

That said, the first couple levels appear to be significantly less challenging than ones that follow and as such the hack has a steep difficulty curve that can prove to be jarring. The hack is definitely aimed at long time Super Mario 64 players, in that it takes a quick recollection of everything you have learned from the original game to have a chance at success and each challenge is unforgiving to the point that a tiny misstep could lead to complete failure even amongst the first couple levels. I may be missing something, but it did make me question whether or not it was a feature or not. Using Mario’s camera seems to just be the safer bet all around.

It seems to ask the question “what does the player need to see” and proceeds to provide the exact opposite by drifting in various directions while you are moving. The first thing I noticed when sitting down to give Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition a try was that the game’s Lakitu camera is a real pain.
