My friend on the playground said if you got all 880 moons in a single sitting and put in a cheat code you get a secret cutscene where Mario fucks the hat.
Ok so, Dan hitting X and moving the hitpoint to the bottom isn't backspin. That's something else, forgot the actual name. Back/Frontspin is holding L/R.
Yeah, hitting X changes the point you hit the ball and causes it to either loft higher or cut lower, or to curve left/right. Useful when dealing with trees in your way or the wind, also has an impact on how the ball will land and roll (higher loft means it's coming at the ground with less horizontal motion). But actual spin is applied by L/R which causes a little shading to appear on the top/bottom of the ball and spin once it hits the ground.
Oh, WOW, I'm like 5-8 hours in and I had no idea this was the case! I knew targeting the ball at different points gave it different trajectories but I assumed the spin was being put on it at the same time. There's so much about this game that it just doesn't tell you.
This game is weirdly unpolished and buggy but it's still compellingly worth playing. Gonna see if this back/front spin can help out my game.
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