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Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon contains an unused cutscene that consists of E. Gadd going through every single animation he has, for several minutes, while saying only "missing loc string", over and over.
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Please note that these manga are filled with jokes and eccentric theories such as this: twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog…, so this should be taken more as an interesting thought experiment than anything that would actually be endorsed by Nintendo!
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Regarding my recent Tweet about the word "walnuts" in the DK Rap in Donkey Kong 64: the game's composer, Grant Kirkhope (@grantkirkhope) has stated that the word was chosen for the rhyme with "peanuts" and did not represent any in-game objects.
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When Mario falls off the Wing Mario Over the Rainbow secret course in Super Mario 64, he will fall into the castle moat. However, his health is not reset during this. If Mario falls after hitting a ledge and reaching 0 health, he will instantly drown upon touching the water.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, if Mario performs a Ground Pound at the boundary of sand and water, he will close his eyes and keep them closed until the next time he jumps, spins or comes to a stop. As long as he moves without stopping, Mario can keep his eyes closed indefinitely.
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In Yoshi's Island, whenever Yoshi eats a Fuzzy, he expels a cloud of gas behind him. Despite appearing to merely be a visual effect, the gas is actually lethal to enemies.
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