Ooh, so they did change it.
I normal play this game on a daily basic to do my "1 win pr day", after the change, i do 2 levels.
However, my memory is not the best (and i might have alt tabbed a bit (PC user ftw)) while in specter mode.
I felt like something was indeed off with my controller, each time i tried to change item (banana, snow ball, bomb) it just change camara, i was about to lose my mind over this >.>