The VG Resource

you should let it stay as is, actually. i think it's completely fine ;

I think for this simplistic style, you just need a simple animation.
http://spriters-resource.com/ds/marioand...heet/28572
see the pipe in the first image. Just do it similar to that and make the highlights/shadows flicker a bit.
And the foam animates, of course.

That's a sick animation, Murder

it's not, it's an image
but that's funny

Hes right, in game, the animation is AMAZING.
I remember staring at it forEVER. If you have this game, its make a great reference.

Just in case anyone else wondered how it'd look: