In Mario Super Sluggers, Boo and King Boo have unused leg bones in their models, despite not having any legs. Below, the leg bones are made visible.
Thank you to Mario baseball expert Geno Penguin for this information!
Thank you to Mario baseball expert Geno Penguin for this information!
@MarioBrothBlog Finally an explanation for this
@MarioBrothBlog "This meeting of the Leg Club has officially come to order."
@MarioBrothBlog They are, in fact, phantom limbs 👻
@MarioBrothBlog Now in my nightmares... I see them walking
@MarioBrothBlog Do they have leg bones in any other games where they’re playable characters, like the Party or Tennis games?
@MarioBrothBlog Person mentioned in post: @PenguinTheGeno
@MarioBrothBlog Obviously they have invisible legs, that's how King Boo can drive a car
@MarioBrothBlog Walk a mile in these Louis Vuittons… But they don’t wear these shits where I’m from.
@MarioBrothBlog hello mr broth! any news regarding the live stream?
@MarioBrothBlog Perhaps the beta system they were building on required all characters to have leg models, then they created a more refined/the final system which removed the requirement, so the devs removed the legs for the Boos
@MarioBrothBlog I’ve done this plenty of times for VRChat avatars in order to make them work with Unity’s humanoid presets. Beginning vs Finished project
@MarioBrothBlog Is it possible that these leg bones are used to position them properly? Do they touch the ground in their default floating position?
@MarioBrothBlog Does that mean Goombas had invisible arm bones?
@MarioBrothBlog Do you think it helps to pose their bodies in the game?
@MarioBrothBlog Do they all have to have TWO legs? What about characters like Blooper and Wiggler?
@MarioBrothBlog @srt_reno They look like chocobo
@MarioBrothBlog Seems fitting for Boos to have phantom limbs
@MarioBrothBlog If those move when Boo and King Boo "walk"/"move around"... Then there may be assumptions/guesses on what the legs are for, otherwise it's not known, and all guesses on what those legs are for. Although a theory is that those legs are there to be guides on how high they should be
@MarioBrothBlog most likely because they programmed it so the leg bones need to be on the model or else the game crashes, but idk
@MarioBrothBlog they literally have pigeon legs I love it lmao
