I liked the FF1 mini game because it felt so OPTIONAL to completely dominating the game. In fact, there's definitely people out there who actually FROWN on playing the mini game just because it takes a lot of the challenge out of certain parts of the game. Does ANYONE actually FROWN on Racing Chocobos? What about beating Omega Weapon? Don't get me wrong, I like super bosses, they're fun, but it annoys me that most of the best stuff in the game can only be obtained through some weird sub-quest that would never ever occur to you if you didn't read the list of sub-quests on gamefaqs.com.