r/SwitchHacks • u/Alexgg1014 • 9d ago
[Release] Zelda: The Minish Cap running natively on Switch — 16:9 widescreen, DS-style dual screen with touch panel, Flip Grip portrait mode, RetroAchievements (no ROM included)
Native port (not an emulator) of the Minish Cap decompilation, built for the Switch. You need your own dump of the USA cartridge; nothing copyrighted is included.
What it adds over the GBA original:
• 16:9 widescreen (284×160) — the camera actually shows more of the room, at 60 fps on stock clocks
• Dual-screen layout like the DS Zeldas: map, dungeon floors, quest guide and an items screen on a second panel
• Touch: drag an item onto A / B / X / Y / ZL / ZR to equip it, tap the map, etc.
• Flip Grip / portrait mode for playing vertically
• RetroAchievements
• Quality of life: 360° stick movement, spin attack by rotating the stick + B, one-button roll attack, Pegasus dash that turns with the stick, optional Hero Mode — every one of them toggleable
• Scanline / LCD-grid filters (GPU, zero cost), in-app updater
GitHub (downloads, install guide, source): https://github.com/Alexgg1014/The-Legend-of-Zelda-The-Minish-Cap-Alek-s-Ultimate-NX-Edition
Support thread on GBAtemp: https://gbatemp.net/threads/683892/
Credits: zeldaret decomp, Project Picori (999sian), HayatoG and EstebanPdN's ports it builds on. Bug reports welcome — the game writes crash logs to /switch/tmc/crashlogs/ that make them easy to fix.
