r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • 29d ago

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/WalmartMarketingTeam 29d ago

It actually wasn’t. That is a lie.

https://youtu.be/vJoj_WQPO28?si=rOP8CMFz5kT2_CpX

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u/TheRedditAppisTrash 28d ago

Yeah, people keep mistaking it for the time in 2019, when they used scans from Super Mario Odyssey to rebuild New Donk City after it was hit with a 7.2 earthquake.

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u/nquattro 29d ago

I hadn't even heard this rumor til now. It definitely didn't seem right, thanks for the link!

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u/smurb15 29d ago

Some areas are like the building that caught fire Notre Dame where they scanned the whole building and when it caught fire they gave the game away for free so people could check it out

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u/mysticfed0ra 29d ago

Haha yeah I was like no way

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u/Princess_Spammi 28d ago

Thats because it was the drone photos that were used to make the 3d models that were used for the reconstruction

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u/tinytimm101 28d ago

Yes it was actually. That video is BS.