Category: The Minish Cap

In 2005, I didn’t have any video games in my house. Heck, we didn’t even have a TV, and the computer hooked up to dial-up internet was really only used for email or homework. The Walmart 30 minutes away was the primary center of wider civilization near the small southern town I lived in, which orbited around one major church-become-school that didn’t exactly encourage embracing contemporary media. Thus, whenever we’d go to get groceries and other essentials, the video game…

Some may be able to relate to me with this intensely specific experience: your sibling is your best friend and a fellow gamer; and when you decide to move away from home, the childhood consoles get split between the two of you. This exact scenario was when I lost the ability to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for many years, because my sister took the GameCube. Though I had the Wii, no GameCube games traveled with me,…

My first Zelda game, at nine years old, was Ocarina of Time. I was hooked immediately and determined to fall in love with the series. After playing Majora’s Mask (which remains to this day my favorite game of all time) and Link’s Awakening DX, I eagerly anticipated what new Zelda awaited me on the next console, the Nintendo GameCube. This anticipation reached a boiling point with the release of this teaser video from Space World 2000 showing what we might…

Alasyn is joined this week by The Zelda Cast producer Cal, and ZD YouTube extraordinaire Corey Richmond, and we decided that it was time to bring “Guess That Zelda Location” back from the grave!  A spin-off on the classic “Guess That Zelda Character”, this is Al’s favorite game to play whenever Andy is away. So join in on the fun as we try to guess each other’s Zelda locations in 16 questions or less! Download! Support The Zelda Cast on…

As the main protagonist, Link has always had abilities designed to make saving Hyrule easier, and when I say abilities, I mean anything other than a weapon. These abilities come in many forms, whether the skill is learnt like the Bomb Rune, an item acquired such as Clawshots, or an accessory like the Korok Mask. These abilities have evolved as the Legend of Zelda franchise has progressed. The early Zelda games offered basic items like the Handy Glove in The…

A Zelda game isn’t complete without a banger soundtrack, and each game has yet to disappoint. There are hundreds of iconic songs throughout the series that can evoke so many different emotions and endless nostalgia. The “Song of Storms,” “Ballad of the Goddess,” “Midna’s Lament,” “Clock Town,” “Kakariko Village,” “Dragon Roost Island,” and so many more songs like these hold a special place in my heart! However, I do have a few favorites that don’t often make top tier lists…

Welcome back for a new episode of the BEST Zelda podcast ever, folks! This week, Al is joined by The Zelda Cast’s social media manager, Jules! In celebration of The Minish Cap’s 20th anniversary (per the North American release on January 10th, 2005), we get down to business and definitively rank the most charming Zelda game. We discuss the game’s world, story, pacing, dungeons, side content and more! And don’t worry, we didn’t forget about that little nugget of news…

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em,” says Malvolio as he reads a letter in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the circumstances around the quote are humorous, the quote itself has taken on a life of its own in evaluating those in prominent positions. The various kings of Hyrule in the Zelda series certainly fit the bill when it comes to greatness of some kind. A few years ago, another writer posed the question, “Who was…

Imagine playing a Zelda game where the Master Sword is absent and Link shows his age from years of adventuring. The Legend of Zelda: The Hunters Song is a fan-made ROM hack that released on December 31st, 2024. It was created by Alfonsodelavega, and it breathes new life into A Link to the Past. The story follows Old Man Link, donning gray hair and an impressive mustache. He is awoken, as Link often is, by a familiar yet curious friend from another adventure….

Apart from some tedious puzzles and aimless dungeon crawling, Zelda games aren’t known for their difficulty, especially when it comes to combat. However, there have been quite a few difficult final bosses throughout the series — some that you might not expect to be all that tough! I remember the first final boss I really struggled with in a Zelda game was Vaati’s final form in The Minish Cap. Having to perfectly time hitting the glowing balls back at Vaati’s…