E3: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

[OB1]

It's official!!!



Tomorrow is going to be so awesome!

[Great Rumbler]

Awesome!

[OB1]

Strange that there's no dedicated sword button though. But you can roll! Woo!

[A Black Falcon]

Use items. Like the LA engine games, I assume...

[OB1]

Perhaps this will make you super-hyped about Minish Cap, ABF. If not then you are dead.

Developed by CAPCOM CO., LTD.
KEY INFORMATION
Link returns in an all-new Game Boy Advance adventure! As he searches an unfamiliar land for fragmented relics called Kinstones, Link will have to take a closer look at the ground beneath his feet. Using the power of a mystical hat called The Minish Cap, the Hylian hero will shrink down for a massive quest ... on a microscopic scale!
Fuse the Kinstone pieces! The magical relics called Kinstones have been cracked into fragments and spread across the world, and by fusing them together can you solve puzzles and unlock secrets. Talk to everyone you meet, or link with friends and fuse Kinstones with them!

Small Link ... huge adventure! Link will have his work cut out for him as he fights evil in his own land then shrinks to help the Minish people, a miniature race in dire need of a hero.

Draw your sword! As you wander a vast overworld, slash your way through hordes of enemies, explore puzzling dungeons and use new items like a suction device that can fire out what it absorbs!
Game Storyline: When Link discovers a magical hat called The Minish Cap, he gains the power to shrink down to the size of the Minish people, who are in grave danger. As he travels back and forth between their world and his, he'll solve puzzles, fight through dungeons and slowly uncover the evil behind their plight and vanquish it.
Characters: Link, the Minish people.
How to progress through the game: Explore the world, find new items that help you progress and fuse Kinstones with townsfolk to get hints. In the dungeons, you'll have to fight enemies and solve puzzles as you hunt each dungeon's massive boss.
Special powers/weapons/moves/features: Link has his trusty sword and shield, and the Minish Cap will help him shrink down to micro-size. He'll also find a wealth of items to aid him on his quest, including the boomerang, bow and others that have never been seen before.

I'm gonna need so many new pairs of pants after today. How can so many amazing games be shown all at once??!!

Release date: 2005 :(

[Great Rumbler]

It looks pretty good!

[OB1]

Best-looking 2D Zelda yet. :D

[A Black Falcon]

It does look nice, but best 2d Zelda graphics ever?

[OB1]

Aside from Four Sword GC, what looks better??

[Smoke]

Nothing.

[Great Rumbler]

I'd say it's probably the best looking also.

[A Black Falcon]

Well, yeah, the choice is between FS+ and this, isn't it... I don't know.

[OB1]

ABF is dumb.

[Great Rumbler]

Dumb not unlike a box of hammers.

[A Black Falcon]

I might pick FS+. But I think I need to see more of this game... but I don't think the art style is as good as the backgrounds in LttP/FS+, certainly. Characters is different... there it might be as good (given that LttP's characters aren't as good as the backgrounds).

[OB1]

Wow, Minish Cap looks amazing.



And the trailer--wow. http://www.nintendo.com/gameminiav?gamei...befe22c507

Best handheld title of E3. I just want it to come out before 2005!

[A Black Falcon]

Watched the video. It's definitely very, very nice looking, but I still question if the background art is as good as FS+...

[OB1]

Dude, you're comparing a GC game with a GBA one. But that pic on the left is gorgeous.

[A Black Falcon]

Is LttP more fair, then? This game has better technical work, as I'd expect from a GBA-native game, but artistically? I don't know. Hard to decide...

[OB1]

Oh most definitely. WW art > LttP art.

[A Black Falcon]

It's hard to compare. MC (or shoult it be TMC?) has a very different art style from LttP... it looks more 'realistic' in a way. As in, not as super-cartoonish as LttP. And the 'you are very small' theme makes changes too. As I said it is technically better than LttP, but I think I'd take LttP for background art style. Characters? LttP's aren't particularly good, but Minish Cap has a look... hmm, how can I describe it. 'Rendered'? It isn't quite right, but it's the closest thing I can think of. It makes me think of Warlords Battlecry... 'rendered' art. Not terrible, but not as good as hand-drawn... this well might be hand-drawn, I don't know, but it just doesn't have as much style as LttP.

As in, I think Link's design is better here than LttP, and some characters too, but what about that worm-thing? It doesn't impress me much. Maybe better than LttP, but not by much.

[OB1]

Realistic? That's absurd. It looks as cartoony as WW does, just 2D.

[A Black Falcon]

It looks higher-resolution... clearer. Sharper. But more 'sterile' I guess. I don't know. I think realistic is the right term... I don't mean that it looks realistic, but that compared to LttP this depiction of a world is "realistic". Like, those leaves...

Oh, sure, it looks good. But I'd take LttP's background art style over it.

[Great Rumbler]

Best handheld game of E3? I don't know, there's some DS titles that might have something to say about that. :D

[OB1]

Bah, you are teh stuped, ABF.

And none of those DS games are really full single-player ones, so Minish Cap looks the best. New 2D Zelda! Come on, guys!

[A Black Falcon]

It's Capcom Zelda... the guys who made Oracles. So I'm expecting a good game, but not quite Nintendo quality. The graphics back that up. They're good, but not as stylish as I bet they would be from Nintendo.

[OB1]

The Oracle games were up to Nintendo's standards, so I expect nothing but a superb Zelda title with Minish Cap.

I can't believe I'm the only one here looking forward to it so much...

[Great Rumbler]

I'm looking forward to it! I just have doubts about whether it's the best handheld game of E3.

[OB1]

Well what else was there aside from some DS multiplayer games and ports?