Best. Minigame. Ever.

FFVIII-triple triad was quite phenomenal. i really liked the ability to change rules in areas depending on where you played. the add and same rules made things pretty crazy too.

though i never had the opportunity to utilize the massively multiplayer function of uber battle pong in Lunar:SSSC it was quite fun too.

ape escape in general has some pretty amusing minigames being that it utilized the analog sticks for the first time.

Galaxy monkey: grab a friend, cause its Twoplayer. shoot on screen enemies to progress deeper into space. pretty simple, but the pigs that inflate after getting shot can alter the win streak.

Specter Boxing: (also t2woplayer) i played this for hours on end (and wore away the soft rubbery coating on the twin analog sticks (;^_^) ). the right and left sticks control the arms of the monkey respectively. by rhythmically alternating punches, you could inflict more damage to the squealing contender.

Monkey climber (ape escape 2): CRAZY!!! this game was quite amusing. you shimmy up and down vines to collect the 5 bananas in the stage as fast as you can. it's controlled in a manner similar to that of specter boxing (left stick-left arm etc.) but in order to grasp the vines, R1 controls the right hand, and L1 controls the left hand. it later becomes a feat to launch one's self across the entire stage to get an isolated banana.

Mesal Gear Solid (ape escape 3): it's a 5 stage monkey themed metal gear solid experience with ape escape controls. it's pretty long. i spent a couple hours playing through it (saving hostages, and collecting monkeytags). it was very amusing.

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and the non-ape escape minigames worthy of mention.

Legend of the mystical Ninja (SNES)- all of them. there are several of them, but my favorites were hockey (air hockey vs. comp/2p), mole (8 button mole-whacking game easy is nice, and hard is difficult), and maze (pso style dungeon where you collect powerups).

Point Blank-Quest Mode: i thought it was pretty cool. they made a mini-rpg out of a story about a mysterious treasure found on an island out in the middle of nowhere that needs meticulous exploration.

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but most of all, i'd like to credit the minigame games such as:
Incredible Crisis (psx)-an assortment of different button mashing games. as well as some more intellectual types.
Bishi Bashi Special (psx JP)-a series that i find to be the predecessor of wario ware.
Wario Ware$ inc. (GBA/DS/GC)-the game that aims at completing microgames in rapid succession without failing more than 3 times (in the main mode at least)

i'm sure there are more that i like... but this should be enough for now...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

having been social lately, i relived the minigames of Zelda:Four Swords (GC) and Mister Mosquito.

I always thought that Hammer Tag of Four Swords was rather fun. One person is "it" and must hit another person with a hammer to prevent their timer from running. once another player is hit, they are given the hammer and are "it" until they can hit someone. once a player's timer reaches 1 minute the game ends. so it's literally a game of tag with a hammer. though, having corrupted teamwork throughout the main game, any of the minigames are a great way to alleviate the frustrations (;^_^).

In Mister Mosquito, there is a 2p minigame by the name of "The Reckless Cyclist" in this minigame there are two old men on bikes on a tower stretching far into the sky. the object of this game is to push the opposing player over the edge of the tower. i've witnessed several "matches" lasting 50+ rounds of endless minimalistic fun. i would compare the flow of this to something like pong, for its perpetual aspect.

There's nowhere I can't reach.