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Mini-Game FAQ

by knuckles_sonic8

Fuzion Frenzy
Mini-Game FAQ
Version 1.2
Created by: knuckles_sonic8

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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

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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. 
                                                                     
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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!

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3. Game Information

Title: Fuzion Frenzy
Platform: Xbox
My Rating: 8.2/10
Number of Players: 1-4 Simultaneous 

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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...
 
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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: Be careful to avoid the embers at the corners and 
in the center of the stage.
-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: Shoot players to stun them but destroying their tank 
can give you points.
-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
***MY BEST: 

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: The two conveyor belts travel in different directions 
and at different time intervals. Master the pattern to launch
your rockets successfully.
-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.
-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: 
-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: Over time, the speed of the blades will increase.
-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

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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

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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!