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Paper Mario utilizes rendering techniques available on the Nintendo 64 hardware that are highly obscure and not well supported on emulators, including any official software used by Nintendo themselves to emulate the game on other systems as part of the Virtual Console/Nintendo Switch Online lineup.
Top: on original hardware, the effect enveloping the Star Spirits in the intro when Bowser attacks them is a ball of flame. The effect represents the harm being inflicted on the Star Spirits, resulting in their subsequent imprisonment.
Bottom: however, on any other system (Wii VC, Wii U VC, and NSO) the effect is not properly reproduced, enveloping them in a golden cloud instead. The cloud no longer looks as actively harmful as the flames, losing some of the visual impression.
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