**I love 64, and think the branching path system is one of the most unique replayability gimmicks in gaming, but 64's way of doing it wasn't perfect.**  
  
If you watch like, almost any youtuber play Starfox 64 blind, they'll basically always need help figuring out what they're supposed to do to get to Sector Y instead of Meteo. And while I think it nice to figure it out alone, there's also the **signifigant** genre of people who, if it's not spelled out for them clearly enough, might never figure out alternate paths on their own (especially obscure one's like getting to Aquas).

Having the game actually nudge the player in the right direction a bit without being overbearing about it is a great middle ground here. Personally, I'd even think having alternate routes show up as 'found' or not in a checkbox when inspecting the Lylat Map could be a good addition as well. Its great for actually bringing attention to the routing mechanic.

*I don't want to come off as condescending to non-fans, but a lot of current-gen gamers don't really have the patience to experiment over and over until they figure something out completely un-aided, too. A* ***lot*** *of people who'd definitely play the game like, one and a half times then shrug at it after failing to 'get' what its going for can be put on track with this, etc.*

I think the more hinted at routing (or at least from what we've seen so far) is a good thing