Tricky Triangles!

Mission
Tricky Triangles!
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS
Location	Rainbow Ride
Mission #	5
Game	Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
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Tricky Triangles! is the fifth mission of Rainbow Ride in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

Layout

Once the player reaches the four spinning platforms, they need to slide down the pole to the left. The player then has to use a seesaw to reach another platform, followed by using a swinging platform to cross the gap. The player then has to cross a series of Falling Blocks with a seesaw between them and jump across a gap while avoiding a flamethrower. Past the moving platform ahead is a gap with Falling Blocks across it, followed by a slight ramp and a few more Falling Blocks. After the player crosses these blocks, there is a large platform with a Purple Switch and pyramid platforms. Pressing the switch causes the pyramids to flip upside-down for a few seconds, allowing the player to use them as platforms. The player needs to quickly climb the platforms to reach the Power Star before the switch's timer runs out. If the player is still on a platform once the timer runs out, they fall off the pyramid and possibly slide off the course.

It is also possible to collect the Star without the pyramids by reaching the platform where the Star in the mission Somewhere Over the Rainbow is, then falling off it in a precise matter.

In the DS version, if Luigi rides the magic carpet to the right of the spinning platforms, then rides the carpet to the left at the end of the previous carpet's path, and then lands on an L-shaped platform before another spinning platform, he can backward-somersault to the Star from there.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	おおぞら アスレチック[?] Ōzora Asurechikku	Heavenly Athletics
Chinese	狡猾的三角 Jiǎohuá de Sānjiǎo	Tricky Triangles
French	Vicieux triangles![?]	Vicious Triangles!	Super Mario 64
	Triangles rusés[?]	Tricky Triangles	Super Mario 64 DS
German	Überwinde die Macht der Dreiecke![?]	Overcome the Power of the Triangles!	Super Mario 64
	Tückische Dreiecke[?]	Treacherous Triangles	Super Mario 64 DS
Italian	Triangoli traditori![?]	Traitorous triangles!	Super Mario 64 DS
	Il segreto delle piramide[sic]	The secret of the pyramid(s)
Korean	하늘위장애물경기[?] Haneul wi Jangaemul Gyeonggi	Athletics over the Sky
Spanish	El secreto de las pirámides[?]	The Secret of the Pyramids