Vanilla Dome University

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Vanilla Dome University is situated within the heart of Rockshore Cliff. Over time, it has become the desired building of study due to the great-to-study atmosphere that wafts around the town itself. Vanilla Dome University is home to some of the most academically recognised professors and teachers out there who have travelled to Rockstar Island in order to either teach or both teach and explore what the area has to offer.

## **Circular Courtyard**

The University's courtyard surrounds itself around the building, and whilst small gives the University a natural flair. In Chapter 1, the Amber Orb drops in the courtyard's manmade river.

## **Inside the University**

There are a total of three accessible and explorable floors in Vanilla Dome University, but there are many more facilities that reside within the building itself that are just inaccessible.

* **Ground Floor:** The lowest floor in the University, it has a lot more nature compared to other floors. The classes being taught there are Horticulture and Agriculture.
* **Floor 1:** The first floor of the University, and this is where Dr. Kyorito's facility and teacher room is located. The classes being taught here are predominantly logical (i.e. Mathematics, Sciences).
* **Floor 2:** The second floor of the University. The classes being taught here are predominantly creativity based (i.e. Fine Arts, Animation, Film, ect.)

## **Vanilla Dome Campus**

With Vanilla Dome University comes the Campus, situated a short walk northeast of the University building. The Campus helps facilitate all the student's needs whilst they study for a certain period of time before graduating. Other than the Ground Floor and the accompanying food shops for the students, the area's actual floors are inaccessible as Mario does not have an ID card that identifies him as a student studying in the area.

In the post-game, a certain floor of the Campus is opened up when either talking to Goombario or Goombella and acquiring a copy of their card keys. However, the rest of the floors are still inaccessible as there is no need to go into any of them.

### **Vanilla Dome Campus Shops**

* **Mill's Tea:** A milk tea chain store founded by Mill T. the Toad. You will be able to purchase the most popular drink available for a certain amount of coins, whilst other teas will be unobtainable.
* **Petteey's Pizza:** A pizza shop run by a Piranha Plant named Petteey. The items there are unobtainable. Talking to Pettey will reveal that his name was previously Petey, but because he kept getting confused with Petey Piranha he decided to legally change his name... by adding an extra 't' and 'e'.
* **Fashion Passion:** A fashion store chain founded by Puri T. the Toad. Mario can buy certain badges which will change the aesthetic appearance of either him or a partner.

## Items

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(Planned): Some classrooms will have hidden items in them. Dr. Kyorito's teacher desk will have a partner-exclusive badge inside.

### Fashion Passion Items

* L Emblem
* W Emblem
* Y Emblem
* P Emblem

## Trivia

* Vanilla Dome University's name is based off of Super Mario World's "Vanilla Dome".
* The University campus is based off of various Sydney and Canberra campuses I visited briefly.