I really don't think they should be wasting their time with the shotgun blast on the shadow Mario chases. They would do much better if they would just run and shoot. These chases are supposed to take seconds, not minutes.
If the Beast crew were to go back and play Mario 64, I think they would take back what they said about it having better controls than Sunshine. Obviously, yeah, Sunshine is an imperfectly controlling game, that Galaxy improved on immensely, but in 64, the controls and camera were even worse. It's really a testament to the game design of 64, that despite poor controls, it's still a much better game than Sunshine.
Early in this video Jonathan Blow mentions that there's a visual clue indicating the general locations of the environmental puzzles. What was he talking about? I never picked up on that.
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