Mario Land: Minigame Mayhem
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| Developer(s) | Kritter |
| Announce Date | Mid 2003 |
| Release Date | To be decided |
| Genre | Minigame Compilation / RPG |
| Players | 1 |
| Input | Standard keyboard |
| Medium | Multimedia Fusion |
| Platform | Windows |
| Status | 64 Completed Minigames |
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Mario Land: Minigame Mayhem is a fangame created by Kritter, which started in Mid 2003 as an MFGG fangame. The original game starred Mario in a theme park called MFGG Land, in which all the MFGGers had stalls with minigames that Mario could play for coins.
It originally featured hand-made sprites and graphics, but was later changed to M&L style sprites and backgrounds, which caused Kritter to remove all the MFGG members, and replace them with characters and sprites from the game. Originally, a lot of the minigames were created by the MFGG members as well, but now Kritter makes all the minigames on his own.
Though Kritter may one day include the MFGGers in the game as trophy prizes, due to a large number of MFGG members being sprited in M&L style by Starpower.
Gameplay Mechanics
Overworld
The overworld of the game is a huge, top-down, sprawling theme park, with dozens of minigame stalls, people who walk around and you can talk to them, and things to see and do. The basic look and feel is like that of any RPG, a top-down world. You can talk to people which brings up a dialogue box, and can accept their minigames.
Minigames
Minigames cost coins to play, and the cost of the game depends on the difficulty of the game, or how much you can earn in return, ranging from 0 to 15 so far. You start off with 0 coins, but can seek out Toadsworth for a 20 coin prize, which he will give you each time you fall short of cash. Once you have coins, you can begin spending them however you see fit.
Playing a minigame will cost a certain amount of coins, usually if you win the minigame, you can get more coins back in return, such as paying 5 to play and getting 10 in return if you win. If you lose however, you will not get your coins back.
Coins can be used to purchase cosmetic outfits such as Fire Mario or Racoon Mario, to wear around the park. The outfits currently do not appear in minigames, and probably won't.
In addition to minigames, there are also achievements to earn for most minigames, ranging from simply completing the game, to meeting a certain condition such as beating a minigame only jumping less than 3 times. Some minigames also have online high scores which you can submit your highest score to.
To save your game, you must make a deposit in the bank, which will save your coin amount, and to continue playing, you must withdraw your coins from the bank.
The park areas vary, the park itself is host to most minigames. There's also an arcade building with minigames you can play, the plan is to include arcade-type clones such as frogger or centipede etc, or games that are high-score enabled. One such minigame is E.Gadd's coffee, a game that people will compete for an online high score to make the most coffee in the allotted time. Another area in the game is the Card Pavilion, where you can compete in the toughest minigame, the card battles, among other card-based games. There will also be a ghost house with scary themed minigames, such as Boo's Attic, a game that has you hunting down books in a dark attic while avoiding Boo's that come at you out of the dark.
Minigames
The core of Minigame Mayhem is, of course, the minigames, which are all themed as sideshow type games generally, each one having a host who will explain the basic rules and ask you if you want to play.
The current minigame listing is as follows:
Park Games:
- Fireball Frenzy
- Bullet Bill Barrage
- Strength Test
- Perplexing pipes
- Whack a Monty mole
- Conveyer Belt Carnage
- Hedge Maze
- Memory Match
- Lucky Pipe
- Platform Panic
- Tug of War
- Mushroom Chance
- Mushroom Roulette
- Duel
- Rotating Rope Jump
- Coin catch
- Treetop Turmoil
- Music Match
- Panel Flip
- Mathemaddicts
- Moneybag Shuffle
- Boom Skip Splash
- Addiction Addition
- Electrifried
- Bullet Bill Bounce
- Cheep Cheep Chaos
- Block Attack
- Thwomp's Platform Challenge 1
- Block Stacker
- Pokey Pokin'
- Rocket Bill
- Shooting Gallery
- Crane Game
- Halls of Bowletta
- Wiggler Battle
- Bowser Battleship Bedlam
- Matchmaker
- Present Popping
- Thunderstruck
- Shell Shoot
- Minion Marathon
- Trivia Time
- Thwomp Stomp
- Fireball Fury
- Donut Dash
- Memory Spin
- Bust a Pose
- Descent Decision
Arcade Games:
- Capsule Machine
- Slot Machine: Numbers
- Slot Machine: Pictures
- E.Gadds Coffee
- Goomba Arcade Game
- Stackup
- Virus Invaders Arcade Game
- Toad's Food Time
Card Pavilion Games:
- Card Game
- Card Duel (Bowser)
- Card Duel (Luigi)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Panel Flip Risk
Ghost House Games:
- Boo Blasting
- Boo's Attic
- Laser Malarkey
- Walk of Faith
- Tricky Timer
- Glurp Grab
Endgame:
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These minigames are currently close to finised and just need park integration or some further changes.
- Target Test
- Shell Stacker
- Spring Tower
- Minecart Madness
These minigames are planned and started or have a basic engine but are not yet finished
- Treasure Hunt
- Picture Perfect
Due to a Hard Drive crash, Kritter lost literally year of progress on this game, as well as MMF itself but recently reaquired a copy of MMF and began diligently working on this game. Most minigames have already been remade along with a whole bunch of new ones. Current listing of minigames and their completion can be seen above. Hopefully this game will be due out in mid to late 2011.
Screenshots
Here are a few extra screenshots, for more, please check the topic at MFGG.
Addiction Addition Minigame
Play arcade based games for high scores
Some other minigames have online high scores too
Card Duelling minigame is either a money maker or a deal breaker
Expect a lot of retro in the Arcade
