Diddy Kong Racing DS

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Platform - Nintendo DS
Genre - Driving / Racing
Publisher - Rare Ltd.

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Author - RandomCap
Date Last Updated - 8-11-7
Version - .25
File Size - 28.5

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Quick Note: Yes, I know that the walkthrough is not done yet. Come the 
next update and I am hoping that it will be done. Trying to get as much
in as possible before on go on vacation on the fourteenth.

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Table of Contents
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Introduction . . . INTRO
Version History . . . VERHS
Controls . . . CONTR
Before Playing . . . BEPLA
Walkthrough . . . WALKT
Extras (Secrets) . . . EXSEC
Taj's Selection . . . TASEL
Credits . . . CREDI
FAQS . . . FAQS
Special Thanks . . . SPETH
Contact Information . . . COINF
Legal Information . . . LEGIN
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Version History	VERHS
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Version .25 - August 11, 2007 - File Size/28.5KB - Trying to get the 
hang of this game, kind of different from the N64 version. I added all 
of Dino Domain, some of Snowflake Mountain, Controls, Legal 
Information, Extra section, and Before Playing Information.

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Controls	CONTR
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L Button - Use Collected Item / Beep Horn (no weapons)
R Button - Power Slide (Cart) / Jump (Hovercraft) / Tight Turn (Plane)
X Button - Activate Power-Up
Y Button - Discard Weapon
A Button - Accelerate
B Button - Brake / Reverse (Plane / Cart Only)
D Pad - Steer
Touch Screen - Tap the touch screen to change view

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Before Playing	BEPLA
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Items
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Red Balloon
Times one - One normal missile, fires straight ahead.
Times two - Upgrades to five normal missiles, these will home slightly.
Times three - One homing missile targets person in first.
Token Upgrade - Patroller Missile, three missiles launch and circle 
your vehicle. When your opponent comes into range, there attack.

Blue Balloon
Times one - Small speed boost.
Times two - Large speed boost.
Times three - Super speed boost.
Token Upgrade - Boost Vortex, a small missile launches to form a boost 
vortex. Drive through it to be boosted on autopilot for several 
seconds-depending on your success with the power bar on the bottom 
screen. You can't be hurt while having this active.

Green Balloon
Times one - Oil Slick (gas cloud if collected by plane or hovercraft)
Times two - Land Mine (floating mine if collected by plane)
Times three - Bubble Trap, a floating bubble encases a racer.
Token Upgrade - Trickster Mine, you can place up to five of these mines 
anywhere on the course. These mines appear as a coin and home kind of.

Yellow Balloon
Times one - Weak Shield
Times two - Advanced Shield
Times three - Super Shield
Token Upgrade - Wide-me Shield, you become invisible to the other 
racers. You vanish from the overhead maps and no weapons will be able 
to lock on to you.

Rainbow Balloon
Times one - Yellow Magnet will pull you toward a nearby rival.
Times two - Advance Red Magnet has better range.
Times three - Super Magnet has better range and pulls back rival.
Token Upgrade - Magna Missile, this missile races down the course and 
appears as a dot on the map screen. When it approaches another racer's 
vehicle, tap the touch screen to make the missile lock on and explode. 
If not set off soon it will self-detonate.

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First off characters
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These are the characters that you start off with. Characters are 
classified as; bad, meaning that you should avoid them at all costs. 
Average, meaning that they are your average racer, all-around 
characters nothing really wrong with them. Good, above average but not 
the best. The Best, best there is nothing can beat him.
(A-Z)

Bumper / Mole / Average
Speed 3/5
Handling 3/5
Acceleration 2/5
Overall 8/15

Diddy Kong / Chimpanzee / Average
Speed 2/5
Handling 3/5
Acceleration 3/5
Overall 8/15

Dixie Kong / Chimpanzee / Average
Speed 2/5
Handling 3/5
Acceleration 3/5
Overall 8/15

Krunch / Alligator / Average
Speed 4/5
Handling 2/5
Acceleration 2/5
Overall 8/15

Pipsy / Mouse / Good
Speed 1/5
Handling 5/5
Acceleration 5/5
Overall 11/15

Timber / Tiger / Average
Speed 3/5
Handling 3/5
Acceleration 3/5
Overall 9/15

Tiny Kong / Chimpanzee / Average
Speed 2/5
Handling 3/5
Acceleration 3/5
Overall 8/15

TipTup / Turtle / Good
Speed 1/5
Handling 5/5
Acceleration 5/5
Overall 11/15

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Unlockable Characters
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These are the characters that you can unlock. Characters are classified 
as; bad, meaning that you should avoid them at all costs. Average, 
meaning that they are your average racer, all-around characters nothing 
really wrong with them. Good, above average but not the best. The Best, 
best there is nothing can beat him.
(A-Z)

Drumstick / Chicken / Good
Speed 4/5
Handling 2/5
Acceleration 5/5
Overall 11/15

Taj / Elephant / Good
Speed 5/5
Handling 1/5
Acceleration 1/5
Overall 7/15

T.T. / Clock / The Best
Speed 5/5
Handling 4/5
Acceleration 5/5
Overall 14/15

Wizpig / Pig / Good
Speed 5/5
Handling 1/5
Acceleration 1/5
Overall 7/15

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Deeper Into the Characters
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Bumper
How to unlock: Starter Character
No one is really 'bad' but still Bumper and everyone else who is listed 
under 'average' should be avoided. Unless you really like moles stay 
away from him.

Diddy Kong
How to unlock: Starter Character
Even though this is his game he is really not that good. There are 
other people faster than him and are others how can handle a lot better 
than Diddy, sorry.

Dixie Kong
How to unlock: Starter Character
Dixie Kong is the same as Diddy Kong, the only difference being the 
sex. Unless you really like monkeys she is also a character you should 
avoid being for the reasons listed above.

Krunch
How to unlock: Starter Character
Now if you are looking for a fast character Krunch is your man. He may 
not accelerate that fast but once he is on the track and has his speed 
up few will catch him. Downside, he is hard to control at times.

Pipsy
How to unlock: Starter Character
I don't know how she always manages to stay in first on single player; 
she is the slowest character in the game. If you can some how keep her 
up in front with the other racers she will be a very good character for 
you. She reaches her top speed in seconds and she handles very nice.

Timber
How to unlock: Starter Character
Mostly everyone who starts off playing this game will choose Timber, I 
did. Timber is overall average; I wanted to give him a higher score but 
just couldn't see nothing went lower than a three or higher. If you're 
starting off and want a character that is average in everything Timber 
is your tiger. He will keep up with everyone and handle almost if not 
better than everyone else.

Tiny Kong
How to unlock: Starter Character
See reason for Dixie and Donkey Kong.

TipTup
How to unlock: Starter Character
TipTup has the same stats as Pipsy and works the same way, only 
difference being the creature and sex. Basically if you liked Pipsy but 
wanted a different creature and one that was male, well here you go.

Drumstick
How to unlock: In the main part of the island to the left of the 
Wizpig's statue of his face will be an elevated land where at the top 
it looks like some grass on the wall that makes a frogs head, what 
could that mean? Get close to a frog on the ground and with your stylus 
pull up on the frog and aim for the top near the grass frog head. It 
may take awhile, but when you have it a frog with part of a chickens 
head will pop out and start bouncing very high. Do your first murder 
and run it over. You have now unlocked Drumstick.
Drumstick is a little better than all the starter characters and he is 
the first thing you should do when you start off your new game. Since 
he is easy to get and has better stats than all the other starter 
characters he is a must have to use though out most of the game unless 
other characters are unlocked. He is best used in a plane.

Taj
How to unlock: Collect all 47 Balloons, have the full Wizpig Amulet, 
and get all gold trophies in all the worlds. Go to Future Fun Land once 
you have all of the items above and start the final Wizpig battle. Once 
Wizpig is down for the count you will have unlocked Taj.
Even though you will have beaten the game 100 percent Taj is great for 
multiplayer games. He is one of the fastest racers in the game but 
should only be used in a Cart.

T.T.
How to unlock: Beat all of his Time Trails and collect the all of the 
T.T. amulet. You must beat him in every Time Trail level in every 
vehicle. Once you have done this you can use him.
T.T. he is one stat away from being perfect and he is an all around 
good character in ever vehicle. I have heard that his stats are not 
true but I haven't seen any facts on this yet. He is best used in a 
Hovercraft.

Wizpig
How to unlock: Complete Adventure two to unlock Wizpig.
Wizpig's stats my look bad at first glance but he is still a good 
racer. He accelerates faster than his stats say and he will keep you up 
near first or in first because of his speed. His handling is loose 
though so at times he will become hard to drive.

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Tips
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When hitting a land, air, or water boost let go of the acceleration 
just as your about to hit it to get a bigger longer boost.

While in a hovercraft, start turning before you hit a turn, but not to 
steep of a turn. A gentle turn will get you past.

Before you even play the first level, unlock Drumstick. He is the 
easiest secret character to unlock, and is better than all the other 
starting characters.

Never get directly in front of someone or behind some one. They will 
most likely have a missile on them or an oil slip.

Always at the start of the race try and get the boost, it will 
determine at certain levels if you are going to win or not. Once you 
are in first you most likely will not lose it.

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Walkthrough	  WALKT
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The Island
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The game kicks off with a cut scene of Timber and his friends running 
away. In the end Diddy gathers up everyone and heads off to the island. 
You are greeted by Taj who will teach you the basics of how to use each 
vehicle.

First off, rub his magic lamp and than enter your name you want to use. 
You will than be told to make an icon. If you don't feel like spending 
time on it you can always come back, but first you have to at least 
draw a quick dot on it to be able to continue. Now you must race 
against Taj, don't worry, it is almost impossible to lose to him, all 
you need to do is follow the tokens around the island and he will 
reward you will a balloon.

To your left will be a ramp that will take you to your first race 
areas, Dino Domain. The door with the numbers on them indicates how 
many balloons it will take to enter each area. The number of balloons 
you have is located at the bottom right of the top screen.

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Dino Domain
One balloon
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Ancient Lake - One balloon
Fossil Canyon - Two balloons
Jungle Falls - Three balloons
Hot Top Volcano - Five balloons

Ancient Lake / Cart / Very Easy
When you first enter Dino Domain the only area you can enter is Ancient 
Lake. It is located straight from where you entered Dino Domain. 
Ancient Lake is a very short and simple course. There is nothing hard 
about this level. There are many power ups to take and some boosters to 
go over.
*Secret* When the level first kicks off grab a blue balloon and make 
your way right into the grass. You will see a ramp, start going and hit 
your special to make you go faster, aim for the key and grab it. Finish 
the race to keep it and unlock a door in Dino Domain.

Fossil Canyon / Cart / Very Easy
To the right after leaving Ancient Lake is Fossil Canyon. Just a bit 
longer than Ancient Lake and just a bit more corners to turn. By the 
time you get on lap three you should be well ahead of the others, take 
this time to collect tokens you have missed, you will want them later 
on in the game.

Jungle Falls / Cart / Easy
To the left after leaving Fossil Canyons past Ancient Lake is Jungle 
Falls. The map is in the shape of a poorly draw circle that looks more 
like a blob than it should. The computers are now going to start and 
use weapons against you if you get to close to them. Other than that 
this is like a run in the park. It is almost as simple as the last but 
you will not be as far ahead as you where on Fossil Canyon.

Around The Island / Plane / Very Easy
Exit Dino Domain and move forward a bit till the gene Taj stops you. 
This time you will be flying a plane around the island. Just follow the 
tokens like last time and he will reward you with a balloon you can use 
to enter the final level before the boss. If you want to change your 
vehicle at any time go and speak with Taj.

Hot Top Volcano / Plane / Very Easy
As you enter make your way left, keep holding left till a door opens, 
it is Hot Top Volcano. If you had no problem flying around in the Plane 
with Taj than this will be easy as pie. There are a lot of tokens to 
collect and two or three booster rings to fly though. If you are in 
second or some one is close up behind you get a red balloon, mix it 
with an up arrow token, and than hit X. It will make three missiles fly 
around you when you hit L, when some one gets close to you or you get 
close to someone else one will fly off and hit them. Watch out for the 
dinosaur when near the end, he can slow you down a lot if hit.

Boss Battle / Cart / Easy
You can't miss this door. It has the Wizpig's head with red eyes and 
has two hands hold rings. Going near it will swing it back and the boss 
will be there to greet you as you enter. It is a dinosaur who even 
tells you he will go easy on you. It is a race up the mountain going 
round and round. At first he will pass you, but within a hit of a 
missile you will have the lead for the rest of the level. Now you have 
to go back into all four levels and pop some balloons!

Ancient Lake - Six balloons
Fossil Canyon - Seven balloons
Jungle Falls - Eight balloons
Hot Top Volcano - Ten balloons

Ancient Lake / Magic Carpet / Easy
Twenty-five balloons needed to be popped to pass. Sixteen coins are on 
the course and fifty balloons. If you don't have the stylus for your 
touch screen you are in for some trouble. I had to use my finger and I 
beat all of them by one balloon. If you have it this should be a walk 
in the park. Click on the balloons to pop them and if you have time 
drag a coin into your pouch at the bottom right of the lower screen. 
There is only one lap so make sure you get what you came for.

Fossil Canyon / Magic Carpet / Very Easy
Twenty-five balloons needed to be popped to pass. Fifth-teen coins are 
on the course and fifty balloons. This is pretty simple. The balloons 
are more spend out at places and at times the magic carpet will go fast 
than slow.

Jungle Falls / Magic Carpet / Easy
Twenty-five balloons needed to be popped to pass. Eight coins are on 
the course and fifty balloons. The magic carpet goes kind of fast in 
this course but the balloons are so close to each other you can pop 
five balloons within two seconds. Some balloons are really far away and 
kind of hidden if you are going for all fifty keep your eyes open.

Around The Island / Hovercraft / Very Easy
The hovercraft is hard to control and if you turn to steep your 
hovercraft will start to go the other way. It is hard to master but the 
rewards for it are even greater. Follow his trail of tokens and he will 
reward you will a balloon.

Hot Top Volcano / Magic Carpet / Very Easy
Twenty-five balloons needed to be popped to pass. Eleven coins are on 
the course and fifty balloons. Getting all fifty balloons are extremely 
hard. Some you see only for a split second. This level takes quick 
reflexes, but to pass this level it is very simple.

Second Boss Battle / Cart / Normal
Same as the last boss battle expect he will pass you even after you 
shoot him so keep some red balloons on you at all times. Every time he 
gets close to you make sure you are far away from him as possible, he 
will run you over making you into a pancake or throw you up into the 
air making you far behind him. If he is about to pass you and you have 
a missile on you let him than shoot him.

Boss Touch Challenge / Cart / Hard
You will use your touch screen though this whole race, and let me tell 
you it is one hard race. You can only draw a certain amount of lines at 
a time before you have to let your ink recharge (top scene left). You 
move by drawing lines and than putting you stylus on the wheel and 
sliding it right. The wheel will move off the touch scene and you will 
be moving. You must keep on drawing lines to steer and when the wheel 
in the bottom left hand corner comes back you must put your stylus on 
it and slide it right. You don't have to get any items on for this boss 
battle as long as you can keep control of your Kart. If you want to 
pick up an item draw a line over it so you Kart will follow that line 
though and get it. Tips on how to beat him: Don't drive to close to 
him, if you do you risk getting ran over or thrown into the air. Look 
only at the touch scene. Sure the top looks way better but you will be 
able to see where you are drawing and when you need to move the wheel. 
Draw a line before the race starts; doing so you will only need to move 
the wheel and you will be good from there on. Good job if you have 
beaten him, you just have earned yourself 100 coins, now go spend it on 
something.

T.T. Race / Cart / Easy
If you haven't gotten the key from Ancient Lake go back into it and get 
it. When you enter though the now unlocked door you will be told to 
make a line from one clock to the other using the touch screen. Now you 
will be told to make a box my connecting the clocks. After you are done 
connecting the clocks you will be told to draw a line on one of the 
four straight-aways, do so and the race will start. T.T. is not hard 
but he will be right behind for most of the race. Don't worry if you 
fall off the edge because he probably will to; just keep some red 
balloons on you if you are worried.

Trophy Race / Cart and Plane / Normal
In between Fossil Canyon and Hot Top Volcano is a carven that will lead 
to a stand. Move near it and select 'yes' for the trophy race. The 
racers are faster and smarter but still for most of the races you 
should have no problem, the races are the four of Dino Domain and they 
are back-to-back, meaning no break. The points break down as this; 
first place (9 points), second place (7 points), third place (5 
points), fourth place (3 points), fifth place (1 point), seventh and 
eighth place (0 points).

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Snowflake Mountain
Two balloons
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Everfrost Peak - two balloons
Walrus Cove - three balloons
Snowball Valley - six balloons
Frosty Village - nine balloons

Everfrost Peak / Plane / Easy
You will be turning your plane left and right though out this race, it 
is in a shape of a figure eight. The easiest way to win this race is to 
just pick up and upgradeable token and a red balloon. Keep picking 
these up and transforming them to make three homing missiles to keep 
the lead or take it. If you are still having a bit of trouble with this 
level hit every ground and air boost there is.

Walrus Cove / Cart / Normal
This level can get kind of hard at times if you are not paying 
attention to the road. At times you will be traveling on a thin sheet 
of ice with water all around you to slow you down. You will be also 
going over jumps that if not hit right can end you up in the water 
also. As long as you don't hit that many walls you will be tailing the 
first place person though out this whole match. Just hit the racer once 
or twice with a red balloon or an upgraded red balloon to take first.

Snowball Valley / Cart / Hard
The other racers in the level love to shoot missiles, so never stay 
directly in front of someone and to be safe, in the back either. They 
will shoot some oil slip at you so fast that you will lose any chance 
of winning this race. Always have a red balloon on you and use it to 
shoot it at anyone who you know you will be able to hit. A blue balloon 
with the upgradeable token is also great if you can keep getting it to 
autopilot.
*Secret* When you are about to cross the finish line, turn to the left 
and up the hill were the fence is. To the right of that will be a 
little hole where a key lays to unlock a door in Snowflake Mountain.

Frosty Village / Cart / Easy
Take the lead early within the first lap and it will be a walk in the 
park. Hit just about every boost there is and keep an upgraded red 
balloon on you and you will be fine.

First Boss Battle / Hovercraft / Normal
The giant walrus is not that hard if you can blow into your microphone 
right at the start and get it to the top. You will have a big lead on 
him and have no problems till about half way though. Every time the 
course slopes down a bit, jump, it will make you go father and just a 
tad faster. At the start there will be a red balloon to the left pick 
it up and keep going. You do not need to but it will be a lot easier if 
you pick up another red balloon along the way. Do not shoot him once 
till the very end where it is a straightaway. If you have one balloon 
shoot him with it and keep pushing the R button, it makes you go a bit 
faster. If you have the five missiles, unload on him. Now you have to 
go back into all four levels and pop some balloons!

Everfrost Peak - ten balloons
Walrus Cove - eleven balloons
Snowball Valley - fourteen balloons
Frosty Village - sixteen balloons

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Extras (Secrets)	EXSEC
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Hidden Balloon one
Location - area near Snowflake Mountain.
As you enter though the waterfall or though the cave to your right will 
be a path way leading up to the top of the side of the mountain. I 
frozen balloon will be up at the top. Click on it with the touch screen 
and now you will have control of the frozen balloon. Click on the 
frozen balloon and than slide in which ever way you want it to go. Have 
it go down the pathway and than slide it into the water. It will now 
travel down the water into the ocean. The unfrozen balloon will be near 
the light house.

Hidden Balloon two
Location - area near the light house to the right of the waterfall.
Go near the rocks and click on the hand on the touch screen. Using the 
small rocks (ones in the middle) connect them all, you should have 
connected the lines to eight rocks. Than at the bottom draw a line for 
the string, click the back button. A balloon will pop out if you have 
done it right.

Hidden Coins one
Location - area near the light house to the right of the waterfall.
Go near the rocks and click on the hand on the touch screen. Using the 
small rocks (ones in the middle) connect them all, you should have 
connected the lines to eight rocks. Click the back button and ten coins 
will appear in the middle, this can be done five times.

Hidden Coins two
Location - area near the light house
Go near the light house and click on the coconut tree, pull it back and 
aim for the wall in the upper right. Once it cracks click back and race 
over there to pick up the coins, there can only be three cracks in the 
wall.

Hidden Discovery Card one
Location - area near the light house to the right of the waterfall.
Go near the rocks and click on the hand on the touch screen. Using the 
big rocks (ones on the outside) connect them all, you should have 
connected the lines to six rocks. Click the back button and a Discovery 
Card will pop out in the middle. Scratch and win, there will be three 
places you can scratch off, all of them are right, only one has the 
most coins though. It is random so you will just have to make a guess.

Hidden Discovery Card two
Location - area near middle of island in a log.
Behind Taj's tent is a big log that you can enter though either the 
left or right side. If you enter from the right the Wizpig's picture of 
his head will be on the right, if you enter from the left it will be on 
your left. Click on the hand and trace around the Wizpig's head very 
carefully, it doesn't have to be that nice but it can't be sloppy. The 
picture will break and a Discovery Card will be behind it. Scratch and 
win, there will be three places you can scratch off, all of them are 
right, only one has the most coins though. It is random so you will 
just have to make a guess.

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Taj's Selection     TASEL
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Change Vehicle
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When selected, you can choose between the Hovercraft, Cart, and plane.

Hovercraft - The Hovercraft is best used for going on water, you can 
use it on land but it is a lot harder to handle than on water. It's 
special is jumping.

Cart - The Cart is best used for driving on land, when using its 
special it will drift.

Plane - The Plane is best used for flying, it can drive on land but it 
is really hard to keep it there. The Plane's special is turning really 
sharp around corners.

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Challenges
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When selected, you can choose between the Hovercraft challenge, Cart 
challenge, Plane challenge, and the torch challenge. They are the 
challenges that you did as you left one of the worlds. There is no 
point in doing them again unless you lost the first time.

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Wishes Menu
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Takes you inside Taj's tent where more selections will become 
available.

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Exit
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Close out of the screen and go back to playing the Adventure.

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Vehicle Upgrades
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Car - Upgrade your car to change its performance and appearance.
Hovercraft - Upgrade your Hovercraft to change its performance and 
appearance.
Plane - Upgrade your Plane to change its performance and appearance.

Paint - Change the color the vehicle. Moving the bars over to the right 
makes it more the color that it shows. Moving it to the left makes it 
darker and goes away. If you want your vehicle to be a certain color 
like red, green, or blue move all of the color bars to the left but the 
color bar you want it to be. Mixing the color bars changes the color.

Bodywork - Upgrade your vehicle to change its performance in races.

  Standard Bodywork - Removes any installed upgrade.

  Race Bodywork - Performance upgrade also unlocks special bodyworks.

  Special Bodywork - Choose from a selection of special bodyworks.

  Down Force - Helps to improve the handling and cornering of your
vehicle.
  Basic Down Force (50)
  Down Force A (100)
  Down Force B (100)

  Sprint- Helps to improve the acceleration of your vehicle.
  Basic Sprint (70)
  Sprint A (140)
  Sprint B (140)

  Air - Helps to improve the top speed of your vehicle.
  Basic Air (50)
  Air A (100)
  Air B (100)

  Customized - Handling is sacrificed for speed and a custom look.
  Standard Custom (50)
  Custom A (100)
  Custom B (100)

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Special Thanks    SPTHA        
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