Editing Minigame

{{short description|Short video game often contained within another video game}}
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[[File:A Short Hike Screenshot 4.png|thumb|A "beachstickball"  minigame in ''[[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 [[Security hacker|hacking]] and [[lock picking]], both of which are found in [[Bethesda Game Studios|Bethesda]] games, or scanning an area, that ties into a larger game.

== Minigame compilations ==
Some games are made up of many minigames strung together into one video game, such as [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wario (series)#WarioWare|''WarioWare'' series]] (which are called microgames in the series), Universal's ''[[Sports game#Origins|Video Action]]'', [[David Whittaker (video game composer)|David Whittaker's]] ''[[Lazy Jones]]'' and the [[mobile game]] ''[[Phone Story]]''. Some similar games specifically developed for [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] are considered [[party game]]s, such as the ''[[Itadaki Street]]'' series by [[Square Enix]] and Nintendo's ''[[Mario Party]]'' series. In party games, minigames usually involve performing an activity faster or collecting more of a specified item than other players to win; some may be entirely luck.
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== Examples ==
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The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series includes minigames in every entry, since the first ''[[Final Fantasy (video game)|Final Fantasy]]'' (1987), in which a [[15 puzzle]] in the form of an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] can be uncovered by entering a specific sequence of inputs while piloting a ship. It was added into the game by programmer [[Nasir Gebelli]] despite it not being part of [[Squaresoft]]'s original game design.<ref>{{cite news |title=インタビュー『FINAL FANTASY I・II ADVANCE』 |url=http://dengekionline.com/soft/recommend/ff-gba/index.html |work=[[Dengeki]] |date=2004 |language=ja}}</ref>

The [[PocketStation]] for [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[VMU]] for [[Dreamcast]] accessories allowed the user to download minigames from the main console onto the pocket device, and often then sync progress in the minigame back on to the console. Two examples of this include the ''[[Gameplay of Final Fantasy#Minigames|Chocobo World]]'' minigame inside ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''.<ref>[http://uk.psx.ign.com/articles/068/068855p1.html FFVIII PocketStation Opens Up Chocobo World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321213256/http://uk.psx.ign.com/articles/068/068855p1.html |date=2012-03-21 }}, ''IGN'', July 15, 1999</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[Casual game]]
* [[Invade-a-Load]]
* [[Minigames of Final Fantasy|Minigames of ''Final Fantasy'']]
* [[Party video game]]
* [[Browser game]]

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