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

If I leave the game mid run, as in going to the title screen, since the in game timer stops, would I have to use RTA or would that just be not allowed? I've found something pretty interesting but it's a difficult trick, and if you don't get it right you have to go to the title screen to try again. If I do have to use RTA, do I have to have a timer on while recording?