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Finally in my 20's HUNNY Queer, Here, and In Tears p.s.- I have niche interests okay bye
i know riiight, who even drew this anyway? 😤

(i love zoey sm!! she stole my heart and ran with it)

Top: the Super Mario World manual bizarrely lists a name for a location in the game that has no levels on it, and exists only as a cosmetic geographical feature: Kappa Mountain. It is named this due to the lake on the top resembling a small pool of water on the concave heads of the Kappa creatures from Japanese mythology.

Middle: however, development files for the game contain a tile map depicting an early version of the Yoshi's Island submap. Overlaying the finished map (left) with the early map (right) reveals...

Bottom: ...that Kappa Mountain was at some point intended to have a level on it, as seen by the dot matching up perfectly with the lake. It is theorized that this was originally the location of the Yoshi's Island 4 level, which takes place on a lake. The fact that it was not originally intended to be empty explains the eye-catching nature of the mountain and the fact that it was given a name.

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