Flying Saucer Restaurant (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
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.
Original artwork for the 1996 Nintendo 64 launch announcement print ad, from the personal archives of the ad's artist, Stephen Peringer (please zoom in to view details).
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