I didn't find the chocobo game bad at all. During each playthrough it would take me anywhere from on the first few tries to an hour or so to get 0.0.

The butterfly catcher on the other hand, invokes pure rage . I still haven't beaten that one. Well I have, but it was at the beginning of the game, before you can actually win Kimarhi's sigil. MAN!!!

The lightening dodger looked so stupid and hard that I didn't even try.

Getting the Jupiter Sigil and Wakka's Celestial Weapon was kind of tedious, and long, but certainly doable without spending days at it, if you play a blitzball game or two each chance you get.

But, you know, at least X had mini games, even if some of them did suck.