Question about GC graphics capabilities

I know that the wording of this question is probably wrong, but can the GC use bump mapping with cel animation? If I were to design Paper Mario 2 for the GC, I would use an "embossed paper" style.

all bump mapping is, [generic definition] is a variation of lighting on a texture so i dont see why not

its not that simple mm, bump mapping requires a normal texture map, a height map  (to show the bump) and a lightmap. This reduces rendering times greatly. But yes GC can do it very effectively since it has the potential to do 8 surface layers a once, look at Rogue leader and see for yourself

I\'m sure it could be done with Cel shading... but why would you want to?

[GmanJoe]

If you look at last year\'s Legend of Zelda, it had bump mapping.

Yeah that was my thought as well Weltall, why\'d you want to?
Wouldn\'t the whole cartoony look of cellshading be obselete if you bump mapped it?

no it did not have bump mapping, just reallt good textures

and I dont see why you can combine cell shading and bump mapping, the BM would completely destroy the flat comic book look of the game

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Metal_Gear_Ray
no it did not have bump mapping, just reallt good textures

and I dont see why you can combine cell shading and bump mapping, the BM would completely destroy the flat comic book look of the game

Actually it did. I read that last week at IGN\'s GameCube site. Remember, I\'m talking about last year\'s Legend of Zelda, not the cel shaded one.