

[fitz663]

wow, the first comment guy didnt write "FIRST!!!!"

[Hayastantzi92]

@fitz663 who needs to say it, people complain when they hear that comment

[Hayastantzi92]

Awsome reviews guys keep at it