2001: A Mario Odyssey

I'm moving on to another subject for no reason at all. Anyone notice the painting in the Sand Kingdom that goes to the Metro Kingdom. I am thinking this is how the Metro Kingdom is unlocked and once you defeat the night boss in the Metro Kingdom, you can go there in the Odyssey. I think... Either way, I think that the Metro Kingdom is optional in terms of gameplay. Maybe...
 
Maybe it's easy-access kind of thing.
 
I very much doubt something as hyped as the Metro Kingdom would be optional.
Unless the game is so open world that every kingdom is optional.
 
From the looks of that clip of the World Map, the Metro Kingdom will not be the 2nd (because it's quite obvious the Cap Kingdom is first) kingdom. Seems to me it goes Cap Kingdom, Cascade Kingdom and the Sand Kingdom and then it can go anywhere from there.

Also the painting is kind of odd. I think it could be a way to access later kingdoms but if the Odyssey can't move until you collected enough Moons, then after you've done your business in the Metro Kingdom, you must head back to Toastarena using a painting.
 
I think regular Mario wearing trunks looks better tbh.
 
I know what's wrong: he's not fat enough in the fanart. At least now he's not flat-footed, though!


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Using a star in place of the O in "DONK" makes it look like an A, making it a completely different word (inside the big white letter D of the top graffiti).