(Another peculiar occurrence is in the name of the game's final level. There is also this oil like goop leaking out of shipping containers around the level. What makes this level different to all the others is the fact that the goop in the rest of the game is generally the colour of spilled ice creams - hot pinks and oranges and blues. This level is a shipping dock and like many of the other levels is covered in goop by the time you get there. Whenever I cast my mind back to this, I instantly think of Sunshine's Ricco Harbour level.
It affected wildlife, plantlife, tourism, fishing industries and many other facets of Mauritian life. The ship was caught on top of a coral reef and broke in two, leaking an estimated 1000 tonnes of oil into the ocean off the south- eastern coast of Mauritius. On July 25th last year, during the height of the pandemic, a large capesize bulk carrier, the MV Wakashio ship came too close to the shore of Mauritius on it's way from China to Brazil.
In order to explain exactly how the two share some strange coincidences let me explain exactly what happened in Mauritius. It may be a stretch to say that a decades old Mario game predicted exactly what happened in Mauritius last year, but the more I look into it.? How could I not think of Mauritius? I return to my very own Delfino Island of a home country every other year - apart from last year for the obvious reasons. The tropical island setting, the happy inhabitants, the holiday destination feel.
Mario the polluter! It's then Mario's task, and yours, to clean up the island with his new mechanical water shooting weapon, F.L.U.D.D. This of course is not what happens, and Mario is soon framed and wrongly imprisoned for spreading a goop-like substance and attendant monsters across the island. The game starts with Mario, Peach and Toadsworth arriving on Isle Delfino where they aim to enjoy a nice relaxing holiday. Sunshine is a game that sold relatively well but remains divisive amongst Super Mario fans. As a Mauritian who loved Super Mario Sunshine back in its day, I could already see the many similarities Super Mario Sunshine has to Mauritius.
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