Despicable Me: Minion Rush FAQ, Walkthrough and Beginner’s Guide, Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of the Despicable Me: Minion Rush beginner’s guide! Click here to go back to part 1 of the guide.

At the beginning of each round, you can buy one (or more) of three different power ups. At the very beginning you’ll be offered the Minion Launcher, which will shoot you out 400 meters right at the beginning of the stage. This will cost 250 bananas. If you don’t buy this, you’ll then be offered a score perk, which will multiply your score by 5x, and a banana perk, which will offer you a 2x multiplier for every banana that you collect in a round. You can buy both of these if you want. Each one costs 15 tokens apiece.

In the store itself, you can unlock a number of power ups, meaning that they can be picked up during your run after you unlock them.

*The Freeze Ray automatically shoots any obstacles in front of you for a limited amount of time, and each upgrade increases the amount of time that it’s good for.
*The Banana Vacuum collects every banana that you pass by, no matter what lane it is in. Upgrading it will increase the amount of time that it lasts.
*The Banana Splitter causes every banana to be worth two bananas for a limited amount of time. Upgrading it increases the time that it lasts for.
*The Minion Shield protects you from one single hit for a limited time. Upgrading it increases the amount of time that it’s good for.
*The Minion Launcher is already unlocked, but upgrading it increases the distance that you travel when you use it.
*The Fluffy Unicorn unlocks a mini game that you activate whenever you pick it up, where you can positively load up on bananas. Upgrading it increases the amount of bananas that are in the game itself.
*Mega Minion causes you to go into a special mode where you can crush every obstacle that you come across and increase your multiplier. Upgrading it increases how long the Mega Minion mode lasts.

All of these are activated when you pick them up in the stage, except for the Minion Launcher, which as noted above, is activated when you pick it at the beginning of the stage. Additionally, you can buy the Golden Banana, which will double your collected bananas for life (and when stacked with a Banana Perk or Banana Splitter, can give you insane amounts of bananas). The Golden Shield will cause the Minion Shield to make you invincible rather than just protect you from one single hit.

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