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A "minigame" may also refer to a minigame within a "main" game.
For example, in Fallout 3, when tasked with hacking a computer or picking the lock on a door, a minigame starts where you have to carry out the relevant task. So, when trying to hack a computer, you get 4 attempts at getting the password through a simple logic game. Or when lockpicking, the character has move the bobby pin with one analogue stick on the controler and the screwdriver with the other.
Other full games may consist entirely of mini-games, such as the Wii franchise of games, such as Wii Play, or Wii Sports.
In the Mario Party franchise of games produced by Nintendo and Hudson Soft, minigames appear at the end of the turn where players compete for coins and even stars in various types: 4-player, duel, battle and more. These games has various challenges for the player to complete like finding a key in Bowser's Castle in Treasure Dome!, collecting flower petals in Flower Shower and racing to the finish line in Kartastrophe. Each minigame has a time limit ranging from 3 seconds to a minute long for the players to complete and if you do it within the time limit, then you win! Each Mario Party game has 50-90 minigames in all for the player to compete in.
Minigames have featured in many games both recent and past including the Mario Party franchise, Gears of War 2, Fable 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The most popular franchise that has a lot of minigames is the Mario Party series.
An example of the lockpicking minigame from Fallout 3
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The intro to the Mario Party 5 minigame, Random Ride.
For example, in Fallout 3, when tasked with hacking a computer or picking the lock on a door, a minigame starts where you have to carry out the relevant task. So, when trying to hack a computer, you get 4 attempts at getting the password through a simple logic game. Or when lockpicking, the character has move the bobby pin with one analogue stick on the controler and the screwdriver with the other.
Other full games may consist entirely of mini-games, such as the Wii franchise of games, such as Wii Play, or Wii Sports.
Mario Party
Funstacle Course! from Mario Party 7
Flower Shower from Mario Party 5.
Minigames have featured in many games both recent and past including the Mario Party franchise, Gears of War 2, Fable 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3.
Minigames games
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| Concept Name: | Minigames |
| Appears in: | 521 games |
| First appearance: | SwordQuest: EarthWorld |
| Aliases | Mini Games |
