The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (RPG Special) (Game Boy Advance) Preview

This, Link's first full handheld adventure since 2001, see the little Hylian star travelling away from his usual confines to a far-off land, never before traversed. As stated in the game's title, the young adventurer must use a special mystical hat, by the name of 'The Minish Cap', in order to shrink himself down to actually enter into the unfamiliar land where he must attempt to locate and piece together broken pieces of relic called Kinstones.

The brave little boy that we have welcomed into our homes on a regular basis for nearly two decades discovers this Minish Cap (or Magical Hood as Nintendo Germany believes it will be deemed upon its European release) that helps him slide his way into the Minish people's territory, a species that is currently finds itself in grave danger thanks to an unknown evil. Therefore Link decides to aid the little folk by trekking through mind-boggling puzzles, endurance-testing dungeons and trying to overcome any other trials and tribulations that are thrown his way as he constantly switches between the Minish world and his own land.

What will be immediately noticeable from looking at the screenshots dotted around is that Flagship has incorporated many of the features found in other titles in the franchise

But what is even more brilliant is that the small multiplayer addition from the team's Zelda III GBA port, The Four Sword, has not been dismissed. Flagship has actually integrated the idea of splitting little Link into four coloured Links right into The Minish Cap's main quest! Therefore you can bring along three friends on during the adventure thanks to a special piece of equipment that the hero now carries