On Disc 3, whenever you return to the city of Alexandria, you can encounter a NPC named Hippaul and his mother on the one street. Note that if you agree to see the play by Ruby, then you will miss out on this little side quest, as it won’t be available afterwards. So, you have a small window of opportunity to take it upon yourself to complete this side quest. Distraught over her son’s addiction to Tetra Master, Hippaul’s mother wishes for him to lose some weight and thinks running will help with this. Agree to race and this mini-game will begin. The objective of this minigame is to alternate button presses between Square and Circle (X/B on Xbox, and Y/A on Switch) to move Vivi. There is no penalty for pressing the buttons early, so you can get into a rhythm before Hippolady says go.

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(1 of 3) You can begin pressing buttons while the mother is counting down

Hippaul starts out at level one and depending on how close the race is, he will gain either a single level (close race) or five levels (if you win by a large margin). For every ten levels, you will win a prize, which happens to be a Tetra Master card. As his level increases, he will become faster, so it might be more challenging to win by a larger margin. Once Hippaul reaches level 40 or so, it does become a bit more difficult to have his level increase by five for each race. Once you get Hippaul to level 80, you’ll receive the key item, Athlete Queen and the related trophy/achievement. There are no rewards past that one.