User:Weirdweirdweirdo/Archived Pages/Shady Shallows

Shady Shallows is a supposed course in Super Mario 64. It is most commonly accessed by punching a cracked wall in Jolly Roger Bay and walking through a tunnel to the course. It usually has a night and day cycle, unique to the course.

Geography
The course usually is a large circular flat plane of sand with a low amount of water above it with some mounds of sand sticking above the water. The surrounding area has raised sand and reused walls from Jolly Roger Bay. The skybox and music is usually the same as Jolly Roger Bay. In the center of the map is regularly a large sand mountain, with an entrance to a cave on the backside of the mountain. Inside the cave is usually a large coral reef completely filled with water. In a separate room connected by a tunnel, there regularly is a room similar to Hazy Maze Cave with a Dorrie swimming around an island. This area is called Dorrie's Island. When the time changes, the cave connecting the 2 major areas fills can poisonous gas from Hazy Maze Cave, slowly filling the upper portion as well. The upper area's enemies usually consist of Goombas and Skeeters. The path to the coral reef can contain Scuttlebugs. The coral reef usually has Bubs, Sushi, Clams and a Unagi inhabiting the tunnel to Dorrie's island. Dorrie's Island itself does not usually have any enemies, though a report has claimed a Bubba inhabited this area.

Coral Reef's Night Light
In this mission, the player must wait until night time, in which a star will appear somewhere in the coral reef, but will disappear a few seconds.

Dorrie's Island
In this mission, the player must use Dorrie to get on top of Dorrie's Island and grab the star.

Angered Sea Dragon
This mission varies throughout reports. One report says that Dorrie stood on top of the island and had to be fought similar to the boss fight in Salty Salty Shore. Another report said the Bubba was attacking Dorrie and had to be defeated using a Metal Cap in the room. Usually, Dorrie will either give the player a star or will drop it.

Sky-High Mountain
In this mission, a star is on top of the mountain with the cave entrance. Currently, not even Backwards Long Jumping has managed to reach the top of the mountain.

Theorizing
It is possible this level was the original Hazy Maze Cave due to the similarities to it's level. However, seeing as Salty Salty Shore is already a beta Hazy Maze Cave, it is unlikely. This level is usually reported as being fairly difficult, and some saying the Unagi never left the tunnel, rendering Dorrie's Island unreachable, implying this was removed due to difficulty. It is possible this level is 35POISON, seeing as it has poison gas and it's similarity to Hazy Maze Cave. It is currently unknown if the level is tied to Salty Salty Shore, if it came before or after it, or if it is even tied to Hazy Maze Cave other than the reused assets. It is also possible it is 32NIGHT as it has a day and night cycle, though this is unconfirmed and less likely than 35POISON.