To each their own.
The sandbox genre already entails spending time on routine tasks and running around, so I dont see any problem with breaking up that routine with a couple of mini games, half of which are optional anyway, this is far more interesting than the tedious visual novel genre btw
I think Kal could make it a toggleable option, whether or not you want to spend time on mini games. But I still dont think it's a big issue for the developer at the moment to spend time on this feature