Just a little quick addendum to your observations about Puerto Rico. Note that in real life, Rico is spelled with one C, while in Super Mario Sunshine, Ricco Harbor has it spelled with two Cs. Spelled like this , the word still means rich, but it's in Italian instead of Spanish. You'll notice that most of the location names in this game are Italian words, so it keeps with the pattern.
Just a little quick addendum to your observations about Puerto Rico. Note that in real life, Rico is spelled with one C, while in Super Mario Sunshine, Ricco Harbor has it spelled with two Cs. Spelled like this , the word still means rich, but it's in Italian instead of Spanish. You'll notice that most of the location names in this game are Italian words, so it keeps with the pattern.
Interesting! I don’t know too much of Italian myself, but that makes sense!