still harping on minigames

[+kisrael]

Heh. I had an idea for a homebrew party game, like for DreamCast or something: "Block Party", with tons and tons of minigames...the theme would be the fact that for most of the games each player is controlling a square. (Actually it might be cool to keep everything strictly 2D, keep that old school flava) Part of that is a gimmick, partially it's easier to do collision detection...

 

Anyway, I wonder what the copyright protection individual minigames enjoy? I mean I'm tempted to cruise through Mario Parties and Fuzion Frenzy and figure out which ones really click and try to imitate them...hmmm.

[Jess Ragan]

You could probably get away with it... after all, a lot of those mini-games are based on previously released titles, ranging from Donkey Kong to Duck Hunt. Personally, though, I think you should try to come up with some fresh ideas... that's what makes each new installment of Wario Ware entertaining.

 

JR

[+kisrael]

Well, at least half of the charm of Wario's minigames wasn't the game mechanic but the quirkiness of the setting. There really was only a much smaller # of actual "games", but a lot of charm in the presentation.

 

That's one thing that would be an interesting preperation for Mario Party; cataloging each game, and categorizing them (and noting which ones are deriviative or straight copies of other minigames in the series.)

 

Just thinking for a few seconds, game types include "button mashers", "escapes", "buttons in pattern" "reaction timers", "arena fights", "novelty controls" etc....

 

And besides wouldn't a 4 person joustpong/flap-ping tourney be original?