LogFAQs > #972943849

Two factors I think. 1. Card-based stuff in video games in general was extremely pass for a while there, like maybe after 2006-ish but possibly even earlier. I feel like people have come around on them again within the last ~6 years, but: 2. Mini-games feel a lot less common in general these days (probably because people have realized that no one really liked most of them, so they were wastes of time to develop). These days if you have a really fun game idea you might as well just make a full game of it, not cram a half-baked version into a different game.