To unlock the seventh mission level you must first achieve an average ranking
of one star in every other mission in the game, and it will appear to you.
MISSION 7-1
Perform 6 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!
Doesn't sound all that hard, but then again
Rainbow Road isn't exactly the easiest course
ever made. The turns are certainly long enough
to Drift Boost around, it's just that most of
them are on such an angle that you're liable to
slide right off before the turn is complete. No
matter however, practice makes perfect and there
are more than enough turns in the level to allow
you to reach your goal. Do it quickly and
perhaps you'll even net yourself a good ranking.
MISSION 7-2
Reach the finish before Bowser! The course is
nearly the same with a few minor difference.
Barriers have been placed in your way at the
beginning meaning you must go around to either
the left or right side. Barriers have also been
placed after the spinning section. Basically
this means that you're forced to take the second
exit beyond the fire columns rather than the
first one. The biggest difference is that there
is a barrier at the opposite end of the spinning
cylinder, so jump off right away when you reach
it and drive for the other exit. The rest of
the course is the same from here, and as always
if you're having trouble with your opponent, the
game gives you more than enough Stars to deal
with him.
MISSION 7-3
Complete 2 laps within the time limit! It's
purely a race, but what a race it is. The clock
is moving much faster than usual, and has a
couple of extra swinging pendulums. This means
there are a couple things to keep in mind during
the race. Since things are spinning faster, the
clock hands are more dangerous and more likely
to hit you. Spinning or moving sections will
benefit you even more if you allow their
movement to help your momentum, especially the
spinning gears right before the finish line.
Use the course itself to your advantage to beat
the clock on this one.
MISSION 7-4
Use shells to defeat all 30 Goombas within the
time limit! Unlike the one where you had to
eliminate the crabs, there are ONLY 30 Goombas
here so make sure you kill every single one of
them around you before proceeding. Run into
them with the shells spinning around you so that
you don't have to aim perfectly, however if
you're going for a high ranking then you'll
probably have to fire shells more often so that
you don't waste time going from Goomba to Goomba
individually. It's easy to do as long as you
don't accidentally miss any of them
MISSION 7-5
Collect all 20 coins! Let's be honest with
ourselves. Missions are challenging, but
they're not DIFFICULT. This mission is the
first real "difficult mission." The reason for
this is as follows: you have to align yourself
perfectly in advance before each Booster Pad in
order to get the airborne coins. if you miss
them there's not much you can do besides start
the whole level over again. For this reason you
must drive perfectly not just during key parts
of the mission, but through the entire mission
itself all the way to the end where one of the
hardest alignments occurs. Don't get me wrong,
it can easily be done in only a couple of tries,
but the fact that so many people have difficulty
with this mission is understandable to say the
least. Never jump after going over one of the
boost jumps. Note that when you reach the four
pads in a row with all the mud, you can grab the
first coin without hitting the pad. The final
couple of coins are positioned in mid-air
between some fiery rings. Make sure to use the
alignment of the coins before it to accurately
aim yourself. It's not easy.
MISSION 7-6
Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!
This is an all-or-nothing mission. You can try
and get through all the gates normally but
you'll almost certainly run out of time. It is
meant to be done all in a single drift. Boost
right from the start and then begin your drift,
controlling your kart through each of the arches
around once, and then again for a second lap.
You'll only have a second or two left a the end,
but if you do it without hitting a wall then
there's pretty much no ranking you can get
besides three stars.
MISSION 7-7
Drive backward and collect all 12 coins! If you
hit a burner, you fail! Everything here is
straightforward, there aren't any hidden coins
or anything like that. Here are a couple of
tricks to use. First, the crates can be broken
by backing into them (this actually isn't very
useful at all from what I can tell, if you can
find a practical use, feel free to use it.) A
better trick is use the R trigger and hop around
corners to help you turn faster. It really
works and will go a long way toward getting a
good ranking on this level. Drive straight
through the coins at the end when the fire
columns are out of your way and that's it,
mission complete.
MISSION 7-8
Break all 10 item boxes while avoiding the Fake
Items! You've done this before on the Choco
Mountain, now you're doing it again. There are
plenty of ways to tell which box is real. It
has a question mark in it, it spins, it's not
red like the fake boxes are on your map.
Personally I use the fact that it's spinning to
tell which is real from a distance. Most of
them are obvious however there are a couple of
tricksters and both come in the haunted house
section. When you see the red arrow pointing
you to the right, go left instead and just over
the small gap to your left like I described in
the stage's strategy above. Just after you do
you'll find a somewhat well hidden item box you
may have missed if you went the other way. The
second thing is to note that the line of boxes
at the end of the haunted house doesn't have a
single real box, you have to go around the left
side to find it.
Boss Stage
Reach the finish before Wiggler! Wiggler is the
true final boss and you have to race him through
three laps to reach the finish line. Probably
not the hardest mission in the game but
definitely the hardest race. You'll need to use
the Mushrooms and Stars to get you across the
shortcut in every single lap otherwise you'll
probably have no chance of winning. After using
a Star you can drive straight through traffic
without being affected, but don't try and knock
out the Wiggler, unfortunately that doesn't
work. Make sure you're a decent distance ahead
by the final lap because he gets pretty angry.
