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Behind-the-scenes photo from the production of the 2002 commercial for Super Mario Advance 3, showing the Yoshi mascot actor sitting between takes. Yoshi is never shown sitting in the commercial as this deforms the suit, causing him to appear more bloated than intended.
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Officially licensed 1990 bottle of Mario shampoo from Japan. The bottle has six sides and features four segments that can be rotated relative to each other to create mashups from six different illustrations of Mario characters.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, if cheats are used to enter cutscenes without any partners, Mario will talk whenever the partners would normally have. However, due to not having any programmed dialogue, all he will say is "No messages.[English]".
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In Chapter 5 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the S.S. Flavion is attacked by ghosts, causing the crew to panic (left). Two of the crew members (the innkeeper and one sailor) are not programmed to have a panicked expression and thus continue smiling during this scene.
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In the demo version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, found on a 2004 multi-game demo disc, the X-Nauts are called "Boomer Gangers" when tattled. No other text related to X-Nauts is present, but this suggests the entire organization was going to be called the "Boomer Gang".
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In Paper Mario: Color Splash, there is an extremely obscure interaction that happens if Mario has no usable cards when Roy covers him with yellow paint, whereby Mario will hit Roy with a stick while dancing.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, holding a fruit makes Mario immune to Cheep Cheeps. The Cheep Cheep will actively try to hunt Mario down, but Mario will be intangible to it.
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The manual of Mario Kart 64 states that Mario and Luigi are "well balanced" and have no "extreme pros and cons". In reality, Mario and Luigi have abysmal acceleration, reaching top speed 2 seconds later than any other racers (57% slower).
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In the NES and SNES versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, if Mario touches an enemy and a Fire Flower at the same time, he will briefly turn into Frog Mario. However, instead of fixing this glitch, the GBA version merely changes it: here, Mario will turn into two Marios instead.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, if Mario dismounts Yoshi while he is spitting juice, Yoshi will follow Mario's head movements while in first person view. By hacking the camera to see Yoshi from the side during this, it is revealed that his model is scrunched considerably.
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There exist two versions of the European release of Super Mario 64. Both cartridges contain exactly the same data; the only difference is that on the label of the later version, the Nintendo Seal of Quality has been enlarged.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, if Yoshi swallows a portable crate, he will produce a cubical egg. Running the game at a resolution higher than possible on original hardware allows us to see the egg in high definition.
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Touching the axe in the final level of the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. with 0 units on the timer makes it roll over to 999 units, which results in an awkward scene of Peach ignoring Mario for 18 seconds after saving her as the timer counts down.
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A common interpretation of Peach's sprite in Super Mario Bros. is that she is pointing with her finger. This could be a mere quirk of the graphic; however, in Super Paper Mario, another sprite was added that also seems to point her finger, lending credence to this interpretation.
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Concept sketch of Mario capturing Peach from the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book (left), based on official art from Super Princess Peach (right). According to the book, Peach was one of the first ideas for characters Mario could capture; this was dropped in the finished game.
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A commonly found unlicensed Bowser plush from China has a manufacturing issue where Bowser's eyebrows are attached very flimsily to his forehead. Within several months of use, most of these toys' eyebrows fall down and only remain attached at the nose.
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In 2009, an officially licensed figurine of Luigi tipping his hat, based on a promotional render, was released in Japan. While most modern licensed Mario series figurines strictly adhere to the proportions of the original model, this one features arms of visibly different length.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, all partners shrink by 8% of their height whenever Mario swaps them in. The only way to see the true height of a partner is to enter a room with that partner already out, or during cutscenes. Details in image.
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Artwork from a 2002 website for a Super Mario Sunshine promotional campaign at Best Buy.
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The German version of Mario Party 5 hints at a secret romantic relationship between Princess Daisy and Wario. While a team made up of the two is called "Mismatched Pair" in the English version, the German version calls it "Heimlich Liebende", which translates to "secret lovers".
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The ending of the NES version of Mario's Time Machine features a scene with Yoshi and Bowser (left). However, the game's data contains an unused early version of this scene (right) where Yoshi and Bowser are drawn with more exaggerated expressions.
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In Super Mario 64, by jumping slightly off the edge of the Bowser battle arenas, Bowser can be tricked into jumping after Mario. If Bowser falls off the platform, he will never return. The camera will zoom out and show Mario alone in the arena until he exits the level or dies.
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Regarding recently unearthed Mario information: I plan to cover it as soon as the flow of new reveals slows down and I have time to extensively analyze and verify the material myself. Until then, I will be posting regular content. Thank you very much for your understanding.
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Only known screenshot of an area of an early version of Big Boo's Haunt from the 1995 pre-release build of Super Mario 64, which exists only in immensely low quality. This is the only known area not present in the finished game for which no higher-quality imagery is available.
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The Yoshi Doll in the Nintendo Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening cannot be seen up close in-game. Here is its model, extracted from the game's files, from various angles.
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