History VideoGame / TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap

** It also seems that "Picori" is the Minish word ''for'' "[[CallARabbitASmeerp Minish]]"

* NoPronunciationGuide: How the hell do you pronounce pacci? Pah-ksee? Pah-kee? Chances are that it's a [[TooLongDidntDub direct Romanization]] of "pachi", the [[UnsoundEffect Japanese onomatopoeia]] for "snap", and you're supposed to pronounce the double c as a ch, like in Italian or liturgical Latin.

** You can cause a beanstalk to grow on Mt. Crenel, allowing you to climb up into the clouds, recalling ''Jack and the Beanstalk''.

* BraggingRightsReward: Two subversions. Getting all the trophies rewards you with a large number of rupees--[[MoneyForNothing but by that point in the game you don't really need them anymore]]. However, you DO get a piece of heart and the sound test. The other example is the "Tingle Statue" for fusing all the Kinstones. The statue and reward themselves are useless, but you get some form of reward for each Kinstone you fuse.
** Played straight, however, by the Mirror Shield. The requirements for it is to complete the Goron sidequest (which, by itself, you get a bottle for completing), fusing a Kinstone with one of the Gorons to wake up Biggoron (which can't be done right away), and...beating the game once.

* HijackedByGanon: '''Subverted'''. This stands out, because despite Ganon appearing in the other two Four Swords games, he isn't here ''at all''. No passing mention, no reference, and only a vague image of him at the start. [[spoiler: The official timeline, and the later game ''SkywardSword'', reveal that this is because the game predates Ganon.]]

* SideQuest: As this game has one of the least amount of dungeons out of all Zelda games, it has an emphasis on sidequests to help balance out the time, similar to TheLegendofZeldaMajorasMask.

SideQuest: As this game has one of the least amount of dungeons out of all Zelda games, it has an emphasis on sidequests to help balance out the time, similar to TheLegendofZeldaMajorasMask.

''The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap'' is one of the ten GameBoyAdvance games available to participants in the Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, given a limited rerelease to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS for free on its eShop in December 2011. Incidentally, this made it the fourth ''Zelda'' game made available for free on the console in some capacity or another.

* HijackedByGanon: '''Subverted'''. This stands out, because despite Ganon appearing in the other two Four Swords games, he isn't here ''at all''. No passing mention, no reference, and only a vague image of him at the start.

** At one point in the game, you meet an AbsentMindedProfessor named Dr. Left. As opposed to [[VideoGame/SimCity Dr. (W)right]], one presumes judging by his hair.

The twelfth game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, and the first completely new one-player ''Zelda'' adventure on the GameBoyAdvance. Despite the fact that it's one player only, it is a prequel to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures games]], as it goes in depth about the origin of the titular weapon as well as [[StartOfDarkness who Vaati is]]. The game also features a "Kinstone" mechanism, by which Link can collect pieces of medallions and fuse them with {{NPC}}s. These Kinstone fusions unlock secrets, ranging from highly important bonus items to simple chests of more kinstones.

''The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap'' is one of the ten GameBoyAdvance games available to participants in the Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, given a limited rerelease to early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS for free on its eShop in December 2011. Incidentally, this made it the fourth ''TheLegendOfZelda'' game made available for free on the console in some capacity or another.

According to ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hyrule Historia]]'' this game is second in the overall timeline of the series, preceded only by ''SkywardSword''

* CaptainObvious: Ezlo, though not as much as [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi the Fairy.]]

* ColorCodedElements: The Fire and Water Elements are fairly standard red and blue throughout the ''Four Swords'' series. The Wind Element is [[WindIsGreen green]] in this game and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'', although it was purple in its brief appearance in the intro to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords''. Conversely and rather unusually, the Earth Element is purple in ''TheMinishCap'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' but green in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords''. Of course, regardless of which Element has which color, the group must share the red, blue, green, and purple color scheme of the four Links in the multiplayer titles, and purple is not commonly used to represent any of the four classical elements.

* MythologyGag: Since this game was developed by {{Capcom}}, by the same team that developed [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames the Oracle games]], we see the three Oracles from those games as {{NPC}}s in town.

* WarpWhistle: Much like the Ocarina (originally localized as the more generic Flute) in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', the Ocarina of Wind calls a bird that carries Link to one of eight fixed locations in the overworld.

* BigBad: Vaati,

* BubblyClouds: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cloud Tops]], several layers of clouds that can be walked on and even dug through with the Mole Mitts in places. The Palace of Winds is a five-story dungeon floating above a tower built on the highest of these cloud decks. And as if that isn't high enough, the boss battle appears to take place a very long distance above the dungeon. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Also, Ezlo is afraid of heights.]]

* ReforgedBlade: The Picori Blade which is broken, fixed, and eventually upgraded to become the Four Sword.

** Later, in Melari's mines, one of the Minish tells you that "the mine belongs to Melari and us, his seven apprentices", the seven miners being reminiscent of the [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs seven dwarfs]].

** At one point in the game, you meet an AbsentMindedProfessor named Dr. Left. As opposed to [[SimCity Dr. (W)right]], one presumes judging by his hair.

* LegacyCharacter: Like ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', this game shows a hero, who could be a previous Link, in the prologue.

The twelfth game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, and the first completely new one-player ''Zelda'' adventure on the GameBoyAdvance. Despite the fact that it's one player only, it is a prequel to the [[TheLegendOfZeldaVideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaVideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures games]], as it goes in depth about the origin of the titular weapon as well as [[StartOfDarkness who Vaati is]]. The game also features a "Kinstone" mechanism, by which Link can collect pieces of medallions and fuse them with {{NPC}}s. These Kinstone fusions unlock secrets, ranging from highly important bonus items to simple chests of more kinstones.

The twelfth game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, and the first completely new one-player ''Zelda'' adventure on the GameBoyAdvance. Despite the fact that it's one player only, it is a prequel to the [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures games]], as it goes in depth about the origin of the titular weapon as well as [[StartOfDarkness who Vaati is]]. The game also features a "Kinstone" mechanism, by which Link can collect pieces of medallions and fuse them with {{NPC}}s. These Kinstone fusions unlock secrets, ranging from highly important bonus items to simple chests of more kinstones.

* ColorCodedElements: The Fire and Water Elements are fairly standard red and blue throughout the ''Four Swords'' series. The Wind Element is [[WindIsGreen green]] in this game and ''FourSwordsAdventures'', although it was purple in its brief appearance in the intro to ''FourSwords''. Conversely and rather unusually, the Earth Element is purple in ''TheMinishCap'' and ''FourSwordsAdventures'' but green in ''FourSwords''. Of course, regardless of which Element has which color, the group must share the red, blue, green, and purple color scheme of the four Links in the multiplayer titles, and purple is not commonly used to represent any of the four classical elements.

** Anybody else catch the "''[[MarriedToTheMob Married to the Moblin]]''" title in the library? *snort*

* BigBad: Vaati

* OriginsIssue: The backstory is this for Vaati and the game itself focuses on the origin of the Four Sword, which started out as the Picori Blade.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Once Vaati obtains the Light Force he proclaims himself a god. He does it again when he takes on his final form and right before he dies, leading to a ThisCannotBe.]]

MagicMusic: Playing a song on the Ocarina of Gales summons a bird to take you throughout Hyrule.

** Later, in Melari's mines, one of the Minish tells you that "the mine belongs to Melari and us, his seven apprentices," the seven miners being reminiscent of the [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs seven dwarfs]].

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Once Vaati obtains the Light Force he proclaims himself a god. He does it again when he takes on his final form and right before he dies, leading to a ThisCannotBe.]]

* {{Prequel}}: The game explains:
** How the Four Sword was forged.
** Why you find hearts and rupees under bushes (the Minish put them there).
** How Vaati learned magic and turned evil.
** It also appears to show why Link always wears a hat, although since ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' precedes this game in the timeline and the Link in that game also wears the standard outfit complete with hat, this may just be incidental rather than the true origin of the hat.