Rainbow Ride
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Rainbow Ride is the fifteenth and final course of Super Mario 64. It is located on the top floor of the castle, past the 50 Star Door, to the right of Tick Tock Clock.
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| Abbreviation | RR |
| Terrain | Default |
| Setting | Day |
| Water | None |
| Course Items | |
| Coins | 124 (  ×78 •  ×8 •  ×6)
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| Enemy Coins | 22 ( ×22)
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| Stars |  ×7
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Course Versions
There are no course version differences.
Coins
There are 146 coins naturally in the course. With cloning, it is possible to clone 144 coins before the game crashes, making a total of 290 coins.
| Location | Count |
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| Ring of coins at first platform when riding carpet (has amp) | 8 |
| 2 rings of coins at the 4 spinning platforms (has Lakitu and heart) | 16 |
| Line of coins with the Fly Guy | 5 |
| Vertical line of coins with the first big "swing" | 5 |
| After 1st swing, 2 pairs of coins, on "Donut Lifts" (that drop) | 4 |
| Line of coins before 2nd "swing" (higher part of Goomba platform) | 5 |
| Slanted line of coins on wooden platform (before Tricky Triangles) | 5 |
| A single coin on a grey platform after taking the second carpet | 1 |
| A single coin in the air, riding the 2nd carpet lets you get it | 1 |
| (Taking the Carpet to the Ship)Ring of coins around the ship's poll | 8 |
| (Taking the Carpet to the Big House)Vertical line of coins on first group of "Donut Lifts" | 5 |
| (Taking the Carpet to the Big House)Line of coins on the floor of the big house | 5 |
| (Taking the Carpet to the Big House)Line of coins on second glass platform (after the one with the amp) | 5 |
| (Taking the Carpet to the Big House)Line of coins in the air (just before coming into house for 2nd time) | 5 |
| 4 Bob-ombs | 4 |
| 2 Lakitus | 10 |
| 1 Chuckya | 5 |
| 1 Fly Guy | 2 |
| 1 Goomba | 1 |
| 8 Red Coins | 16 |
| 6 blue coins from block (on bottom of big maze, by second heart) | 30 |
| Total | 146 |
TASes
Here is a list of TASes within Rainbow Ride:
A Press Counts
In the A Button Challenge, every star in Rainbow Ride takes no A presses, though going to the course takes one A press. None of the stars has a special requirement, though a specific HOLP must be set at some point to be used for a timesave later in Bowser in the Sky.
| Star | A Presses | Minutes |
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| 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 25 |
| 100 | 0 | 5 |
Other Challenges
In the CCC Challenge, excluding coin missions, all stars can be collected. Somewhere Over the Rainbow requires a BLJ from the top of the big house carpet ride.
In the No Buttons Allowed Challenge, no stars can be collected.
In the No Joystick Allowed Challenge, The Big House in the Sky, Coins Amassed in a Maze, Swingin' in the Breeze, and Tricky Triangles! can be collected.