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[[File:NSMB-Minigames Logo.PNG|frame|Minigame logo, seen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'']]

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 the completion of a minigame to access a new area or gain a [[key]]. The most common form of minigame is from the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]].

==''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series minigames==

[[File:Target Blast (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS).jpg|thumb|Target Blast in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'']]

*[[Moleville Mountain]]

*[[Beetle Race]]

*[[Melody Bay]]

*[[Mushroom Derby]]  

[[File:CatchyTunes.png|200px|thumb|An in-game screenshot of [[Catchy Tunes]], a minigame from ''[[Mario Party 7]]'']]

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, and any coins players collect are added to their coin totals afterwards; players technically cannot lose unless they do not get any coins. Some minigames can last as long as ten, five, four, three, or two minutes, but a timer does not appear until 30 or 60 seconds are left.

===Minigame types===

====1-Player minigames====

*'''3rd:''' 5% of the total

*'''4th:''' 0% of the total

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 scoring in the previous installments. The reward distribution is as follows:

*'''1st:''' 65% of the total

*'''3rd:''' 5% of the total

*'''4th:''' 0% of the total

*4-Player Battle:

**'''1st:''' (50%) 6 Mini Stars

**'''2nd:''' (33%) 3 Mini Stars

**'''3rd:''' 0 Mini Stars

*4-Player Battle:

**'''1st:''' +5 Mini Stars; +4 for tie; +3 for three-way tie; +9 if three players tie for last place; +6 if two players tie for 2nd place or last

**'''2nd:''' +3 Mini Stars

**'''3rd:''' −10 Mini Stars; −5 for tie

Also, if a player lands on a [[Bowser Space]], the players can be forced into battling for half of each player's Mini Stars. However, [[Bowser]] keeps any leftover Mini Stars.

*The payout goes as follows:

'''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 4]]'', players compete against each other in a special 4-Player minigame. The losing player loses either half or all of their coins, or all of their items.

*''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'', which is a card game that utilizes the [[e-Reader]] for short minigames, is counted, ''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.

==''WarioWare'' series minigames==

Despite its focus on short [[microgame]]s, the ''[[WarioWare (series)|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.  

===''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' minigames===

====Single Player====

*[[Sew Tricky]]

*[[Foiled!]]

==''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''==

==''Mario Tennis'' series minigames==

The games in the ''[[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis]]'' series have all had minigames of some sort, with most being tennis-based, although there are some exceptions.

===[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|''Mario Tennis'' (Game Boy Color)]]===

[[File:Luigi Shooting Stars.png|thumb|Luigi Shooting Stars from ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'' for the Game Boy Color]]

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

===''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' minigames===

*Plane Game

*Paper Game  

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