I wanna say this is a great hack. Because there's a lot great about it. Kaze really took SM64 and made a sort of open world Zelda game that feels like something honestly pretty unique. Lots of upgrades, lots of great stars...

And then some of the game is just really not that good. Shadow and Spirit in particular were a struggle for all the wrong reasons, mostly cause the shortcuts would close every time you re-entered the dungeon. Also the Spirit Temple was the most jank test of patience I've had in a long time. Also the removal of Mario cam was kinda annoying.

I also had a ton of issues with controls/physics, but I'm gonna be honest, that's a huge problem with SM64 itself, so I can't blame the hack or anything.

Overall it's a pretty interesting experience and a really impressive hack, but there's some stuff really holding it back.

Reviewed on Oct 20, 2023


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