3-Legged Race

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AC-e 3-Legged Race Title Screen.png
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)[nb 1] 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[edit]

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 GBA +Control Pad Right.svg and GBA B Button.svg 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[edit]

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
B

Passwords[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Japanese ニ人三脚
Ni hito sankyaku
Three-legged race

Notes[edit]

  1. 3-Legged Race is used on the back of the Game Cards, while 3-legged Race is used in the e-Reader menu when the cards are scanned and on the game's title screen.