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[CajoleJuice]

I've been playing Julius mode in DoS since I beat the game and it ****ing rocks. It's just old-school awesomeness. SOTN has something similar if I'm not mistaken, but I've never had the pleasure of playing that game. I'm betting the GBA CVs have some sort of mode like this, but I never bothered getting the good endings for them (at least not for HoD and AoS).

Mercenaries in RE4 is possibly better than the actual game. At the very least, it could be it's own game. It's non-stop killing fun.

The slingshot mingame in NSMB (also in SM64 DS, right?) is a great example of addictive utilization of the touch-screen.

The last awesome alternate mode I can think of is Death Race in F-Zero X. I guess it could be classified as a main mode, but I don't care, it owns.

 

[Jonnyram]

2D Katamari Damacy on the PSP, when you beat all of the main game.

 

[Archie]

Hot Coffee

 

[Aaron]

The board game that was cut from the US release of Project Justice.

 

[sportzhead]

Tekken Bowl

 

[cvxfreak]

Showdown 1/2/3 in Resident Evil Outbreak File #2.

 

[MoxManiac]

I dunno if i'd call it the best but RE4's mercenaries mode rocked.

 

[Speevy]

-Mission Mode (Ninja Gaiden)
-Pazaak (KOTOR)
-Monkey Pool (Super Monkey Ball)

A ton of others.

 

[Tarazet]

I like Suikoden IV's casino game, where you can just break it over and over and buy everything in the weapon and armor stores within an hour. Actually, I think I just did that and then stopped playing, so I guess it didn't do me much good. Oh well..

Oh, and I spent as much time in Paper Mario: TTYD's airplane game as the game itself.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Mercenaries in RE4
Ape Escape game in MGS3

 

[RyuHayate]

The Batting Cage- Yakuza (I've only played it in the demo but for the love of God, I can't stop playing it!)

Mercenaries- RE4

Devil May Cry 3: SE- The Bloody Palace

 

[renvi]

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
Resident Evil 2 (Tofu, Ex. Battle)
REmake (Real Survivor, Invisible Enemy)

 

[Spencerr]

the beetle game in Super Mario RPG > U

Edit: No mention of Geometry Wars yet??

 

[Grayman]

I liked the ff7 snowboard game sometimes i'd have friends come over and we would just play that game.

Gran Turismo hi-fi mode was really cool at the time

 

[Campster]

the beetle game in Super Mario RPG > U

Edit: No mention of Geometry Wars yet??

Geometry Wars really isn't a minigame.

 

[Kevtones]

Rollercoaster building in Rocket:Robot on Wheels

 

[Monk]

Julius mmode in CastlevaniaoS

 

[Sallokin]

Playing as Vic Viper in ZOE 2 was pretty awesome. Been a while since I've gone back to that game.

 

[MGrant]

Chronicles of the Sword.

Haha, just kidding. Seriously, though, Monster Arena in DQ8.

 

[AdmiralViscen]

FF7 motorcycle
SA Chao raising
FF8 Triple Triad
Hunk in RE2

 

[duckroll]

XS Ep1: Xenocard. The best card minigame ever, ever. Too bad we never saw it again, I was looking forward to expansion packs.

MGS3S: Metal Gear Online. Excellent online take on Metal Gear Solid and much more than I could have asked for. It's great fun and would be even more fun if the Japanese players didn't keep shooting me in the head.

 

[Lyte Edge]

I've been playing Julius mode in DoS since I beat the game and it ****ing rocks. It's just old-school awesomeness. SOTN has something similar if I'm not mistaken, but I've never had the pleasure of playing that game. I'm betting the GBA CVs have some sort of mode like this, but I never bothered getting the good endings for them (at least not for HoD and AoS).

Yup, HoD has a similar mode, but it wasn't all that great, although AoS lets you play as Julius in the same style as DoS. DoS' Julius mode is the best, since it offers multiple playable characters and a bit of a story.

 

[Greenpanda]

Triple freaking Triad!

 

[sc0la]

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[Azure Dream]

I liked the Green Goblin (or Hobgoblin? I don't know what to call it) mode in Spider-Man: The Movie, where you play as Harry flying about on the Goblin's wing. (The original Spider-Man game for PSX also had a "What If?" second quest with a lot of differences, apparently, but I only played the Dreamcast version, which lacked it.)

Sly 3 (which was practically all minigames) had interesting interfaces for the treasure hunting and ship sailing, too. I messed with the latter for a while, even though it's kind of repetitive.

 

[soul creator]

Geometry Wars really isn't a minigame.

he could be referring to its origins in Project Gotham Racing 2

 

[Jiggy]

The Ancient Cave mode (I forget its exact name) in Lufia 2. Basically a dungeon crawler instead of a story RPG.

 

[Hydro_Alexis]

Tekken beach ball

 

[JCX]

Sonic 2 chaos emerald levels. I would include Sonic Rush's but they aren't as good.

 

[Mr. Spinnington]

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What.

 

[Lindsay]

Lords of Lunar (Lunar SSSC)
4th Survivor (RE2)
Bloody Palace (DMC3:SE)
Surfing Pikachu (PKMN Yellow)
Darts 7 (Shenmue 1 & 2)
Motorcycle (FF7)
Pintas Quest (Skies of Arcadia)

 

[thestopsign]

The Ancient Cave mode (I forget its exact name) in Lufia 2. Basically a dungeon crawler instead of a story RPG.

I got to Level 100 in that, and couldn't figure out what to do. The Blob thing didn't do anything no matter what I did. Also got my guys up to past where they were in the actual game. Lufia 2 is my most played game ever, period. I played through it over 8 times and went pretty far down into the Ancient Cave 10-15 times. Easily over 500 hours of play time. I would still play it, but the battery for saving on my cartridge ran out.

So yeah, definitely the Ancient Cave. By far the best extra mode ever.

 

[PantherLotus]

Lords of Lunar (Lunar SSSC)
4th Survivor (RE2)
Bloody Palace (DMC3:SE)
Surfing Pikachu (PKMN Yellow)
Darts 7 (Shenmue 1 & 2)
Motorcycle (FF7)
Pintas Quest (Skies of Arcadia)

This reminds me of one of my absolute favorite things in videogames, ever: riding the motorcycle in Vice City. Too ****ing cool.

 

[Grayman]

This reminds me of one of my absolute favorite things in videogames, ever: riding the motorcycle in Vice City. Too ****ing cool.

the new GTA needs a katana you can swing left and right from the bike!

 

[DemDereNads]

Tekken Bowling & Tekken Force

Daxter also has a bunch of creative mini-games... too bad they're all the same game with just different themes.

 

[..pakbeka..]

Plant chapter in MGS2

Spoiler

I kid, but the snake tales in substance were pretty cool

 

[Jive Turkey]

Most everything I'd suggest has been mentioned...

However nobody has mentioned the PDA game in Alien Hominid. That was a lot of fun.

 

[Neo Child]

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[Teasel]

Ape Escape game in MGS3

MGS game in Ape Escape 3

XS Ep1: Xenocard. The best card minigame ever, ever. Too bad we never saw it again, I was looking forward to expansion packs.

quoted for truth

it's from wario ware twisted

 

[X26]

FF8's card game. Only decent part of the game really

 

[bjork]

Fishing in Ocarina of Time was the only part of that game I actually enjoyed

 

[bengraven]

Lords of Lunar (Lunar SSSC)

Oh wow, completely forgot about that one. You get mad props for remembering it.

FF8's card game. Only decent part of the game really

Sh.