Snow Go

Rewards: Clear Gem—smash all 74 boxes.

This level takes you from the forest to the snow. Remember that snow is icy and slippery, so in some areas, you may not be able to stop easily. You also face new enemies.

At the start, you face three different crates. Stay away from the nitro boxes—touching them costs you a life. However, you need to jump on the TNT box since it counts toward the Clear Gem. Grab the mask from the Aku Aku box. Follow the snowy path, and you come across penguins. They have their own spin attack. However, they’re easy to avoid; simply go around them. You can spin-attack them as long as they’re not spinning.

Eventually you reach a small frozen pond with several boxes on it. Crash slips and slides on the ice. Be careful around the TNT box. Jump on it, then skate away. As you leave the pond, you encounter seals. Either dodge them or use a spin attack to defeat them. After you jump a gap, they come sliding down the slope toward you. The next frozen pond holds nitro boxes—skate around or jump over them. This is tricky, so be careful. Once you get past them, jump on the stone platform, ride it to a higher area, and use the checkpoint.

This part of the level side-scrolls. Move along, clearing out boxes and defeating penguins and seals. When you come across stone along the path, watch out. A door drops shortly after you touch it, so cross quickly. After jumping across a gap and avoiding a nitro box, drop down a shaft to see a “?” on the wall, and enter the bonus stage.

After jumping off the bonus stage platform, hit a switch to make several boxes appear. Smash them, then jump across a gap to a strip of ground with a seal. Defeat it, then continue across another gap. Grab a mask before dropping down a shaft to a lower area.

Use the checkpoint, then hit the switch nearby to detonate all nitro boxes in the level. Skate across a pond, jumping over a gap, then either dodging or defeating a penguin. Smash through a wall of boxes and collect the crystal. Get past more penguins, then pass by some wire-framed boxes. Jump up on an iron arrow box to reach the ledge.

Jump on another iron arrow box. Smash the fruit box above it, then jump on the arrow box to soar higher and hit a hidden switch off-screen. Now return for two boxes that appear, one of which contains an extra life. Continue along the path and up a slope, past sliding seals, and into the portal room where you pick up your Clear Gem before returning to the warp room.

Time Trial

Time Requirements

Sapphire: 1:10:00

Gold: 0:49:64

Platinum: 0:42:88

This is a good level for a time trial. If you keep moving, you can time most of the traps and pass right through them. Hit the switch on the side-scrolling area to make four time crates appear. As you’re rushing, be extra careful of the slippery icy areas. You don’t want to fall into a gap or slam into a penguin.