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* ''VideoGame/CoolCoolToon'''s story mode is occasionally broken up by "Notty Games", where you're given a beat and need to repeat it by tapping a specific button. The first one (defusing a bomb) tells you which button you need to press, but later ones instead give you clues at the beginning of the game that you need to remember.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' includes a FishingMinigame, and ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' added fish races ("Finny Frenzy") and a golf-like minigame called "Spheda".

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* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' includes a FishingMinigame, and ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'' added fish races ("Finny Frenzy") and a golf-like minigame called "Spheda".
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* The ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series had the toy/souvenir room, which came with various weird interactive stuff to mess around with and quite a few full length mini games of some of the microgames in the main game itself. Two of these that appeared quite often, Paper Plane and Pyoro, were actually made into standalone games and released for the UsefulNotes/DSi's download service.

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* The ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series had the toy/souvenir room, which came with various weird interactive stuff to mess around with and quite a few full length mini games of some of the microgames in the main game itself. Two of these that appeared quite often, Paper Plane and Pyoro, were actually made into standalone games and released for the UsefulNotes/DSi's Platform/DSi's download service.



** The UsefulNotes/MegaDrive version has "Runaway Train", where Psycho has to run across the top of a locomotive; "Whale's Belly", where Psycho jumps across floating rings to throw crabs at a whale's ulcers; and "Moonsquares", where Psycho must travel across a set of disappearing platforms.

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** The UsefulNotes/MegaDrive Platform/MegaDrive version has "Runaway Train", where Psycho has to run across the top of a locomotive; "Whale's Belly", where Psycho jumps across floating rings to throw crabs at a whale's ulcers; and "Moonsquares", where Psycho must travel across a set of disappearing platforms.
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* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', diagnosing patients, researching new potion recipes, and doing part-time work involve playing minigames. Your performance in them determines your patient's satisfaction and if you succeed in research or part-time work.
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Occasionally there is the slightly disturbing situation of the Mini Game [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer being more fun and exciting than the real game]]. There are games with many minigames included in a MinigameZone.

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Occasionally there is the slightly ''slightly'' disturbing situation of the Mini Game [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer being more fun and exciting than the real game]]. There are games with many minigames included in a MinigameZone.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Calico}}'', a LifeSimulation about running a cat cafe in a world of peaceful animals that you can ride or carry, after the January 2023 update, all cooking is now down in the form of minigames. They have a lot of variety to them, such as playing pool/billiards to collect ingredients, carrying bowls on your head to collect ingredients, and bouncing on cupcakes with a pogo stick to put decorations in them.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Calico}}'', a LifeSimulation LifeSimulationGame about running a cat cafe in a world of peaceful animals that you can ride or carry, after the January 2023 update, all cooking is now down in the form of minigames. They have a lot of variety to them, such as playing pool/billiards to collect ingredients, carrying bowls on your head to collect ingredients, and bouncing on cupcakes with a pogo stick to put decorations in them.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Calico}}'', a LifeSimulation about running a cat cafe in a world of peaceful animals that you can ride or carry, after the January 2023 update, all cooking is now down in the form of minigames. They have a lot of variety to them, such as playing pool/billiards to collect ingredients, carrying bowls on your head to collect ingredients, and bouncing on cupcakes with a pogo stick to put decorations in them.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Spiritfarer}}'', gathering resources and crafting items takes the form various mini-games, such as a rhythm game for singing to the plants and racing to stand under the spots where lightning would strike to collect them in bottles.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Spiritfarer}}'', gathering resources and crafting items takes take the form of various mini-games, such as a rhythm game for singing to the plants and racing to stand under the spots where lightning would strike to collect them in bottles.
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* ''VideoGame/BloodySpell'' have several mini-games between all that fighting and adventuring, which you can partake or pass up (without penalties). Winning these games grants you experience points, against all odds; you can meet a StreetUrchin who offers to play a ShellGame with you, control a mounted crossbow to shoot at vermin in a rat-infested cavern, throw hoops to catch ceramic vases of different sizes, and all that.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Spiritfarer}}'', gathering resources and crafting items takes the form various mini-games, such as a rhythm game for singing to the plants and racing to stand under the spots where lightning would strike to collect them in bottles.
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* The games from the ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsAdventures'' series are filled with various mini-games.
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* ''VideoGame/YoshiTouchAndGo'': If the player earns a high score in the Marathon and Score Attack modes, they unlock a minigame called Balloon Trip.
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* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheDivineForce'' has Es'owa, a board game with miniature figurines that plays not dissimilar to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_and_Boxes Dots & Boxes]]. Each player takes turns placing figures on the board, with each piece having an attack value and an assigned role that determines their special abilities (Soldiers can allow the player to play a second piece if they have three on the board, Wizards increase nearby allies attack power, etc.), and encircling enemy units with your own units eliminates them from play. The pieces, themselves, are based on characters from previous ''Star Ocean'' titles, and can even be equipped as stat-boosting accessories.
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* In ''VideoGame/FishingVacation'', there's a mini-game that can be played once per day where you dig up and catch worms to use as bait. The more worms you catch the more chances you have to catch things. You can also dig up what looks to be [[spoiler:human bones]].
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{{Minigame Game}}s are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin games that have nothing but minigames]], such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/CookingMama'', ''Bishi Bashi'' and the ''Ape Academy'' series. You might not get the same mileage out of a Mini Game package as you would from a hundred-hour RPG, but that doesn't mean they're not fun.

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{{Minigame Game}}s are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin games that have nothing but minigames]], such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/CookingMama'', ''Bishi Bashi'' ''VideoGame/BishiBashi'' and the ''Ape Academy'' series. You might not get the same mileage out of a Mini Game package as you would from a hundred-hour RPG, but that doesn't mean they're not fun.
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* What's the mini-game equivalent of a mini-game? ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' was already a mini-game game, but included even ''smaller'' games (more like toys) called "Gaddgets." Some of them were actual mini-mini games (like one where you tried to pick the right-colored wire to not blow up a bomb, one where frogs race to catch a fly, and others), but others were more just for fun. One, for example, let you decorate a cake, one translated messages into Morse, one created different foods based on the ingredients you picked, and one let you smash things for fun.

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* ''VideoGame/MarioPartyAdvance'': What's the mini-game equivalent of a mini-game? ''VideoGame/MarioParty Advance'' was The game is already a mini-game game, but included includes even ''smaller'' games (more like toys) called "Gaddgets." Some of them were are actual mini-mini games (like one where you tried try to pick the right-colored wire to not blow up a bomb, one where frogs race to catch a fly, and others), but others were are more just for fun. One, for example, let lets you decorate a cake, one translated translates messages into Morse, one created creates different foods based on the ingredients you picked, pick, and one let lets you smash things for fun.
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* DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation: Simple adaptations of public domain games are sometimes used as mini-games.
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