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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 200 duels settled by the community, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap stands no. 336 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,742 ELO points and 64% 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. 10 out of 137 (2004).

World rank

no. 336

ELO score

1,742

Wins

64%

Duels played

200

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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 1,742 ELO points over the last 170 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. 333 Dishonored: Definitive Edition 1,743
  2. 334 Watch Dogs 2 1,742
  3. 335 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 1,742
  4. 336 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1,742
  5. 337 Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1,742
  6. 338 Halo 2 1,741
  7. 339 Super Paper Mario 1,741

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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: 10 out of 137 (2004).

Where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 336 5,035
Action-adventure 55 329
2000s 94 1,308
2004 10 137

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. 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

  4. 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

  5. TurboMaster16

    It's charming, sure (charming enough to distract from how short some dungeons feel), and it never quite decides if it wants to be a full adventure or a neat proof of concept

    bayer_jennings

    Ranking debates aside, the votes keep landing in its favor for a reason

    Harvey73

    Proof of concept, really? Isn't that a strange way to describe something built this tight from minute one?

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