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I’m only going to give brief instructions here, I suspect there will be people
who will produce detailed FAQs on these in time to come. If there aren’t, and
people have problems with these, I’ll come back and buff up this section.

1 - Tree Minigame
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UNLOCKED   : Get the Pakapon Cap from Mission 2.
REQUIRES   : One Leather Meat per play.
WHY PLAY IT: Easy source of Wood (Levels 1 - 3), and more rarely Ores (Level 1 
             - 3). Oh, and CRAPLOADS of useless leaves.

Basically the Bon Bon Tree sings a set of 8 songs, comprised of a wide range
of notes (ok fine just Bon). Once he’s done singing, just press Circle the 
same number of times he sang ’Bon’ in the last song. 

It’s an easy Minigame, and the rewards are good at the beginning. I remember
getting my first Tytanium here! You’ll need Ores quickly to build your army
at the start. 

BTW, is it not disturbing that you’re picking up the remnants of dandruff from 
a talking tree?

But hey you’re a God of talking walking Eyeballs, so it shouldn’t faze you.

2 - Flower Minigame
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UNLOCKED   : Get the Zakpon Cap from Mission 8.
REQUIRES   : One Banal Branch per play.
WHY PLAY IT: Main source of Vegetables, though the last few Plant Bosses do 
             drop Vegetables regularly too. You need these to make Stews!

Basically, just keep tapping Circle at a steady rhythm. You should be able to
hear the proper tempo from the "Oh oh oh’ that the FLower sings.

You know you’re doing it right if the Flower’s mood starts improving and 
eventually smiles. If the Flower starts frowning and flipping you the finger, 
you’re probably pressing Circle too fast, too slow, or at an inconsistent pace.

You’ll know what type of veggies you’re going to get by how happy the Flower
has been throughout the game: If she were continually ecstatic, then you are 
going to receive higher grade veggies. If you missed a couple of beats, then
you get the leftovers she pooped out.

When she decides to reward you, she’ll throw the veggies up in the air, and you
have to catch them as they come down. Listen for the sound of the veggies 

falling, and press Circle just before the falling sound ends. Zakpon should 
jump up and catch them.

You’ll have to try a few times with this, because you need to remember just how
long the sounds go on for. It’s quite a tricky Minigame, if you ask me. And er,
this is pretty embarrassing, but I have no idea what the higher level veggies
are for. You only need Eyball Cabbages for the Cooking Minigame... so...

3 - Mountain Minigame
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UNLOCKED   : Get the Kimpon Cap from Mission 14B.
REQUIRES   : One Tender Meat per play.
WHY PLAY IT: Good source of Hard Irons or Tytaniums!

Ok this Minigame drove me up the wall. What happens is that the Mountain’s 
toes light up in a song, either Single-Beats or Double-Beats. A typical song
he would play is:

Tap, Tap, Tap, Pause, Tap, Tap, Tap-Tap

As you can see, you’re expected to mimic this by pressing Circle. I had 
problems adapting to this bloody rhythm after coming back from a 4-Beat mission
but it’s definitely doable.

The best I can say is practise. But trust me, the whiny Mountain’s ’Noooo’
everytime you screw up makes you a twisted person inside, especially if you 
keep screwing up like me.

4 - Cooking Minigame
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UNLOCKED   : Get the Gashapon Cap from Mission 17.
REQUIRES   : One Eyeball Cabbage per play.
WHY PLAY IT: Only source of Stews!

It’s a fun and very rewarding Minigame. Basically, just time your Circle
presses perfectly to slice the food before they drop in. Look at the Pot’s 
face to see if you did it right. 

If you get a perfect run, you get Divine Stew, which really is quite good!

5 - Smith Minigame
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UNLOCKED   : Get the Kampon Cap from Mission 22A
REQUIRES   : Either one Hard Iron, or one Mytheerial per play.
WHY PLAY IT: Only place for Divine Weapons! And Alloys too!

You want this game for the Divine Weapons, pure and simple. However, to get
them you must offer up the Mytheerial, the Hard Irons (even on a perfect run)
will only net you Alloys up to Level 3 (Awesome Alloy).

The game consists of four cycles. Cycle 1 - 3 are in increasing speeds, while
Cycle 4 goes back to a slow speed.

What happens is that the Fwoosh Famoose the Furnace Guy will tap his right leg
which is when you’ll hear the Furnace Fart. Right after, you hit Circle to 
temper the Ore. He either blows the bellows in Single-Beats or Double-Beats,
so tap Circle accordingly.

At the beginning of each cycle you’ll keep hearing the Furnace Fart, so look
closely at his right leg to tell how much times you should press Circle. 

Cycle 1 is easy, Cycle 2 is tougher, and Cycle 3 is killer. Here, your double-
taps must be the springy sort, so that they don’t overlap into the next 
beat(s). It’s not easy, but practise to get the hang of it.

When you do a perfect run, or just miss one or two beats with the Mytheerial,
you’ll get a Divine Weapon. The Furnace apparently gives them out in a set 
order, so you must get one before you can get the next. Once you get all of 
them, getting a perfect run here will only net you Magic Alloys. If you screw
up slightly, you also get Magic Alloys instead of Divine Weapons.

I had originally thought that there was a set order in which the Gold Weapons
would be produced, but it seems as if the order is fixed only for your 
particlar game. That means that my fixed order is going to be different from 
yours, so there’s no need for me to list mine here! Just know that it comes in
a fixed order! Thanks, Waynec02!

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My goodness what an insane amount of work this FAQ took. Anyways, do go out and
get this game if you haven’t! It’s apparently even cheaper in the US, 
apparently because the marketing guys at Sony were worried that the people 
wouldn’t take to such a genre-mashing game. 

Thanks for reading this far, send me any questions you have about the game, 
and would love to hear any feedback you have about this guide! In future 
revisions I’ll try to include a detailed Boss guide, so that we can figure out
how to tackle them at higher levels!

Thanks too for all the people who’ve helped in the updating of this guide, 
your emails of support and information I missed out really helped to make all
this more robust!

Pon-Pata-Pon-Pata for now!

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