obviously this isnt a suggestion; but as someone who isnt exactly super knowledgeable on speed tech and what makes peppino and noise faster or slower than eachother; i wonder what a run would look like if the swapping animation was considered to take zero time and thus you could swap as much as you want to be the best character for every small section of level

would it be more fun because you get to switch up your gameplay constantly; or would it become a nightmare having to swap constantly to be "optimal?' would you even need to swap a ton? would one character be significantly better a majority of the time outside of small tricks which you can swap before and after? i really wonder what itd be like

2 player swap mode does have basically instant swapping with the fightball i believe; but the amount of coordination itd take between two seperate people would maybe make it was less feasible to switch constantly than alone probably

With no swap animation you would save more time in sections, that would be faster if you swapped, but you don't beacause of the time loss during the swap animation. So you would swap more often to perfect every little section. You can just count the times the player swaps during the run and subtract th number of frames from the total time. would probably save like 2 minutes without the animation. Plus the sections where you would be able to save time without the swap animation.

you don't need coordination between two separate people if you play 2p swap alone

Unfortionately, not all of us are TAS perfect with 2p swapping like you, CheDa. Although, it could be more humanly possible either with a setup to make player 2 controls binded to the same as Player 1, or a simple mod that allows for the fight ball swap in 1p swap mode.

im not saying become the TAS i was just referencing the time i played 2p alone with my hands and feet lmao

Wait... you actually played the game live with 2p swap using your hands and feet? I actually didn't know that, lmao!

New swap mode glitch discovered. Crazy.