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[killatopak]

So I saw the Yakuza thread and it got me thinking how in some games, the mini games takes up as much or more time than the base game itself.

I remember enjoying Blitzball a lot and played it even after I got all the exclusive stuff from that mini game. Triple Triad was whole new world and I would gladly welcome a game revolving around that.

What are your favorite mini games guys?

 

[DecoReturns]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Edit: if you don't mean separate mode. I guess the card game in Digimon World 3

 

[Cess007]

Does the Mini-games in Pokemon Stadium count? 'Cause if so, I lost more hours in that Clefairy mini-game than the game itself

 

[Jubbe]

Triple Triad.

 

[psyfi]

Jetpac was better than DK64.

 

[Darkman M]

Triple Triad and Gwent off the top of my head.

 

[casey_contra]

Does the Mini-games in Pokemon Stadium count? 'Cause if so, I lost more hours in that Clefairy mini-games than the game itself

Yep! This exactly

 

[brickarts295]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Seriously, Nintendo could make a killing if they ever put those on smartphones.

 

[Iced]

Monkey Billiards 2 from Super Monkey Ball 2. I'd say 99% of the time I fire that game up, it was to play pool.

Just listen to this music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14iNKitF0Y

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

Blitz ball!

 

[struggler_guts]

Gwent, for sure

 

[Raider745]

Tetra Master from FF IX

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Triple Triad
Tetra Master
Blitzball (FFX version)

 

[Strangelove77]

Triple Triad. I just don't have the patience to deeply involve myself in minigames anymore.
I'm sure Gwent is great, but Witcher 3 is already a million hours long. Gotta move on.

 

[Ushay]

Gwent, and I smashed it. Glad there is a full fledged game for it now too (which is ace!)

 

[Ultimadrago]

Gwent (Witcher 3) and Chao Garden (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle).

 

[RockmanBN]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Edit: if you don't mean separate mode. I guess the card game in Digimon World 3

Spent a lot of time on Dueling Island.

 

[Jaraghan]

Gwent turned the main quest of Witcher 3 into a side quest. My Geralt was obsessed with finding new people to play and new cards to acquire at every town and shop.

 

[Horsefly]

Monkey Target from the original Monkey Ball on the GameCube remains a competitive couch favourite to this day

 

[Dizzy-4U]

HaKox in Xenosaga.

Lemmings-kinda type of minigame. I enjoyed every one of them.

 

[Nielm]

Pazaak in KOTOR 1 and 2.

 

[_Isaac]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Edit: if you don't mean separate mode. I guess the card game in Digimon World 3

This was going to be my answer. The mini games were basically like Wii Sports for the DS.

 

[13ruce]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Even my father and mother played those minigames lol they were so good.

My awnser aswell.

 

[Crayolan]

I spent almost as much time with the minigames in Super Monkey Ball 2 as I did with the main game. And I played the main game enough to get good enough to clear Master Extra

Spoiler

with 99 lives

.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Pokemon Stadium mini games.


All of them

 

[malboroking]

The Mario 64 DS mini games.
They were addicting.

Edit: if you don't mean separate mode. I guess the card game in Digimon World 3

Holy shit, the turtle shell bouncing game in 64 DS was amazing. I think I played that more than anything else the first year I had my DS. Me and my wife spent hours beating each other's high scores lol.

 

[Silvard]

Pazaak in KOTOR 1 and 2.

Triple Triad
Tetra Master
Blitzball (FFX version)

All of this.

I also spent more time role playing Maverick than I did playing RDR proper.

More games should have mini games in them. Certainly every RPG and Open World game should.

 

[Fireblend]

Tetra Master was OK but I never understood it completely.

Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle consumed my life.

The Tetris Attack and Island Adventure minigames in the last Animal Crossing patch were really good.

Yakuza 0 minigames (dancing in particular) are great. My gf loves the Ufo catcher ones for some reason

Kirby 64 Crystal Shards minigames were super addicting. I loved the racing and block smashing ones the most.

Blitzball I thought was super boring and frustrating and I never liked it.

 

[zeitgeist]

I used to be a huge sucker for these.

Blitzball, Triple Triad and the Chao Garden from SA:2 stole hours of my life.

I keep hearing about Gwent and I'm sure I'll get sucked in whenever I finally play Witcher 3.

 

[Son Of Sparda]

 

[Stinky Badger Games]

Legend of the Mystical Ninja had a number of mini games on the third stage. I'd play up to that level (entering the codes took to long), the just play wac-a-mole and bet on the horses.

 

[Mifec]

Blitz ball!

Probably Blitzball yeah.

 

[JBwB]

Gwent & Pazaak.

Both of them (Gwent especially) are incredibly fun mini games.

 

[Thud]

Voltorb Flip. So good.

 

[SJRB]

Playing golf in GTAV was very okay.

 

[fester]

This Skies of Arcadia minigame took up an embarrassingly large amount of my time.

 

[sjay1994]

BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETZBALL

(oh, and gwent is pretty cool too)

 

[Lights and Waves]

Does the Mini-games in Pokemon Stadium count? 'Cause if so, I lost more hours in that Clefairy mini-game than the game itself

I played these more than the actual game itself.

Also, Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure 2.

 

[mikeebi3]

wario land 3 golf

 

[Rickenslacker]

I had more fun with Anaconda than I did TimeSplitters 2 itself.

 

[blazeaire]

But especially the Scyther and Pinsir cutting logs one

 

[Sanctuary]

I think Gwent was the only minigame that I truly enjoyed, and I played it enough to finish all of the quests involved with it as well as collect all of the cards.

 

[Prototype]

Super Mario RPGs game boy.

Holy shitbthag beatle game was so fun. I wish there was a standalone version of it somewhere. Spent hours and hours playing that game.

 

[Lirrik]

Also Gwent.

 

[Crayon]

That card game in the first xenosaga on ps2 was something.

 

[Dynomutt]

Golden Sun Dice

My first experience with gambling lol! I thought that graphically this game was astonishing for the GBA. The summons were so on point with the 2D/3D sprite work.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Ff7 snowboarding was my life for a few weeks. After that it was the motorcycle chase.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Every casino game in every game.

Also:

Tekken Ball.

Tekken Bowl.

Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding.

 

[Sgtpepper89]

Some of Mario64 ds minigames were amazing, I think especcialy Luigis card games. And poker in RDR.

 

[matrix-cat]

There was this pretty decent little RPG minigame you could play in between rounds of The Gwenter 3: The Wild Gwent which I put a fair bit of time into.