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A '''minigame''' (sometimes formatted as "'''mini-game'''") is a short game that may reward [[coin]]s, [[List of items|items]], or higher scores. However, some main games may require completion of a minigame to access a new area or gain a key. The most common form of minigames is from the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]].

*[[Super Smash Bros. Melee#Stadium|Multi-Man Melee]]/[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Multi-Man Brawl|Brawl]]/[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS#Stadium|Smash]]

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The [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]] has many types of minigames. Most award ten coins, while some award items. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', a few minigames can cause a player to lose coins, although this system was changed in later ''Mario Party'' games. Since ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', players can now practice minigames before trying them out for real. Some minigames involve collecting coins freely, with the numbers of coins players collect getting added to their coin totals afterwards; players cannot lose unless they do not get any coins. Some minigames can last as long as five or two minutes, but a timer does not appear until 30 or 60 seconds are left.

Originally featured in ''Mario Party'', 1-Player minigames are minigames played alone. These minigames are usually accessed by landing on the [[Minigame Space]]. If the player fails, they lose five coins; if the player wins, they win 10 coins, unless it is a different kind of minigame, such as [[Whack-a-Plant]], where players cannot win or lose.

1-Player minigames reappear in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', now called '''Challenge minigames'''. If the player wins, they get to spin the wheel to throw a dart to collect the number of coins on the platform the arrow landed on. However, if the player loses, they cannot throw the dart and their turn ends. A Challenge minigame is triggered when a player lands on a [[Challenge Space]]. The three Challenge minigames are [[Pour to Score]], [[Stampede (minigame)|Stampede]], and [[Fruit Picker]].

[[File:MP3 Coconut Conkers.png|170px|thumb|[[Luigi]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Waluigi]] attempt to hit [[Wario]] with a [[coconut]] in [[Coconut Conk]].]]

1-vs.-3 minigames are minigames that challenge a single player against the other three. They typically come in three forms: the team players trying to take down or hinder the single player, the single player trying to take down or hinder the other three players, or both the single and team players trying to achieve a similar goal, with the single player usually getting some form of advantage. In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', these minigames are called '''1-vs.-Rivals minigames'''.

2-vs.-2 minigames are minigames that have the player paired up with another player. Players often need to work together and cooperate to beat these games. ''Mario Party 9'' is the only ''Mario Party'' game (not counting ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'') not to feature this category of minigames, but [[Shell Soccer]] qualifies as a 2-vs.-2 minigame.

4-Player minigames are minigames that pit all four players against each other. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', the two games [[Key-pa-Way]] and [[Running of the Bulb]] require the four players to work together, and if they succeed, they all get coins. However, this concept has not been used in any other ''Mario Party'' game, and instead, there are no only versus games; however, games in which players simply have to achieve an objective to win and are not actually competing with each other (allowing each player to win), such as [[Granite Getaway]] and [[Trash Landing]], do exist. This system has remained unchanged since the first ''Mario Party''; however, in ''Mario Party 9'', 4-Player minigames are renamed, being called '''Free-for-All minigames'''.

8-Player minigames are minigames only in ''Mario Party 7''. They are played with eight players, in four teams of two. With the [[Nintendo GameCube]] not having eight controller slots, this must be done by having four controllers plugged in and each player sharing half of the controller. The first player of each team uses {{button|gcn|Stick}} and {{button|gcn|L}}, while the second player of each team uses {{button|gcn|C}} and {{button|gcn|R}}. These minigames are accessible only in 8-Player parties.

[[File:Insectiride Night.png|thumb|150px|[[Mario]], Daisy, Waluigi, and Wario competing in a race in [[Insectiride]], a Battle minigame]]

Battle minigames are minigames that take coins from all the players, then give them back in different quantities based on the results. The number of coins taken can go from 10 (later five) to 50 coins per player. Unlike in other minigames, the rank order is important—a player can still win some coins for being in second place. Like the 4-Player minigames, most minigames are evenly matched between the four players.

In ''Mario Party 2'', ''Mario Party 3'', ''Mario Party 4'', and ''Mario Party 9'', Battle minigames are played when a player lands on a [[Battle Space]]. From ''Mario Party 5'' until ''Mario Party 8'', Battle minigames are not triggered for landing on any particular space (except for landing on a Battle Space in ''Mario Party 6''{{'}}s [[Mario Party 6#Solo Mode Boards|Solo Mode]]) but instead played at the end of a turn, like a normal minigame. Here, players are able to vote on which Battle minigame they want to play, out of a list of three Battle minigames. The minigame that gets the most votes after each player has voted is the one played. If there is a tie in the votes between two minigames, the minigame with no votes is played instead.

The scoring for Battle minigames up to ''[[Mario Party 5]]'':

Starting in ''[[Mario Party 6]]'', the scoring was changed slightly:

 

In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', there are some big changes. Depending on the turn number ranging from two to 30, the players can pay up to 60 coins, and the scoring is a bit different from the previous installments. The reward distribution is as follows:

 

In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', players can engage in a battle minigame by landing on the "Battle Minigame" space. Once a player has done so, a [[Hammer Bro]] will come and take three [[Mini Star]]s from each player:

Sometimes landing on the space mentioned above will cause a [[Fire Bro]] to appear. The Fire Bro only makes last place lose ten Mini Stars, while the winners split the ten of the results:

*After the mini-boss is defeated, a regular battle minigame can be triggered by landing on a [[Minigame Space]]. Upon the player hitting the minigame box and having the box show two hammers, a Hammer Bro will come and take five Mini Stars from each player.

*If someone lands on a [[Bowser Jr. Space]] while playing Mario Party mode, one of the four options in the roulette is for all players to battle for 10 Mini Stars. [[Bowser Jr.]] will distribute the Mini Stars depending on how well each player does.

*If someone lands on a Bowser Space while playing Mario Party mode and the roulette stops on "Battle for half of your Mini Stars," Bowser will take half of everyone's Mini Stars and distribute them depending on how well each player does.

*Like in ''Mario Party 9'', if there are not enough Mini Stars to wager in for the battle, extra Mini Stars will always be provided.

*Unlike in ''Mario Party 9'', battle minigames can also appear when there are only two players instead of three or four players. Also, any ties will always be decided by dice rolls.

 

Appearing in ''Mario Party 9'', ''Mario Party 10'', and ''Mario Party: Star Rush'', boss battles are played when the players reach a [[Boss Battle Space]]. Each [[board (Mario Party series)|board]] features two bosses. In these minigames, players must defeat an enemy by working together (except in [[Diddy's Banana Blast]] and [[DK's Banana Bonus]]), though each one tries to get more points than the others. These minigames have no time limit and end only when the boss health meter is empty. When half of the health meter is empty, the boss develops more diverse ways to attack. Whoever lands the final hit on the boss will receive bonus points.

Bowser minigames are [[Bowser]]'s own minigames. Bowser minigames are often extremely unfair to the players, as Bowser makes all the rules. Bowser minigames are also similar to 4-Player and 1-vs.-3 minigames (where the 1 is the player who lands on the [[Bowser Space]]), except that they produce a loser instead of a winner. The loser can lose [[coin]]s, [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s (if they have one, or more), or [[List of items|items]].

In ''[[Mario Party]]'', Bowser minigames are minigames where players compete against each other in a 4-Player or 1-vs.-3 minigame where each player that loses must hand over somewhere between 10 to 50 coins. If there are no losers due to the game not ending in the time limit, then Bowser steals coins from everyone.

In ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', Bowser minigames are minigames where players compete against each other and the one player who messes up loses. The loser loses either half or all of their coins, or all of their items.

In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', ''[[Mario Party 6]]'', and ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', there are Bowser minigames where each player must survive attacks from Bowser and/or [[Koopa Kid]] (in ''Mario Party 7'') in a given time limit, and each player that does not survive loses. Each loser in the minigames loses either half or all of their coins, all of their items (in ''Mario Party 5'' and ''Mario Party 6''), or a Star (in ''Mario Party 7''). Also in ''Mario Party 7'', there are single-player Bowser minigames, where the one player who lands on the Bowser Space has to do various things to collect a [[key]] to escape from a dungeon before the time limit runs out. The penalty for losing is the same as in the multiplayer Bowser minigames.

In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', Bowser's minigames are referred to as '''[[Reverse Minigame]]s''', where the player has to lose in order to win [[Mini Star]]s.

In  ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', Bowser minigames are referred to as '''Bowser Battles'''. If someone loses, they lose [[heart (item)|heart]]s. Reverse Minigames from ''Mario Party 9'' also return in this game. If someone loses, they will win 20 Mini Stars.

[[File:MP9 2-Player Bumper Sparks.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Bumper Sparks]], an Bowser Jr. minigame from ''Mario Party 9'']]

Featured in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', Bowser Jr. minigames are played only when a player lands on a [[Bowser Jr. Space]]. These minigames involve two players, a captain and a partner, competing against Bowser Jr. If the players win, they get five [[Mini Star]]s each. If they lose, Bowser Jr. steals five Mini Stars each. Bowser Jr. minigames also appear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. They can be activated only by selecting them from Bonus Games or landing on an event space on Bowser's Board in amiibo party. Players who win get 10 coins or a Star, and players who lose must pay 10 coins. Unlike in ''Mario Party 9'', players who face Bowser Jr. do not receive a partner.

Featured only in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', Co-op minigames pit all four players in a minigame where they must work together in order to win.

[[File:BananaMilkShake.png|thumb|left|170px|[[Toadette]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], Waluigi, and Wario collecting bananas in [[Banana Shake]]]]

Introduced in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', Donkey Kong minigames are minigames run by [[Donkey Kong]], which are often short. They usually have players focus on collecting as many [[banana]]s as possible. After a Donkey Kong minigame is finished, players can trade their bananas to Donkey Kong for coins. They can also gain more depending on the DK Roulette.

First appearing in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', Duel minigames are minigames that involve two players playing a minigame against each other. Most usually have high stakes. They are the only type of minigame in any 1-vs.-1 game mode. The challenging player can choose to play for either coins or [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s. This is provided that the challenging player themself has enough to wager. From ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' onwards, the winner's prize is decided by a roulette wheel.

*In ''Mario Party 7'', the winner decides what to take from the loser through the Slot of Stupendousness. The loser will give either coins, Stars, or nothing to the winner, depending on what the roulette stops on.

**If the roulette lands on two coins, the loser must give half of their coins to the winner. If the loser has an odd number of coins, the upper portion will be taken.

**If the roulette lands on a Star with the number one on it or a Star with the number two on it, the loser must give one of their Stars or two of their Stars to the winner, respectively.

**Nothing happens if the loser must give coins or Stars to the winner and the loser does not have any coins or Stars to give.

*In ''Mario Party 8'', the winner decides what to take from the loser with a dart wheel. The loser will usually give coins to the winner, but in rare cases, the loser can also give a Star or two to the winner. Nothing happens if both players tie.

**[[VS Space]]s appear in Star Battle Arena and Duel Battles and will always pit the two players competing in the match against each other. The loser must give either one, five, or ten coins to the winner (if the loser is the attacker) or five, ten, or 20 coins to the winner (if the loser is the defender), depending on what the wheel stops on. Unlike in Battle Royale and Tag Battle, the loser will never give Stars to the winner.

**During Battle Royale and Tag Battle, Duel minigames are triggered when a player uses [[Duelo Candy]], a candy that lets the player roll two [[Dice Block]]s and then duel with the first player they meet. If more than one player is on the same space, the player can choose whom to duel with. Like in Star Battle Arena and Duel Battles, the winner will use a dart wheel to determine what the loser must give to the winner. Unlike in Star Battle Arena and Duel Battles, the winner can also make the loser give a Star or two to them, although this occurs less frequently than the loser's giving coins to the winner. The loser can give Stars to the winner only if the attacker wins; if the defender wins, the loser just gives between one to 30 coins to the winner, depending on how many coins the loser has.

[[File:Hammer Slammer.png|thumb|left|170px|[[Hammer Slammer]], an Item minigame from ''[[Mario Party 2]]'']]

Item minigames are games that a player can play to get an item. They are triggered by landing on an [[Item Space]]. If the player gets [[Koopa Kid|Baby Bowser]], they get nothing. Item minigames appear only in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. In ''Mario Party 2'', the minigame played depends on what board is being played on. In ''Mario Party 3'', the Item Space may trigger a roulette to decide a minigame to be played. The below table displays information pertaining to which Item minigame is played on which board in ''Mario Party 2''. In ''Mario Party Superstars'', Baby Bowser is replaced by [[Bowser Jr.]] These return in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', and are picked randomly upon reaching an Item Space.

A category found only in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', the Last category features only one minigame, [[Superstar Showdown]], which is played at the end of [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]]. The minigame plays out similarly to the boss minigames in ''Mario Party DS'' and ''Mario Party: Island Tour'', as it involves the player fighting against [[Bowser]] one-on-one.

Mini Mini-Games are a type of minigame in ''[[Mario Party 4]]''. They can be played only by a character that has the effects of a [[Mini Mushroom]] via [[Gate (Mario Party 4)|Gates]] that lead to secret passageways on all of the boards. There are two types of Mini Mini-Games: those that involve winning [[List of items|items]], such as [[Item-Go-Round]] and [[Item Poker]], and those that involve winning [[coin]]s, such as [[Coin Slots]] and [[Tropical Fishing]]. The themes are usually paired with the theme of the board (such as Goomba Poker and Card Matching on [[Goomba's Greedy Gala]]).

[[File:DunkBros.png|thumb|Mario and Toadette competing against Waluigi and Wario in [[Dunk Bros.]]]]

Introduced in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Rare minigames are special minigames that do not appear at all in normal Party Mode. They are sometimes very long and have special options that other minigames do not have. These minigames return in ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' under the same name, though similar minigames are featured in side modes in other games in the series: the Extra Room in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', the Bonus Room in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', the Extras Zone in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', Puzzle Mode in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', the Extras in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', the Bonus Games in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', and Toad's Rec Room in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''. In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', such minigames are categorized under the "Puzzle" and "Extras" categories. In ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', returning minigames of this category appear in the "Special" and "Sports & Puzzles" categories, respectively.

Featured only in ''Super Mario Party'', Rhythm minigames pit all four players in a minigame where they gain points by performing actions to the rhythm of the song that plays during the minigame.

Featured only in ''Super Mario Party'', Team minigames are four-player minigames in which each player's allies also participate. The more allies a player has, the more of an advantage they have over other players.

*''Mario Party 7'' has the most minigames, at 88 minigames (not counting ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', which are compilations of 100 and 105 returning minigames respectively).

*Unless ''Mario Party-e'' is counted, which is a card game that utilizes the [[e-Reader]] for short minigames, ''Mario Party'' and ''Mario Party Advance'' are tied at last place with the fewest minigames, at 50 minigames. The second-to-last is ''Mario Party: Star Rush'', with 53 minigames.

*A total of 1,262 minigames are found in the ''Mario Party'' series, including returning minigames in ''Mario Party 2'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars''.

 

Despite its focus on short [[microgame]]s, the ''WarioWare'' series additionally features a small number of long-form minigames in each installment, which are played separately from the microgame sets and take the form of either simple endless games where the goal is to improve one's high score or competitive multiplayer. They are typically unlocked by beating a score target in the character stages, which is indicated in the character's story mode description.  

==''[[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis]]'' series minigames==

The Mario Tennis game series have all had Minigames of some sort, with most being Tennis-Based, although there are some exceptions.

*[[Mecha-Bowser]]

===''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''===

[[File:Crane Game SML2.png|thumb|The Crane Game in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'']]''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' has two minigames that are playable at the [[Goal (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Goal]] after hitting the [[Bell (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Bell]] at the end of a level. One of two games will be played, one being a crane game where the player must pick up an item and the other being a ladder game where the player must hit a block to receive an item.

''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' features a grand total of 36 minigames, which are divided among the game's four playable characters. Two of each character's minigames are unlocked along with the characters themselves, while the remainder are unlocked by catching [[rabbit]]s. All of the minigames utilize the [[Nintendo DS]]'s touchscreen.

 

[[File:Picture Poker.PNG|thumb|One of the Table minigames in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', [[Picture Poker]]]]

In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', there are four minigames in the [[Pianta Parlor]]. These games require a certain card to play each one.

*In the Chest Station, when Bowser is burned while he is curled up into a [[spike ball]], Mario and Luigi visit this area. The minigame starts once the brothers enters a cannon in the area, sending them into a small area as a ball, which requires the player to use the stylus to bring back the brothers and fling them in a direction, causing Bowser to boost upwards in that same direction. If Bowser gets hit, he loses a few coins or a hit point, depending on the current minigame being  played. This area is visited twice, the first time the brothers visit this area is when two giant [[Fire Piranha Plant|fire-breathing]] [[Piranha Plant]]s burn Bowser as he is storming [[Peach's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Peach's Castle]], and a second time when Bowser meets up with (the now-completed) [[Dark Bowser]] deeper into the castle and battles him with the spike ball technique.

==Official profiles==

**'''4-Player Minigame:''' ''"If the color of the space that everyone stops on is the same, a 4-player minigame begins."''

**'''1-Vs.-3 Minigame:''' ''"When just one player stops on a different color, players are divided into a 1-vs.-3 minigame."''

**'''2-Vs.-2 Minigame:''' ''"When two players land on red and two players land on blue, players are divided into teams for the game."''

**'''Item Minigame:''' ''"Begins when you stop on an Item Space. If you succeed, you get an item."''

**'''Battle Minigame:''' ''"Begins when you stop on a Battle Space. A number of coins is collected from everyone, and then a minigame is played for them."''

**'''Duel Minigame:''' ''"Begins when you use the Dueling Glove item or when two or more characters land on the same space during the last five turns. Characters on the same space select an opponent, set the number of coins to risk, and do a battle one-on-one."''

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