Minigame

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A volleyball minigame in the open world videogame A Short Hike

A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game. A minigame contains different gameplay elements and is often smaller or more simplistic than the game in which it is contained.

Some video games consist entirely of minigames which tie into an overall theme, such as Olympic Decathlon (1980). Minigames can also be used to represent a specific experience, such as hacking, lock picking, or scanning an area, that ties into a larger game.

Minigame compilations

Some games, such as the

Video Action, some Cinemaware titles like Defender of the Crown, David Whittaker's Lazy Jones or the smartphone satire Phone Story are made up of many minigames strung together into one video game. Some similar games, such as Nintendo's Mario Party series, are considered party games, specifically developed for multiplayer
. In party games, minigames usually involve performing an activity faster or collecting more of a specified item than other players to win.

Examples

The

Squaresoft's original game design.[1]

The

Chocobo World minigame inside Final Fantasy VIII.[2]

See also

References

  1. Dengeki
    (in Japanese). 2004.
  2. ^ FFVIII PocketStation Opens Up Chocobo World Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, July 15, 1999
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