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{{about|the [[Super Mario 64]] course|the stage in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]] series originally known as "Rainbow Ride" in PAL regions|[[Rainbow Cruise]]}}
|image=[[File:RainbowRideCarpet.JPG|280px]]
{{distinguish|Rainbow Road}}
|level='''''Super Mario 64'''''<br>[[#Star 1:Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow|Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]<br>[[#Star 2: The Big House in the Sky|The Big House in the Sky]]<br>[[#Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze|Coins Amassed in a Maze]]<br>[[#Star 4: Swingin' in the Breeze|Swingnin' in the Breeze]]<br>[[#Star 5: Tricky Triangles|Tricky Triangles]]<br>[[#Star 6: Somewhere Over the Rainbow|Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]<br><br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'''''<br>[[#Star 1:Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow|Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]<br>[[#Star 2: The Big House in the Sky|The Big House in the Sky]]<br>[[#Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze|Coins Amassed in a Maze]]<br>[[#Star 4: Swingin' in the Breeze|Swingnin' in the Breeze]]<br>[[#Star 5: Tricky Triangles|Tricky Triangles]]<br>[[#Star 6: Somewhere Over the Rainbow|Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]<br>[[#Star 7 (''DS''): Switch Star of the Manor|Switch Star of the Manor]]
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|missions='''''Super Mario 64'''''<br>[[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]<br>[[The Big House in the Sky]]<br>[[Coins Amassed in a Maze]]<br>[[Swingin' in the Breeze]]<br>[[Tricky Triangles!]]<br>[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]<br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'''''<br>[[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]<br>[[The Big House in the Sky]]<br>[[Coins Amassed in a Maze]]<br>[[Swingin' in the Breeze]]<br>[[Tricky Triangles!]]<br>[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]<br>[[Switch Star of the Manor]]
|boss=None
|boss=None
|unlock=Opening 50 [[Power Star]]s Star Door.
|unlock=Open the [[Big Star Door]] on the third floor with 50 [[Power Star]]s.
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[[File:SM64DS-Rainbow Ride Map.PNG|frame|left|Map of '''Rainbow Ride''' in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.]]
'''Rainbow Ride''' is the fifteenth and final main course in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The entrance to the course is located to the right of [[Tick Tock Clock]]'s, in a small room above a ledge. The player has to [[jump]] onto a high platform in order to reach it. The entrance itself is a small hole in the floor.
'''Rainbow Ride''' is the fifteenth and last course in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the stage appeared under the name of '''Rainbow Cruise''', which was actually the course's Japanese name in ''Super Mario 64''. 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 through a painting, as with most courses in the game, but through a hole in a niche opposite to that of [[Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]].
==Layout==
[[File:SM64DS Rainbow Ride Map.png|frame|left|Map of Rainbow Ride in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'']]
To get around the course, there are several [[magic carpet]]s that move along rainbow rails when the player steps onto them. The player starts on a platform next to a magic carpet, which moves in a bend around a platform and through a [[flamethrower]]. The platform has a ring of [[coin]]s with an [[Amp]] circling above them. The magic carpet falls off its rail at four large spinning platforms with a [[Lakitu]] flying over them. Here, the path splits in three directions: To the left are [[swing]]s, forward is a large concrete<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610065411/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/15-3.html|title=Course 15 - Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|language=en-us|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> maze, and to the right is another magic carpet.
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Rainbow Ride is a level with very little backtracking, and offers different paths around the level to different [[Power Star]]s, which makes it possible for [[Mario]] to collect them in any order he desires. Rainbow Ride is set in the skies, and Mario has to use several flying carpets to get from one platform to another. Enemies on his way are [[Lakitu]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s and [[Amp]]s, rarely [[Goomba]]s and [[Fly Guy]]s, and several [[Fire Spitter]]s. There are platforms which fall down when Mario stands on them for too long, and circle platforms which spin rapidly.
===Swinging Platforms Path===
To the left of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a pole the player can use to reach the platform below. Hovering above the stair-like platform is a [[Fly Guy]], as well as a [[seesaw]] afterward that can help the player reach the platform above. Afterward is a swing, followed by a seesaw that leads to several [[Donut Block|Falling Block]]s. Across the gap is a flamethrower that the player has to time their jump with in order to prevent getting burned. Past the flamethrower is a moving platform followed by a split in the path; up the stairs is another swing that leads to a [[Power Star]], and across the Falling Blocks are [[pyramid platform]]s.


==Levels==
Underneath all the platforms up to the split is a large flat platform with a [[! Block|yellow block]] containing a [[1-Up Mushroom|1-UP Mushroom]].
The level titles and numbers correspond to ''Super Mario 64'' unless otherwise noted.


Mario can get a seventh (eighth in the remake) Star in Rainbow Ride by collecting 100 [[coin]]s, as in every course of the game. To do this, Mario can collect a number of [[Blue Coin]]s near the maze of the Red Coins and the Bob-omb Buddy.
===Maze Path===
Directly ahead of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a concrete maze, with a moving platform that helps the player reach it. Inside the maze are the course's [[Red Coin]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, and [[flame thrower (Flame Chomp)|flame thrower]]s. By using the [[Wall Jump|Wall Kick]] to reach the top of the maze through the back end of it, the player can find a [[Bob-omb Buddy]] that opens the [[cannon]] on the [[Rainbow Cruiser]].


===Star 1: Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow===
===Carpet Path===
[[Image:RainbowRideHouse.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Mario]] on top of The Big House in the Sky in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
To the right of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a magic carpet. When stepped on, the carpet moves along its path, and the player has to dodge several platforms in order to prevent being swept off. At the end of the carpet's path are two more carpets, a left and a right, along with the Lakitu from earlier in the N64 version if the player did not defeat it.
In the first mission, [[Mario]] has to get the [[Power Star]] on the flying ship of the stage. It is not guarded, and Mario has to use several flying carpets to get to the ship, dodging [[Lakitu]]s on his way. On the main intersection in the stage, which is made of four spinning discs, Mario has to go to the carpet on the right, and take another carpet on the left further above. When reaching the ship, Mario is hindered by winds which try to stop him from getting the star.


;Names in Other Languages
The carpet to the left takes the player to the Rainbow Cruiser. The carpet moves around a spinning platform the player has to dodge to avoid getting pushed off the carpet. The bottom of the platform also acts as a flamethrower (the flame is absent in the DS version), and the top has a 1-UP Mushroom floating above it. Once at the Rainbow Cruiser, the player has to jump over platforms and Falling Blocks to climb onto it. The Rainbow Cruiser has a heavy [[wind]] rush through it, pushing the player to the stern of the ship. On the deck, there are a couple of Bob-ombs (one replaced by a [[Goomba]] in the DS version) and a Lakitu, with the cannon on the stern of the ship. On the bow is the Power Star for the [[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow|first mission]]. Using the cannon, the player can reach a platform with a [[Chuckya]] and the Power Star for the [[Somewhere Over the Rainbow|sixth mission]].
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|Fra=Croisière sur l'arc-en-ciel
|FraM=Cruise on the rainbow}}


===Star 2: The Big House in the Sky===
The carpet to the right takes the player to the [[Cloud House]]. The carpet moves through several platforms the player has to climb over, and the player needs to quickly return to the carpet before it disappears. On one of these platforms is an Amp circling it. The Cloud House itself has a large fireplace that acts like a flamethrower, as well as having a Power Star on its roof. In the DS version, it also contains the Switch Star of the course.
[[image:Bighouse65.jpg|thumb|left|Mario in the Big House in the Sky in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]].'']]
In this level, [[Mario]] has to get the [[Power Star]] which is on top the big house in the area. Starting from the main intersection, he has to take the carpet to the right as in the last mission, but has to choose the right carpet again further above. By jumping over obstacles in the path of the flying carpet and avoiding the flame thrower in the house's basement, Mario can get to the top of the castle-like building to get the star.


;Names in Other Languages
==Missions==
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|Fra=Manoir dans les airs
!Mission
|FraM=Mansion in the air}}
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![[File:SM64 RR CCtR 1a.png|200px]]<br>[[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to collect the [[Power Star]] on the ship.
|-
![[File:BigHouseDS.png|200px]]<br>[[The Big House in the Sky]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|The mission's objective is to collect the Power Star on top of the [[Cloud House]].
|-
![[File:RainbowRideMaze.png|200px]]<br>[[Coins Amassed in a Maze]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to collect the course's [[Red Coin]]s.
|-
![[File:Swingin%27_in_the_Breeze.PNG|200px]]<br>[[Swingin' in the Breeze]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to cross the [[swing]]s.
|-
![[File:RainbowRideTriangle.png|200px]]<br>[[Tricky Triangles!]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to use the [[pyramid platform]]s to collect the Power Star.
|-
![[File:Rainbow_ride.png|200px]]<br>[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to use the [[cannon]] to reach a platform.
|-
![[File:Switch_Star_of_the_Manor.PNG|200px]]<br>[[Switch Star of the Manor]]
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to collect the course's Switch Star.
|}


===Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze===
==Enemies==
[[Image:RainbowRideMaze.JPG|thumb|The maze of the [[Red Coin]]s.]]
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In this level, Mario has to get all eight [[Red Coin]]s to get the Power Star. All coins are found in a side-view maze which is found right near the level's main intersection. On the bottom level, there are Bob-ombs trying to hurt Mario, and further above, Mario can be hit by flames as well. He has to use different tactics, such as the [[Wall Jump]] and the [[Long Jump (move)|Long Jump]] to get all Red Coins and make the star appear.
AmpSM64.png|[[Amp]]s
SM64 Vanish Cap Under The Moat.png|[[Flame thrower (Flame Chomp)|Flame thrower]]s
SM64 Screenshot Lakitu.png|[[Lakitu]]s
SM64 Spiny.png|[[Spiny|Spinies]]
Bomb-omb SM64.png|[[Bob-omb]]s
SM64 - Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s
FlyGuySM64.png|[[Fly Guy]]
Chuckya SM64.png|[[Chuckya]]
SM64 Blue Flamethrower.png|[[Flamethrower]]s
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;Names in Other Languages
==Statistics from ''Super Mario 64''==
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*'''Total Number of [[Coin]]s''': 146
|Fra=Labyrinthe des pièces rouges
*'''[[Cap]]s Found''': (none)
|FraM=Red coins labyrinth}}
*'''[[Spinning Heart]]''': #1: On one of the four large spinning platforms. #2: At the bottom of the maze, under the place where the player can wall-kick up the maze.
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*'''[[Cannon]]s''': 1
*'''[[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushroom]]s''' (9):
**''Homing Mushrooms'' : '''#1''' In the pole on the ship.
**''Static Mushrooms'' : '''#2''' Floating above one of the platforms of the Pyramid Puzzle. '''#3''' On the second set of Falling Blocks after the player takes the carpet to the Cloud House. '''#4''' Above the fire-shooting platform midway through the ride to the cruiser. '''#5''' On the tip of the cruiser's bowsprit, next to the Star.
**''Triggered Mushrooms'' : '''#6''' Triggered by riding the Falling Block on the top of the maze.
**''Box Mushrooms'' : '''#7''' Underneath the "Swingin' in the Breeze" Star on a long platform. '''#8''' On the very top of the maze, by the warp. '''#9''' On the top of the Cloud House, beside the Star.
*'''[[Warp]]s''':
**Located on the very top of the maze, just beside a yellow block with a 1UP in it, it warps the player to the Cloud House balcony.


===Star 4: Swingin' in the Breeze===
==''Super Smash Bros.'' series==
[[Image:Swingin'_in_the_Breeze.PNG|thumb|left|]]
{{main|Rainbow Cruise}}
In this level, Mario has to clear an obstacle course to get the Power Star. From the main intersection, he has to go leftwards and climb down the pole, then take the way down the right. He has to use platforms which swing back and forth, cross several fall-down platforms and avoid a flame thrower to get the star.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', there is a [[stage]] based on Rainbow Ride, known as Rainbow Cruise in the North American release, which is Rainbow Ride's Japanese name. This stage returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. In PAL versions of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', its name is corrected to "Rainbow Ride," but ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''{{'}}s North American release and both English releases of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' still refer to it as "Rainbow Cruise."


;Names in Other Languages
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
|Fra=Balançoire céleste
RRArtworksm64.jpg|Map artwork
|FraM=Sky swing}}
SM64-Facing Rainbow Ride.png|The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the N64 version
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SM64 15th Course Mission Selection Menu.png|The mission-selection screen with all [[Power Star]]s collected
SM64DS Facing Rainbow Ride.png|The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the DS version
SM64DS Pyramid Platforms.png|[[Luigi]] traversing the [[Pyramid platform|pyramid]] area in the DS version
</gallery>


===Star 5: Tricky Triangles===
==Media==
[[Image:RainbowRideTriangle.JPG|thumb|The Triangle area.]]
{{Main|Slider}}
Following the same way as for the previous star, Mario has to take a different route as soon as he meets the single Goomba of the level. He has to take the direction to the triangles. By hitting a flat ! switch, he can make the triangles temporarily turn over, creating platforms which he can use to jump over to the star.
The background music for Rainbow Ride is "Slider," a frantic {{wp|bluegrass music|bluegrass}}/{{wp|country music|country}} arrangement of the "[[Super Mario 64 Main Theme]]." Rainbow Ride shares this theme with [[Tick Tock Clock]], the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]], [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]], [[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]], and [[Battle Fort]], as well as during [[Koopa the Quick]]'s footraces.


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|Fra=Vicieux triangles!
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|FraM=Vicious triangles!}}
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===Star 6: Somewhere Over the Rainbow===
[[Image:Rainbow_ride.JPEG|thumb|left|Mario, running near the [[Chuckya]].]]
To get this star, Mario first has to find the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] of Rainbow Ride, which is found at the very top of the coin maze of the third Power Star. A cannon will open at the stern of the flying ship which Mario had to visit for the first Power Star. By shooting himself through a rainbow circle, Mario can get onto a platform with a [[Chuckya]] and the sixth Power Star. It's recommended to shoot towards the pole on the platform.
 
The course name is a reference to the song from ''[[wikipedia:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
 
;Names in Other Languages
{{Foreignname
|Fra=L'arc-en-ciel et au-delà
|FraM=The rainbow and beyond}}
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===Star 7 (''DS''): Switch Star of the Manor===
[[Image:Switch_Star_of_the_Manor.PNG|thumb|]]
Mario has to get to the roof of the house in the sky as quickly as possible after stepping on a star switch. He can do it by using a [[Power Flower]] to get the Power Star.
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==Appearance in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==
[[Image:Rainbow Ride Brawl.jpg|left|thumb|'''Rainbow Cruise''' as seen in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
Rainbow Ride appears as a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', under the name "[[Mushroom Kingdom]]: Rainbow Cruise", however in the PAL region, it remains Rainbow Ride. 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 pendulum with a Magic Carpet at the bottom of it, which will disappear over time. A group of blocks similar to [[Donut Block]]s 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. 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. There is a mountain with houses on it appearing in the background.


The stage reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a Melee Stage, under its original ''Super Mario 64'' and PAL ''Melee'' name Rainbow Ride in version 1.0 of the game. In version 1.1, it was renamed back to Rainbow Cruise.
==Names in other languages==
 
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==Music==
|Jap=レインボー クルーズ
The background music of Rainbow Ride is heard at several places throughout ''Super Mario 64'', including the races against [[Koopa the Quick]], [[The Princess's Secret Slide]], the slides on [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], as well as the entire level of [[Tick Tock Clock]]. It is a fast and joyful music. Also, the music is a remix of the main theme of the game in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], [[Whomp's Fortress]], [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] and [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. It's also a remix of the [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] level. In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', the music of the stage is a Medley of the original ''Super Mario 64'' track and the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Underwater Theme. Despite the many appearances of the music in ''Super Mario 64'', it was labeled as "Rainbow Cruise" in the ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' Sound Test.
 
==Names in Other Languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=レインボークルーズ
|JapR=Reinbō Kurūzu
|JapR=Reinbō Kurūzu
|JapM=Rainbow Cruise
|JapM=Rainbow Cruise
|Fra=Course Arc-en-ciel
|Fre=Course Arc-en-ciel
|FraM=Rainbow Race
|FreM=Rainbow Race
|Ger=Regenbogen Raserei
|Ger=Regenbogen Raserei
|GerM=Rainbow Madness
|GerM=Rainbow Madness
|Spa=Camino del arco iris
|Spa=Camino del Arco Iris
|SpaM=Rainbow Road
|SpaM=Rainbow Road
|Ita=Corsa Arcobaleno (''64'')<br>Cammino Arcobaleno (''DS'')
|Ita=Cammino Arcobaleno
|ItaM=Rainbow Race<br>Rainbow Road
|ItaM=Rainbow Road
|Kor=레인보우크루즈
|Kor=레인보우크루즈
|KorR=Reinbou Keurujeu
|KorR=Reinbou Keurujeu
|KorM=Rainbow Cruise
|KorM=Rainbow Cruise
|ChiS=彩虹之旅<ref name="iQue">From the {{file link|SM64DS course list in Chinese.png|score sheet}} and the Power Star menu of ''Super Mario 64 DS'' as localized by [[iQue]].</ref>
|ChiSR=Cǎihóng zhī Lǚ
|ChiSM=Journey of Rainbows
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the stage Rainbow Cruise in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', houses can be seen on a cliff, which didn't appear in the Rainbow Ride stage in ''Super Mario 64''.
*The name of the 100-Coin Star is '''Blue Coins atop the Maze'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=127|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1996}}</ref>
*There is a [[Fwoosh]] in this course that will blow the player off of the course. Fortunately, even if the player isn't Yoshi, he won't lose his cap. 
 
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Latest revision as of 15:28, July 23, 2024

This article is about the Super Mario 64 course. For the stage in the Super Smash Bros. series originally known as "Rainbow Ride" in PAL regions, see Rainbow Cruise.
Not to be confused with Rainbow Road.
Rainbow Ride
Entrance of Rainbow Ride
Super Mario 64
Luigi at Rainbow Ride
Super Mario 64 DS
How to unlock Open the Big Star Door on the third floor with 50 Power Stars.
Boss(es) None
Mission(s) Super Mario 64
Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow
The Big House in the Sky
Coins Amassed in a Maze
Swingin' in the Breeze
Tricky Triangles!
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Super Mario 64 DS
Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow
The Big House in the Sky
Coins Amassed in a Maze
Swingin' in the Breeze
Tricky Triangles!
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Switch Star of the Manor
Stars Super Mario 64:
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Rainbow Ride is the fifteenth and final main course in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. The entrance to the course is located to the right of Tick Tock Clock's, in a small room above a ledge. The player has to jump onto a high platform in order to reach it. The entrance itself is a small hole in the floor.

Layout[edit]

Map of Rainbow Ride
Map of Rainbow Ride in Super Mario 64 DS

To get around the course, there are several magic carpets that move along rainbow rails when the player steps onto them. The player starts on a platform next to a magic carpet, which moves in a bend around a platform and through a flamethrower. The platform has a ring of coins with an Amp circling above them. The magic carpet falls off its rail at four large spinning platforms with a Lakitu flying over them. Here, the path splits in three directions: To the left are swings, forward is a large concrete[1] maze, and to the right is another magic carpet.

Swinging Platforms Path[edit]

To the left of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a pole the player can use to reach the platform below. Hovering above the stair-like platform is a Fly Guy, as well as a seesaw afterward that can help the player reach the platform above. Afterward is a swing, followed by a seesaw that leads to several Falling Blocks. Across the gap is a flamethrower that the player has to time their jump with in order to prevent getting burned. Past the flamethrower is a moving platform followed by a split in the path; up the stairs is another swing that leads to a Power Star, and across the Falling Blocks are pyramid platforms.

Underneath all the platforms up to the split is a large flat platform with a yellow block containing a 1-UP Mushroom.

Maze Path[edit]

Directly ahead of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a concrete maze, with a moving platform that helps the player reach it. Inside the maze are the course's Red Coins, Bob-ombs, and flame throwers. By using the Wall Kick to reach the top of the maze through the back end of it, the player can find a Bob-omb Buddy that opens the cannon on the Rainbow Cruiser.

Carpet Path[edit]

To the right of the player's starting position on the spinning platforms is a magic carpet. When stepped on, the carpet moves along its path, and the player has to dodge several platforms in order to prevent being swept off. At the end of the carpet's path are two more carpets, a left and a right, along with the Lakitu from earlier in the N64 version if the player did not defeat it.

The carpet to the left takes the player to the Rainbow Cruiser. The carpet moves around a spinning platform the player has to dodge to avoid getting pushed off the carpet. The bottom of the platform also acts as a flamethrower (the flame is absent in the DS version), and the top has a 1-UP Mushroom floating above it. Once at the Rainbow Cruiser, the player has to jump over platforms and Falling Blocks to climb onto it. The Rainbow Cruiser has a heavy wind rush through it, pushing the player to the stern of the ship. On the deck, there are a couple of Bob-ombs (one replaced by a Goomba in the DS version) and a Lakitu, with the cannon on the stern of the ship. On the bow is the Power Star for the first mission. Using the cannon, the player can reach a platform with a Chuckya and the Power Star for the sixth mission.

The carpet to the right takes the player to the Cloud House. The carpet moves through several platforms the player has to climb over, and the player needs to quickly return to the carpet before it disappears. On one of these platforms is an Amp circling it. The Cloud House itself has a large fireplace that acts like a flamethrower, as well as having a Power Star on its roof. In the DS version, it also contains the Switch Star of the course.

Missions[edit]

Mission Appears in Summary
Rainbow Ride Star 1
Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star on the ship.
The fireplace flame in Rainbow Ride in Super Mario 64 DS.
The Big House in the Sky 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		The mission's objective is to collect the Power Star on top of the Cloud House.
Rainbow Ride Star 3
Coins Amassed in a Maze 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		This mission's objective is to collect the course's Red Coins.
Rainbow Ride Star 4
Swingin' in the Breeze 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		This mission's objective is to cross the swings.
Rainbow Ride Star 5
Tricky Triangles! 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		This mission's objective is to use the pyramid platforms to collect the Power Star.
Rainbow Ride Star 6
Somewhere Over the Rainbow 		Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS 		This mission's objective is to use the cannon to reach a platform.
Switch Star of the Manor.PNG
Switch Star of the Manor 		Super Mario 64 DS This mission's objective is to collect the course's Switch Star.

Enemies[edit]

Statistics from Super Mario 64[edit]

  • Total Number of Coins: 146
  • Caps Found: (none)
  • Spinning Heart: #1: On one of the four large spinning platforms. #2: At the bottom of the maze, under the place where the player can wall-kick up the maze.
  • Cannons: 1
  • 1UP Mushrooms (9):
    • Homing Mushrooms : #1 In the pole on the ship.
    • Static Mushrooms : #2 Floating above one of the platforms of the Pyramid Puzzle. #3 On the second set of Falling Blocks after the player takes the carpet to the Cloud House. #4 Above the fire-shooting platform midway through the ride to the cruiser. #5 On the tip of the cruiser's bowsprit, next to the Star.
    • Triggered Mushrooms : #6 Triggered by riding the Falling Block on the top of the maze.
    • Box Mushrooms : #7 Underneath the "Swingin' in the Breeze" Star on a long platform. #8 On the very top of the maze, by the warp. #9 On the top of the Cloud House, beside the Star.
  • Warps:
    • Located on the very top of the maze, just beside a yellow block with a 1UP in it, it warps the player to the Cloud House balcony.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Main article: Rainbow Cruise

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, there is a stage based on Rainbow Ride, known as Rainbow Cruise in the North American release, which is Rainbow Ride's Japanese name. This stage returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In PAL versions of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, its name is corrected to "Rainbow Ride," but Super Smash Bros. Brawl's North American release and both English releases of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate still refer to it as "Rainbow Cruise."

Gallery[edit]

  • Map artwork

    Map artwork

  • The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the N64 version

    The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the N64 version

  • The mission-selection screen with all Power Stars collected

    The mission-selection screen with all Power Stars collected

  • The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the DS version

    The hole leading to Rainbow Ride in the DS version

  • Luigi traversing the pyramid area in the DS version

    Luigi traversing the pyramid area in the DS version

Media[edit]

Main article: Slider

The background music for Rainbow Ride is "Slider," a frantic bluegrass/country arrangement of the "Super Mario 64 Main Theme." Rainbow Ride shares this theme with Tick Tock Clock, the Tower of the Wing Cap, Vanish Cap Under the Moat, Wing Mario Over the Rainbow, and Battle Fort, as well as during Koopa the Quick's footraces.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese レインボー クルーズ
Reinbō Kurūzu 		Rainbow Cruise
Chinese (simplified) 彩虹之旅[2]
Cǎihóng zhī Lǚ 		Journey of Rainbows
French Course Arc-en-ciel Rainbow Race
German Regenbogen Raserei Rainbow Madness
Italian Cammino Arcobaleno Rainbow Road
Korean 레인보우크루즈
Reinbou Keurujeu 		Rainbow Cruise
Spanish Camino del Arco Iris Rainbow Road

Trivia[edit]

  • The name of the 100-Coin Star is Blue Coins atop the Maze.[3]

References[edit]

Rainbow Ride coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ Course 15 - Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived June 10, 1998, 06:54:11 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ From the score sheetMedia:SM64DS course list in Chinese.png and the Power Star menu of Super Mario 64 DS as localized by iQue.
  3. ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
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Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters Mario • Yoshib • Luigic • Warioc • Red Yoshic • Blue Yoshic • Yellow Yoshic
Forms Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Powerc • Balloon Marioc • Mega Marioc
Non-playable characters Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPSa • Glowing rabbitsc • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies Amp • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Sparky • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Unshelled Koopa • Whomp
Obstacles Blaster • Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goombossc • King Booc • Chief Chillyc
Items and power-ups 1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Keyc • Luigi's capc • Mario's cap • Mario's Keyc • Metal Capa • Mushroomc • Power Flowerc • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Starc • Spinning Heart • Vanish Capa • Wario Keyc • Wario's capc • Wing Capa • Wingsc • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Eggc
Objects ★ door • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Falling Block • Gondola • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Spherec • Star Switchc • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Wire net • Wire platform • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations First floor and mezzanine Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Islesc • Goomboss Battlec
Basement and courtyard Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battlec • Battle Fortc
Upper floors and tower Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challengec
Other Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Roomc
Moves Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dive • Double Jump • Egg Throwc • Flutter Kickc • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttlec • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallowc • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Flingc • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Switch Cap Course
Minigamesc Luigi Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
Mario Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
Wario Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
Yoshi Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Musical compositions "Super Mario 64 Main Theme" • "Slider" • "Inside the Castle Walls" • "Koopa's Road" • "Koopa's Theme"
Further info Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Media (DS) • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS)
a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
b Present in both games, but has different roles in each
c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS
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Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS courses and missions
Bob-omb Battlefield Big Bob-omb on the Summit • Footrace with Koopa the Quick • Shoot to the Island in the Skya • 5 Silver Stars!b • Big Bob-omb's Revengeb • Find the 8 Red Coins • Mario Wings to the Sky • Behind Chain Chomp's Gate
Whomp's Fortress Chip Off Whomp's Block • To the Top of the Fortress • Shoot into the Wild Blue • Red Coins on the Floating Isle • Fall onto the Caged Island • Blast Away the Wall • Switch Star of the Fortressb
Jolly Roger Bay Plunder in the Sunken Ship • Can the Eel Come Out to Play? • Treasure in the Ocean Cave • Red Coins on the Ship Afloat • Blast to the Stone Pillar • Switch Star of the Bayb • Through the Jet Stream
Cool, Cool Mountain Slip Slidin' Away • Li'l Penguin Lost • Big Penguin Race • Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins • Snowman's Lost His Head • Mario's Super Wall Kick • Switch Star of Cool, Cool Mountainb
Big Boo's Haunt Go on a Ghost Hunt • Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round • Secret of the Haunted Books • Seek the 8 Red Coins • Big Boo's Balcony • Eye to Eye in the Secret Room • Switch Star in the Basementb
Hazy Maze Cave Swimming Beast in the Cavern • Elevate for 8 Red Coins • Metal-Head Mario Can Move! • Navigating the Toxic Maze • A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit • Watch for Rolling Rocks • Underground Switch Starb
Lethal Lava Land Boil the Big Bully • Bully the Bullies • 8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces • Red-Hot Log Rolling • Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano • Elevator Tour in the Volcano • Flaming Silver Starsb
Shifting Sand Land In the Talons of the Big Bird • Shining Atop the Pyramid • Inside the Ancient Pyramid • Stand Tall on the Four Pillars • Tox Box Switch Starb • Free Flying for 8 Red Coins • Pyramid Puzzle
Dire, Dire Docks Board Bowser's Sub • Chests in the Current • Pole-Jumping for Red Coins • Through the Jet Stream • Koopa Surfin' Switch Starb • The Manta Ray's Reward • Inside the Cage
Snowman's Land Snowman's Big Head • Chill with the Bully • In the Deep Freezea • Yoshi's Ice Sculptureb • Whirl from the Freezing Pond • Shell Shreddin' for Red Coinsa • Snowman's Silver Starb • Into the Igloo • Red Coins in the Houseb
Wet-Dry World Shocking Arrow Lifts! • Top o' the Town • 5 Secrets in the Shallows & Sky • Express Elevator--Hurry Up! • Go to Town for the Red Coins • Quick Race Through Downtown! • Soaked Silver Starsb
Tall, Tall Mountain Scale the Mountain • Mystery of the Monkey Cage • Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins • Mysterious Mountainside • Breathtaking View from the Bridge • Blast to the Lonely Mushroom • 5 Secrets of the Mountainb
Tiny-Huge Island Pluck the Piranha Flower • The Tip Top of the Huge Island • Rematch with Koopa the Quick • Five Itty Bitty Secretsa • Klepto the Condorb • Wiggler's Red Coins • Make Wiggler Squirm • Switch Star on the Islandb
Tick Tock Clock Roll into the Cagea • Luigi in the Cageb • The Pit and the Pendulumsa • The Pendulum Switch Starb • Get a Hand • Stomp on the Thwomp • Timed Jumps on Moving Bars • Stop Time for Red Coins • Tick Tock Silver Starsb
Rainbow Ride Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow • The Big House in the Sky • Coins Amassed in a Maze • Swingin' in the Breeze • Tricky Triangles! • Somewhere Over the Rainbow • Switch Star of the Manorb
a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
b Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS
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