The use of minigames exploded in MM, which is one of the reasons I love that game. And yes, there is variety. There is a race for each of Link's forms, the Treasure Chest Shop, Honey & Darlings', Deku Playground, unique Shooting Galleries, and the jumping game in Great Bay to name a few.
On a different note, I found
this interview on IGN:
There are some ridiculous questions asked about cooking minigames; it's funny how off topic the interview goes. I'll quote that part below:
Quote:
Q: In your GDC presentation, you made an analogy about cooking. Any chance you might incorporate a cooking mini-game into the Legend of Zelda?
Eiji Aonuma: [Laughter] To tell you the truth, I've been thinking for a long time about how I could work cooking into a game somehow. But the fact of the matter is that cooking, when you stop to think about it, is pretty boring. It's really slow work and there's not a lot you can really do to make it seem very exciting. I guess if you watch television in the US there are a lot of cooking shows and they somehow manage to make it seem exciting. So maybe if, going forward, I can find a way to make cooking seem more exciting and allow people to have fun with it, I would probably try to put it into a game. Maybe if at some point down the road there is cooking in a game, you guys can all look back and say, "Hey. I bet Aonuma did this."
Q: Do you cook often?
Eiji Aonuma: Yes. Every day.
Q: Are you a good cook?
Eiji Aonuma: Whenever a Zelda project is complete, I host a party and cook rice curry for everybody. So now whenever I ask a team member to do a difficult task, then the team member says, "Okay. You now owe me one dish of curry."
Q: Does your cooking pass the Miyamoto test?
Eiji Aonuma: I have never asked Mr. Miyamoto to eat my curry.
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As for the Hookshot maze thing, maybe it would be cool if there was a canyon and you had to use the Hookshot to go from platform to platform on the sides of the canyon, and there's something or someone in the river below who you have race or something.
Wait a second. That kinda reminds me of Spiderman. (Link=Spidey, Hookshot=web, canyon=buildings, river=road, someone/thing=criminal in car) Maybe Link could have a hookshot in each hand that would latch onto the canyon, and he would have to swing his way across the river
