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The Crazy Motorcycle minigame from Final Fantasy VII

Minigames, sometimes also known as subgames, are common in Final Fantasy games, both as just something else to do, or to get strong and rare items.

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[edit] Mini Games

[edit] Final Fantasy

While onboard the boat, pressing a certain button combination will unlock a sliding numbers puzzle called 15 Puzzle. The GBA versions requires holding down the A button and pressing the B button 55 times. Later versions have a time limit to it, with faster times giving the player better rewards.

[edit] Final Fantasy II

The Minigame in the Dawn of Souls version

While riding the snowcraft, holding down A and pressing the B button 22 times will unlock a Memory puzzle. A 4-by-4 grid will appear, with two of each character portrait. They will then flip over, and the player have to flip them over, trying to match them. Doing it as quickly as possible with few errors gives better prizes.

In the GBA version, having a character with Level 16 Toad spell will allow the player to play the Memory puzzle's Frog Mode, where all character portraits are replaced with their Frog counterparts, making it much more difficult, but better prizes are obtained, such as Genji Equipment.

[edit] Final Fantasy IV

Main article: Whyt#Minigames

In the Nintendo DS version of the game, five minigames are available from the Fat Chocobo. These minigames require use of a stylus to the Nintendo DS's touchscreen. These minigames can give the player items and increase Whyt's stats.

[edit] Final Fantasy VII

In Final Fantasy VII there are several mini games, most of them originally being part of the game's storyline, and available at the Gold Saucer later in the game.

  • Chocobo Racing - The player can ride a chocobo, either automated or manually. Breeding your own Chocobo is also allowed.
  • Snowboarding - Ride a Snowboard down an icy slope, available both as the real thing and a simulation in the Gold Saucer.
  • Crazy Motorcycle - When the party escapes from Midgar, Cloud gets on a motorcycle, and must protect the car with his friends in from the Shinra. Available as a simulation in the Gold Saucer later on.
  • Arm Wrestling - Wrestle either a normal wrestler or a sumo wrestler. Simulation in Gold Saucer.
  • Mog's World - A day in the life of a Mog. It's the Mog's day to learn how to fly, and to do it, the player will have to feed him Kupo Nuts. Simulation in Gold Saucer.
  • Submarine - When the Huge Materia has to be recovered from the Turks, the player has to find them and shoot them with this mini game. Available as a simulation in the Gold Saucer later on.

[edit] Final Fantasy VIII

In Final Fantasy VIII there is one huge mini game called Triple Triad, which is a card game. There is also a Chocobo Forest minigame.

[edit] Final Fantasy IX

[edit] Final Fantasy X

There are several mini games in Final Fantasy X, the most prominent being Blitzball.

  • Chocobo Training - Tidus can train a chocobo.
  • Chocobo Racing - Tidus races against another Chocobo beneath the Remiem Temple.
  • Lightning Dodge - Tidus must dodge lightning bolts in the Thunder Plains.

[edit] Final Fantasy X-2

Blitzball returns in this game, however, it is more of a manager-type game, where the player trains the team and chooses the play tactics, rather than directly controlling the team players. Also, FFX-2 features a mathematical puzzle game called Sphere Break.