A 10/10 Legend Of Zelda Game Finally Returns With Enhanced Port

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Link surrounded by forest creatures in The Legend of Zelda Minish Cap key art.

Published Aug 13, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

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The Legend of Zelda is currently going through a very important moment in its history, as the series celebrates 40 years since it first debuted onto our screens. There's plenty going on to mark the occasion, with Nintendo confirming the upcoming release of the Ocarina of Time Remake, as well as myriad other arrivals that should help to make the next few months memorable for fans.

That hype around the franchise as a whole (and the return of older games in a new form) has also kick-started the community into working on plenty of projects of their own. Now, one of those efforts has just come to fruition, and it sees one of the most underrated games in series history come back in a whole new format.

Over on Twitter/X, the user estebanpdn shared a post confirming that a native dual-screen port of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for the New Nintendo 3DS has now been completed.

As mentioned above, the release comes with all sorts of modern improvements that should make it significantly better to play on the handheld, including widescreen, touch controls, and custom display options. The Randomizer support is also a huge boon for players who value replayability. The game does run on older versions of the 3DS, though performance is more up in the air if that's the platform you choose to go with.

There were plenty of responses from delighted fans, with one saying, "I just beat this a few months ago but I loved it. I will have to play this again when I'm done with A Link to the Past. Thanks for this."

While another added, "Man, I love what you are doing. It's amazing, and I'm trying to guess what will be the next port you work on that suits the dual screens. Metroid GBA ports maybe? Keep it up, man."

The download is available for free via the creator's GitHub, though you will want to make sure you own a legitimate copy of the game first, to keep everything above board from a legal perspective.

Link asleep on the Ocarina trailer tapestry.

With new fan projects like this one coming along seemingly every day, we should have plenty to do while we wait for the upcoming release of Ocarina of Time. A full reveal on that is expected at the next Nintendo Direct, with a release going ahead in the back portion of this year.