Fuzion Frenzy Mini-Game FAQ Version 1.3 (Final) Created by: knuckles_sonic8 ************************************** Table of Contents: 1. Disclaimer 2. FAQ Information 3. Game Information 4. Version History 5. All Mini-Games 6. Greatest Mini-Games 7. Thank You ************************************** 1. Disclaimer I give permission to www.gamefaqs.com to use my FAQ on their site. No other site, nor individual person, may use my FAQ in its entirety, or part of it, by ripping off, copying and pasting, selling, rewriting, redistributing or in any way shape or form duplicating or taking part of this FAQ without documented permission from me. To violate any of the above is a serious crime and you will be dealt with by the law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. FAQ Information This is an FAQ created by me to assist all you Fuzion Frenzy fans in defeating your friends in the various Mini-Games this party game has to offer. I hope you heed my advice carefully for it will help lead you to victory! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Game Information Title: Fuzion Frenzy Platform: Xbox My Rating: 8.2/10 Number of Players: 1-4 Simultaneous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Version History Version 1.0 - The guide has all the Mini-Games found within the guide listed. There may be room for improvement in a later version, however. Version 1.2 - All my best scores added. Minor touchups made. Added more tips. Need goal for Pod Hog. Missed it for some reason... Version 1.3 - Goal for Pod Hog added. New tips for a few of the games. Minor edits. Most likely the final update. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. General Mini-Games Here is the full list of Mini-Games found in Fuzion Frenzy listed in alphabetical order. Enjoy! *You can now find my best scores for some of the games below, all made with Computers set to the Normal difficulty. Air Raid -Goal: Scoop up tokens for points. -Hint: Avoid the falling bombs! -My Hint: (1) Be careful to avoid the embers at the corners and in the center of the stage. (2) Bombs will flash from green to yellow to red to indicate when they will explode. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 3/10 ***MY BEST: 188 Armored Antics -Goal: Grab tokens and shoot other players for points! -Hint: Bounce your bullets off the walls to catch people by surprise. -My Hint: (1) Shoot players to stun them but destroying their tank can give you points. (2) Fire two shots at opponents to destroy their tank. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 84 Blast Man Standing -Goal: Throw bombs at other players to blow them up! -Hint: Hold down "A" longer to throw your bombs farther. -My Hints: (1) You can still throw bombs that have been thrown by your opponents. (2) After 3 hits, you'll be eliminated. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Blast Off -Goal: Collect rockets and carry them to the launching pad. Launch the most rockets to win. -Hint: You can carry 5 rockets at once. -My Hint: Punch your opponents to steal their rockets. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 58 Bombstruck -Goal: Throw bombs at other players to blow them up! -Hint: Hold "B" longer to throw farther. -My Hint: The more opponents you hit at once, the more points you will receive. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 5/10 Bumper Race -Goal: Complete 5 laps first to win. -Hint: Bombs cause loss of control! -My Hints: (1) Try to boost off the ramp near the end to get a sudden burst of speed. (2) Try to dash into other players to push them into bombs. (3) When you approach a bomb, try going slower in an attempt to dodge it. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 ***MY BEST: 1:19 Burning Fuse -Goal: Light the fuse to launch rockets of your color. Paint rockets to make them yours. Get more paint if someone launches your rocket. -Hint: Rockets score for that player no matter who launches it. -My Hint: (1)The two conveyor belts travel in different directions and at different time intervals. Master the pattern to launch your rockets successfully. (2) Rockets along the second belt score more points than the belt in front of you. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 4/10 Centrifugal Farce -Goal: Collect the most tokens, but avoid falling through the gaps in the platform. -Hint: Falling off the floor costs you points. -My Hint: (1) Punch your opponents off to waste their time. (2) Get as many points as you can when the game starts as all the platforms will only be intact for a couple of seconds. (3) Your jump doesn't have a far reach so plan where you're about to jump and jump at the right moment when the platform comes to you. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 42 Collector -Goal: Grab loose white pods or shoot them off other players' tails then carry the pods to the goal. -Hint: Get more points for delivering multiple pods. -My Hint: Power-ups will allow you to move faster, fire faster shots, and fire shots in a wider range. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 3/10 ***MY BEST: 35 Cooperation -Goal: You and (the game left out: "a") teammate each take an orb to a different goal at the same time to score. -Hint: Players from different teams can score at the same time. -My Hint: Punch other players to steal their orbs. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 5/10 Energy Ball -Goal: Grab orbs, or attack players to steal their orbs, and carry them to the goal to score. -Hint: Power up the orb by carrying it over the floor lights. -My Hint: For every time that you power up your orb, the total number of points received is multipled (by 3 the first time, by 5 the second time and by 7 the third time). -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Erodeo -Goal: Collect tokens to score but avoid falling down a hole or hitting a wall. -Hint: Cut away a tile by drilling it 3 times. -My Hint: (1) If you hit a wall, another player or if you fall off, you are eliminated. (2) Once 3 players are eliminated the game is over so don't let it be you. (3) Watch where the computers are going to anticipate their movements before they end up knowcking you off. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 ***MY BEST: 108 Exterminator -Goal: Splat the most bugs to win. Smash the spore bug and use the explosion to kill bugs and hurt players. -Hint: Avoid the spore bug blast yourself! -My Hint: Exterminating the worm will get you the most points. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 ***MY BEST: 315 Falling Star -Goal: Catch glitter and carry it to the goal. Collect the most glitter to win. -Hint: Attack players to steal their glitter. -My Hint: (1) You can get a maximum of 50 points for each time you go to drop off your glitter. (2) Jump in the air to collect more glitter once it starts to fall. -Fun Factor: 1/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 2/10 Hockey -Goal: Knock pucks into goals to score points. -Hint: Knock players into goals for points. -My Hint: (1) Avoid going for the one everyone else is going for. (2) Use your boosts wisely to knock someone in one of the goals. (3) Be ready to knock one of your opponents into the goals when they are going for one of the pucks. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 85 Jetboat Sprint -Goal: Complete 3 laps first to win. -Hint: Bump into other players to knock them off course! -My Hint: Watch out for dead ends. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 Jetstream -Goal: Try not to get swept over the waterfall. -Hint: Push other players off the edge. -My Hint: (1) Watch out for falling obstacles. (2) Over time, the speed of the current will increase. (3) Maneuver around obstacles to aavoid getting knocked off. (4) Obstacles will make you temporarily stunned. Careful... -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Knockout -Goal: Knock everyone else off the ice. -Hint: Avoid the freeze ray in the middle of the ice. -My Hints: (1) Try knocking your opponents into the freeze ray in the middle. (2) Boost into your opponents when they are frozen to knock them off. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 ***MY BEST: 34 Laser Snare -Goal: Surround the most tokens with your laser trail. Surround players to destroy them. -Hint: Get more points by circling a lot of tokens with your trail. -My Hint: (1) Watch out for the trails of your opponents! (2) Try to get as many as you can but less can be more if you're fast enough. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 239 Misguided Missiles -Goal: Use your remote-controlled bombs to blow up other players. -Hint: Use the "Right Thumbstick" to walk your bomb toward other players. -My Hint: Use bombs on the run. Standing in one place will leave you susceptible to another attack. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Money Pool -Goal: Collect the most tokens to win. -Hint: You lose points if you get sucked into the whirlpool! -My Hints: (1) If you get sucked into the whirlpool, try reversing to get out of it. (2) Try bumping other players into the whirlpool. (3) More tokens are located towards the whirlpool. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 2/10 ***MY BEST: 75 Mystery Beat -Goal: Fill in the ?s to create a rhythm that everyone else must follow. -Hint: Other players score if you miss a beat making a pattern. -My Hint: (1) Try using a variety of beats when making your pattern to avoid predictability. (2) Multiple buttons can be pressed simultaneously for a beat. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 ***MY BEST: 406 Odd One Out -Goal: Keep hold of an orb to avoid being eliminated when the timer runs out. Be the last to survive! -Hint: Attack players to steal their orbs. -My Hints: (1) Use the escalators to help you steal orbs from opponents or to escape from opponents. (2) Try throwing pots and other items found within the arena to hurt your opponents, wasting their time. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Paint Panic -Goal: Help your bugs escape. Spray the bugs to make them yours. -Hint: Steal other bugs by spraying them your color. -My Hints: (1) Bigger bugs are worth more points. (2) Stay close to your bugs to ensure they reach your goal. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 ***MY BEST: 249 Pinball -Goal: Take the orb to the white bumper to score points. -Hint: Bash into other players to steal the orb. -My Hint: Try using the Boost to steal the orb from your opponents. -Fun Factor: 1/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 3/10 Pod Hog -Goal: Hold onto a pot the longest. Free a captured pod by shooting the tails of your opponents. -Hint: Hold on to both pods at the same time for extra points! -My Hint: (1) The longer you hold on to a pod, the more points you will receive. (2) Use boosts to avoid opponents. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 ***MY BEST: 74 Prop Rotation -Goal: Grab tokens for points and avoid the blades! -Hint: Hitting the blades cost you points. -My Hint: (1) Over time, the speed of the blades will increase. (2) When the blades get really fast, run in the direction that the blades are turning and collect coins along the way. This will help you collect tokens whilst still being able to effectively avoid the blades. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 6/10 ***MY BEST: 152 Pyrotechnician -Goal: Carry 3 kegs of the same color to your station to launch the best display. -Hint: Gold kegs are worth the most points. -My Hint: You can't carry different kegs at a time. You need to carry 3 of the same color to receive points. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 4/10 Rhythm -Goal: Repeat the DJ's drum sequences by pressing the corresponding buttons as they reach the top of the screen. -Hint: Listen to the break beat to help your timing. Use both thumbs! -My Hint: (1) Occasionally, the speed of the sequences will both increase and decrease. (2) Occasionally, you may need to press 2 buttons simultaneously for one beat. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 ***MY BEST: 803 Roller Ruckus -Goal: Complete 5 laps first to win. -Hint: Try not to fall off the track! -My Hint: (1) Bash other players to knock them off the track. (2) Slow down a bit at tight corners. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 9/10 ***MY BEST: 1:23 Rollmentum -Goal: Roll your cage over the active goals to score the most points. -Hint: Bash your opponents out of the way! -My Hint: Once you roll over an active goal, you'll bounce high up in the air. Use the air time to move towards the next goal. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Rubble Alliance -Goal: Cut away the floor beneath you and be the last to score! Play for 3 rounds! -Hint: Use your booster to outrun and trap other players. -My Hint: The longer you survive a round, the more points you will receive. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Rude Food -Goal: Splat the most bugs to win and defend your burger as long as you can! -Hint: If your burger is eaten up, you are eliminated! -My Hint: Splat bugs near your burger's area so you can defend your burger at the same time. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 4/10 ***MY BEST: 260 Scratch Match -Goal: Repeat the DJ's drum sequences by pressing the corresponding buttons as they reach the top of the screen. -Hint: Miss a beat and you'll lose a life. -My Hint: After 8 misses, you'll be eliminated. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 9/10 Space Tails -Goal: Collect the most pods to win. You must shoot pods off other players' tails. -Hint: Aim for the neutral pods. -My Hint: After a while, orbs will turn the color of the player in possession of it if it remains on their tail and you'll have a harder time shooting pods off their tail. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 5/10 Special Delivery -Goal: Carry an orb to a drop zone to score. -Hint: Shoot other players to make them drop their orbs. -My Hint: Once you get an orb, drive to the shortest route and watch out for opponents. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Sumo -Goal: Knock everyone else into the water. -Hint: Try to stay in the middle! -My Hint: (1) Gradually, the stage will get smaller and smaller until only one player remains. (2) Build up momentum to bash into an opponent with a goal of knocking them off. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 9/10 Tailblazer -Goal: Avoid the ice tails and be the last to survive. Play for 3 rounds! -Hint: Trap other players with your tail. -My Hint: You are allowed to touch the wall. Use it to dodge your opponents' tails. -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Tank Tangle -Goal: Capture the most command points by driving your tank into the flashing circles. -Hint: The more command points you keep, the faster your score increases. -My Hint: Occasionally, the red walls will drop. Use that opportunity to activate any nearby circles. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 4/10 ***MY BEST: 149 Tank Tracks -Goal: Complete 3 laps first to win. -Hint: Shoot players to stop them in their tracks! -My Hint: When red walls drop, use the opportunity to take a faster route to the goal. -Fun Factor: 3/5 -Difficulty: 2/5 -Final Rating: 7/10 Tube Tremors -Goal: Splat the most bugs to win. -Hint: Avoid the trains! -My Hint: Try to exterminate the worm when it appears for it wields the most points. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 4/10 ***MY BEST: 230 Twisted System -Goal: Jump or duck the cooling rods to survive the longest. -Hint: Don't blink! -My Hint: Jumping or ducking too early may result in you hitting a rod. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 4/5 -Final Rating: 9/10 ***MY BEST: 81 with Computer's on Hard Victim -Goal: Whenever time runs out, the player holding the bomb will be eliminated, until only one survives. -Hint: Pass on the bomb by attacking other players. -My Hint: Throw pots and other items in the arena at your opponents to either help the player with the bomb or protect yourself from the player with the bomb. -Fun Factor: 5/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Volt Vault -Goal: Avoid the electricity to survive the longest. -Hint: Lose 3 lives and you're out! -My Hints: (1) Don't try attacking your opponents. You make yourself an easy target for the electricity. (2) Some areas of the arena are faster than others. (3) Sometimes, the arena will trick you in going opposite directions. Stay on your toes! -Fun Factor: 4/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 8/10 Water Gate Scramble -Goal: Race through the gates the way the arrows point. First one over the finish line wins! -Hint: Bump into other players to knock them off course! -My Hint: Be sure to go into the gate the way the arrows point. -Fun Factor: 2/5 -Difficulty: 3/5 -Final Rating: 2/10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Greatest Mini-Games Here is a list of the Top 10 greatest Mini-Games in the game: 10. Rubble Alliance 9. Tailblazer 8. Volt Vault 7. Mystery Beat 6. Jetstream 5. Victim 4. Roller Ruckus 3. Scratch Match 2. Twisted System 1. Sumo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Thank You Thank you to: -My fingers, for typing this guide at a quick typing speed I might add. :D -GameFAQS for making the game -Microsoft for creating an enjoyable party game (and its sequel, although I never tried it and probably never will since I don't have a 360) -YOU for reading my guide. Thanks for helping make this guide possible!