why does sakurai put PNGs of food in all of his games?
Because games that don't are soulless.
>>730764171he knows what gamers crave
>>730765171yeah, gacha success proves they love pngs
>>730764171>flat, billboarded .pngs can be read at any distance and immediately understood>no modelling work needed; all images taken from a stock photo collection so very easy to implement>sticks out from the rest of the items in the game stylistically so you know exactly what it is and what it will do>tasty realistic-looking food triggers primal hunger instincts, making the items more alluring to collect>it's fun to stick a buffet of foods in a game rather than a single hp-restoring collectible>also sticks out from how other games handle health restoring collectibles so you it's a unique personal touch on his gamesOr Sakurai is just autistic, that probably is the more likely answer.
we call that SOVL
He knows tendies have no standards so they're still fine with sprites in 2026.
Because he's the last Nintendo dev with a soul
