RGT Nostalgia Society #13 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

[ThatOneLum]

Summer has arrived, and along with the month of June, it brings another edition of The RGT Nostalgia Society!!! This Month: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap!!!

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Grab a copy of the game from The Repo and let's get to it!!

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (USA) GBA ROM - The Repo

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (USA) GBA ROM Languages: English. For the GameBoy Advance.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Europe) GBA ROM - The Repo

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Europe) GBA ROM Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. For the GameBoy Advance.

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If you're wondering what's going on, this is the Retro Game Talk Nostalgia Society, where we all get together once-a-month and pick a game to play through at the same time. If you're still confused, check out our previous threads below for more of a picture of what we do here.

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Previous RGT Nostalgia Society Runs
#1 - Parasite Eve (PSX)
#2 - Vagrant Story (PSX)
#3 - Einhander (PSX)
#4 - Shining in the Darkness (Genesis/MD)
#5 - Clock Tower Deluxe (SNES/PSX)
#6 - Pepsiman (PSX)
#7 - Zone of the Enders (PS2)
#8 - Banjo Kazooie (N64)
#9 - Sonic Adventure (DC)
#10 - Crystalis (NES)
#11 - ICO (PS2)
#12 - Pikmin (GC)​

 

[blahbleh]

I couldn't beat this game before so I'm excited for this time, I'm going to play with the forum simulatenously

 

[Tsukishima]

I'm not sure why, but that posted gif is hilarious to me.
It's like Link is trying to outrun the demons of graphical horror.

I'll make my start sometime this week as I recently picked up Raidou for my want of an RPG and want to make a solid crack at it first!

 

[random0nonsense]

It's been a while but I always enjoy this one. Hopefully this time I don't get hung up on the medallions.

 

[DanCalibur]

Noice, I'm on the last parts of Breath of Fire 2, I'll be starting in a few days

 

[Elwiwi]

 

[Ikagura]

I'm not sure why, but that posted gif is hilarious to me.
It's like Link is trying to outrun the demons of graphical horror.

I love the surrealism behind graphical glitches.

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Haven’t played Minish Cap in so long, will be good going through it again. Don’t think I’ll be getting all the heart pieces though, one of them I remember requires you to get every single figurine from that stupid gachapon machine thing lol.

 

[SpcDaicon SpcDaicon]

Played a lot of Minish Cap back in the day on my old GBA SP. I think I did all kinstones but never got all the figurines

 

[TheOneEV]

Started playing last night after a half a night from work. Got only so far before I was getting sleepy from the GBA soundtrack - and had to pause.

I remember growing up with Minish Cap - playing it late underneath the covers, on a school night, hoping my Mom didn't catch me.

 

[Tbest25 Tbest25]

Oh, i thought Smt Nocturne was going to win

 

[ThatOneLum]

So it turns out that Luma can't take screenshots during virtual console games, so I won't be able to share visuals of my progress this month -.-

Oh well, looking forward to getting started with this one. I played it once years and years ago when I first got into emulation, but I never reached the end so this will be a good opportunity to actually finish it.

I wasn't lucky enough to own it for my GBA Collection and can only imagine that it's horrendously expensive these days.

 

[Elwiwi]

So it turns out that Luma can't take screenshots during virtual console games, so I won't be able to share visuals of my progress this month -.-

Oh well, looking forward to getting started with this one. I played it once years and years ago when I first got into emulation, but I never reached the end so this will be a good opportunity to actually finish it.

I wasn't lucky enough to own it for my GBA Collection and can only imagine that it's horrendously expensive these days.

Yeah that's pretty weird, why can't luma take screenshots? Is he stupid? .
You could make photos like I did

 

[solnK!]

I'm excited to play this one after so much time, it has a lot of charm imo.
IIRC the PAL version has some strange glitches that broke the game when trying to make a 100% run.

This video explains it very well.
Anyways, I hope I can play it soon and finish it this month.

 

[Tsukishima]

I'm excited to play this one after so much time, it has a lot of charm imo.
IIRC the PAL version has some strange glitches that broke the game when trying to make a 100% run.

This video explains it very well.
Anyways, I hope I can play it soon and finish it this month.

Whoa, thanks for the heads up on that.
I got the PAL version (cause home turf, baybee) but this could be disastrous.

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Yeah that's pretty weird, why can't luma take screenshots? Is he stupid? .
You could make photos like I did

I ain't ever seen him wandering around with a camera.

 

[J8j]

https://retrogametalk.com/threads/the-legend-of-zelda-the-minish-cap-european-backport-edition-hack.22221/

 

[KamakoKamako's icon]

Hahh! Hyat! Hyahh!

Looks like we're kicking off the 2nd year of the Nostalgia Society in style with the first GBA game to be ran so far!

And it's a LoZ game as well, what's not to love?


Great to see so many folks getting stuck in already. :D

I'll be beginning my quest soon, but first - New Userbars!

I hope you find one that you like. :] If not, please send me a piece of Minish Cap art or in-game screenshot and I can try to make it into a Userbar for you.

Good luck to all runners!

 

[DanCalibur]

Funny enough, I remember playing it but have no idea if I ever finished it

 

[HoyeBoye]

Kinda relieved SMT lost. I've always wanted to try one, but I don't have the mental bandwidth this month to learn an RPG system. Zelda should be a nice sit-back-and-chill game, right? Right?!

 

[NeonKnights]

I am already more then halfway through this game on my other pc, however that pc is having issues.
Good luck to everyone who will be playing this. It's one of my favorite games on the GBA.

 

[PupinDaTurd]

Shocking: A Zelda game wins a vote. More at 11.

I played this one a bit years and years ago, like some others.
Never finished it so I guess now's the time.

 

[Ikagura]

Haven’t played Minish Cap in so long, will be good going through it again. Don’t think I’ll be getting all the heart pieces though, one of them I remember requires you to get every single figurine from that stupid gachapon machine thing lol.

Yep... This is why I never 100% them anyway.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Now we cooking in the Society

*Suddenly becomes smol because yes*
Allons'y

 

[ThatOneLum]

That's the first dungeon in the bag.

I've just realized that the "little guy in a normal-sized world" itch that chibi-robo would have scratched will be scratched by this game too.

 

[HoyeBoye]

I've just realized that the "little guy in a normal-sized world" itch that chibi-robo would have scratched will be scratched by this game too.

Next month we can do Chibi Robo, just to keep the streak going after Pikmin. Micro Machines for August?