Only one barrel has to be pushed for Aeris to make it to the top without getting into a battle however, all of the troops can be taken out with barrels. The player must call out commands and push barrels on enemies to protect her. In the Sector 5 slums church, the player can help Aerith climb to the top. Many of the minigames played here also appear earlier in the game as part of progressing the story.

Players can play various minigames at the Wonder Square in the Gold Saucer. A mini-boss is protecting Kefka, and the player will have to fight it to fight Kefka. The parties have to protect Banon from the oncoming imperial forces in the maze-like snowfields above Narshe. The second time this happens during Kefka's invasion of Narshe in search for the frozen esper. The first minigame has Locke along with Ten Moogles protect the unconscious Terra from the Guard Leader near the moogles' home where she has fallen from the floor above within the Narshe Mines. If a party is defeated they will reappear near the target they have to protect with a single HP. Locke and moogles trying to save Terra in the minigame.Īt two points in the story the player controls multiple parties and protect someone from oncoming foes. Any stat boosts earned will carry over to any other game file. There are five minigames total, each applying to one of the five final characters: Rydia, Cecil, Kain, Rosa, and Edge, and all boost one of Whyt's five stats. After gaining enough points the player is rewarded with a certain item. The minigames require use of a stylus to the Nintendo DS's touchscreen and can give the player items and increase Whyt's stats. In the Nintendo DS version, five minigames are available from the Fat Chocobo. Main article: Minigames in Final Fantasy IV In the iOS version, players have to shake the device to activate the minigame. Similarly, in the 20th Anniversary release, the player must hold down and keep pressing 22 times. In the Dawn of Souls version, the player must hold down and keep pressing.

The way the minigame is accessed depends on the control scheme used. In the Dawn of Souls and subsequent versions, having a character with Level 16 Toad spell grants access to the Memory Puzzle's Frog Mode where character portraits are replaced with their Frog counterparts, making it much more difficult, but this version of the minigame yields better prizes, such as Genji equipment. Doing it as quickly as possible with few errors gives better prizes. The portraits flip over, and the player has to try and match them. While riding the snowcraft, the player can access a 4-by-4 grid with two of each character's portrait. The game has evolved throughout remakes, incorporating a time limit, with faster times yielding better rewards. and or and ), or holding one and tapping the other, a certain number of times. It involves rapidly tapping both primary face buttons used in that version (e.g. While onboard the boat, pressing a certain button combination will unlock a sliding numbers puzzle called 15 Puzzle.

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