Ahaha yep! Thats why I mentioned Indiana Jones, Catwoman and such! You whip enemies with strings of beads literally! Its pretty fun and funny even at times! Also badass!
It really is too! Capcom helped towards developing Zelda: Minish Cap and then got a studio called Clover Games (who became Platinum Games I believe) to develop their "own Zelda game" which was Okami. Okami has you exploring dungeons and the world, beating bosses, plays similarly to Zelda and such.
As someone who loves Zelda dearly, this enhanced the game even more for me naturally! The ultimate weeb Zelda experience hahahaha! Minish Cap was such a unique, charming, tranquil and cute experience too! Lovely ideas, atmosphere, characters, gameplay and such! Okami has some very similar experiences to Minish Cap as a whole in it too!