SONIC RIDERS (for the PS2...and Gamecube…and XBOX) Gold Medal Mission FAQ Version 1.0 ============================== DISCLAIMER ============================== This is the first FAQ I have ever written, and all pieces of work I have written here, have all come from my own brain. If anyone has a similar to this one, as word for word, then that’s either coincidence, or they’re plagiarizing from me. If you have any questions, comments, or hate mail, please send it to rikz44@hotmail.com Table of contents - Introduction - Overview - General Tips - Doing tricks - Grinding - Smashing objects - Air Ride - Storm’s missions - Metal City - Splash Canyon - Egg Factory - Green Cave - Sand Ruins - Babylon Garden - Digital Dimension - SEGA CARNIVAL - Wave’s missions - Night Chase - Red Canyon - Ice Factory - White Cave - Dark Desert - Sky Road - Babylon Guardian - SEGA ILLUSION - Jet’s missions - EXTRA 1 - EXTRA 2 - EXTRA 3 - EXTRA 4 ============================== INTRODUCTION ============================== Hello, and welcome to my very first FAQ. For the time that I have owned Sonic Riders, it has always left me frustrated. The Story mode was tough, the Grand Prix was tough,but nothing pissed me off like the Mission Mode. Maybe I was just a noobie at it, but over time I eventually passed every single mission. However, I yearned to get 100% perfect in the game, so I decided to get a gold medal on every mission. I’ve seen many people needing information to get gold on the missions so that they can get 100% too, so I am writing this FAQ just to tell you how to get gold…not bronze, not silver, but GOLD!!! ============================== OVERVIEW ============================== This FAQ generally talks about how to get a gold on each mission. I am not going to bother to write about bronze or silver, for if you want to be perfect like me, you’ve gotta reach for the top! I will post a brief description of the level, what needs to be done, then I’ll tell you exactly how you achieve it. Sound good? Great! Let’s move on. =============================== GENERAL TIPS =============================== There are going to be some tricks you’re going to perform in order to get gold on these missions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOING TRICKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of them is doing super jumps. To do a super jump, you must hold down the jump button, either hold up or down, then release the jump button before the jump while still holding the analog stick in the direction you’ve had it in. Sometimes, this will cause the character to fly really high into the air to gain access to secret passages, and sometimes in the missions, you MUST get to these secret passages in order to get gold. While describing the missions, I’ll simply use the terms: Down Super, and Up Super, to describe which direction your analog stick must be in while doing the super jump. At any time while you’re in the air, before you land, you are given the chance to perform tricks. To do tricks, you’ll need to rotate the analog stick in either the up, down, left, or right position. For beginners, holding the analog stick in the up position, will get you an ‘S’ ranking at the most. In order to get rankings like ‘X’, you’ll need to experiment on which direction you’re doing the trick. For example: While in the air, you might want to hold up for 2 tricks, then rotate the analog stick to the left, then the right. Successfully doing that will get you an ‘X’, if not, then a ‘SS’ at the most. The point system is as follows: X = 10 points SS = 8 points S = 6 points AA = 4 points A = 2 points B = 1 point C = 0 points For the missions where you must perform tricks, getting an ‘X’, and ‘SS’ are usually required. That is…if you want the gold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRINDING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grinding is a very easy, and fun thing to do. Whenever you come across a rail, or a vine, with a blue light at the beginning of it, you’ll need to jump, then push the jump button again before you land, and away you go! If there is another rail after the first one, simply jump, then push the jump button again to land on the second rail and continue grinding. If there is a rail adjacent (beside), the first rail you’ve been one, simply jump off the first rail, move your character towards the second rail, and push the jump button again, before you land to continue grinding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SMASHING OBJECTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There will be times where you’ll have control of Knuckles, and you’ll be required to smash objects. To do that, simply get near a car, pillar, wall, and touch it. Knuckles will automatically smash the object away, and it will give you air. There will be times where getting 7 in a row is required to finish the mission. To do this, simply get into the line where the statues are placed, and before you smash the first object, boost yourself, and you’ll fly all through 7 of them in less than 3 seconds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AIR RIDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Air Ride is asked about a lot by people. To do Air Ride, you simply ride off the ramp that’s right behind hovering rings. You’ll glide all the way through the rings smoothly. Sometimes you may need to maneuver yourself through these rings, and to do so you: Push up to go down, and Push down to go up +++++++++++++++++++++ Now that I’ve gotten all that covered, let’s move on to the missions, from the 1st to the 100th. +++++++++++++++++++++ ============================== Storm’s Missions ============================== ~~~~~ Metal City ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points before Storm appears Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: At least 30 points How to: There are at least 6 places to do jumps. At the beginning of the level, you’ll need to do an Up Super jump to the higher platform. There is a platform before the tunnels where you can jump off of as well. After the tunnel, there are half pipes you can ride on to jump off of and perform tricks. At the end of the level, there’s a jump where you’ll need to do a Down Super jump, then there’ll be another jump following that one. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are very easy to see so I won’t display where every single one is. At the beginning, you’ll need to do an Up Super jump to get the higher part of the plaza. The first Air Ride you’ll see, you’ll need to use it to get more pieces of junk. When you get to the tunnels, use the right one. When you get to the half pipe, you’ll need to time your jump very well to jump off the half pipe to the right to just barely land in the ring. Finally, at the last jump, you’ll need to do a Down Super to get to the higher platform. Mission 3 Description: There are many overturned cars on the track. Reach the goal in 60 seconds to get back at Jet and his band. Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’50”75 How to: The cars are very easy to avoid if you know what you’re doing. At the beginning, do an Up Super jump to avoid all the cars below. Remember to boost whenever possible. Get some air while going off the second jump and go through the left tunnel. At the end, do a Down Super jump. Also remember, DON’T RUN OUT OF AIR. Mission 4 Description: The road’s closed. Destroy 9 or more cars to escape the trap! Difficulty: 2/10 To get gold: Hit at least 15 cars How to: The cars are all easy to see. Simply smash the ones you can see, until you get 15. Remember to take Knuckles’ short cut to get more cars. Mission 5 Description: Get the treasure by chasing down the red car before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’17”11 How to: Get a good start at the beginning and remember to do an Up Super jump to get to the higher platform. When chasing the red car, boost where you see cars to be smashed. Use the ground boosts too. You need to boost, boost, and boost some more, and eventually, you’ll get the car. ~~~~~ Splash Canyon ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points before Storm appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: At least 22 points How to: There are at least 4 jumps in this level. The first jump is at the beginning before you get into the water. Charge your jump, then release before you get into the water to perform tricks. The second jump is easy to see. Do an Up Super to get a lot of air. After the waterfall, you’ll see a big steering wheel thing that belongs to a ship, that you can jump off of too. Near the end, you can do a Down Super jump to get a lot of air, and ride the rainbow. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: All 12 junk pieces How to: The junks are easy to see again. Collect the junk at the beginning of the level and grind the first rail you see. At the second jump, do an Up Super, to go to the higher platform to get more junk. At the next rail, jump off the steering wheel thing and grind the rail. Jump to the next rail to get more junk. At the last jump, do a Down Super to ride the rainbow to collect the last piece of junk. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 60 seconds. Knock away any obstacles in your path! Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’48”98 How to: Boost, boost, and boost! Whenever you see objects to be smashed (the barrels) smash them for air, and boost some more. At the second jump, do an Up Super to get to the higher platform to destroy more barrels. After the waterfall, use Knuckles’ shortcut. At the last jump, do a Down Super to ride the rainbow to get a nice slide down to the finish line. Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride to pass through 6 or more Rings and reach the goal before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Air Ride through 12 Rings How to: Jump off of the first jump to get through 2 Rings at the beginning. Right after the second jump, go behind the waterfall to find an Air Ride platform. Ride off of it and go to the part where there’s the giant steering wheel thing. Jump off of that, and Air Ride through some more rings. Afterwards, race to the finish. Mission 5 Description: Do over 6 grinds to get the treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Grind 11 rails How to: The rails are very straight forward. Grind the first rail at the beginning and transfer to the other rails on the way. But be cautious though, if you miss one rail, you’re almost guaranteed to miss the others. ~~~~~ Egg Factory ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 14 or more points to show off your technique Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: At least 30 points How to: There are at least 5 jumps in this level. Do a Down Super at the first jump to get a lot of air. There’s a platform where you can jump off of, before you land to the lower area. Jump off of that and perform tricks. The next jump just do a charged jump and perform more tricks. Near where the lava waterfall is, there’s a half pipe where you can jump off of and perform tricks. Finally, the last jump, do a Down Super to get lots of air. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: Near the beginning of the level there is a piece of junk to be collected. Right after you do that, charge a jump and jump off of the platform to hit on of the Rings in the air, to Air Ride and gather another piece of junk. When you come to the next jump, do an Up Super, to get to the higher platform where there are more pieces of junk. There will be an Air Ride ramp to fly off of soon, so use it to get more junk. Mission 3 Description: Evade the monitoring robots and reach the goal in 65 seconds. Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’51”68 How to: You’ll need to get high jumps and boost a lot in this mission. At the first jump do a Down Super to get lots of air. Use the track boosts to your advantage as well. At the third jump, do an Up Super to get to the higher platform to evade more robots. Where you come to the half pipe, jump up and grind on the rails to the last jump. Evade the purple robots and quickly boost yourself to the finish. Mission 4 Description: The surveillance robots have gone totally out of control. Destroy 9 ore more to stop the chaos! Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: Smash 15 robots How to: The robots are very hard to get so pay attention and be cautious. At the beginning, there’ll be a robot. After the second jump, there’ll be a robot on the ground, and two others scurrying around. Do an Up Super at the third jump to get more robots. Near the lava waterfall, use Knuckles’ shortcut to get more robots. When you get near the last jump, DO NOT use it. Instead run into a wall, that has a broken sign over it, and you’ll go into a secret passage. There’ll be robots inside there as well, so be sure to get them. Afterwards, boost your butt to the end. Mission 5 Description: Get the treasure that the robot has before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’19”36 How to: At the beginning, do a Down Super jump to land on the ground faster. After, use the track boosts to your advantage and boost whenever you see objects to be destroyed. Be fast, and boost a lot, and do not miss the robot if you pass him. ~~~~~ Green Cave ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points and split before Storm appears. Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: At least 26 points How to: There are 4 jumps in this mission, so it’s a bit tricky. At the first jump, do a Down Super to get a lot of air; you can easily achieve an ‘X’ ranking from this. After you ride the centipede, there’s a half pipe that comes up which you can use. If you’re fast enough, you can use the half pipe twice to get points. The third jump, do a Down Super to get a lot of air and achieve an ‘X’ rank. Finally at the last jump, do a charged jump and perform your last set of tricks. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The first 3 pieces of junk are very easy to collect. Follow the 3rd piece, and punch through the sign to get more junk. After, go on the right side to ride the giant vine to collect another piece of junk. After you ride the centipede, there are 3 more pieces of junk to collect. At the 3rd one, quickly turn into the sign to blast it away, and get your 10th piece of junk. At the 3rd jump, do a Down Super to go really high and land in the spider webs that’ll get you more junk. Mission 3 Description: Go as far into the forest as you can before Storm appears and reach the goral in 65 seconds Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’54”65 How to: Boost whenever you can. At the first jump, do a Down Super jump to get a lot of air and to land faster. The giant grapes are very easy to dodge, so don’t worry about them. When you get to the giant vines, go in the middle to ride off an Air Ride ramp to travel through Rings. Near where you get to the half pipe, you may want to jump off of it and into more Rings which you can travel through. Finally, at the 3rd jump, do a Down Super jump to land in the spider webs. Mission 4 Description: There is a route where you can go down. Do 4 more grinds so Storm’s work goes to waste. Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Grind 8 times How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super jump and land on the rail that’s very high in the air. Transfer to the other rails on the way. When you get to the part with the giant vines, you’ll see a “Speed” sign. Go over there, and you’ll see a small jump which you can jump off of and land on the rail. Near the half pipe, there are several rails here. You’ll need to do 2 transfers, so watch out for the other rails. Mission 5 Description: Use Air Ride 19 times or more to get the treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Air Ride through at least 33 Rings How to: Using Air Ride at least 33 times is quite tricky to do at first, so it may require a few tries to do this one. At the first jump, do an Up Super to go really high, to land in the Ring. Air Ride through all the Rings very carefully, until you come to the part after the centipede. Oh, and don’t forget to pick up the treasure on the way too. If you really want to use Air Ride more, there’s more Rings to be ridden through at the half pipe. The maximum of Rings in this level is actually 36. ~~~~~ Sand Ruins ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 13 or more points to excite the crows before Storm catches up Difficulty: 10/10 To get gold: Get 34 points How to: This is possibly THE hardest mission in the entire game. So don’t put yourself down, if you can’t do it the first, or second time. There are 5 jumps in this level, so use them well. At the first jump do a Down Super jump to get a lot of air, and achieve an ‘X’. Near the part where the pillars fall down, you can jump off of one of them to perform tricks. Try to get a ‘AA’ here. After that, there’ll be another jump which you can use, so charge your jump and let go to get enough air to possibly make a ‘SS’ at the very least. After, go to the left side of the ruins, and grind the rail. Then transfer yourself to the rail on the left, and transfer yourself to the rail on the right. To do the last transfer, jump just before the second rail starts descending. You’ll be on top of another platform now, so do an Up Super jump to get transferred to another platform. Just before you fall off of the platform, you can execute the final jump. You NEED to use all these jumps if you want to get the gold. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the beginning, bank to the right of the dunes to get 2 pieces of junk. After the first jump, go on the rail that’s to the left. Transfer to the second rail that’s at the top. Collect more junk until you’re in the ruins, where you’ll have to do the 3 rail transfer I talked about in the first mission. Collect another piece of junk there. At the end where you’re put on a giant bow, make sure the bow is stretched back all the way, so you’ll fly up and collect the final piece of junk before you finish. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 65 seconds. Knock away any obstacles in your path! Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’54”08 How to: At the beginning of the level, go straight through the middle of the sand dunes to use Knuckles’ shortcut. At the first jump, do a Down Super to get lots of air, and to land faster. Use the track boosts whenever possible. When you see a line of statues boost right before you hit the first one so you can gain back the lost air. Remember to boost a lot, and with time, you’ll get gold. Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride to pass through 8 or more Rings and reach the goal before Storm appears Difficulty: 2/10 To get gold: Air Ride through 15 Rings How to: Finally, an easy mission. After the first jump you’ll come across a ramp you can ride off of to start Air Riding through Rings. The first Ring can easily be missed so watch out. When you’re in the ruins, go to the right, and you’ll see a ramp there. Air Ride through more Rings and ride your way to the finish. Mission 5 Description: Destroy 7 stone statues in a row to uncover the hidden treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Destroy the first 7 statues you see How to: This is a little tricky to do, so have patience. When you get to the first 3 statues, boost your way into them, then quickly turn to the left to destroy another 3 statues. Just right after you destroy the last statue, boost again to destroy the final two. Your time will be around 6 seconds if you do it right. ~~~~~ Babylon Garden ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points and split before Storm appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Get at least 24 points How to: There are 4 jumps in this mission. At the first jump, do a Down Super to get lots of air. You’ll come across a half pipe soon, so do a jump off of there. When you get to the next jump, do an Up Super to get lots of air. At the final jump, do a Down Super to get lots of air. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The first couple pieces of junk are easy to come across. When you get to the Air Ride ramp, use it to get more junk. After the part where the jet drops you off, there’ll be more pieces of junk up ahead. Keep your eyes peeled for a Ring because you’ll need to do a basic jump to get into it. This Ring is hard to miss the first couple times. Finally, at the last jump, do a Down Super to get the last piece of junk. Mission 3 Description: Avoid the obstacles and reach the goral in 75 seconds Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 1’03”18 How to: The challenge in this one isn’t avoiding the obstacles, but getting to the finish line fast. At the beginning the obstacles are a joke, so swerve through them. Jump off of the half pipe and grind the rail when you see it. After the part where the jet drops you off, make sure you get the rail you see ahead. Time the jump just right to grind the rail. Now the obstacles are starting to mean business. Swerve through them without getting hit and take the jump that’s near. The last turn is the hardest turn, so do your best there too. Do a Down Super jump at the end to get a track boost to the finish line. Mission 4 Description: Smash 9 or more objects to make Storm’s work go to waste Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Smash 15 objects How to: The objects are very hard to miss when seeing them, but they’re hard to miss when actually getting to them. Along the track, you’ll see multiple objects that need to be smashed. With practice you’ll get all of them. At the last jump however, do a Down Super jump to reach the higher platform and you’ll get to the last object. Mission 5 Description: Grind 6 or more times to get the treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Grind 12 times How to: All the grinds are hard to miss, but some of them are quite tricky to transfer to. Near the end though, you’ll come across a rail that wraps around a building. To get to it, you need to jump off the first rail just before it turns then jump onto the next rail to get the treasure. The rest is easy from there. ~~~~~ Digital Dimension ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points and split before Storm catches up Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: Get at least 24 points How to: There are 4 jumps you can use in this mission. The first jump is obvious, so do an Up Super jump when you get there. When you get to the heaven area, grind on the first rail you see, but don’t grind on the second rail. Instead, charge a jump and jump right before the end of the platform. Do the same thing when you get to the next platform. Finally, and the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm appears Difficulty: 2/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are very hard to miss, you can easily get them, even if you didn’t try. Collect the first piece of junk at the beginning, and do an Up Super jump at the first jump. Collect the junk on the way until you get past the heaven part. Go into the middle to smash away objects to collect the junk. The remaining junk is after the last jump. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 75 seconds or less, before Storm appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’58”91 How to: You’re Tails in this mission so that means you’ll have to use Air Ride. The statues are easy to avoid at the beginning so don’t worry. You can’t do an Up Super at the beginning, but oh well. While you’re on the lower level, try not to go too close to the chasm, because you could get pulled in by the hands. When you get into the heaven part, swerve to the left and you’ll see a ramp you can go off of to use Air Ride. After the heaven switches, go all the way to the right and use another Air Ride ramp to go through more rings. Finally, at the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get lotsa air. Mission 4 Description: Traps in sub-space? Get past these obstacles by doing 5 or more grinds Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Grind 10 times How to: The first rail is hard to miss. Make the first jump to go on the first rail and to the second. Once in the heaven area, grind on the rails there. The rails are a bit tricky to transfer on, but you’ll get the hang of it eventually. When the heaven part switches to the next part, you’ll have to transfer rails almost immediately. So be careful. Mission 5 Description: Destroy 7 stone statues in a row while in sub-space to uncover the hidden treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Destroy the first 7 statues you see How to: Like the other mission that was like this, the way to get gold is still the same, and same concept. When you see the first 3 statues, don’t boost, but boost after that, when you come across the 4 statues that are in a row. After, just get the last statue standing. Easy enough. ~~~~~ SEGA CARNIVAL ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 16 or more points to excite the crowd and split before Storm catches up Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Get at least 36 points How to: There are 8 - 9 jumps in this mission. Plenty to get the points you need. At the beginning of the level, you can jump off the platform you’re on, so do so. The next jump, do an Up Super jump to try and get to the top level. If you don’t make it to the top, there’s a half pipe at the bottom level which you can perform a trick on. Once you’re in the Monkey Ball part of the stage, there are several platforms here. At the end of each one, you can perform a jump and do tricks. If you fall off the platforms, there’s a half pipe underneath for you to perform tricks on as well. On the final jump, just do a regular charged jump and get tricks by doing that. Mission 2 Description: Collect 6 or more pieces of junk before Storm gets one Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the beginning, do a Down Super jump to get the first piece of junk, then get all the others on the way. When you get to the lower part of the ship, get to the half pipe, and jump off of it to get into the Ring. Right after the NiGHTS section, jump off the platform you’re on and go into the Ring that’s there. Afterwards, the pieces of junk are easy to find. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 70 seconds so Storm’s work goes to waste Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0’56”46 How to: Again, it’s not about avoiding the obstacles, but getting the finish fast. At the beginning, jump off the platform to get on the rail, and go to the second. After the rails, do an Up Super jump to try and get to the upper part of the ship. When you have reached the Monkey Ball section, try to jump from platform to platform instead of falling off. Then at the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get to the higher platform. If you have done all this, then you are quite guaranteed a gold or a silver at the very least. Mission 4 Description: Smash 9 or more objects to reduce Storm’s morale Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Smash 15 objects How to: Smashing the objects is easy to do, it’s getting it done quickly which is hard. Follow the usual route and smash the barrels on the way. Remember to boost whenever possible. When you get to the Monkey Ball section, stay on all of the platforms ‘till you get to the last one, because there’s a barrel there. And no, smashing the bowling pins don’t count. Mission 5 Description: Use Air Ride 28 or more times to get the treasure before Storm appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Use Air Ride 35 times How to: At the beginning, use a Down Super jump to get to the first Ring. From there, it’s easy sailing…or so you’d like to think. Maneuvering through the Rings is quite tricky to do. I’ve failed the first 5 times on this, so it takes a bit of practice to do. ============================== WAve's Missions ============================== ~~~~~ Night Chase ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 14 or more points before Wave catches up. Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: Get at least 24 points How to: Yay for Cream! I personally like using her in races, so this makes me happy. Anyways, there are 5 jumps in this level. At the first jump do a regular charged jump and do tricks. Take the left tunnel when you get to the tunnels to avoid the cars. Once you get to the half pipe, do tricks off of that. Just like Metal City, at the last jump, do a Down Super to get really high, and follow up with the last jump afterwards. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super to get to the higher platform Stay to the left to get more junk. Once you get to the next track boost, stay as far to the left as possible. Use the right tunnel once you get there. Get the next piece of junk that's in the middle of the road then quickly get to the half pipe, so you can jump off of it to Air Ride in the Rings. Finally more junk pieces on the way, look out for the bombs, and at the last jump do a Down Super to get to the higher platform and get the another piece of junk. At the final jump, do another Down Super jump to get the last piece of junk. Mission 3 Description: The path is blocked by a truck. Weave through traffic and reach the goal within 60 seconds. Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'47"50 How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super jump to get to the higher platform. Carefully weave through the cars and go through the right tunnel. You'll soon see an open truck with a little platform. Quickly charge a jump and jump off of the slanted platform to fly in the air and to quickly start grinding on a rail there. The cars are easy to avoid to the end. Again, do a Down Super jump at the last one. Mission 4 Description: Knock away 9 or more police cars to force Wave to change her plan. Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Smash at least 15 cars How to: When you do the first jump bnk to the right to hit some police cars. While you're on the road, hit all the moving police cars you can see. Go through the right tunnel when you get there and use Knuckles' shortcut. The rest of the police cars are easy to see until the end. Mission 5 Description: Be clever with your gear! Try to keep your speed over 140 as you head toward to goal! Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'47"88 How to: The track boosts on this level helps a whole lot, so use them whenever you see them. Try to avoid the bombs as well. All there is to this mission is to, do an Up Super jump at the first jump, use the right tunnel when you get there, and do a Down Super jump once you get to the last jump. ~~~~~ Red Canyon ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points to excite the crowd before Wave cathes up Difficulty: 8/10 To get gold: Get at least 18 points How to: There are only 3 jumps in this mission, which sucks a whole lot. So you need to do super good on the three jumps if you want a gold. At the first jump, do a regular charged jump and do tricks. When you get to the giant steering wheel thing, jump off of that and get points. At the last jump, do a regular charged jump again and get points. As long as you get 2 'SS's, you'll be in the green. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are very clear to see, so grab them on your way through the course. After the first jump, grind the rail to get 2 more pieces of junk. After the waterfall, grind the rail to get more pieces of junk. Finally, at the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get to the higher platform to get another piece of junk. When you go through the waterfall, stay to your right to your right so you can slide down the water to get to the last piece of junk easily. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 65 seconds. Knock away any obstacles in your path! Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'56"53 How to: Smash all the objects you can in this missin and boost whenever you do. Do an Up Super jump at the first jump to get to the higher platform. After the waterfall, use Knuckles' shortcut as well. At the last jump, do a Down Super to get to the higher platform, and stay to the right to slide down the water. Remember to watch your air! Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride to pass thorugh 8 or more Rings and reach the goal Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Air Ride 15 times How to: This mission has a lot of smooth sailing through here. The only challenge is to jump off of the steering wheel at the right time to land in one of the Rings. Don't forget that there's an Air Ride ramp near the beginning of the platform. Mission 5 Description: Reach the goal with over half of your Air left Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Have at least 180 Air when you cross the finish line How to: This is the first mission like this, so it's going to be tough at first. With Tails, get the Air capsule at the beginning of the level. Try not to air slide around this corner. Do a charged jump at the first jump and get a lot of Air. Ride off of the Air Ride ramp to fly through more Rings to get more Air. Avoid the bombs at all costs. Once you get to the waterfall, rotate the control stick AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! After that, jump off of the steering wheel, and Air Ride through the Rings. Use Tails' shortcut to ride off another ramp to sail through Rings. At the last jump do a charged jump and get more Air. Stay at your right to slide down the water. Remember, on this mission and more like it ahead, DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT BOOST!!! ~~~~~ Ice Factory ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 18 or more points to show off your techniques Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Get at least 30 points How to: There are 6 jumps in this mission. At the first jump, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air. You'll land on a platform which you can jump off of at the end of it. At the next jump, do a charged jump to get some air as well. You'll soon see a half pipe ahead of you. Use that half pipe, to jump off of and ride into the Rings ahead. Soon enough, you'll come across yet another half pipe. Do tricks off of that. At the last jump, do an Up Super jump to get lots of air. This shouldn't be too difficult, once you get the hang of it. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the first jump do a Down Super jump to get that floating piece of junk that's way up there. I reccomend to jump over the first track boost to easily get the piece of junk that's around the corner. After the next jump, use the half pipe to use Tails' shortcut to get more junk. Collect more junk on the way until you get to another half pipe. Use Tails' shorcut again to get more junk. There's more junk on the way to the finish, so gather those. Mission 3 Description: Evade the monitoring robots and reach the goal in 75 seconds Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 1'02"36 How to: Try not to get hit by the robots. That's the obvious part. Now at the beginning, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air, and stay to the left. Jump off of the platform and grind the rail to the next jump. At the next jump do another Down Super jump to get to the higher platform. Conserve your boosts! When you get to the half pipe part again, stay to the right, so you can jump off of a pipe and land on another railing. At the last jump, do an Up Super jump to get lotsa air. NOW boost to the finish. Mission 4 Description: The surveillance robots have fone totally our of control. Destroy 9 or more to stop the chaos! Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: Destroy 15 robots How to: Try not to worry about how long you take, just carefully take out every single robot you see. Use Knuckles' shortcut near the giant fan, and take out more robots. When you get to the next turning point sharp turn IMMEDIATELY to gain access to Knuckles' seconds shortcut. Finally, take out the remaning robots and reach the goal. Mission 5 Description: A bunch of Rings have just appeared. Collect 50 or more Rings, then reach the goal Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Collect at least 70 Rings How to: This is your first mission like this, but don't worry, there are PLENTY of Rings to collect in this mission. It may take a few tries to get gold, but you'll eventually get it. The only suggestions I can give is, take ALL the track boosts you can, whenever you see a line of Rings, STAY ON THAT LINE, and at the third jump, do a Down Super jump to get to the higher platform. ~~~~~ White Cave ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 14 or more points and split before WAve appears Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Get at least 22 points How to: There are 3 jumps in this mission, but don't distress, they give you LOTS of air. At the first jump, do an Up Super jump. There isn't going to be a jump until the end of the course, but when you get there, do a Down Super jump, and at the last jump, do another Down Super jump. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are easy to see, so collect the junk on the way until you get to the part after the centipede drops you off. Bust through the sign when you see it, to go through it and get more junk. You'll get the last pieces of junk near the end. Mission 3 Description: Go as far into the forest as you can before Wave appears and reach the goal in 60 seconds Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'48"18 How to: The obstacles and bombs are rediculously easy to avoid, so don't even worry about them. Do an Up Super jump at the first jump, and use the track boosts whenever possible. Use Tails' shortcuts as well. You may boost yourself, whenever you get the chance. When you get to the second to last jump, do a Down Super to land in the spider webs and launch yourself to the finish line. Mission 4 Description: There is a route where you can go down. Do 4 or more grinds so Wave's work goes to waste Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Grind 8 times How to: At the beginning of the level, do an Up Super jump to get really high, so you may land on the first rail. Transfering from rail to rail may be tricky at first, but you'll get the hang of it. After the centipede drops you off, find another rail that needs to be ridden. Be careful, for the next rail is tricky to transfer to. Afterwards, get yourself to the finish. Mission 5 Description: Fight with Wave! Hit her with 1 or more attacks and reach the goal before she does Difficuly: 5/10 To get gold: Hit Wave at least 3 times How to: This mission is a little different from the others, but be aware of one thing...THE AI IS VERY, VERY, STUPID! Don't let the computer intimidate you. You can EASILY win the race, even if you didn't try. On the other hand, you must hit Wave 3 times. First, let Wave get a head start, then follow behind her. Boost up to her to attack her once. Purposely slow down, so she can get ahead of you so you can boost up to her and attack her once more. Do this one more time, and get to the finish line. ~~~~~ Dark Desert ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 14 or more points to excite the crowd before Wave catches up Difficulty: 9/10 To get gold: Get at least 28 points How to: There are 7 jumps in this mission and you must use them ALL! At the first jump, you can do any charged jump you want, you'll get lots of air, either way. On the way down, you'll come across three platforms which you land on. You can jump off of these platforms and perform tricks. When you get into the ruins, do not use Air Ride, instead, use the jumps that are there and perform tricks off of them. This is a very difficult mission, even if you try really hard, you still may end up with a silver medal at the end, but keep trying and you'll eventually get the gold. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super to get the first pieces of junk. The next pieces of junk as you can see, are suspended in the air meaning that you must jump off of the next few platforms to get to them. Try and avoid the bombs too. Once in the ruins, stay in the middle, and grind the rail to get another piece of junk. After you're teleported out, grind the last two rails to get more junk. The last few pieces are quite easy to spot. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 70 seconds. Knock away any obstacles in your path! Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'56"88 How to: Do an Up Super jump at the beginning to get lots of air. Smash any objects that you see and boost when you do. once in the ruins stay to your left, and smash/boost your way through. After you've been teleported, follow the obstacles to Knuckles' shortcut and boost your way to the goal. Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride to pass through 7 or more Rings and reach the goal before Wave appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Air Ride 15 times How to: After the first jump, jump off of the platform and land in a Ring to start Air Riding. You may have to maneuver yourself carefully through here. After, get in the ruins and take the path to the right. There, you'll see an Air Ride ramp to ride off of. Take it and sail through the ruins. After you've been teleported, you'll see another ramp. Ride off of that, and get yourself thorugh the last set of Rings. Mission 5 Description: A bunch of Rings have just appeared. Collect 50 or more Rings, then reach the goal Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Get at least 70 Rings How to: The Rings are hard to miss. Like I've mentioned before in this guide, when you see a line of Rings, stay on the line! Use the track boosts whenever possible, and follow the line of Rings it lets you on. ~~~~~ Sky Road ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 16 or more points and split before Wave appears Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Get at least 30 points How to: There are 5 - 6 jumps in this mission. At the first jump, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air and perform tricks. At the next jump, do not be intimidated by the bombs, instead do an Up Super jump and do more tricks. Quickly turn around the corner, and charge your jump. Go off the platform, and get more points. Once you turn the next corner, you'll see a ramp that lead's to Cream's shortcut. DO NOT take this ramp! Instead, go around it, and take the next ramp that's up ahead. At the last jump, do a Down Super jump and collect more points. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are easy to see, yet again, so don't get worried about not being able to see them. One cautious note though, is to avoid the bombs at all costs. Getting hit by one of them could possibly slow you down so much, that even if you get all the pieces of junk, you wont be able to make it to the finish line in time. When you get to Tails' shortcut, jump off the ramp and fly through the Rings. At the final jump, so a Down Super jump to get the final piece of junk. Mission 3 Description: Avoid the obstacles and reach the goal in 65 seconds Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'51"56 How to: Avoiding the obstacles are easy. What you need to worry about is getting to the goal in time. At the beginning, stay to your right and as you go off the jump, you'll see a rail. Land on it, and it'll make the trip easier. Try to do an Up Super jump at the next jump too. When you get to Sonic's next rail, use it, and ride to the last jump where you'll do a Down Super jump to make life easier. Mission 4 Description: Smash 9 or more objects to make Wave's work go to waste Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Smash 15 objects How to: The objects are very easy to see, as they are guarded by bombs. Easily swerve yourself through the bombs and smash the objects. There is no great strategy to this other than avoiding the bombs. Mission 5 Description: Be clever with your gear! Try to keep your speed over 140 as you head toward the goal! Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'52"80 How to: In this mission, it is crucial that you use all the track boosts there are. Smash any objects that you see, and boost at the same time when you see them. Be sure to do a Down Super jump at the first jump, an Up Super jump at the second, and finally a Down Super jump at the last jump, in order to maintain your speed over 140. ~~~~~ Babylon Guardian ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 12 or more points and split before Wave appears Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Get 20 points How to: In this mission, there are only 2 jumps. Which means you MUST achieve an 'X' ranking off of both jumps. Do not worry about the objects that are in your way, you can avoid them easily. At the first jump, do an Up Super jump and get an 'X'. At the last jump, do a Down Super jump and achieve an 'X'. Watch out for the bombs at the last jump though. Mission 2 Desctiption: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: The pieces of junk are made to look so obvious that it's funny. Collect the pieces of junk on the track and be careful of the bombs. Just like before, do an Up Super jump at the first jump to get a piece of junk, and a Down Super jump at the last jump to get another. Mission 3 Description: Go as far as you can before Wave appears and reach the goal in 45 seconds Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'36"81 How to: This mission is quite different, for you have to attack the Babylon Guardian once before you can even cross the finish line. On top of that, there are statues and bombs to avoid as well. This can be made easy if you follow the following. Get a good start and the beginning and boost once. Swerve through the statues DO NOT go around them. After you pass some more statues, boost once more and hit the Guardian. Afterwards, sharply turn around the corner and do an Up Super jump to get to Rings in the air. Finally, get yourself to the final jump and do a Down Super jump to get lots of air, and boost yourself to the finish. Mission 4 Description: Traps in sub-space? Get past these obstacles by doing 5 or more grinds Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Grind 10 times How to: Jump on the first rail, and keep transfering to other rails. The difficult part in this, is the transfering. Some of the rails may be hard to transfer to. At the final jump, do a Down Super jump to get on the last rail. Mission 5 Description: Reach the goal with over half of your Air left Difficutly: 5/10 To get gold: Have at least 180 Air when you reach the goal How to: This one is quite tricky to maneuver around so it might take some practice to do. Try to get all the air capsules in this course. At the first jump, do an Up Super jump, to get lots of air. Avoid the bombs at all costs, and grab more air capsules. At the final jump do a Down Super jump to get lots of air. Remember, DO NOT BOOST!!! ~~~~~ SEGA ILLUSION ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Perform tricks to get 14 or more points and split beofre Wave appears Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Get at least 26 points How to: There are 4 jumps in this mission. The first jump is off the platform you start on, so do a jump off of that. At the next jump do a charged jump to get lots of air. Once you get to the Space Channel 5 area, there will be a half pipe. You can perform tricks twice on these pipes so do so. At the final jump do an Up Super jump to get lots of air and earn points. Mission 2 Description: Collect 8 or more pieces of junk before Wave gets one Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: At the beginning, jump off of the platform to Air Ride through some Rings. Collect more junk on the way and watch out for the bombs. At the next jump do a Down Super jump to get more junk. Collect more junk on the way until you reach the Space Channel 5 area. Use the half pipe here to Air Ride through more Rings. At the last jump, do an Up Super jump to get another piece of junk. As you enter the Chu Chu Rocket area, get on the RED arrow and it will guide you to 2 more pieces of junk. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal in 75 seconds so Wave's work goes to waste Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'57"73 How to: At the first jump, do a charged jump off of it. Boost yourself to the track boosts, then after, boost some more. Get to the rail and grind it. After you get off the rail, do a Down Super jump to get to the higher platform. Boost your way to Space Channel 5, and get to the rail there, and grind it. Be careful not to fall in to the hole. At the final jump, do an Up Super jump to get lots of air. Weave around the bombs to get on a GREEN arrow. Finally boost your way to the finish line. Mission 4 Description: Smash 9 or more objects to reduce Wave's morale Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Smash 15 objects How to: The objects are easy to see, as they're big flying red things. Smash all the ones you can see. At the second jump do a Down Super jump to get to the higher platform. Smash more objects on the way until you get to Space Channel 5. There, take the right most route and smash more objects. Once you get to the Chu Chu Rocket area, take the RED arrow, and smash down the last object. Mission 5 Description: Fight with Wave! Hit her with 1 or more attacks and reach the goal before she does Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Hit Wave at least 3 times How to: Remember, the AI is as stupid as a piece of toast. As said before, let Wave get a head start, and boost up to her to attack her. Purposely slow down, and let Wave get ahead, boost, and attakc her once more. Do this one more time and get to the finish. The problem in this mission is that the computer tends to boost around corners so be sure to hit Wave before she gets a chance to do that. ============================== Jet's Missions ============================== ~~~~~ EXTRA 1 ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Jet is following you! Maintain a speed of at least 140 to break away from him Location: Metal City Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'49"80 How to: Jet made me laugh a lot in this level. As long as you maintain a speed of at least 140, he will NEVER catch up to you. Use all the track boosts in this level, and boost yourself whenever possible. Also, at the first jump do an Up Super jump to get to the higher platform. Jump off of other platforms as well, but NOT the half pipe. When you get to the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get really high and use the track boosts there to do another jump off of the final jump. Mission 2 Description: Reach the goal with over half of your Air left Location: Splash Canyon Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: Have at least 180 Air when you reach the goal How to: This mission has a lot of bombs and obsticles in the way so be weary of them. You need to use all the jumps in this mission to gain air, so do so. At the second jump, just use a regular charged jump and gain air. At the waterfall, rotate your analog stick like crazy! After that, do not jump off of the steering wheel. Instead, use Tails' shortcut. At the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get really high. Mission 3 Description: A bunch of Rings have just appeared. Collect 50 or more Rings, then reach the goal Location: Egg Factory Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Get at least 70 Rings How to: Jet's in this mission again, but only to distract you. Don't bother about Jet. I crossed the finish line without boosting once with Jet WAY behind me. As said before, use the track boosts to get on a line of Rings and stay on that line. Find more lines of Rings lying around as well. Mission 4 Description: Fight with Jet! Hit him with 1 or more attacks and reach the goal before he does Location: Green Cave Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Hit Jet at least 3 times How to: This is just like Wave's missions. Give Jet a head start, tail him, and boost up to him and hit him. Purposely slow down and wait for him to get ahead, boost again and hit him once more. Repeat this one more time, and get to the finish. Mission 5 Description: Fight with Jet! Collect the scattered junk and reach the goal before he does Location: SEGA CARNIVAL Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: Collecting the pieces of junk is easy. However, there is one drawback. If you're not fast enough, Jet will come along, and will take the junk for himself. At the first jump, do an Up Super jump to get the first piece of junk. Get the rest of the junk on the way until you get to the Monkey Ball section. Stay on the platforms, and jump off of them to grab the junk in the air. Finally, grab the rest pieces of junk on the way and get to the finish. ~~~~~ EXTRA 2 ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: A bunch of Rings have just appeared. Collect 50 or more Rings, then reach the goal Location: Sand Ruins Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Get at least 70 Rings How to: Just like all the other missions that were like this one, find a line of Rings, and stay on it. Use the track boosts when neccessary, and stay on the line of Rings it gives you. Jet is just another distraction in this mission so ignore him. Mission 2 Description: Jet is following you! Maintain a speed of at least 140 to break away from him Location: Babylong Garden Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 1'00"06 How to: Yet again, Jet is just another distraction, so ignore him. Use the track boosts as much as possible and boost before a jump, or when you're about to smash some objects. There are a lot of places where you can easily screw up, so watch out. Do a Down Super jump at the first jump, and do an Up Super jump at the next one you see. Finally, at the last jump, do a Down Super jump to get really high, and boost yourself to the finish. Mission 3 Description: Reach the goal with over half of your Air left Location: Digital Dimension Difficulty: 8/10 To get gold: Have at least 180 Air when you reach the goal How to: There are A LOT of bombs and obstacles in here so WATCH OUT. At the beginning try not to do an Air slide. If you want to quickly move to the right of left, just lightly tap the L1 or R1 buttons. At the first jump, do an Up Super jump to get to the higher platform and an air capsule. Keep avoiding the bombs until you get to the transfering point of hell and heaven. There, rotate your analog stick as fast as possible! When you reach the heaven part, grind on all the rails for more air. At the end, grind on the last rail, and do a Down Super jump at the last jump, to get lots of air. Mission 4 Description: Fight with Jet! Hit him with 1 one or more attacks and reach the goal before he does Location: SEGA CARNIVAL Difficulty: 6/10 To get gold: Hit Jet at least 3 times How to: Like all the other missions like this, allow Jet to have a head start, tail him, boost up to him, and attack him. Afterwards, purposely slow down, wait for him to pass and hit him one more time. Do this once more, and get to the finish. Mission 5 Description: A match with Jet to prove who is the fastest! Prove that you are by reaching the goal before Jet! Location: Sand Ruins Difficulty: 7/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'56"38 How to: Jet is actually a little smarter in this mission but not that much smarter. Use all the track boosts to your advantage, and boost yourself, whenever possible. At the start, do not take the left side of the track. At the first jump, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air. Keep boosting, until you get to the ruins. Do the 3 rail transfer inside that I've mentioned before. After you land on the platform, do an Up Super jump to land on another platform. Get yourself to the finish from there by boosting. ~~~~~ EXTRA 3 ~~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Catch up to a police car and take the treasure befor Jet appears Location: Night Chase Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'14"26 How to: The police car is really easy to catch up to. At the first jump do an Up Super jump to land on the higher platform. Keep to the right and use the track boosts there. Then boost yourself and chase after the car. After you get yourself on the road, boost one more time then you'll get the car. Mission 2 Description: Grind 8 or more times to get the treasure before Jet appears Location: Red Canyon Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Grind 14 times How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super jump to get to the first rail. Keep transfering rails from then on all the way until the end of the course. Mission 3 Description: Catch up to a robot before Jet appears to grab the treasure Location: Ice Factory Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'34"25 How to: At the first jump do a Down Super jump. Use the track boosts as much as possible, and boost yourself too. Whenever you come across objects to be destroyed, boost before you destroy them. Do not bump into anything, else the robot will get enough speed to get away and you'll lose your chance at getting gold. Oh, and try now to run out of air either. Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride 30 or more times to get the treasure before Jet appears Location: White Cave Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Air ride 38 times How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super jump to fly to the first Ring. Now the difficult part, is to stay in these Rings, until you reach the end of the course. Maneuver yourself carefully, and don't forget to pick up the treasure on the way. Mission 5 Description: Fight with Jet! Collect scattered junk and reach the goal before Jet does Location: Night Chase Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: All 12 pieces of junk How to: Get a good head start to grab the first piece of junk or else Jet is going to grab it. After the first jump, stay to your right to get more pieces of junk. On the road, try to evade the cars, and get more pieces of junk. Take the right tunnel when you get there. After, grab more pieces of junk on the way and watch out for the bombs. Do not worry about Jet, because after the first junk piece, he'll fall WAY behind. ~~~~ EXTRA 4 ~~~~ Mission 1 Description: Destroy 7 stone statues in a row to uncover the hidden treasure before Jet appears Location: Dark Desert Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Smash the first 7 stone statues you see How to: At the first jump, do an Up Super to get some speed when you hit the ground. Get all the way to the entrance of the ruins. There you will see some statues. When you get to the first 3 statues, boost, and start hitting all the other statues as well. Mission 2 Description: Grind 8 or more times to get the treasure before Jet appears Location: Sky Road Difficulty: 5/10 To get gold: Grind 14 times How to: At the beginning, stay to your right. Go off of the jump, and land on the rail underneath. Keep yourself on the rails until you get to the last one. You'll get the treasure on the way, so don't worry about it. Mission 3 Description: Destroy 7 stone statues in a row while in sub-space to uncover the hidden treasure before Jet appears Location: Babylon Guardian Difficulty: 4/10 To get gold: Smash the first 7 stone statues you see How to: When you get to the first 3 statues, first hit the first 2, then boost just as soon as you hit the third one. Afterwards, continue hitting the next 3 until you get to that last one. Again, boost just at the last one, and go for the last statue. Because you'll need to maneuver very carefully, this may take a few tries to do. Mission 4 Description: Use Air Ride 26 or more times to get the treasure before Jet appears Location: SEGA ILLUSION Difficulty: 3/10 To get gold: Use Air Ride at least 33 times How to: At the beginning, jump off of the platform and into the Ring to start Air Riding. It will be smooth sailing from here; you practically don't have to move Tails while he's flying. On the way you may notice a Ring that's underneath another one. Don't try and get it, as it's there to distract you. Anyways, Air Ride all the way to the end. Mission 5 Description: The final battle with Storm, Wave, and Jet! Prove you're the best by reaching the goal before them Location: Sky Road To get gold: I achieved a time of 0'53"01 How to: Storm, Wave, and Jet are just there to intimidate you. Ignore them completley and do your own thing. At the first jump, do a Down Super jump to get lots of air. Watch out for the bombs on the way. At the second jump, do an up Super jump to get lots of Air there too. You can ignore the next jump, and boost your way to the next one. At the next jump, do an Up Super jump to get an air capsule, and more air. Finally, at the last jump, do a Down Super jump, to get to the higher platform, and boost your way to the finish! If you have collected all the gold medals, then I congratulate you!!! It has been long, but you've done a great job. Pat yourself on the back, and go buy that Chaos Emerald gear! Super Sonic awaits you! ========== CREDITS ========== I’d like to thank myself, and my brain for coming up with these ideas. If anyone has a problem with my FAQ, or if you simply want to send a nice ‘thank you’ please send your letters to rikz44@hotmail.com This FAQ has been brought to you by your one and only gfreak.....;) Copyright 2006