Polo

Polo, also known as "Polo the scuba mascot""Polo the scuba mascot" is used in the description for the "Photo Generic" achievement across all versions of the game. (Archive Link), is a mascot object than can be found in various spots throughout New Amsterdam.
Taking a photo of each Polo is required to get the "Photo Generic" game achievement. When the photo is taken properly, a sound cue will play.
==Locations==
This section notes the locations of all the Polos in the game. There are 17 of them total. The only areas that don't have any Polos at all are the hideout and Millennium Mall.
===Versum Hill===
There are three Polos that can be found in Versum Hill.
* A giant Polo can be found sitting on one of the buildings near the entrance back to the hideout.
* Another Polo can be found behind some glass, further down the road from the big Polo. You have to use your boostpack to break through and get close enough for the photo.
* The last Polo in Versum Hill is in the underground bazaar. Towards the back of the bazaar, near the giant snake statues, there is an opening near the floor. Slide into it to reach a hidden room that contains the Polo.
File:PoloVersumHill1.png|Big Polo
File:PoloVersumHill2.png|The Polo behind glass in Versum Hill
File:PoloVersumHill3_1.png|Secret entrance in the underground bazaar
File:PoloVersumHill3_2.png|The actual Polo in the bazaar
===Millennium Square===
There is only one Polo that can be found in Millennium Square. Between the actual square and the entrance to Brink Terminal, there is a half pipe. If you walk along the bottom, there is a gap near the bottom that you can slide into. From there, use the additional half pipe in this hidden area to reach the Polo, which is sitting on a chair with some pigeons.
File:PoloMilleniumSquare1.png|The opening to Polo's hideout in the square
File:PoloMilleniumSquare2.png|The location of the square's one Polo
===Brink Terminal===
There is only one Polo that can be found in Brink Terminal. It is behind a glass wall that needs to be boosted through to break it. This location is near the terminal's taxi stop as well as one of its cypher spots.
===Pyramid Island===
Pyramid Island contains the most Polos out of all of the areas, with a total of ten. The first four can be found in the same spot, while the rest are found in the shipping container maze. Note that neither the phone map or pause menu map can be used to navigate the maze to find the Polos' locations easier, as both maps show blank while you're in the maze.
* In the starting area, there is an open shipping container that contains four Polos. To reach it, you need to go to the spot where there is a cypher spot and a toilet nearby. Use the billboard near the water to get around and into the container. There are four Polos total. Only one sound cue will play once you take a photo of them, but it will count for all four, so there's no need to take multiple photos of each of them.
* In the first room of the maze, there is a Polo behind a window near one of the exits.
* Starting from the Polo from the last bullet point, go into the exit next to the window. In the next room, look for a long window near the ground on the right side. It shows a long room with the Polo and an NPC inside.
* Near the Polo from the last bullet point, go into the exit closest to the long window, and in that new room, just go straight across into the following room. The current room should be the one with a large pit in the middle. Look up to take a photo of a big Polo, then go into the exit opposite from the one you came out of.
* In this new room, look up to find the next Polo on top of a vent.
* Starting from the last Polo, go into the exit closet to the Polo. In the new room, just go into the exit straight ahead to reach the final room of the maze. Here, there is a Polo sitting at a table.
* Exit the maze and use a nearby pipe behind it to go back to just outside of the maze's entrance. Reenter it and go into the right exit of the first room. In the new room, use the suspended containers to reach a ledge and find a tiny Polo driving a forklift.
File:PoloPyramidIsland1_1.png|Showing the billboard that can be used to reach the four Polos
File:PoloPyramidIsland1_2.png|Pile o' Polos
File:PoloPyramindIsland2.png|Polo behind a window in the maze
File:PoloPyramindIsland3.png|Polo in a room with an NPC in the maze
File:PoloPyramindIsland4.png|Another big Polo, this time in the maze
File:PoloPyramindIsland5.png|Polo on top of a vent in the maze
File:PoloPyramindIsland6.png|Polo sitting at a table in front of the end of the maze
File:PoloPyramindIsland7.png|A tiny Polo riding a forklift in the maze
===Mataan===
There are only two Polos that can be found in Mataan.
* The first Polo can be found in the small area just past the three bull heads, on the way to the main corridor of Mataan. You have to navigate around the escalators to find an alley that leads to the Polo in an alcove, next to some dumpsters.
* The second Polo is out in the open, in front of a Toy Toy Town shop. More specifically, this is the shop located in the part of Mataan with elephant head statues on the way to the final boss of the game. It's also the same shop where Coil challenges you to his last mission, and near the cypher spot in this part of Mataan.
File:PoloMataan1.png|The Polo next to some dumpsters in an alcove
File:PoloMataan2.png|The Polo in front of Toy Toy Town
==Gallery==
File:PoloKnockedDown.png|Polo can be knocked down, the same as any other mascot in the game
File:PoloTangerineDream.png|"Look at my wares! Behold them!"
File:PoloPigeon.png|Polo hanging out with its fellow(?) birds
File:PoloForklift.png|Polo is (probably) forklift certified
File:PoloInterview.png|"Are you ready for your interview?"
File:PoloSeesYou.png|Polo sees you...
==Trivia==
* The window and taskbar icons for the Steam version of the game were originally a picture of Polo's face. At some point after the release of the game, it was changed to the logo of the game itself.
* You can also take pictures of Polo while it's being hidden by other objects. It will count towards the achievement as long as the sound cue plays, even if Polo can't be seen at all in the resulting photo.
* Polo resembles a penguin in its body shape, although its beak looks more like a duck's bill.
* It is possible to obtain the Photo Generic achievement, "Take 17 pictures of Polo the scuba mascot", by taking 17 individual photos of Polo, instead of taking a photo of each of the spots Polo is found in. Meaning that a player could find one Polo and take 17 photos of the same Polo, resulting in getting the achievement.Twitter clip of a player getting the achievement without taking photos of all of the Polo spots (Full YouTube video that includes the clip, archive link of the full video) It is currently unknown if this is how the achievement is supposed to work based on just its wording, or if this is an unintended glitch.
Category:Game Mechanics