Hot take: i like this more than Ryan's style, i just think its simpler and more digestible and pleasing to the eye instead of the excessive use of wrinkles that ryan adds to his drawings
A 2004 internal Nintendo document featured a bizarre model that looks like a fusion of Super Mario 64 and Paper Mario. This is actually a model from the famous Super Mario 128 tech demo, and is the only known place where it was ever used again after that.