What is a red coin mission if *not* an excuse to get Mario to have to go around the entire level, if blindly, slowly? What is Koopa the Quick race if not a reason to repeat the "get to the top of the mountain" with a slight remix? 3D Marios have *never* been good about having unique objectives!

64/Sunshine can have good movement engines, if the player decides to explicitly go out of their way to learn it and use the deeper mechanics, most of which are required like 2 times in the entire game (64 walljumps, anyone?) and aren't polished. Odyssey has lots of tricks for people who go out of