(Or Stuff To Pick Up By The Roadside)
They're everywhere! Balloons, bananas, zippers, everything! Everywhere! A descrip of each one and what they look like.
They're everywhere! Balloons, bananas, zippers, everything! Everywhere! A descrip of each one and what they look like.
Red Balloons: These balloons give you missiles to launch at other players. One balloon gives you
a straight-line missle, so it's hard to hit anything that isn't right in front of you with it. Two balloons give you a Homing missle, which targets
whatever's in front of you and blasts 'em. Three balloons gives you ten straight-line missles, to barrage anyone in front of you. If you keep one
missle, then run over a red balloon, you get all ten back. Missles blast a character down, and make 'em lose bananas. Yay.
Blue Balloons: Blue balloons are rocket fuel! One gives you a nice boost, two a bigger one, and three makes you go
whoosing across the screen. Take your finger off the accelerator just before you let one loose, and get an extra-big boost with pretty rainbow
smoke! Yay! These blast the light characters way in front of the heavier ones and into the lead.
Green Balloons: Green balloons leave nasty surprises on the road for competitors to run into. One gets you an oil slick
that spins you out of control for a few seconds. Two equals a spike ball that explodes and takes some bananas and time. Three is bubble that's hard to see,
and if you get caught, you float up for an agonizing amount of time while every other racer goes by. VERY nasty to leave for someone if you're playing
multiplayer.
Yellow Balloons: Yellow balloons are protective balloons. They all give a protective shell, that makes it so no
missiles or hazards can affect you. One gives a red, short shell. Two gives a blue one htat lasts much longer and can spin others off course, if they touch you.
Three is a purple shield, that lasts an amazingly long time and in the "extra courses", (Icicle Pyramid, etc) can render you invulnerable for a long time.
They're great for driving defensively.
Rainbow Balloons: These pretty balloons show up the least. They act as magnets, each one stronger than the last.
If you fire it, it will pull you forward, up to where the racer it attached to is. One magnet gives a short pull, two a stronger one, and three - wow.
WARNING: These act like REAL magnets. If you and your opponent fire a magnet of the same color at the same time, they'll REPEL each other, flinging
both of you off-course! Still, if you're looking for a quick way to get up to the front, try to grab one of these. But not too hard - a lot of these
balloons are placed WAY out of the way, so it might end up doing more harm than good if you get one.
Bananas: Everyone's favorite fruit. These are all over almost every course, and for good reason. Collect 10
of them, and your speed, handling, everything gets a noticable little boost. After 10, every one you get ups your performance a little. Be careful, though -
every other racer is vying to get these, too, so go and get them, or they're gone.
Silver Coins: You only see these in the Silver Coin Challenges. The programmers went out of their way to put them in
the most inconvineint places. Eight in each course, these guys are tough to find - but worth it. Once you get them all and win the race, you can play on that course in either
hover, car, or plane, as long as the course allows it, in adventure mode. Pretty cool, ne?
Zippers: Everyone loves Zippers. These cheerful red and yellow spots blast you forward like the blue balloons.
However, be careful where you aim yourself on these things; they can launch you into the water and out of the race. The plane Zippers look like big floating circles,
and the hovercraft ones are big water-sitting triangles.