Nintendo blames... itsself???

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And SM64 does have more environments to go to... 15 levels, every one very different.

That's not true and you know it. There were around eight themes in Mario 64. The outside generic areas, the water areas, the haunted mansion areas, the lava areas, the underground areas, the snow areas, the sky areas, and the sand area. Am I forgetting something?

I disagree. For one, when you consider that some of Mario 64's moves were removed and replaced as opposed to being retained and added to, there really weren't that many new moves.

There were around two moves removed, and many more added. And the ones they removed weren't really needed because of the waterpack.

Secondly, I found the control to be exactly the same. No better, no worse.

The controls are definitely better than Mario 64's. That is something I am very sensitive to. They're very tight in Sunshine, moreso than in Mario 64. There's no question about that.

Control... a bit better, because it was analog as opposed to digital.

Wha? Both games used analogue controls...