The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Capcom and Flagship and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The twelfth entry in The Legend of Zelda series, The Minish Cap was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan and Europe in 2004 and in North America and Australia the following year.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2004
- Developer
- Capcom
- Platforms
- 2 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 4 November 2004 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Capcom |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q474798, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap? How long to beat it
Total play time for The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is about 25.1 hours to do everything, and around 15.5 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 15.5h | 437 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 19.1h | 536 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 25.1h | 159 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 66ahead of 18% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 52ahead of 90% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
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Common questions about The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
What platforms is The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on?
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U. It first released in 2004.
Who made The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap?
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap was developed by Capcom and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap?
about 15.5 hours for the main story, 19.1 hours with the main extras, 25.1 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.