Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Wave Race 64 with unlockables and cheats.
Unlockables
Dolphin Intro
Complete all tricks in Dolphin Park. When you boot the game, the intro will rotate between dolphins and jet skis.
Hard Mode
Win 1st place overall in Normal difficulty mode.
Expert Mode
Win 1st place on every course on Hard difficulty mode.
Glacier Coast course
Win 1st place overall on Expert difficulty mode.
Twilight City course
Win 1st place overall on Hard difficulty mode.
Reverse Courses (Mirror Mode)
Win 1st place on every course on Expert difficulty mode.
Reverse Time Trials
Win 1st place on every course in Expert difficulty mode. When you select Time Trials, there will now be an option for Reverse Time Trials. This offers scores separate from those who are logged for other difficulties. It only allows a single high score instead of three, and it does not save high lap scores.
Ride on a Dolphin
In Stunt Mode, select the Dolphin Park course. During each race, you need to perform each of the following stunts as you pass through each of the rings:
- Handstand
- Riding backward
- Stand/somersault
- Barrel roll left (off a ramp)
- Barrel roll right (off a ramp)
- Flip (off a ramp)
- Submarine (dive underwater from a ramp)
If you perform the tricks in succession correctly, a dolphin will make a squeaking sound. Return to the main menu, select Championship Mode with Normal difficulty, and enter the Warm Up. When you get to the Watercraft Select screen, hold down on the control stick and press START. You will now be able to ride on the back of a dolphin.
Tips & Tricks
Quick Start
Hold both acceleration buttons right before the announcer yells “GO!”. This allows you to start a race at maximum power.
Costume Change
On the Watercraft Select screen, when choosing a character, simply hold up on the control stick to change the costume and simultaneously choose the racer.
Wave Race 64 is a personal watercraft racing game developed by Nintendo EAD and released exclusively for the Nintendo 64 in 1996.
