Sounds like good news. I think most FFs from the PS1 era did have some gimmick mini game like VII with the chocobo racing, squat competition, VIII I can't quite remember if there was one, but I think there probably was, and IX had a couple, like when swinging back and forth to break out of jail and tbhe Festival of the Hunt. XII had a few that were apart of the story too. Maybe they meant the lack of it meant that tthere was no real break in the gameplay.