graffiti pete and sonny should’ve kissed

“y’know, sally, i’m afraid this wouldn’t work out. you’re much too distracting.” “‘distracting’?! no, INSPIRING!” /// finn / he / 21

suppermariobroth:

Top: in Paper Mario, all bodies of water are translucent, allowing details below the surface to be seen (left), except for one: the pool in the Toad Town Plaza, which has a completely opaque surface (right). Note how Sushie cannot be seen at all below the water on the right.

Bottom: the reason why this particular body of water is different can be found in the game’s first reveal trailer, shown at Nintendo Space World in 1997. There, the pool is seen briefly and is shown to have a reflective surface. Since in Paper Mario, reflective surfaces are faked by having a copy of the area be present upside-down on the other side, at some point in development this was removed due to needing to render too many buildings. As a result, there is nothing below the surface of the pool, which is hidden by the opaque water.
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