"Food JPEGs" in Super Smash Bros & Kirby Air Riders – Seth Larson

"Have you ever noticed that the food graphics in Super Smash Bros. and Kirby Air Riders is flat “billboarded” stock images of food?

...While researching every game with this art style and all 150+ unique food images I ended up fixing wikis, reviewing a seasonal KitKat flavor, and preserving an uncatalogued image of tempura soba."

A deep dive into just one facet of Mashahiro Sakurai's game developer mind. Seth goes above and beyond here. It's a real fun trip. If you are a Sakurai fan, a GameCube fan, or stock food photo fan, this blog post is for you.