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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Cheats and Unlockables (GameBoy Advance)

The green tunic hero returns!

By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)

26th of February 2007, 14:11 GMT

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After playing many months of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, it's time to return to the classics and play the previous installments of the seemingly never-ending Zelda saga. Our feathered-cap hero, Link, will have to save Princess Zelda for the zillionth time. This time she's been turned to stone by the evil Vaati and the only one that can cure her is the King of Hyrule, provided that he hands over the Golden Power to the villain. This is not just another 2D game, as our blond hero will be accompanied by a very sidekick, called Ezlo and he'll have to learn tons of abilities that will be used sadly through a lot of button mashing. It's still a GameBoy so you'd better take advantage of a Legend of Zelda game that reminds me of the original installments (oh, the youth). For the true Zelda fans, it would be a real pity to get stuck in such a gorgeous game so we provide you out best tips and tricks:

Unlockables

Bomb Bag Upgrades
There are three Bomb Bag upgrades (two in the European version), and here are their locations:

Bomb Bag 1 - On Crenel Wall, bomb the cracked wall, then throw a bomb in the fountain. Answer "neither" to the fairy's question.

Bomb Bag 2 (Not in European Version) - After buying the boomerang, buy the bomb bag for 600 rupees at Stockwell's.

Bottle Locations
These are the locations and ways to get the bottles.

1.Trilby Highlands - Buy it from the Deku in the cave in Trilby Highlands.

2.Hyrule Town - Shrink and enter the shop from Mama's Cafe. Grow, take the bottle, and the guy will tell you to feed his dog. Go to Lake Hylia, and feed the dog in house

3. Eastern Hills - Finish the Goron sidequest.

Extended Great Spin Attack
You need all 8 Tiger Scrolls and the flippers. When you fuse kinstone with the swordsman trainer in Mt. Crenel it will open a waterfall passage in Castor Wilds. And when you fuse kinstones with the trainer in Lake Hylia it will open another waterfall passage in North Hyrule field. In both passages talk to the swordsman trainers there.

Great Spin Attack Upgrade #1 - Fuse kinstones with Swordsman Trainer in Mt. Crenel.

Great Spin Attack Upgrade #2 - Fuse kinstones with Swordsman Trainer in Lake Hylia.

Extra Goodies
Here
is how to unlock some extra goodies.

Golden Tingle Statue - Complete all Kinfusions, then talk to Tingle.

Sound Test - After Getting all 130 Original Figurines, talk to the guy sitting outside at the table.

Get Remote Bombs
To get the remote bombs, go back to Minish Village. Talk to the elder, then Kinfuse with him. Then, exit town via the northwest exit. Enter the house with the Picori that gave you the bombs. He should give you the remote bombs. Lay a bomb down, then press that button again to detonate it whenever you'd like.

Note: Talking to the Picori again while cause you to get the normal bombs again.

Get the Mirror Shield.
This shield upgrade can deflect more types of projectiles than the regular shield, and it's a lot larger. To get it, you must have beaten the game and saved, and completed the Goron sidequest (the one that gets you the bottle). Fuse with the Goron all the way on the right in the cave where you got the bottle; this will make Biggoron appear on top of Veil Falls, near the whirlwind which takes you to the Cloud Tops. Make sure you have a shield with you, and go talk to him. He will ask if he can eat your shield. Let him. Don't buy another shield, but come back a while later, talk to him, and he will give you the Mirror Shield.

Here's how to beat the boss from the Cavern of Fire level:



Magic Boomerang
In order to get the Magic Boomerang, first fuse with the Tingle Siblings, which reside in South Hyrule Field, Lake Hylia, Royal Valley and Lon Lon Ranch. They will each open up a tree in North Hyrule Field. There, you may find various things and a switch. Hit all four switches to open up the middle ladder. Inside is the Magic Boomerang.

Quiver Upgrades
There are a total of 3 quiver upgrades, and here are their locations:

Quiver 1 - Buy for 600 rupees at Stockwell's, after beating the Fortress of Winds.

Quiver 2 - In Royal Valley, answer the Great Dragonfly Fairy's questions correctly.

Quiver 3 - Kinfuse with a Minish near the beginning of Wind Ruins then find the quiver.

Special Sword Techniques
During certain points in the game, you will come across hidden Sword Dojos who will teach you a Special Sword Technique. But they will only teach you the Technique after you have a certain Item or have completed a certain task. Below is the location of the Sword Dojo and the Requirement to learn the Technique.

The Dash Attack - Visit Swiftblade in Hyrule Town after getting the Pegasus Boots

The Down Thrust - Visit Swiftblade in Hyrule Town after getting Roc's Cape

The Great Spin Attack - Visit the Ghost of Swiftblade in Castor Wilds after collecting all of the Seven Tiger Scrolls

The Peril Beam - Visit Waveblade in Lake Hylia after getting the Flippers

The Rock Breaker - Visit Swiftblade in Hyrule Town after you have received the White Sword

The Roll Attack - Visit Greyblade on Mount Crenel after fusing the Earth and Fire Elements with your Sword

The Spin Attack - Visit Swiftblade in Hyrule Town after completing the Deepwood Shrine

The Sword Beam - Visit Grimblade in Hyrule Castle after getting the Flame Lantern

Swordsman newsletter
When you fuse kinstones with the postman running everywhere in Hyrule Town, a girl will go into the post office next to the stamping guy. You can buy the swordsman newsletter for a huge price. Each issue contains tips to get around the secret areas of Hyrule.

The Three Goddess' charms
Go to the Inn and go where the three girls are. Go up to Farore and fuse kinstones with her. It should show the guy named "Gorman" going up to the locked house, saying he wants to rent it out. Go talk to him, and decide witch Goddess you want to give you a charm. Whatever one, go talk to her, and she goes to live in the house. Go talk to her in there, and she gives you a charm for your empty bottle.

Unlockables
Carlov Medal - Collect all 136 figurines

Open Locked Hyrule House - Collect 130 original figurines

Wallet Upgrades
There are three wallet upgrades, and here are their locations:

Wallet 1 - Buy at Stockwell's for 80 rupees.

Wallet 2 - Kinfuse with Mayor Hagen then go and find the Wallet in Lon Lon Ranch.

Wallet 3 - After infusing your blade with two elements, jump up a ledge in Eastern Hills with the cane of Pacci to find a fairy that gives you the Wallet.

Glitches

Book falls early
When returning the library books and you go to the scholar's house, talk to him then leave. Go back in and talk to him. He will say a book had fallen, but you have not made it fall yet.

Secrets

Dark Nut Killing
An easy way to kill a dark nut is to use the Dash Attack. If you use it, you will run right "through" him, and he will be confused for a while. Then, do it the other way to deal 2 hits on him!

Get Fairies
If you see a normal solitary tree, run into it and a fairy will come out.

Sound test
To get the sound test, get all 136 figurines. Show the guy outside the cafe. He'll unlock Treasure Hut.(House with robot on top).

Unlimited Rupees
First get mole mitts then go to the door of your house. On the left side of the door, dig to get 20 rupees. Go in your house and come back out to repeat the step. The 20 rupees will always be there.
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