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In Mario Super Sluggers, Lakitu is the umpire and is only ever seen riding his cloud, so that his legs are not visible. As in many other games where Lakitu never leaves his cloud, his legs are not actually modeled; however, the model actually has control points (commonly known in 3D animation as "bones") for his legs where they should be.
Above is Lakitu with the cloud removed and the leg bones made visible. It is unknown if this means he was at some point intended to leave his cloud (and potentially be a playable character) or whether his model was merely imported from another game where he did have legs, and the legs were then chopped off, leaving only the bones.
Source: Geno Penguin
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