3-Legged Race

3-Legged Race
Title screen
Game Card (A)		P05 Boy (3)
Game Card (B)		P07 Boy (4)
Player(s)		1
Character Cards needed		1
Game Card description
Choose a character card that will help you get to the finish line first. Watch the meter at the bottom of the screen and press the indicated button in the yellow zone. Your partner determines how fast the arrow moves and how big the yellow zone is.

3-Legged Race (formatted internally as 3-legged Race) is an Animal Crossing-e and Doubutsu no Mori+ Card-e e-Reader minigame played on the Game Boy Advance. The "A" version of the minigame is contained on the P05 Boy (3) Game Card, and the "B" version is on the P07 Boy (4) Game Card.

Gameplay

Gameplay of 3-Legged Race

In 3-Legged Race, the player must scan one Character Card. The scanned character then teams up with the player in a three-legged race against another team of two characters. There is a bar at the bottom of the screen with a moving arrow beneath it, and the player must alternate between pressing and as the arrow reaches the respective button's yellow zone at each end of the bar. Each successful button press moves the player's team forward, while failing to press the buttons in time causes the player's team to trip. The scanned character determines the speed of the arrow and the size of the yellow zone.

There are three difficulty levels that determine the rival team's speed: "Slow", "Average", and "Fast". The amount of time the rival team takes to complete the race is random. If the player's team wins the race, the game gives the player a password. After the race is over, the player can either try again with the same teammate and rivals or restart from the beginning.

Rival team characters

The characters on the rival team are predetermined for each difficulty in each version of the game. Even if the player chooses one of these characters as their teammate, that character will still appear on the rival team:

A

• Slow — Tortimer & Wendell
• Average — Pelly & Pete
• Fast — Sprocket & Ribbot

B

• Slow — Dizzy & Hornsby
• Average — Tommy & Timmy
• Fast — Sable & Mabel

Passwords

Each version of 3-Legged Race has three passwords: one for each difficulty level. If one of these passwords is sent in a letter to any villager, the player receives a letter in return from Tom Nook that contains an item.

Version	Password (AC)	Password (DnM+)	Obtain via	Item contained (AC)	Item contained (DnM+)
A	jXnjcs5XptjXYQ @@%bnWBZ3lIMQz	あいことば れあむあぎややどでいあ あゆこんかおまそむおえ	Winning against a slow team	Globe
	zunjOh5LptTXYQ @@%2dWVZ3lIMJz	あいことば うぶぬあておぐたるきり るあむこうふずあべあく	Winning against an average team	Frog woman pole	Certain-victory daruma
	KhtxPhh8qo#Z6R yoRg5bzf9IxBAe	あいことば おりけのおむおめすたち んべああだぬぐむさああ	Winning against a fast team	Station model 13
B	zunjZG6LptTLYQ @@%2dkV63l9xJz	あいことば へあぶじふまぞびをとど めびもぬべぶさみたびれ	Winning against a slow team	Extinguisher
	zbljhj5IpOTXYQ @@%2dWVZGlIsJz	あいことば ずいてどつうふつつくよ ほづあへけへあしれやう	Winning against an average team	Master Sword
	jXnjZh6XptTXYQ @@%bnWVZ3lIMJz	あいことば んあむすきくるぬいがて あむけうちりあいむきう	Winning against a fast team	Ivory piano

Trivia

• 3-Legged Race is the only e-Reader minigame that uses button controls outside of advancing text and navigating menus. As a result, it is the only minigame in which the outcome depends on player input and is not completely determined by the cards scanned.

Names in other languages

ニ人三脚 Ni hito sankyaku

Three-legged race