A Bridge Too Short

A Bridge Too Short is a single-player Donkey Kong minigame featured in the game Mario Party 7. The name of the game is a play on the 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far.

Gameplay
In this minigame, the player races with Donkey Kong to reach the finish line.

The player has to pick one of the two bridges to cross. There are four pairs of bridges that lead to the finish line, as each pair of bridges has a correct bridge and a hidden broken bridge. If the player crosses a bridge and the bridge's path suddenly breaks, the player loses some time to get to the other bridge. If the player picks the right bridge, the player proceeds to the second pair of bridges and so on until the player reaches the finish line. If the player reaches the finish line, the player wins. If Donkey Kong reaches the finish line, the player loses.

Donkey Kong usually takes a while to choose a bridge. Also, whenever the player makes the exact same bridge choices as Donkey Kong, if Donkey Kong's bridge breaks, so will the player's bridge. As a result, the player can potentially avoid falling behind if he/she lets Donkey Kong choose a bridge first, but the player still has to be ahead of Donkey Kong to win the minigame.

Controls

 * – Move

In-game text

 * Rules – "Run across the bridges! If one breaks, you'll have to go back and take another path."
 * Advice – "If you pick different bridges than DK, you might get lucky and beat him to the finish."