Is there any particular reason why the coins in the sewers of Super Mario Sunshine are questions marks instead of coin icons? Is it a glitch, or is their significance to it? Maybe (a lame) gameplay reason to keep you guessing what's underground?
Why are the coins in the sewers of Super Mario Sunshine question marks
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- Delfino Airstrip: 1
- Delfino Plaza: 19
- Bianco Hills, Gelato Beach, Ricco Harbor, Pinna Park, Noki Bay, Sirena Beach, Pianta Village: 30
- Corona Mountain: 10
Total of 240. Sorry, no way to find out how many are left, but you can see how many blue coins you have collected in an area by pressing the Z button and selecting a level on the map. The amount of blue coins collected in that area is shown at the bottom right. Unfortunately, Delfino Plaza does not show this tally.
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Since this question is not really gameplay or game related in a direct way, it would be better suited on http://gamedev.stackexchange.com.
Anyway, if you'd like to know which camera has been used in some game, try finding a screenshot which showcases a plane with parallel lines pointing in the camera's direction.
I've picked this random screenshot off the web:
As you can clearly see, the lines between the stones on the ground are supposed to be parallel.
Next step would be drawing straight lines along those supposed-to-be parallel lines:
As you can clearly see, all those lines will converge in one point far away, the so-called focal point. This is a clear hint for this being a perspective projection.
In an orthogonal projection, they'd never meet each other and keep their distance (think of classic top-down games like Tetris) or most 2D sidescrollers. Let's have a quick look at the title screen of Super Mario Bros 3, which features orthographic projection:
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This isn't specific to coins - any items in the sewers that you can't see are question marks, and you'll have to judge by the sound (among other things) to determine what you pick up.
Coins are by far the most common, but you can also run into 1-UP mushrooms.