Hello gamers! Welcome to 2025, otherwise known as the Year of Friedrich!! (this is an official title recognized by over 30 countries)

Last year, I teased the inclusion of minigames in Friedrich's. I went over the details in a livestream, and now that I've finally finished Minigame No. 1, I can share the details with you guys too!

During the night, slot machines have a rare chance of turning into ARCADE MACHINES.

If you click one, you'll be pulled out of the night and thrown into a minigame! Minigames can also be replayed from the Extras menu after being discovered.

The minigame you watched above is called Friedrunner! You play as the courageous and daring Friedrich, who must run as fast as possible to defeat the villainous Technicians! Tears will be shed. (Also, music was done by my good buddy @Hans-Moleman , thank you sir!)

Now, you're probably wondering, "What's with the WarioWare look?" Well, as demonstrated with Friedrunner, each minigame will come in an Easy, Medium, and Hard variant. Beating Easy will allow you to move on to Medium, and so on until you clear Hard and win! If you lose a minigame, difficulty won't advance and you'll lose a life. Guess what happens if you lose all three lives.

There will be three minigames! If you find this stuff confusing, here's a handy chart. This will be on the test.

Alright, that's all for minigames. I've had a lot of fun working on them so far, so I hope you all enjoy them! Until next time!