Square made a huge mistake with the introduction of Triple Triad. They assumed this one collectable card game was so good, they didn't have to include any other mini-games in Final Fantasy VIII. Which is ridiculous - Final Fantasy VII's mini-games were far superior to the single annoying card game in VIII which, in order to get the best weapons/armor/magic, you have to play.

Any video game that foists a CCG on me is just asking to get its arse kicked; in Final Fantasy VIII's case, I broke out the GameShark just to get around the damn card game.