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Paratroopa1 posted...

Snowman's Land isn't great either but it's saved by the fact that you can ride a shell around

Eh, I'm not that enamored by the shell.

It's okay I guess, but the real strength of SM64 is in Mario's baseline jumping controls. In terms of alternate control schemes...Flying > Slides > Shells > Swimming I guess, something like that? I still prefer the core jumping mechanics over all four. And...overall I don't find myself liking a level more if it has a slide or if it has a wing cap or if it has a shell. It adds some variety, but doesn't make me like the level more.

(Not like you can use the shell to do most of the stars in Snowman's Land anyway; you can do like...8 red coins, which is the star the shell was built for, and I guess you can do the bully with the shell if you want to. That's pretty much it. Maybe you can use the shell to reach the igloo, but that sounds harder than the normal route. It's not like Lethal Lava Land or Shifting Sand Land where the shell takes you literally everywhere).

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