The Minish Cap was the last out of three Zelda games developed by Capcom's subsidiary, Flagship. The others are the Oracle duology and the A Link to the Past port including the Four Swords campaign.

The Minish Cap's graphics and music immediately call to mind previous Zelda games. Link's sword, shield, boomerang and bombs have seemingly been directly lifted from the very first Legend of Zelda.

Only with such a fantastic accessory atop our dome can we properly celebrate this one, because it has somehow been a whopping 20 years since The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap launched in Japan ...

20 years on and ahead of the Switch 2, The Minish Cap is a great reminder that The Legend of Zelda doesn't always have to be about the same things There's room for some fresh takes, I reckon.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, January 10, 2025. Below, we look back at how the team came up with a playful sense of scale as its central hook.