Seaside Hill was pleasant as always, with nothing going wrong as mini games were being played in the sandy tropical island... although one particularly odd one was occurring high in the clear blue sky above Seaside Hill.
The mini game was Platform Peril.
"Wah! I hate-a playing this stupid mini game!" Wario cried out as he nearly tripped off the black and white platform every time he participated. "I end up falling every time-a!"
Birdo scoffed as she rolled her eyes at Wario, jumping into the air with grace as she fluttered to the platform in front of her. "Oh come on, Wario! Stop being such a baby!"
"Yeah Wario, peer pressure!" Knuckles The Echidna commented as he was next to Birdo, gliding to the platform after jumping.
It was only Wario, Birdo, and Knuckles, as the fourth competitor, an Ant Trooper, already fell at the start of the course. Unfortunately, just three platforms away from the final platform, Wario wasn't able to keep his balance, flailing his arms as he fell off the platform he was on!
"D'oh I Missed!" Wario cried out as he fell towards the orange checkerboard mountain below. "Uwah!"
Waluigi was selling various tacos to a couple of Conkdors as he watched Wario collide with the top of one of Seaside Hill's mountains. The tall and lanky, purple clad Italian man shrugged as he kept selling his tacos to the weird condors, who were munching on their tacos by conking it with their heads.
Ring Tide was the mini game being played on Seaside Hill's sandiest shoreline, as Amy Rose, Scourge The Hedgehog, Shadow The Hedgehog, and Sonic The Hedgehog were all participating, the four anthropomorphic hedgehogs trying to avoid the driftwood and purple sea urchins the waves were splashing on the shoreline, with a couple of small red crabs scuttling on the beach. The hedgehogs were trying to collect the most yellow rings, but they weren't doing as well as they anticipated.
"Oh come on!" Scourge exclaimed angrily as he was knocked back by the incoming wave, being all soaked. "How the hell do you win at something stupid like this?"
"Don't get hit. It's a very simple concept!" Sonic laughed, only to trip over a pebble and land face first into the sand, a sea urchin falling on his back. Sonic screamed in pain as he jumped up, trying to get the painful sea urchin off his back as he collapsed on the sand, unable to move.
Scourge and Shadow both laughed at the greatly injured Sonic, with Amy screaming in horror as she planted both of her hands on her face, rushing to Sonic and trying to get him back up.
"Sonic! Oh, my dear poor Sonic!" Amy cried as tears appeared in her eyes, slapping her right hand across Sonic's face several times in an attempt to get him up. "Please be okay, please be okay...!"
"And that's why they're called sea hedgehogs." Shadow chuckled as he folded his arms, only to get hit by a piece of driftwood, knocked on the sand.
Amy was also knocked out by the driftwood, leaving Scourge the winner as he was awarded several yellow rings from Sir Charles Hedgehog, aka Uncle Chuck, who was monitoring the match from the white colored, wooden lifeguard chair.
"I don't really like awarding the likes of Scourge," Uncle Chuck stated as he folded his arms together, "But he won the match fair and square. Plus, I actually get some focus in a fanfiction for once."