Fast Staff Ghosts also known as Expert Staff Ghosts are extremely good times set by the developers within the Time Trial mode. To unlock them, you must beat the Normal Staff Ghosts (no need to unlock) on Time Trial by several seconds, ranging from 3 seconds to as much as 10 seconds. They add challenge to the game and show some advanced strategies for stages (such as using the N64 Mario Raceway pipe as a trick ramp) or similar.
Unlockables[]
There are two types of unlockables that require beating a particular time - one is simply setting a time, and the other is by unlocking a Fast Staff Ghost. However, there are no unlockables for beating a fast Staff Ghost. Note that you may need to restart the game once you have done the requirements for them to unlock. Time-based unlockables obtained by methods other than beating a given time are as follows:
- Magikruiser (Small Bike) - Set times on 8 different courses
- Birdo - Set times on 16 different courses
- Toadette - Set times on 32 different courses
- Tiny Titan - Unlocked 1 Fast Staff Ghost
- Funky Kong - Unlocked 4 Fast Staff Ghosts
- Baby Luigi - Unlocked 8 Fast Staff Ghosts
- Torpedo (Large Bike) - Unlocked 12 Fast Staff Ghosts
- B. Dasher Mk 2 (Medium Kart) - Unlocked 24 Fast Staff Ghosts
- Mii (Outfit B) - Unlocked all 32 Fast Staff Ghosts
To unlock the karts/characters: reenter the license, return to the player amount selection screen, or restart the game.
The unlock times required are laid out in the table below
Cup | Track | Normal Staff Ghost Time | Unlock Time | Fast Staff Ghost Time |
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Mushroom Cup | Luigi Circuit | 01:29.670 | 01.26.376 | 01:19.419 |
Moo Moo Meadows | 01:37.856 | 01.34.159 | 01:25.909 | |
Mushroom Gorge | 02:16.110 | 02.10.807 | 02:01.011 | |
Toad's Factory | 02:22.480 | 02:12.784 | 02:05.593 | |
Flower Cup | Mario Circuit | 01:44.777 | 01:39.183 | 01:33.702 |
Coconut Mall | 02:30.764 | 02:24.788 | 02:13.333 | |
DK Summit | 02:34.693 | 02:25.916 | 02:17.546 | |
Wario's Gold Mine | 02:19.583 | 02:14.932 | 02:04.800 | |
Star Cup | Daisy Circuit | 01:56.822 | 01:48.870 | 01:41.362 |
Koopa Cape | 03:03.022 | 02:54.897 | 02:41.370 | |
Maple Treeway | 02:58.633 | 02:50.229 | 02:37.812 | |
Grumble Volcano | 02:28.237 | 02:22.437 | 02:11.852 | |
Special Cup | Dry Dry Ruins | 02:30.949 | 02.25.904 | 02:14.286 |
Moonview Highway | 02:16.802 | 02:09.956 | 02:04.163 | |
Bowser's Castle | 03:04.836 | 02.57.771 | 02:42.098 | |
Rainbow Road | 03:05.895 | 02.59.970 | 02:44.734 | |
Retro Shell Cup | Peach Beach | 01:34.233 | 01:30.698 | 01:23.140 |
Yoshi Falls | 01:16.461 | 01:13.185 | 01:09.175 | |
SNES Ghost Valley 2 | 01:06.595 | 01.04.261 | 00:58.907 | |
N64 Mario Raceway | 02:14.799 | 02:07.915 | 01:59.053 | |
Retro Banana Cup | N64 Sherbet Land | 02:48.651 | 02.42.721 | 02:28.356 |
GBA Shy Guy Beach | 01:45.568 | 01:40.436 | 01:32.867 | |
DS Delfino Square | 02:41.807 | 02:33.107 | 02:24.169 | |
GCN Waluigi Stadium | 02:32.882 | 02:25.080 | 02:12.367 | |
Retro Leaf Cup | DS Desert Hills | 02:10.233 | 02:01.141 | 01:52.686 |
GBA Bowser Castle 3 | 02:58.304 | 02:50.637 | 02:39.391 | |
N64 DK's Jungle Parkway | 02:58.264 | 02.51.662 | 02:37.782 | |
GCN Mario Circuit | 01:59.771 | 01:55.267 | 01:49.939 | |
Retro Lightning Cup | SNES Mario Circuit 3 | 01:38.880 | 01:34.828 | 01:26.659 |
Peach Gardens (DS) | 02:34.894 | 02:29.006 | 02:16.777 | |
GCN DK Mountain | 02:57.744 | 02.52.048 | 02:38.130 | |
N64 Bowser's Castle | 03:19.323 | 03.09.051 | 02:55.933 |