I know I didn't even post that I had started the game because I didn't want to double post but OH WELL here we are now doing it anyway! I just beat Minish Cap.
It was such an amazing experience overall, I love this game. My favorite aspect is probably the dungeons, they were all very well built. Each dungeon boss fit well enough and they weren't too difficult (I will admit though after the giant octorock fight I just wandered Hyrule for a bit mercilessly slaughtering every octorock I could find). I would've liked to see stronger story and character interaction. The fact that there's only really 2 villages (and only 1 with shops) is a big bummer for me but I understand with the map size and all. Kinstones were a decent mechanic. It makes it harder if you're trying to find something specific since you don't know who to talk to. Btw, anybody else notice that EVERYBODY in Hyrule seems to want green kinstones and they're almost impossible to find? Like bruh I've got 30 blue pieces if you want one smh. Final boss was pretty neat, the third form was the weakest for me. The first 2 parts were not too difficult, really fun, adrenaline was going. The third section, however, was incredibly tedious. It felt like they just wanted to have the shrinking and multiplying in the battle for the sake of adding it and lemme tell you trying to get a conga line of Links through an energy field is NOT easy. It was doable though, and the conclusion was nice.
I'll be deciding on where this should go amongst my favorites soon, check out my sig in a day or two if you're curious. This game earned a lot of bonus points just for how overwhelmingly adorable the sprites are. Vaati and Zelda especially I just want to hug.