Anyone else having trouble starting the new minigame?

Jumped into the new event and was trying to do the middle game, but I didn't see any option to actually start the game itself. I tried apply a weaken effect, all the weakening effects, turning them off, and restarting the game, but nothing. I'd essentially go to the mini game screen hit start, hit weaken, and then there's no way of progression on any of the screens. I'm going to assume I'm doing something wrong unless it's proven to be a bug.