User:Weirdweirdweirdo/Archived Pages/Shivering Springs

Shivering Springs is a supposed unused course in Super Mario 64. It usually replaces Snowman's Land, but has replaced Cool, Cool Mountain, as well as been the snowman painting behind the mirror in the mirror room, accessed using the Vanish Cap. It is a snowy stage usually with several reused assets from Snowman's Land and Cool, Cool Mountain, particularly the icy water underneath the Chill Bully boss fight. It also uses the unused small variant of the Chill Bully, defeated by being knocked into the icy water.

Geography
The map is generally a snowy landscape with several pools of the damaging water in Snowman's Land. There usually are sloped walls around the map that cannot be climbed. There is also regularly an ice cave similar to Snowman's Land's igloo that is blocked by a wall using the unused cracked ice texture that can be broken when punched. The enemies regularly are Spindrifts, Money Bags, Snowmen, and the small Chill Bullies in the main map portion, usually with a large Chill Bully as a boss fight. The ice cave regularly has Goombas, Swoops and Bob-ombs as enemies.

Chilling Chase With Koopa The Quick
In this mission, the player must race Koopa the Quick from one side of the map to the ice cave.

The Ice Cave's Deep
In this mission, the player must get to the end of the ice cave's maze to find a star.

Chill Bully Knockdown
In this mission, the player must knock a large Chill Bully into the icy water, functioning the same as Snowman's Land's Chill Bully fight.

Underneath The Ice
In this mission, there is a star under a sheet of ice. It is currently unknown how to collect this star.

Theorizing
It is possible this course is a beta Snowman's Land or Cool, Cool Mountain, or a fusion of the two. It is also possible it could of been a hidden course in the mirror room's snowman painting, though due to this only being in a singular report this is unlikely. It appears to be the origin of the small Chill Bullies and cracked ice texture, so it's likely it was removed early.