Zelda : The Minish Cap

[Mayhem]

Well what exactly (specifically) are you stuck on Penguin Lad?

[Commander Marklar]

Ok this is silly but I'm stuck...I've done the first dungeon and can't get to the next area...any ideas?

Press select, the cap will give you a clue. I'd head towards the training place in Hyrule town and learn the spin attack, then go to the guard at the west exit and he will let you past.

[Link]

Ahoy, I'm pretty stuck, I don't know if this is a spoiler or not, so dont read on if you havent finnished the game. (I don't know how to do the cool white writing sorry!). I'm in the palace of Winds the last dungeon, I need the magic boomerang to get any further though. If i've heard rightly, I need to fuse with the 4 tingles, but I can't find one of the Tingles . The Tingle I'm looking for is the Tingle which allows you to get into the lower left handside tree (If you're comming from Hyrule town). If anyone could help me I'll be el happyo. Thanks alot, It's a great game, I'm a bit frustrated I can't find this sneeky Tingle though.

[martTM]

I've not really been paying attention to the statue stuff, as it's a bit long-winded (though not as bad as Wind Waker in that regard). Is there any reason to collect them, other than the general nagging desire to get everything there is in the game?

Getting them all gets you a golden mask... which lets you get the last piece of heart in the game. So Gordon's right.

[gordon]

Oooh, I like the sound of that golden mask. I might have to go back and pay for all those figurines now...

[martTM]

I've got about two-thirds of them, but I appear to have used up all the chests that give me lots of seashells at a time. Once you get over half of the statues, you have to start handing over stupid amounts of shells (around 50 at a time, often more) just to be guaranteed of getting a statue you don't have - the odds seem to be tipped against you. I gave myself a 95% chance of success one time and it STILL gave me one I already had. Bastard sculptor.

And I'm about 15 Kinstones short too. The game's short main quest seems to be supplemented by the fact that certain people only want to trade Kinstones at certain points in the adventure, meaning you have to go EVERYWHERE after each major milestone you pass to check whether someone new has started trading or not.

Doesn't stop me loving it though. Damn you, Capcom.

[Hulk Davidson]

So martTM, do you think that you cannot get all fusions or heart pieces etc towards the end of the game? I hope that is not that case.

I have about 5 kinstone fusions to go and have 18.5 heart pieces. I'm struggling getting all the cuckoos back in time and have no idea how to get the clearly visible heart piece in one of the shops in town.

[dug]

Yes, unfortunately after you reach a certain point, some kinstone fusions become impossible to get if you haven't already got them. And I think (although I don't know) that the rewards for some of these fusions are pieces of heart.

Bad design if you ask me. It should be possible to go back and get everything you haven't already got once you reach the final level. But no. You have to start again. Bastards.

[TheShend]

Press select, the cap will give you a clue. I'd head towards the training place in Hyrule town and learn the spin attack, then go to the guard at the west exit and he will let you past.

WHat do you do after that? I can't get nowhere at all

I've got the clue from the deku scrub about an item i need to progress up the mountain but ****s knows how i go about getting there!!

[gordon]

Funnily enough, this was one place I was stuck, too. Basically, you climb up the mountain as far as you can until you find the deku scrub. I'm assuming you've got a bottle -- if not, you need to find one -- and with it you collect water from the river to water a plant at the base of the mountain (it makes the plant grow so you can climb it), then you need to find a way to get some of the green water (just beyond the plant area) into your bottle for a Minish-based quest further up, then you need to negotiate some caves, and finally you'll find the item you're looking for further up the mountain, courtesy of the deku scrub. It's quite complicated, but once you've got the bottle it's a lot easier.

[Commander Marklar]

I also recommend having the volume up on the GBA/TV so you can hear weak walls...

[TheShend]

Ta gordon, *slaps forehead* doh. Dungeon done an dusted. Class new items. I'm off to play some more!!

[djtickle]

I've just completed this, and its a very good game indeed!! Not quite the ending that i could have hoped for, bit more excitment would have been cool! But fantastic game non the less!

[PeteJ]

Killed the first boss and on my way to the second dungeon...just feels like I'm going through the motions to be honest

It's cute and the puzzles are smart, but I'm not finding it particularly charming like others have said. Shall continue though!

[Commander Marklar]

I finally completed it today. The last boss is hard, or at least I thought so!

I liked it. That's about it really. It lacks the charm of other Zelda games and is a bit forgettable on the whole. I also found the whole Kinstone element is a bit random overall (and I hated finding out several people trade multiple times >_< ). Some clever new items and puzzles had me stuck for a bit so I continued on, frustrated by it all, only to kick myself later for missing something.

It does feel a bit like you're going through the motions and the whole world feels very lifeless overall. I felt like I was much bigger than what the game had to offer, I didn't get lost in the world of the Minish (if you see what I mean); it wasn't a daunting game, overall, which is kind of what I like about other Zelda titles.

At least I can plough on with something else now.