Quote Originally Posted by JSoup View Post
It's not a term, but I did misspell it and it means exactly what I think it means. The brightness level of the graphics is literally a lens flare trick they came up with so everything shines regardless of where you're at. Let me dig up the blog post from a decade ago, it explained in detail how it works.
"It's not a term" ? Wha..?

You cannot point at a Super Mario Sunshine screenshot and say, "That thing there is a lens flare", unless perhaps you point the camera at the sun.

I think Mr. Metalwario has the right idea. Perhaps you are thinking of bloom?