When rumors were 1st circulating about this thing, I thought I remembered an email saying that the painted were a way to distinguish the American (psuedo) rainy day release from the true SB rainy day (as in it is really raining) release in Japan. Had to ask.
ummm... jay... that image just isn't high enough res for me to set as my desktop... could you sort me a link to a higher res version? Thank you!!!