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RPG Classics Mailbag
Hi, this is IonMage speaking, observer of the mailbag and patron of RPGclassics for a while. I have now actually decided to reveal myself.
Now that the intros are done.... First of all, my minigames are going to be a bit more FF-ish, particularly one of them. But they can still be done in non-FF RPGs. First is one involving an airship. Wing commander style! Your flying around the world, and all of a suden some fighters appear out of nowhere (hey if it happens on the ground, it happens in the air too), and the game switches to first-person view inside the cockpit, and you have to dogfight your way to victory! And theres this wierd 'scoring' system, where you go up in the ranks, and earn prizes for them. At 'rookie' rank, you could get a small weapon thats standard issue in the air corps (or whatever is giving out the prizes), be it a dragoon's spear, or a pistol. At 'Master' rank, you could get the ultimate summon. Forget bahamut, summoning an entire fleet of bombers would be devastating! Especially if some of them had nukes.... Another one could be (bear with this idea for a moment) owning a trade business of sorts. You could import things at low prices, sell them at high, etc. That may sound lame, but think of what other sidequests could branch from it. By forming good business relationships, you could open up some new subquests. Or, for that ultimate weapon that EVERY game has, you might need some rare materials that are not found off of slain dragons, mechs, and what-have-you, but from trade. Ok, maybe that one isnt all tooooo great, but if done right...... Now, for my FF-specific on
Ok, that last one wasnt exactly serious, but hey, whatcha gonna do? Hmmm... now what would be a good finishing move? I know! *Summons the GDI ion cannon FF style, then warps out before anyone can do anything*
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Creatures of the mailbag, Owww! Get off me! *shake shake shake* That's better.
My minigame involves escape. However, it's not just any escape... you escape in MAGICAL ARMOR similar to that of FF6! Your characters have just gotten away. However, the badguys are getting closer! You quickly hop into some nearby armor and escape over the waste dump you're hiding in. Here's how it works. There are certain kinds of garbage that will do your armor damage (your armor can take 32 hits before it breaks; if it breaks by any means, it's Game Over for you!) You have to bump into this garbage for it to do you damage; this is similar to a 2D shooter game, with you at the bottom of the screen dodging right and left. There are certain other kinds of garbage that will engage you in battle if you bump into them. They give you great EXP and GP if you win, but ideally you don't want to get into a fight at all because... there's a timer. The bad guys, having seen your escape, have activated the trash compactor. The trash compactor moves slowly because of the heavy things it has to compact (like broken armor and weaponry) but it moves inexorably. You have 4 minutes to escape before the compactor turns your armor into so much scrap metal and you into an unfortunate casualty of the garbage machine. Once you escape (IF you escape), your armor explodes from the damage it has taken, so you don't get to keep the armor. That is my idea of a good minigame. It's not too platform-y, but you still get a break from the boring overworld. Any minigame that involves the use of mechs is a good game in my book. Sincerely yours, Edmund Smith
Good evening. RPG Knight here. I once wrote into the mailbag, and I was shunned for putting my text into a .doc file. I’ll burn them all! Heheheh! Fire! Burn them all!
Hahaha! Oh! Whoops! What was I talking about again?
Oh yeah. Design your own mini-game. What would I do? Here’s an idea! I like the idea of battling mid-air like a dog-fight, and picking up weapons and shooting people down with them. That’s not that original, but still, it’s not exactly like many dog-fight mini-games you’ve played before. I’d say it’s a cross between the Dog-Fight mini-game from Super Monkey Ball 2 (or the one from Mario Party 3) and Cel Damage. That’s all I have to say. If you don’t like it, I’m adding your name to my list of "Things to Burn." Have a nice day!
*random flashy exit* (If you noticed, I never left the last mailbag. :D)
*random flashy entrace* Yet again, I am the wizardmaster! Your favorite non-newbie! Hail me! Please? Come on, HAIL ME!!! *Wizardmaster is pummeled with hail* I sure asked for that didn't I? On to the mailbag........... *Begin intermission* *Elevator music plays*
Ok, my Idea for a mini-game is.......Wait! This is the intermission! Don't read this!< *End intermission* *Elevator music ends* Now that that is over... my mini-game would be....uhhhhhhhhh...........uhhhhhh........oh! It would be a game were you squirt Ketchup (or Catsup) and Mustard at cars under a bridge! Someone honestly tell me that would not be awesome!
Another cool thing would be some kind of hidden arcade! In it would be games like pong, pac-man, and the best game ever, Galaga! Galaga r0x0rs! It would be super hard to get, and very not worth the effort. *Random flashy entrance* Just kidding *Random flashy exit*
Well. A tasteful Mini-Game? That will be kinda hard for me... How about "Bomb Kagon Whooo?"
No. Sorry, Just kidding there! Anyhow, the only one I have in mind is "Cook all Cook". Like SO 2, you have to buy food and utensils to cook with. Except, when you cook something, you can use stands in certain cities to seel your food, or start a restaurant! The objective is to attract 100 customers. By cooking, advertising, or just getting your female team mates to........"Show off". That's all from your local Insane stranger!
PC Glenton/David here... Damn, I should have signed the last letter... now everyone knows my real name. Of course, there is the little fact that David is a common name... ah, never . The perfect mini-game... well, mini-games, IMHO, are a distraction from what would otherwise be a tedious process of monster killing, looting, and questing. An icebreaker, if you will. So, the games should not really give up anything too important, or give any Uber items... just a good reward worth winning, but not too good, to warrant mastering one tiny aspect of the game. Pondering this, I have come up with this: The hero is in jail/incarcerated/grounded, and needs to break out. So, a maze appears, and you have your hero trying to sneak out. There are the usual enemies, of course. Have them change as you progress. Start with patrollers, then gradually build up to guys that can track you down. Along the way, there are tokens the char can get, which can be transferred into prizes at the end of the mini-game. So, there is motivation to take risk, but it is not necessary if you are not an expert. And, even if you get caught, you lose only about 40% of the tokens you have, and someone will rescue you later, so you get something for trying. Forgiving, I know, but hey, I want to play an RPG, not a maze game. Just my two bits...
I suppose you want me to start out with some vaguely humorous insane opening huh? Well you aren't going to get one from me! I'll just get right into it, desgining your own mini-game.
A mini-game of epic proportions, where the entire game focuses on beating the mini-game. The game begins with just giving some background on your characters and the world, blah blah blah none of that matters. Then your characters discover the mini-game, the most fiendishly difficult mini-game ever beheld by the eyes of man! The last boss can be reached from the beginning, but he's a total wuss and just distracts from the mini-game. The entire game is spent training yourself to be tough enough to master the mini-game. And when you complete the mini-game you receive for your trouble some pathetically underpowered weapon. The mini-game should test for reflexes, intelligence, and how well your player character has trained. It should have supremely irritating music, and should you twitch or make the slightest mistake it will instantly kill you and force you to start over.That's pretty much it. ClothHat out, and remember; Just say NO to huggling.
Hey there, all. GG Crono 4 is in da hiz-ouse! ...did I really say that? ›_‹
Now, my own minigame, oh the possiblilties...part of me wants to say "Tifa strip poker", but the other part is trying to give a serious answer. Let's see now... Another card game would be the obvious choice, but I don;t really have the time to think THAT up. :) I think a cool minigame would be a little RType-esque shooter. Maybe you could pilot a flying chocobo with a moogle riding it and shoot flying Bombs and Cactuars and what-not. Yeah, I think that would be cool. Maybe a nice little game of whack-a-Tonberry, as well. ^_^ Anywho, that's all for now. Til next time, this is GG Crono 4, signing off! Rock on!
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