The Minigame Tent is a tent in Mario Party 8 where people can play all of the minigames they've unlocked in the Party Tent or Star Battle Arena. (Note: Duel and Challenge minigames can only be unlocked in the Star Battle Arena. The only other way to unlock Duel minigames is to use a Duel Candy in the Party Tent. Which is a little bit harder to do.) Threre are a total of five ways to play minigames. The first is Free Play Arcade which is the mode that lets you play all the minigames you've unlocked as stated earlier. The other three of the other four have to be unlocked by unlocking spesific minigame types. While the last one has to be unlocked in the Fun Bazaar. The second mode is called Crown Showdown. Which involves people winning minigames 3, 5, or 7, times. The third is called Flip-Out Frenzy. Which has people competing for panels after they win minigames. The fourth is called Tic-Tac Drop which involves two people playing a Tic-Tac Toe based game which when they win at a minigame, they get to pick a section to place their ball. The first person to fill up their balls in a row wins. The fifth and final mingame is called Test For The Best. which has one single player rise into the air on a hot air balloon while scoring points based on grade performance with "A" being the best and "F" being the worst.