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Game entry

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

2004 · Action-adventure, Puzzle · Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U · Nintendo

After 225 duels settled by the community, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap stands no. 230 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,793 ELO points and 66% of wins. Against Grand Theft Auto V, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 2 wins to 1 losses in 3 duels. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 8 out of 137 (2004).

World rank

no. 230

ELO score

1,793

Wins

66%

Duels played

225

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About The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords. Like most other titles in the series, The Minish Cap features the fully explorable land of Hyrule, although it can be viewed from the eyes of a human or the eyes of a Minish, a race of tiny people and an alternate form that Link can transform into. Unlike the multiplayer focus of the other games in the series, The Minish Cap retains the original form of exploration and dungeons as seen in A Link to the Past, Oracle of Seasons, and Oracle of Ages, as well as returning characters and game mechanics such as Malon and the Spin Attack. New features include fusing Kinstones and shrinking to the size of a Minish.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,793 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 227 Pokémon Black Version 1,794
  2. 228 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon 1,794
  3. 229 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 1,793
  4. 230 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1,793
  5. 231 Baldur's Gate 1,793
  6. 232 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 1,792
  7. 233 Super Mario Kart 1,791

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The standing

Where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 8 out of 137 (2004).

Where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 230 5,110
Action-adventure 32 332
2000s 73 1,304
2004 8 137

The community

The debate

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  1. NovaMaster2

    People keep acting like this is some minor entry that doesn't deserve attention, when it's tightly built from the first minute and holds up against way bigger budget games in this same ranking

    Alfonso_1993

    funny how attention works though, half these duels probably get decided before anyone even loads it up

    Coop_Ferrer

    Replying to Alfonso_1993

    Y aun así cuando pierde contra ALBW en el ranking general, siento lo mismo que con esos duelos que ya están decididos de antemano, da igual cuánto brille en cada partida.

  2. edwardo_schulist

    Why does this rank so low against ALBW exactly?

    Edna_60

    If it beats ALBW that often in duels, why does it still sit below it overall?

    ArcadeKnight

    jugué algo parecido en su momento, poco a poco, y también terminé encariñado sin dedicarle tantas horas seguidas

  3. bdickinson

    Zero idea why people sleep on this one, my thumbs still remember every dungeon and they approve

    wrodarte

    yo solo le dediqué un par de tardes, pero tp se me olvidan esos dungeons

  4. Crit_Becker

    Tight design from start to finish, deserves better than 110th.

    GhostByte3

    J'y ai joué par sessions courtes seulement, jamais eu ce sentiment d'un design aussi abouti que ça

  5. Tromp53

    Solid game, questionable ranking. It's not special enough to justify sitting where it does

    Loot_Howell

    I get where the ranking complaint comes from (I've had duels go the wrong way too), but the pacing here rarely gives you a reason to actually put it down

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