SC22 THE GUANTLET

     This Side Challenge is located in the Non-Story area known as "The
     Underwater Caves."  You can find it in the Central-Eastern part of
     Open Ocean: West.  Your challenge is to safely navigate your way through
     an apparent maze of underwater caves and reach their exit within a given
     time limit.  The dangers are many - getting lost in the caves, schools
     of stining jellyfish, dart-like viper fish which sting and parallize you,
     and underwater thermal bubbles which can boil you.  The key to navigating
     your way to the exit is ALWAYS TAKE THE LEFT PATH. and you can find the
     exit, as long as you survive the trip.  In level 1, your biggest problems
     are the jellyfish and thermals, but in level two the viper fish are added.
     When the vipers hit you, you are momentarily stunned, and your vision goes
     hazy, which not only slows you down, but can easily disorient you and get
     you turned around inside the caves.  If you get stunned, stop trying to
     turn or "steer" until your vision start to clear enough that you can tell
     where the walls are.  Also, try to swim through the gaps in the jellyfish,
     and if you're health starts to get low, depend on your "Shark Vision" to 
     show you "safe" fish, the jellyfish won't glow, so you don't harm yourself
     by eating something bad.  You need to time your trip past the thermal 
     bubbles, even the ones that don't appear to be over glowing orange areas,
     all thermals will harm you.  On the last two levels, you need to try to
     avoid the viper fish, they tend to hide in the walls and then dart out to
     hit you.  I constantly just keep "charge" dashing, by Charging up my
     charge attack, and then releasing the button to give me a slight boost in
     speed.  This does not protect you from the vipers, but it can help you get
     past some without getting hit.  So avoid the jellyfish, time your way
     past the thermals, and KEEP TO THE LEFT FORKS and you should make it
     through in a couple of tries.

     Level 1:  Run the Gauntlet in 100 seconds.  +.3% to completion score.
     Level 2:  Run the Guantlet in 75 seconds.  +.4% to completion score.
     Level 3:  Run the Guantlet in 60 seconds.  +.3% to completion score.