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Besties Battle Bracket: Game Within a Game
🕑 Added 2025-11-04 08:01:04 +0000 UTC
Image: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time via NintnedoLufeThis week, the Besties answer the age-old question: why play the main game when we can play the game within the game? Yes, friends, it's time to take a break from grand adventures and spend some quality time with a deck of cards, a fishing rod, or a cute animal in need of parenting.
Contenders:
Dondoko Island (Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth)
Journey of the Prairie King (Stardew Valley)
Queen's Blood (FF7 Rebirth)
Liar's Dice (Red Dead Redemption)
Gwent (Witcher 3)
Sushi-go-round / Lickitung Sushi (PokΓ©mon Stadium)
Geometry Wars (Project Gotham Racing 2)
Fishing (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Monkey Target (Super Monkey Ball 2)
Snake vs Monkey (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Wheels (Sea of Stars)
Chao World (Sonic Adventure 2)
Duck Racing (Shenmue 2)
Nazi Zombies (Call of Duty: World at War)
Gnat Attack (Mario Paint)
Crash Mode (Burnout 3 Takedown)
Spheda (Dark Cloud 2)
Image: Shenmue 2Rubric:
Which minigame is more distracting or enticing?
Which fits better in the universe?
Which game is more divergent from the main game?
Comments
Sam Stewart
I love how Gwent seems to suffer because Witcher 3 is so good, but then the monkey ball one suffers because Monkey Ball is so bad
Brad MacDonald
Sonic adventure 2 isnβt a good game?! What. The. Actual Fuck. I get it has some clunky levels but itβs solid. I just replayed it and of course the chao addition made it even better.
Melissa O'Neil
I donβt even remember what they were but I remember the club penguin games within games slapped π§
