One of the smaller niche categories of titles I’ve run into over the last generation, that has always been a challenge to review, are mini game collections. While that may bring to mind the likes of titles like Mario Party, these lack the connective board game mechanic, instead simply having you work your way through pretty random mini games, typically needing to meet some threshold for the current one to unlock the next. That doesn’t always work out well if some clunky game ties things up for a little while, but in general it’s a sensible approach to be sure people sample everything the collection has to offer, not just hitting a few mini games and then throwing it aside.

What’s interesting here is that these aren’t just some randomly-created mini games, they’re instead updated versions of popular games from the Neopets website, with a few surprises to be found as well. In fact, for people with an account there, they can also link it up for some additional rewards, which is at least a nice added bonus effort for existing fans. Even if you’re not familiar with them though, this is a pretty diverse collection of approachable mini games that should mostly be playable even by less experienced gamers, opening the door to enjoyment to just about anyone looking for some reasonably-mild challenges.

Given that the collection includes over 25 different mini games, it’s inevitable that you’ll like some more than others, but in order to get to all of them you’ll need to go through the game’s pretty basic story mode. As you can imagine, there’s not a whole lot of rich lore to explore here, but again there’s a certain family-friendly charm to it all, and long-time fans will likely appreciate it. You’ll have to slowly make your way through multiple groups of games, needing to hit a target score in each title in the group to be allowed to move on to the next. For the most part the instructions for each mini game are adequate, though some have odd nuances that may not immediately be clear, so there can be some room for frustration with a few of them. None of this may be terribly groundbreaking, but it’s nice to see titles like this, that are more family fun oriented, at least take a stab at making something reasonably appealing for the right audience.