The Nintendo 3DS saw ports and remakes of pretty much every successful Nintendo franchise before it, but some of them were pretty bare-bones. One of the best games in The Legend of Zelda series, Capcom and Nintendo’s The Minish Cap for Game Boy Advance, was available via the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. It was not, however, built for that newer portable system.
Homebrew developer estebanpdn recently shared a 3DS native port of the 2004 action game, and it’s got more bells and whistles than the official Nintendo version. This version of Minish Cap supports the 3DS’ dual-screen display, with the map and other UI elements placed at the bottom. There’s widescreen, as well as touch control compatibility. The fan version contains a host of performance improvements, like the ability to boost clock speeds, better upscaling, and higher frame rates than were possible on Nintendo’s original hardware. The 2026 port even offers a built-in randomizer that should help keep things fresh for anyone who has already played the original game.
estebanpdn also recently released a native port of Mario Kart 64 3DS with many similar features, like a bottom screen HUD and some touch controls. Right now, the port doesn’t support multiplayer — but the developer says it is coming in an update. Somehow, that’s not all. The developer has kept busy recently, judging from the 3DS port of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past that was uploaded earlier this year. In addition to expected features, this Zelda port comes with turbo speeds and screenshot functionality.
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