History Headscratchers / SuperMarioSunshine

** I haven't played the game before, so I don't know whether this explanation holds up...but I suggested below that the Shine Sprites being sold by the Tanooki have all chosen to go incognito by passing themselves off as souvenirs until some heroic person like Mario comes and retrieves them...Again, there may be something in-game that specifically refutes this...Do the Tanookis ever concretely ''say'' that the shines they're given away are the same ones that are used to power the island, or could they just be [what they think are] replicas...?

** Peach isn't the kind of person who would want to start a diplomatic scandal, so it's somewhat understandable that she would just go along with Delfino's legal decisions, even if they're disrespectful and questionable.
** Diplomatic scandal? The Piantas started that. The is at ''least'' a formalized "Fuck you" to a visiting sovereign, and any competent politician could spin this blatant false conviction of a national hero into a ''Casus belli''. Frankly Isle Delfino is out-of-this-world lucky Mushroom Kingdom doesn't have a navy to blockade its ports and let the tourism-sustained island economically starve until they're willing to trade annexation for relief supplies. (Or in other words, even if Peach couldn't do anything ''at'' the trial, it REALLY bothers me that a head of state doesn't have SOME strategic/economic muscle to flex here.)
*** plus even if Peach didn't want to attack Delfino, she could have gotten an army of Toads to help clean up the island.
*** But then again the Toads pretty clearly can't handle the goop even when it isn't moving, judging from the number of times they need to be rescued from it, do we really want them trying to clean it up? Probably best to just let Mario do it since he's competent.
*** Maybe Peach was working to pull some strings back in the Mushroom Kingdom that would get Mario out of trouble, but she was captured before she could accomplish anything.
** It's possible that the Mushroom Kingdom, which spends half its time annexed by the Koopa Kingdom, is considered toothless and unworthy of entertaining when the ecosystem of the entire state is on the line. Or that Mario doesn't have diplomatic immunity. Or that one or both nations don't recognize the statehood of the other. Ultimately, all of this is very silly. The nature of statecraft is not a subject the Mario franchise is remotely interested in.
** While I agree it's very silly, is the Isle of Delfino even in the Mushroom Kingdom in the first place? She probably just has no jurisdiction over a place she has no authority in. To everyone else, she's just some important lady.
** If the question’s asker really wants to take the game that seriously, being a head of state doesn’t give you the right to make sustainable objections in court. Attorneys are the ones who are allowed to make objections, so unless Peach is also one of those, the judge is within their rights to overrule her.

* Shadow Mario (A.K.A. Bowser Jr.) could've just stopped Mario from saving Isle Delfino '''by breaking [=FLUDD=]''' after he steals it from him. But the fact that the thought never crosses his mind means he's either too stupid or too honorable. The additional fact that Mario gets [=FLUDD=] back after completing a secret course further points towards Shadow Mario's appalling stupidity: He steals [=FLUDD=] and just lets him reclaim it instead of trying to break it or even trying to hide it someplace where Mario will never find it.
** Maybe FLUDD is indestructible? Just a guess...
*** Why did FLUDD suffer a catastrophic failure after the final battle then?
*** ...Perhaps because he'd just been put to use with the Rocket Nozzle multiple times in quick succession, while being attacked by blazing fire and an endless stream of Bullet Bills. Also, FLUDD wasn't totally destroyed in the final battle, if I recall, only use far beyond how he was expected to be and shut down for a time...Aren't the Toads shown to have repaired him fully later on? Maybe he was just tired. Really, ''really'' tired.
*** Not to mention, if Jr. breaks FLUDD, Mario can't perform his court-ordered community service by cleaning the goop off the island, which would probably cause some trouble with the authorities and possibly take some of their suspicion off of Mario, if it hasn't been already - after all, why would someone who's been cleaning the island diligently thus far do something to damage or purposefully misplace his only means of doing so, especially since by that point in the game, there's no telling how many witnesses there are to Mario chasing after his goop-spreading shadowy doppelganger throughout the entirety of Delfino Plaza?
*** He could have still stolen her and hidden her from Mario. There is also nothing to stop him stealing her in more stages, for example in the secret stages where you have to collect red coins, even if there is some unwritten rule that he can't keep her or break her.
** Not really, since stealing or hiding her (Was Fludd confirmed to be female?) still leaves Mario with the dilemma of how to complete his community service. Also, I like to think that Jr. returning Fludd is all a part of Bowser's entire HonorBeforeReason rivalry with Mario - sure, both of them are annoyed by how he's ruining their family vacation, but if he manages to pass enough levels to prove himself worthy of their attention, who are they to deny him a first-class squishing, Koopa-style, once he shows up? Keeping Fludd from Mario means he can't advance onward to them, even if he does meet their expectations.
** Since E Gadd made both, perhaps he figured that someone might try and use either the brush or Fludd for malicious purposes, and made it so that if one breaks, the other becomes non-functioning.

** As an analogy, people who already live in Michigan could still want to go to Mackinac Island for a vacation.

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** Without directly asking the devs, its all mass guessing. Perhaps originally the plan was to have Green Yoshis that didn't disappear, and Purple ones that did?

*** They still should've apologized. How hard would it have been to include a couple lines of dialogue where they admit their error and apologize?
* How come no one ever questions what the two Racoons/Tanukis are doing charging Blue Coins in order to get Shine Sprites? I mean, the whole reason there's darkness over Isle Delfino is because the Shine Sprites fled when the pollution started and they're basically needed in order to restore the Island to what it once was. How come the two racoons/tanuki are allowed to withhold something that is that vital to the island and sell them without anyone ever questioning them or taking actions against what they're doing, especially since Isle Delfino is in danger? I even watched Chuggaconroy's Let's Play of the game and even he questioned this.

* Get ready for some serious potential lawsuits Pinna Park. You should know better than to open your gates to tourists when your park is swarming with shell-shocking (no pun intended) koopas.

** As an anology, people who already live in Michigan could still want to go to Mackinac Island for a vacation.

** Considering how shy Nokis are said to be, it might be a tradition (or biological instinct) for them to be protective of their young but refraining from mentioning direct parental affiliations with strangers. And considering that Mario allegedly vandalized Isle Delfino, her means of being protective seem legit.

** Perhaps E. Gadd took a visit to Isle Delfino and his device was accidentely left behind? There's no real explanation as to why F.L.U.D.D is left there, but Bowser Jr. explains how he had "gotten" the magic paintbrush from E. Gadd (although it's highly unlikely that E. Gadd would lend over such a powerful tool to a child with mischievous plans, but if he did give the paintbrush to him maybe he didn't know of Jr's intentions. It's more likely that Bowser Jr stolen the paintbrush) and maybe Bowser Jr had also "gotten" F.L.U.D.D from him too? Both Jr. and his dad seemed to know that Mario and his friends were coming on the island, and chances are Bowser Jr decided to set the whole thing up even leaving F.L.U.D.D for Mario so that when he was accused and had to clean up the island of the goop, he'd be using the device he found to keep him busy, and maybe Bowser Jr didn't assume Mario would thwart his plans.

* Why are Piantas and Nokis renting rooms in Hotel Delfino? The island inhabitants wouldn't need lodging in an environment almost exclusively for tourists.

** Maybe the Piantas ordered the pump from E. Gadd, and had planned on using it to clean up the island, only to find that it didn't fit any of them, which led to it being tossed aside and discarded -- hence where you find it. As I recall, one of the Piantas at the airstrip tells you to stop standing around and use F.L.U.D.D. to help his friends, so at least some of them knew that's what it could be used for.

** Perhaps E. Gadd took a visit to Isle Delfino and his device was accidentely left behind? There's no real explanation as to why F.L.U.D.D is left there, but Bowser Jr. explains how he had "gotten" the magic paintbrush from E. Gadd (although it's highly unlikely that E. Gadd would lend over such a powerful tool to a child with mischievous plans, but if he did give the paintbrush to him maybe he didn't know of Jr's intentions. It's more likely that Bowser Jr stolen the paintbrush) and maybe Bowser Jr had also "gotten" F.L.U.D.D from him too? Both Jr. and his dad seemed to know that Mario and his friends were coming on the island, and chances are Bowser Jr decided to set the whole thing up even leaving F.L.U.D.D for Mario so that when he was accused and had to clean up the island of the goop, he'd be using the device he found to keep him busy, and maybe Bowser Jr didn't assume Mario would thwart his plans.

** Perhaps E. Gadd took a visit to Isle Delfino and his device was accidentely left behind? There's no real explanation as to why F.L.U.D.D is left there, but Bowser Jr. explains how he had "gotten" the magic paintbrush from E. Gadd (although it's highly unlikely that E. Gadd would lend over such a powerful tool to a child with mischievous plans, but if he did give the paintbrush to him maybe he didn't know of Jr's intentions. It's more likely that Bowser Jr stolen the paintbrush) and maybe Bowser Jr had also "gotten" F.L.U.D.D from him too? Both Jr. and his dad seemed to know that Mario and his friends were coming on the island, and chances are Bowser Jr decided to set the whole thing up even leaving F.L.U.D.D for Mario so that when he was accused and had to clean up the island of the goop, he'd be using the device he found to keep him busy, and maybe Bowser Jr didn't assume Mario would thwart his plans. Chances are Bowser Jr stolen F.L.U.D.D along with the paintbrush and left F.L.U.D.D for Mario. The whole thing was a set up.

* Here's one I'm shocked I've yet to see here: F.L.U.D.D. How in the world did E. Gadd's water pump device end up randomly stranded on the airfield? It (a device that happens to be used for cleaning up dirty stuff) being there, Mario finding it and picking it up was literally the only reason why he was able to accomplish the entire game, E. Gadd is never seen in the game and it's never explained or questioned how it ended up there, or why he was able to just use it. I can kinda understand them not having enough time to make a realistic explanation seeing as the game was rushed, but still.

** It's the pressure. The same reason a fire hose is strong enough to knock you off your feet, even though you can take a dive in your swimming pool and be just fine.

* How come when sprayed by F.L.U.D.D., Shadow Mario gets hurt, but when swimming in actual water, he's fine?

** Considering they don't even think twice about arresting him, and didn't give the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom any special treatment, I'd guess that the residents of the island are isolationists. That's the only explanation of how Mario could become so famous even outside his home kingdom without them recognizing him once he shows up at the airstrip.