Yes.

Other options.

Like playing Skyward Sword instead.

It's okay Clone, we'll heal you of your emulatorophobia.

Ah! I noticed some Oracle love... yes... the Oracle of Seasons and Ages were kind of a break with past Zelda games to a degree, adding more flair to characters like Faore and Din. I think this style sort of shows up in Minish Cap as well, although of course they also maintained the other traditions of Zelda that people like to kind of give a blend of past and present (although this all hapepend 15 years ago... yikes...!  )

Unfortunately, they are also some of the hardest to find and play in many ways, you can use the VC but Minish Cap copies these days are super rare and hard to find. I'd imagine it's the same for the Oracle games as well.

MM is easy as hell and has annoying kinstone mechanic, but it was still fun, mostly because of Vaati.

Minish Cap I'm pretty sure was my first Zelda, so I've got something of a soft spot for it and the soundtrack.

I was especially bad at games back then, so I didn't mind it being pretty damn easy for a Zelda title. That and my next one was Phantom Hourglass, so its not like that changed much. X)

Yeah years ago when it first came out, playing Minish Cap was a fun way to past the time on a greyhound bus to Ocean City.

Nope, Baltimore.

Only if they make it to the Superbowl and win it.