Lemme explain in a spoiler
Spoiler: show

This explains all. While there's that transparent letterbox, the game looks 16:9 with the stats as they are, in their locations. I was thinking, what will happen if Super Mario 63 was truly 16:9? And how will it look like if it's truly 16:9...?
By the way, the transparent letterbox is no transparent when it comes to the:
- Title Screen
- Main Menu
- Boss Battle, beginning or finished, Kamek or Bowser, where you could see people speaking (any boss other than those 2 has the screen 16:9)
I think I have no more to say.

