Short Fuse (minigame)

Short Fuse
Appears in	Mario Party DS
Type	Battle minigame
Time limit	3 seconds per turn
Music track	The Pressure's On
Music sample

Short Fuse is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party DS. Its name comes from a term regarding a person who is easily angered.

Introduction

The Bowser bomb falls from the sky and lands on the ground. Then, a random player will hop down beside the fuse as the game begins.

Gameplay

Taking turns, players have three seconds each to blow into the microphone to gradually put out the fuse. Whoever sets off the bomb by either completely blowing out the fuse or not blowing at all is blown away and eliminated. The game continues until there is one player remaining, and that player wins.

Controls

• – Blow on the fuse

In-game text

• Rules – "All players take turns blowing on the bomb fuse, hoping to make the bomb blow up for the next player. If you're caught in a blast, you're out!"
• Tips – "You must blow on the bomb at least a little, or else the bomb will blow up anyway! So blow just a little, even if the fuse is very short!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ふーふーどうかせん[?] Fūfū Dōkasen	Blowing Fuse
French	Mèche rebelle[?]	Pun on the expression mèche rebelle, a strand of hair that always stands up, and mèche (fuse)
German	Luntenrunde[?]	Fuse Round
Italian	Accorcia la miccia[?]	Shorten the fuse
Korean	도화선을 불어라[?] Dowanseon eul Bureora	Blow the Fuse
Spanish	Bomba caliente[?]	Hot Bomb; play on patata caliente (hot potato)