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Nintendo imposes very strict guidelines on licensees in terms of what Mario is allowed to do in artwork. However, a look at their own employee training manual reveals they do not adhere to these guidelines themselves.
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A debug build of Wario Land 4 was found that allows the player to deform Wario's sprite in the intro cutscene with button inputs. Interestingly, if Wario is made too wide, the cutscene will never end, with Wide Wario simply jogging in place forever.
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While playing New Super Mario Bros., there is a 0.0000001164% chance that the random number generator stops working due to a fault in the algorithm. This affects a few areas in the game in minor ways. Details in image.
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The Italian version of Mario Party 9 introduces a visual pun absent from all other languages. In Italian, the "Reverse Minigame" event is called "!ocoiginiM", which is literally "Minigioco!", Italian for "Minigame!", spelled backwards to show it has been reversed.
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It is commonly remarked that the box art for Super Mario Bros. shows Mario moments before his death due to falling into lava. However, there is one spot in the game where a similar situation can occur with Mario surviving the jump; the art could be a stylized depiction of this.
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2009 British three-part print ad for New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
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1999 Christmas poster from the German Club Nintendo magazine. Note that the Pokémon characters were not part of the original drawing and were quickly pasted in before release due to the unexpected success of the franchise in Germany in the final months of 1999.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book is notable for providing insight into how the concept artists at Nintendo simplify Mario's shape when inserting him into artwork, by including many examples of low-detail Mario sketches.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, if a defeated Sherm enemy despawns while behind Mario, and then the player uses Snapshot Mode to turn the camera around to look at it, the respawned Sherm will appear as a floating cowboy hat.
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Promotional image for an officially licensed 2018 Mario foil helium balloon.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, when Mario jumps out of water, droplets fly off his body. This is not merely a graphical effect; they actually dissolve Goop. The droplets can be used to skip most of the Goopy Inferno mission by creating a path from the river through the Lava Goop.
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New findings have revealed that an unused object from Super Mario 64, which has for decades been presumed to be a Yoshi egg, was actually Hoot the Owl's egg instead. It is possible that it was removed to not confuse or disappoint players who expected the egg to contain Yoshi.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the hatless Volbonans in the Luncheon Kingdom that can be captured usually have their eyes closed, appearing to be asleep (left). However, waiting near one will show that they sometimes briefly wake up, revealing that they have bags under their eyes.
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Concept art for the Skeleton Suit from the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, detailing Mario's individual bones and offering various options for the appearance of his eyes. In the finished game, Mario has no eyes and his nose and mustache were added to the design (right).
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In Luigi's Mansion, the Poltergust 3000 actually counts the number of dust particles it vacuums up just so it can eject the correct amount of dust when it expels air. This has no apparent purpose other than maximum realism. Details in image.
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Below are the versions of Mario's and Luigi's signatures that are currently closest to being official. Mario's signature was shown in a trailer for Mario Tennis Aces. Luigi's signature was seen on an item in Paper Mario.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, if during his battles, Bowser stomps in such a way that he hits a raised platform on the planetoid at a specific angle (top left), he will ricochet (top right) and continue flying off into space indefinitely (bottom), requiring the level to be restarted.
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In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the model for Luigi seen on the bottom screen is only seen head-on. This allowed the developers to take a shortcut by only modeling his body while the face is a collection of 2D textures that gives the illusion of 3D.
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Extremely rare "Ask me about Banana Bucks" pin, worn by Nintendo-associated game store employees in March and April 1995 during the Banana Bucks redemption campaign, which allowed customers to collect Banana Bucks by buying Donkey Kong games and redeem them for merchandise.
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Live-action segment of Mario taking a smoke break, from a promotional VHS tape for the Japanese Famitsu magazine.
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Development files for Super Mario World contain two early Fuzzy designs that appear to have been merged to create the Fuzzy seen in the finished game.
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The Mario Clock DSiWare application has an obscure functionality that activates when the console's battery is nearly dead and the battery indicator starts flashing. To show the urgency of the situation to the user, the entire game world turns red.
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I have attempted to restore an extremely rare render of Paratroopa from the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis, which was only been published in low resolution in print media, and had part of its wings cut off. This version has intact wings and transparency.
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The oldest existing Princess Peach figurine, released in Japan in 1985. It was commissioned using only the original box art for Super Mario Bros. as a reference.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the cliffs in the Seaside Kingdom appear to be stratified rock from a distance. However, upon extremely close inspection, they are revealed to be made of cork, fitting the kingdom's sparkling water theme. This is also confirmed by the internal filenames.
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