MISSION 6-1
Drive backward across the spinning bridge! If
you fall, you're out! This is one of those
missions where if you manage to complete it,
you're most likely going to get the three star
ranking. Remember that the controls are
reversed when you're backing up. The bridge
will start changing directions as you cross it
so always be ready to turn. To get across the
bridge in a straight line while it's moving in
one direction is to drive diagonally. It's not
too difficult to figure out once you've actually
tried it.
MISSION 6-2
Get Stars and run over 15 Rocky Wrenches! Every
single item box in this area has a Star inside.
Get a Star and use it, then pick up another Star
for backup and get ready to start running over
the mole things. It can actually take some time
for them to pop up again after they go down
which is why it's a big waste of time to wait by
one of them. Drive all over the level looking
for ones which have already popped up and crash
into those ones. Keep picking up Stars and
crashing.
MISSION 6-3
Collect all 30 coins! The coins are positioned
in such a way that collecting each one in a row
comes naturally, but combined with drifting and
other such techniques it becomes very difficult
to align yourself with them each time. If
you're only trying to complete the mission then
try to keep drifting to minimum. If you're
going for a three star ranking you'll have to
Drift Boost a couple of times, but note you
don't have to super-star this mission to get the
three Star ranking, just don't screw up.
MISSION 6-4
Destroy all 10 item boxes! This is a pretty fun
mission here. Boost right off the start and
collect the first item box ahead of you. After
that turn left and go up the hill. Every other
item box after this point should be on the
blocks themselves so there's no need to go back
down. Use a combination of your vision and the
map to see where all the item boxes are and
systematically hunt them down. There is a
science to their movement and usually if you see
one going around in one direction, you can catch
it by going around the other side. Any time
above 50 seconds left on the timer when this
mission is over should be enough to net you the
three star ranking.
MISSION 6-5
Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!
Boost off from the starting line and go through
the first gate. After this gate you'll need to
use a Mushroom and go over the jump to the
second gate. Jump across to the third gate and
then use a Mushroom to hop across toward the
fourth gate. You'll have to angle yourself a
little bit to the right to get this one. Gate
number five is in the middle of the track after
this one. Number six is a little bit harder,
just before you reach the dead end you have to
hop across to the cloud with number six on it.
Turn left after hopping across and on this track
is where you'll find gates seven and eight.
MISSION 6-6
Perform 14 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!
You're thumb's going to hurt after this one, I
know mine does. Fourteen Drift Boosts on this
course isn't out of the question, but it really
is like doing one on every single turn, or
opting for two on the longer turns while
skipping over a couple of the quick "S" curves.
There's not a lot I can help you with, it's all
about how fast you are able to rock that D-Pad.
MISSION 6-7
Collect all 40 coins! Getting a good rank on
this mission is about as hard as it gets, but
the mission itself can be done in two ways. You
can drive around like a madman avoiding the
hands of the clock while picking up every coin
you see, or you can recognize the star pattern
and systematically pick up every coin in the
diagonalized branching lines. When you're hit
by one of the hands of the clock five coins will
be knocked out of you and you'll lose a lot of
time. Avoid letting this happen at all costs
and be careful of those Booster Pads, they have
a tendency to sneak up on you.
MISSION 6-8
Reach the finish before Peach! The final normal
mission is just as easy as all the other ones
which put you in a similar situation. The
overpowered Stars that you get with almost every
item box make it almost impossible to lose if
you smash your opponent and drive over the
flowers on every turn. Of course going for a
three star ranking will prove exceptionally
difficult, but that's another matter altogether.
There are barriers in place here and there,
making the hedge-maze in to a real maze and
preventing you from taking the short path near
the end. Just make sure you Drift Boost around
that final corner before the finish.
Boss Stage
Use Mushroom Boosts to hit Chief Chilly and
knock him off the stage 3 times! This is about
as close to a "boss of the game" you're going to
get (well, perhaps with one exception) and he's
no pushover. Given that your goal is to "push"
him "over" the edge, that means he's kind of
hard. Very similar to the first boss except
more aggressive, the ground is slippery, and you
have to knock him off three times. To do this
make sure you boost into him with a Mushroom
when he's NOT charging at you. If you boost
into him while he's charging you'll get knocked
back quite a large distance. If you boost and
miss there is almost no way to stop before you
fall over the edge into the water. Make sure
you get three Mushrooms, boost into him once,
then again and again repeatedly without stopping
to get maximum knock-back. After he's been hit
twice you have to be really aggressive but
really careful. If you back off for even an
instant he will get the chance to jump when you
boost at him and you'll almost certainly slide
into the water. Knock him off three times to
complete the mission.
