As the narrator of Minecraft story mode once said “Nothing built can last forever, and every legend no matter how great fades with time.”

I remember getting so mad when people would use the small skins like Yoda because It would be harder to hit them and easier for them to not be seen lol

In my opinion, most of the Bedrock featured servers simply don't hold a candle to the console minigames. Sure there's way more minigames to play with more players in each game, but the sheer quality and soul of the console minigames simply isn't there with most Bedrock servers. The only one I can think of right now that comes close to matching the quality of the console minigames is Hive. Even with that said, it still has problems such as cheaters and toxicity amongst the players that bring it down. Its not entirely their fault, moreso the fault of Bedrock edition being easy to cheat on for other platforms such as Windows and Mobile devices. Whereas with the console minigames, there were pretty much no cheaters in sight since there were practically no hacked clients for the console editions.

I think it is also worth noting that the maps had a small, medium, large and very large version for larger or smaller parties

The tumble game actually has a rocket mode. The rockets explode and break a few more blocks at once. I had also found a way to use these rockets to boost myself up a layer.

I remember that in battle there was a glitch where someone can become invisible if they went to a certain place in the map. That was probably the closest thing to hacking that I ever experienced. Battle was overall just lots of fun. My favorite item was the diamond knockback shovel, I used to just stay in prime locations to surprise and knock someone off of a bridge. Defintely glad that this was part of my childhood, hard to believe it was only 6 years ago.

Every time I watch a video talking about the Minecraft:Console Edition I also feel a massive wave nostalgia which makes me both happy and sad. I'm sad that these mini games will never be truly replicated but I'm glad they were around for me and thousands of hundreds of others to enjoy. The amount of depth, quality, and effort that was put into each of the game modes made each mini game a cornucopia of content. Even things that felt like afterthoughts such as Score Attack in Glide were creative and popular enough to warrant the time 4J put into those things. You could just feel the passion oozing from the developers regardless of which map or minigame you played. Whenever I see these types of videos, I always remember three things. First of all, Minecraft:Console Edition really is the posterchlld of the saying "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain". If Microsoft didn't outright kill Console Edition, it likely would've been plagued by the same things people despsie Bedrock Edition for. Secondly, I always think about what 4J could've done with the minigames if Console Edition never got discontinued. What new minigames would be added, what new maps will be added to older minigames? I suppose we'll never truly know (well except for Build Battle). And thirdly, I'm constantly reminded of all the good times I've had in the three minigames. Whether it be pwning noobs or getting pwned by other pros in Battle, creating absolute chaos in Tumble, or soaring through the works of art in Glide, I've had good times in all three gamemodes. If only there was a way to bring them back. It's unfortunate it'll never happen.... But what if it did happen? There is that one tweet over on Twitter about 4J developing a new game that is going to focus on where 4J left offf with the console minigames that you have mentioned a couple of times. So contrary to what your title says, it is possible for the minigames to be replicated. It'll just take a while for 4J to make that wish become reality.

There are many things in Minecraft's history that will never be truly forgotten. Technoblade, Notch, and these minigames just to name a few.

There was a time when the minigames first launched that I actually played them more than the main Minecraft game. The biggest gaming friend group I ever was a part of was based around the minigames.

I still played on minecraft console edition until last year, when i finally switched to java. I do prefer java, but the old mini games were just really fun. I spent countless hours playing them (especially battle) and it was also nice to feel like i was actually really good at it, because of how less people play, whereas I'll probably never be at the level of some of the most dedicated java players no matter how hard i try. They were just so well-balanced as mini games and never really got boring despite being so outdated, and i wish modern games could re-create this feel.

There is a java server with tons of custom assets that's basically a faithful port of battle.

It used to be that if you crouched in flight, your character would stick their arm forward as if pretending to be a superhero

Minecraft legacy edition has a special place in my heart. Minecraft Xbox 360 edition is where I started making Minecraft games, and I will continue my work once there’s another version out, and will finally send to mojang as a full-blown console release.

I’m 14 as of now, and I’m growing up with this game. My older cousins introduced me to Minecraft when it first released on the 360. I really wish I could reexperience legacy console in its prime when everyone would be on minigames, discovering easter eggs, etc. i remember it, but I wish i did more.

I bet 4J skipped the Battle DLC on Switch because they knew Bedrock was about to take over, and people who bought the Battle DLC would essentially be scammed less than a year after the release of Switch Edition.

One thing i loved about the lobby is that in a secret spawn location there was a chest with elytras in it you could grab one ang glide through a small gap behind the fountain and fall into the old lobby map

I remember running around the free battle maps by myself and playing glide for hours. Ahhh the nostalgia of not understanding how the elytra worked but playing for so long that I got a good score through sheer luck anyway.

Cavern was probably my favorite map, the water made it hard to run away, there were a balanced amount of chests, and it was easy to find the other players to kill thanks to the size. It was the perfect size, it was amazingly built, and it was very popular.

This video was posted to hint at 4J remaking the mini games in their next big game, right? …right?

Nostalgia is kicking in, I used to play these mini games with my brothers and friends and it was so fun. It's sad to see them all go.

the minigames really were the perfect answer to the console's problems with random multiplayer, unique, simple to do but with plenty of room to do more (which they did), doesn't need moderation, easy for players (even children) to play, easy to make money off with map packs (especially adding maps to the resource packs to incentivise getting them even more), they were a lot of fun

this is funny considering i got a notification for this video while playing a battle mini game recreation on java

This is another reason why console edition will always be the best minecraft edition in my eyes, and absolutely would still hold that title if it was still getting updated. I remember when these came out, hopping onto minecraft, checking out the new update, and seeing that new button. It was really the coolest thing! I never played battle or tumble very much back then because I had serious rage issues and hatred of losing, so I've never gotten any of those trophies. Now I could try and get those trophies, but man those minigames feel kinda lonely now. Glide was always my favorite, partially because of the music, but mostly because I LOVE the elytra so much! And I could play solo, and just compete against myself, not having to worry about if I won or lost. I never got super good at it, seeing speed runs of even just the free courses blow my mind, and your speed run through cavern makes me realize just how much I could improve. But it just was so magical to fly like that. I remember I would spend ages not doing anything but just flying around having fun. Someday I'd like to build a love letter to console edition. Maybe my own glide track. Maybe continue the tutorial worlds for the major updates. Its just that it takes a long time and building skill I don't have, and I understand why everyone uses world edit for those big projects. One of these days I'll get back into minecraft, though I know it will never be like how it was when I was younger. Just in general, this brings back a lot of memories of grand project ideas I wanted to do all that time ago, like adventure maps or entire worlds on the level of the mashup packs. Ah nostalgia. Maybe one day I'll actually do those things.

I miss the flying mini-game, it was my favourite and I played it often. When I realized it was no longer there I can easily say I cried. The game was weirdly fun even if frustrating, but I loved it and I really miss it. I also miss the lobby you could be in because I loved exploring it and finding little secrets around. I also really enjoyed the "spleef" one and everything was so fun. I was and never have been a fan of PVP but it made it more fun because it was my first-ever experience with anything spleef related. Nothing has really been able to give me that level of fun and I truly miss the two mini-games

*This* is the minecraft I remember, this is the mojang we all grew up with. This is a game made with passion and great care with attention to detail, and that gives the game life.

tumble and glide were my jam. i used to love finding all the little secrets in the loading map - honestly that was the real highlight. i think minigames strength was that it felt so much more… intimate. its just you and this small group of strangers, playing together, showing off together, and exploring the map together. and just for a moment, no matter how short, you were friends. but with the public servers… every single game has a different group of people. the chat is always flooded by people you dont really care about. youre just so severed from everything. the others arent your friends - theyre either your teammates or your opponents. you arent playing with them - youre competing with them. its fun, dont get me wrong, but it isnt intimate. it isnt welcoming the same way minigames was. a couple months ago, i decided to boot up my old xbox one copy of the game, just because. i was genuinely on the verge of tears when those first notes played, as the 4j came up on the screen. i played some tumble, some battle, some glide. i won some, i lost some. i played with friends i didnt know. i played through the tutorial world. it was some of the purest joy ive felt in a long time. the memories coming back to me were so… powerful. even now im getting teary eyed. it felt was like i was coming home. thats the reason minigames were so perfect. theyre home. and any bedrock server will only be a pale imitation.

I never had as much fun anywhere else than rocket jumping in firework tumble

A livestream playing the minigames would be cool!

I still only play PS4 Minecraft Legacy Console Edition. I find the limitations endearing and the controls and crafting just feel right.

I remember raging at the flying one 😭

I found every secret in both lobby, 10/10 would do again in a couple years

You brought back so many memories, very well made! And you also managed to keep me entertained for an hour!

I'm so happy to see this video. Currently I'm remaking Mini Games in Bedrock with Redstone and Commands but for now I'm on a pause from it. But I feel a lot better about trying to make it.

One of my favourite memories from these minigames was the time I discovered that it's possible to escape the map on Cove (the free Battle map) on the Aquatic update by swimming up a waterfall and clipping through the roof. I was just amazed by what I had found and immediately showed all my friends, who at the time were just as passionate about these minigames as I was.

I loved the glide minigame, the secrets in the lobby were also really fun to find

I am getting so much nostalgic fact from this, I used to play this all the time when people were still playing it, thank you for bringing back one of my favorite modes from the console version I hope at some point in the future, it becomes somewhat known again One of the things I remember doing with some of these maps is going into a certain map and going out of bounds to hide

I remember playing with my sister on the Xbox and playing the mini games. Was really fun, I had a good time playing hide and seek as bats when we both quickly lost in spleef. And I remember doing the archery minigame in the lobby.

Thank you for bringing back many memories of me trying to get all mob heads, all armor sets and all music disks and playing the minigames

Out of all the survival game maps presented through minigames i had 3 personal favorites: Frontier, city and shrunk, the tense run from mid on frontier to the edge of the train track to get a chest knowing full well 3 other people will do the same is a level of joy and stress uncompared by modern survival game servers, and shrunk simply took my aesthetic taste and made it into a map, i just love how it looks and how much detail was in it, cause you looked somewhere and asked yourself: "can i get there" and the answer was always yes! And to finish it off city being my second favorite, the constant stress of running roof to roof and avoiding the random fire as i get lost looking for chest and trying to avoid fights like a coward, and looking back on it, it has the same mood as a technoblade video, god rest his soul. And to even further how nice it was, the soundtrack made it very enjoyable, the constant cartoony feel of shrunk and the more tense music of frontier as i rush between town and cave to better deepen the mood along with all sorts of fun knick knacks and secrets to enjoy. (great composition, id give them all a listen)

A lot of nostalgia, Thank you for making this video!

Hope he heard of LEM, a java server that has the battle minigame ported pretty good. (I believe someone called @DBTDerpbox, Emmie, created it)

You know, there are only a few videos that are captivating enough to keep me for an hour or more, that may be because of everyone's lowered attention spans, or just me, but this was a huge nostalgia trip and I have to thank you for making this video.

thanks for the memories man, those 4J mini games and that tutorial world where the best parts of the old console edition, heck if not for the tutorial world I'd have never known about the nether with out a lot of digging the internet

Man, that bit when you showed the lobby was so nostalgic for me. I played these minigames to death with friends from 2016 to 2018 when i was like 12.

I loved this video! I didn’t even realize how long it was until I noticed i was 40 minutes through and there was still quite a bit left. It was so good to finally learn about mini games, I was playing on pocket edition before it was bedrock so I didn’t get to experience them :(

Those games were so fun. I remember I used to play tumble a lot, both with snowballs and shovels. When Glide came out it was also pretty cool, and the maps were always so interesting. No Servers or Realms on Bedrock or Java can replicate how cool the minigames were.

im in tears rn, this takes me back

I absolutely LOVED the minigames specifically the glide minigame. Finding secrets in the lobby and gliding through cool maps with great music. Man this was my childhood.

I get so much nostalgia from all the clips, I will miss this

The glide minigame had a sick soundtrack!

Every battle map has 2 op chests. The op chests were either really hidden or hard to get to. Stone swords and enchantment iron armor whould only spawn in those chests or refilled middle chests. The op chests whould be in different spots depending on the size of the map. For example in the small map of castle the op chests are in the fountain and the bottom part of the chandelier room but in the large map their in the throne room and the top part of the chandelier room.

I still play these games with my younger siblings to this day. Even though Ive now moved out and am working a job, every time I visit home I hope on mc on our playstation with my brothers and play these mini games. Some of my favorite memories with my brothers ngl.

this brings up sooo MANY memories, i'm gonna share one time where in the map Castle i was an absolute beast of a monsters, i standed my ground in the dining room with iron and diamond armor with a lot of pearls or fireballs with swords axes potions etc! And i was dominating the entire server i am NOT joking when i say that the entire server teamed up to try kill me and I STILL MANAGED to win the round! Back in 2016-2019 i was a beast in Minecraft minigames, i may have lost my touch since then but the memories still stand.

I think it's such a shame that they were removed, I wouldn't of thought it would be too difficult for MC or 4J to make an official server with these minigames but alas they haven't decided to bring them back. 😢

I am to this day fustrated that console edition was discontinued. Imo it is still the best edition of Minrcraft

A few weeks ago i got on battle with my playstation-vita and there were 3 people on. Glad to see people play. Im super happy the servers are still on all these years later

Yeah I Really Love How You Took The Time And Made This I'm an OG Minecraft Player And I Miss Battle Minigame I Also Made a Similar Version Like it But a Little Bit Different And I Called it StrikeFalls And it was very similar to Battle Minigame but it was a ship you jump out of it's like a Battle Royale but Closer to Battle Minigame's First Map and when you jump out of the ship you are randomized with items and when you land you are in a Huge Dome where you can hide but it will tell the other players where you are and you would do the same thing as Battle Minigame where you fight to the death for the Win It had 5 Season's and the 6th got discontinued when Battle Minigame was not updated anymore and My Ideas for it kinda Died but it's been 4/5 Years since then and now I'm gonna Get StrikeFalls Back up at Running but with new ideas. I Aways Loved and Still Only Play Minecraft 4J Studios Only but yeah I Hope You can try to Remake this awesome Battle Minigame but a little different to.

I grew up with this on the Wii U and it absolutely blows that this isn't in the Switch version, it's way more fun than the crappy servers we have now which you can't even use custom servers either

This video made me so happy I feel bad for all the people who never got to experience these maps because they were genuinely so fun

Great video, would recommend

I love exploring the lobby and people with similar skins would team and help each other

Bro what a nostagia trip I remember playing most of the battle maps

I totally forgot about these but after watching this it just brought so many memories of playing the mini games and just console version all together with my brothers

such a nostalgia trip seeing all these maps again

This video was one of the biggest nostalgia hits ive had in a long time...

when i was a kid i loved these mini games they were so great cheers to you for bringing back memories!

I played the Minecraft Xbox 360 edition religiously since it released to about 2019 and got almost all of the mashup packs and skin packs. I loved playing it even when the game was low in players and even when Microsoft and Mojang stopped 4J from working on it i played it. The mini games were an amazing part of that game and I always had fun playing it, even if I wasn't that good.

Honestly surprised you didn’t talk about it’s custom soundtrack. The song “double time” was amazing!

so memories playing battle. the soundtrack is so iconic

I still have this, it's really fun with local multiplayer with friends and more commonly family

Omg I just remembered these minigames. I used to play with my brother all the time on our xbox one and we were absolutely horrible thinking redstone was a bad decoration... RIP

the music brings back so many memories

Man the fire aspect stone sword was so good, you felt so powerful when you got one!

OMG I REMEMBER PLAYING THESE SO MUCH FINALLY SOMEONE MADE A VIDEO ON THEM oh gosh i loved these minigames

I want these back so bad. They were infinitely better than anything on any of the servers from bedrock. I miss 4J.

Tumble will forever be my fav. My family and I would play it so much. For me, it is the most nostalgic mini game. Glide comes in a REALLY Really really close 2nd.

I got so nostalgic when the music started playing at 20:39

This video is so nostalgic! I remember being like 10 and sneaking up past our bed time with my brother to play minecraft. The minigames were sooo good, we used to play them all the time. Now I realle feel like booting up our old ps3 and play some minigames lol.

One of my best memories growing up was playing a 3 player split screen on my friend's large tv and joining in random lobbies together on his Xbox 360, but this one time we were on the Cavern map playing online, and I managed to get a stone or iron sword, swiftness potion, and leather boots with Depth Strider 2 I made this whole elaborate ass plan to get my friend, the last one remaining, into the center at the time of the chest restock and use the potions and the boots to move faster than he could through the water without having to worry about parkour Despite him having 2 pieces of diamond gear and a bow, my plan worked flawlessly and I won the round Looking back, it's just a great example of the soul and quality put into these minigames, where even a lesser equipped player can outthink a better prepared player

Bro, glide was the GOAT. I think I got my time down to a minute twenty on the og map.

I loved these so much!

I just wish these would be put on the marketplace

I love this Version of the game😊

Seeing this lobby again giving me crazy flashbacks tbh

Man this brings back to many memories

I like this documentary style content

i remember coming home from school in second grade and playing these games the good old days

Man I miss these. I also forgot that elytra was added in 1.9

Ibx looks like your going on a nostalga speedrun

Just looked it up, legacy console edition was apparently made in java, just like the PC version. Bedrock however, is made in C++. Bedrock already is having a problem porting java edition features to bedrock (and vice versa), as such. the legacy console minigames will likely not appear any time soon.

I remember playing this with my cousins whenever thay come over, we would always play the winners chosen gamemode, either battle, or glide and tumble. when my dad also gifted me playstation+ for my bday, i played it with so may other players and i was so surprised with the new background in tumble, i also couldnt go trough the small shortcuts in glide,

I loved hearing about these before, though I forget who, they really went in-depth about these and it's really great

I loved playing the glide mini game so much, that I’ve spent half a year making mods, and creating the maps to try and remake this masterpiece

It was so much fun playing co-op with my cousins and was definitely one of the best memories in Minecraft, they made tons of maps and with very fun rules

This brings back so many memories

i remember playing battle in elementary school with my childhood best friend all the time. now i haven't talked to them in years because i moved away and the console editions are dead. it's really sad i remember both of us being so excited whenever a new minigame map came out

I remembered having so much fun with this on the Wii U. I really want someone to take these world and make them into a server. Then you can have spleef, fight, and glide mini games on newer console with all the coding already their. Maybe also an option to choose with lobby you want. Edit: my favorite pvp map was cove, followed by the fallout maps. Had so much fun in those.

This is so nostalgic. I especially miss Glide, that game was so fun

Dig ( 18:01 ) actually was one that lead me to want more discovery-based lore in normal Minecraft

8:04 Nobody gonna mention how smooth that was