I liked the "Oracle" gbc games (same studio)
I liked Soul Calibur 2 (Linkieboy!)
I hated the CDI Zelda "games"
Minish Cap (like all true Zelda games) just had great pacing, was technically sound en just great fun to play.... nuff said
Gamecritics seems to agree with you though ->
http://www.gamecritics.com/review/zeldaminish/main.php