Potential minigames
Dunno if those have been suggested, but haven't found an idea whil using search function, so here we go:
1-Jet Ski minigame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YT_bRu1Bm4
So the game can keep its main structure, it is a matter of appearance: The player is on a jet ski, the floor is water. Three lanes, discreet, like in grey or dotted. Limited at the right and left by colored buoys. On the way you have bombs, trampolines slopes, some ships shooting cannon balls and water whirlpools to avoid. The level end when you broke all the crates. There isn't any aku aku crate, it is a loop than end when you destroyed all the crates. There could be a ranking based on time used. There could be challenges like find the hidden gems.
2-Minecart ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTff-cRE8GU
You are always in the cart. There are curves and holes. You can jump with the cart, spin to activate switchs or swing left or right to change path or break crates on the sides. The goal is this time to kill all the foes on the way. There could be too a ranking based on rapidity. Some trophy crates maybe hidden around.
3- Jetboard ride
This time it is multiplayer and is a variant of the endless run, you pass from a water lane to another to jump on the trampoline slopes, avoid wood barriers, mines, whirlwind, the last alive win. Kinda look like jet ski but in the jungle. And Multiplayer friendly version.
Through if all minigames are just endless runs but with different appearances, it will become boring rapidly, here are other ideas but that may require more coding:
4- Jetpack battle
Two players are fighting between themselves. You at foreground, and the other that occupy the place of boss in boss battles. There is Neo Cortex on a flying machine at the center that shot at the two players green and red lasers balls. When a green arrive at you and you spin, it sends it back using the same lane, toward the other player that have to send it back by spinning or being hit. It can be like each player have a life bar, or like pong, if the green energy ball pass, you gain a point. And you have to reach a certain number of hit in any case. The red ball could be explosive, you have to avoid it.
5- Motor Cycle race
This is a spicy mini game, you and the two other contestants have to reach the finish line. But, not only first, but with the best time. Tons of crates on the way will be time crates of 1, 2 or 3 seconds. To sum up, in addition of avoiding lab assistants driving cars, you have to accelerate or use the break, collect the time crates or not, and avoid the obstacles! The player with the best time, win. And it isn't necessarely the fastest but maybe the crate breaker.
