Rainbow Ride



Rainbow Ride, renamed "Rainbow Cruise" in Super Smash Bros. Melee, is the fifteenth and last course in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. It is accessible in the highest room in Princess Peach's Castle, which also contains the gate to Tick Tock Clock. Rainbow Ride is not entered throw a painting, as with most courses in the game, but through a hole in a niche opposite to that of Winged Mario Over the Rainbow.

Super Mario 64
This world consists of flying platforms, and when a character falls he loses a life. Rainbow Ride also features flying carpets (flying over rainbows, of course), a house in the sky and a flying ship. Rainbow Ride also has a labyrinth where you can collect the 8 red coins, an obstacle course and a place were you have to Jump over spinning pyramids in a given time.

Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow
In the first mission, Mario has to get the Power Star on the flying ship. It is not guarded, and Mario has to use several flying carpets to get to the ship, dodging Lakitus on his way.

The Big House in the Sky
In this level, Mario has to get the Power Star which is ontop the big house in the area. He has to take a different route on the flying carpets, and has to avoid a fire inside the house to get onto the top.

Super Smash Bros. Melee


Rainbow Ride appears as a a stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee, under the name of Rainbow Cruise. The stage takes place on the floating ship. The stage is very small on this area, and it is fairly easy to fall off. Eventually, the ship will crash into the floating platforms, and begin to sink in the air. All players have to jump on the platforms, or else go down with the ship. After that, the stage becomes a side-scroller, where players have to jump and run for their lives, as well attacking the other players at the same time. Eventually, everyone will reach a part of the stage where many pieces of the stage start to fall off, or disappear. There is a pendulem with a Magic Carpet at the bottom of it, which will disappear over time. A group of blocks, similar to Donut Blocks, appear near the end of the stage, where they will drop down if they are stood on too long. Finally, it reaches the end, where players must fall down through the platforms, or else lose a life. This is the most difficult part, as it is scrolling very quickly, and it is tough to fall through the platforms one right after the other. If there are still some surviving players by the end, they will end up landing back on the floating ship for the stage to repeat itself. It is interesting to note that if you look closely in the background you can see a mountain with houses on it.