In Super Mario World, Yoshi is able to eat Bob-omb explosions. This is due to the fact that internally, the explosion is not a new object, but merely the Bob-omb assuming a new sprite with a different hitbox. The code that determines whether the Bob-omb can be eaten by Yoshi is unaffected, allowing the explosion to be eaten.



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