Sidetracked by the Gold Saucer: Difference between revisions

* Way back in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' for the NES, if you played it two player, there was a version of the original ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' game (and, if you played enough times to get through the very long repeating rotation of modes, a couple of other two-player minigames). You selected it by going to your 'opponent'/co-player on the map, and clicking, or by clicking as they tried to run past you! Whoever won the minigame got to have the next turn, and the players moved so that the winner got the location where the battle was fought. So (depending on where the players were on the map) you could be trapped in an endless cycle of battling to play the next level. You could steal the emblems you win at the end of levels so you could also start a cycle to get those back.

* ''[[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]'' had the Tower of Valni, the Lagdou Ruins, and random battles on the world map. In order to unlock them, one did have to play part of the way into the main game, but after that you could go through them as many times as you wanted. It helps that the ruins and tower both had rare treasure in them and that certain random battles could be used to steal items from enemies with a glitch.

** And then the sequel, ''[[Sumotori Dreams]]'', added 4 player mode and more maps. And you can't control all 4 characters. Which means lots of people will simply watch the computer battle for four seconds, and fall repeatedly for four minutes. Over and over again. If you choose to actually play for those four seconds, then you can control your character even after the round ends. These two games are made from 5% very fun game and 95% very fun other things.

* The [[Fishing Minigame]] in ''[[Breath of Fire III]]'' could be pretty fun.