To start a game, the player must first select which country they would like to be.
To win, a player must select three words with the same letter.
Players select from one of six classes to play as, each with its own role within the team.
Players can select a range of special effects and drop them into the level.
Players select the stage and the number of available extra lives at the start.
Through use of a code, two players can select the same character.
The remaining players select their character from the four available.
These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them.
Players could select one of five species to create their characters.
When the race began, each player selected to go 1 or 3 spaces.