MISSION 5-1
Reach the finish before the stray Chain Chomp!
This is a simple race against a large Chain
Chomp in Peach's garden. At the beginning of
the race you'll pick up an item box which will
automatically give you three Mushrooms. Use the
first Mushroom when you reach the left turn with
the arrow to shortcut across the grass. Already
this should almost put you ahead of the Chain
Chomp. Use another Mushroom when you reach the
top of the hill to cut across the flowers on
your right. Navigate between the hedges in the
hedge-maze, then use the third Mushroom at the
top of the hill after the maze to cut across the
flowers. Throw a few Drift Boosts on the final
stretch with the moles and the castle and you'll
not only win, you'll get the three star ranking.
MISSION 5-2
Drive backward and collect 15 coins! If you hit
a snowman, you fail! This mission seems more
appropriate for a first stage mission, but alas,
you get it here. All you need to do is reverse
and turn. Completing the mission is simply a
matter of taking it slowly and braking on turns
if necessary. Getting a three star ranking is
simply a matter of never letting go of the
accelerator. Since some turns are slightly to
sharp to take that way, don't brake, just start
turning early and catch the edge of the coin
rather than the middle. Shouldn't take more
than three or four tries.
MISSION 5-3
Destroy all 5 item boxes! There's one thing to
remember for this mission, the item boxes float
and you don't. What does this mean? It means
that they can float over the deep water and you
can't drive over it. The boxes move all over
the place but their actual motion is pretty
fluid. The way to get the three star ranking is
actually the best way to complete the mission
even if you aren't going for a good rank. The
premise behind it is as follows: Every single
block will follow the first block. All you have
to do is go directly for the first block and
stop dead once you pick it up. Every single
block following it will automatically ram into
you since they follow the same path. To get the
three star ranking try this. Boost off the
start and nab the box on the end. Use the
Mushroom to boost for the first box and stop
dead. To speed things up you might have to turn
around and drive toward the rest of the boxes as
they come at you, but this may not be necessary
depending on how fast you are.
MISSION 5-4
Drive through all 10 numbered gates in order!
Every gate you pass as you drive forward will be
the correct one to go through, you don't really
need to worry about order unless you actually
miss one. Always be sure to keep an eye on
what's ahead of you and remember you actually
have to go over a lot of the jumps to make it
through the gates. Making it to the finish in
the time allotted isn't difficult as long as you
don't miss any, but this is one of those
missions where it's very difficult to get a good
rank unless you're fast.
MISSION 5-5
Complete 1 lap in the opposite direction within
the time limit! Not a difficult mission by any
means. Similar to the last one it's just hard
to get a good ranking on it. You have to drive
against traffic the whole time making Drift
Boost extremely difficult. Make absolutely sure
you don't miss the shortcut after the first
couple of turns, that will really save time.
Other than that, it's all about not being
creamed by a bus.
MISSION 5-6
Collect all 18 coins! The coins are not place
randomly no matter what it may seem like.
Playing the mission you'll soon realize there is
a definite pattern you're supposed to collect
them in. Boost from the start to get the first
coin and the second one behind the mound. After
this turn right and you'll see three coins in a
straight line. The most important thing about
doing this mission correctly is aligning
yourself perfectly with these coins. When you
do and drive straight through them all you'll
hit the Booster Pad (don't hop) and go through
one of the three coins in the middle. When you
land there's another situation like the first
one. Get the coin in front of you and the one
behind the mound. Turn right again and align
yourself with the coins perfectly to get the
second of three coins from the middle. Each
time you should be aligned to get one of the
three coins, and on the third jump the mission
is complete.
MISSION 5-7
Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!
The danger in this mission comes not from the
difficulty of passing through the gates, but in
avoiding the dangerous snowballs rolling down
the mountain toward you. If you can avoid all
of these snowballs then it shouldn't be
difficult to get a three start ranking on this
mission even without any drifting whatsoever.
MISSION 5-8
Reach the finish before Mario! These missions
are just so painfully easy, not because Mario is
a poor racer, but because the only items you
ever get are Mushrooms and Stars. Firstly you
can cross the great shortcut near all the
Piranha Plants with Mushrooms (and the Stars as
well.) Secondly if you're behind Mario and you
get a Star you can totally waste him as you fly
by. Even if you're doing poorly it's very easy
to catch up thanks to the items you'll
inevitably find in this level. Of course you
still have to drive well if you want to get that
three star ranking, but the race itself is easy.
Boss Stage
Hit the Big Bomb-omb with 3 Bomb-ombs! The Big
Bomb-omb will pound the ground and drop down a
couple of item boxes. Pick it up and throw the
Bomb-omb (don't drop it) at the boss. Make sure
you don't throw from too far a distance. It
should actually hit him while flying through the
air. If it hits the ground he can pick it up
and throw it back. Also try to avoid driving
directly and hit when you throw it otherwise
you're likely to end up being hit by the
explosion as well. Avoid the Bomb-ombs the boss
throws at you and just keep waiting for more
item boxes to drop.
