There are many different mini-games on offer to enjoy and beat your friends at, nearly all of which involve something outrageous to be done. Unlike Nintendo’s Mario Party or WarioWare, the minigames of Bishi Bashi tend to be unrelated to each other, lacking any consistent characters or storylines. In both the arcade's Choose Your Game mode and the console version, this round is treated more like a normal minigame with score counters.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.While a couple of the early arcade machines received international releases, in the west the series is perhaps best known for the expanded re-release Bishi Bashi Special, released in 2000 for PlayStation. A few games is nothing but button bashing as you press any button as hard or as fast as you can and a driving game requires just a press of left and right to dodge the other cars (there are no corners to turn) but this doesn't affect anything for the truth is that Bishi Bashi is the perfect party game - end of story. When played by yourself, Bishi Bashi can seem like a boring and shallow experience but add a few more people and you'll discover the greatness of this game.

In Japan, the series has continued in arcades and also on mobile platforms, with Bishi Bashi Channel from 2018 being the latest installment.Additionally, some titles have spiced things up with joysticks, steering wheels and even dance pads.