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Characters in Super Mario Galaxy have low, middle and high-quality models, arranged here from left to right. Luigi's middle-quality model has multiple versions of parts of his body loaded simultaneously, resulting in his hands and mouth appearing deformed (middle).
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The 1995 Japanese guide for Mario's Super Picross contains a short comic built on the same premise as the American Mario cartoons - that Mario and Luigi have a plumbing business in Brooklyn - with the difference that Princess Peach is also an employee at their company.
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In Super Mario 64, the collision of the crystals in the Bowser in the Dark World stage has a tiny opening at the top. If Mario performs a precise Ground Pound above the crystal when he is exactly aligned with the tip, he will be encased by the crystal in the manner depicted.
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In 2017, the German official Mario Kart Facebook account posted this image of SNES Rainbow Road from Mario Kart 8, which translates to "IN HELL THERE IS NO FIRE, ONLY COLORFUL ROADS WITHOUT RAILINGS". This marks a rare instance of official Mario material using the word "hell".
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Today, the first ever photograph of a black hole was released to the astrophysical community (right). While the depiction of a black hole made in Super Mario Galaxy (left) 12 years ago does not entirely match up with the real black hole, the similarity is nevertheless remarkable.
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A Game Boy test cartridge used internally at Nintendo to diagnose problems with the hardware contains a graphics test that consists of ten Raccoon Marios marching around a monolith in a manner resembling a ceremony or ritual.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, Mario is able to fall asleep off edges of platforms, appearing to float. However, in Super Mario 64, code exists that checks whether there is ground behind Mario first. Thus, in a game 21 years older, sleeping is implemented in a more sophisticated manner.
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Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 contains unused functionality to display low-polygon versions of drivers if they are far away from the camera. If it is enabled, drivers turn into low-quality versions of themselves, except for Waluigi, who turns into a low-quality Mario instead.
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The Baby Yoshi model used in New Super Mario Bros. U is not optimized for being seen from the front. The game attempts to mask this by only showing Baby Yoshis from the front very briefly when turning around, and from far away on the overworld map.
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Group photo of the actors and costume designers of the North American commercial for Super Smash Bros., taken immediately after finishing filming.
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In Mario Party 4, if debug functionality is used to access the final Bowser minigame without selecting a character, the player will be assigned Mario stuck in a default pose. Bizarrely, Mario's default pose is not a T-pose, but a stance with his hands folded instead.
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The largest height difference between Mario and Luigi as depicted in a game was in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, where Luigi is 32% taller than Mario.
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In Super Mario Maker, official accounts existed that used a picture instead of a Mii, one of which was Bowser's account. However, internally, even these accounts had Miis assigned to them. Here is Bowser's official Mii, extracted from the game's files. His name is Ethan.
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Based on documentation and statements by Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi has been part of Super Mario 64 for around 85% of the game's development, before being deemed too demanding on the game's memory and removed only 3 months before the game was finished.
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Photo of "Toad bread" posted in 2018 on Nintendo's official Japanese LINE account.
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A German-exclusive glitch may randomly occur during the optional fight against Bowser X in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where Bowser may turn into a glitched mass of enemy sprites. This can only happen on the European version, and only if the language is set to German.
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2019 officially licensed Mario suit and tie.
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In Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong's "minigame loss" animation is him stomping on his hat. In the Tanked Up Trouble level, it is possible to cause it to play while next to a ledge, resulting in Diddy throwing his hat into the abyss and jumping in after it, dying in the process.
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The fuzz effect on the Honey Queen in Super Mario Galaxy is created through a very simple trick by layering nine increasingly larger and more transparent versions of the same texture on top of each other. A diagram of how this optically results in looking like hair is provided.
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Yoshi's Crafted World features dynamic nose physics for Yoshi. Unlike Super Mario Odyssey's nose physics, Yoshi's nose does not jiggle when he walks; instead, it deforms dynamically upon contact with walls.
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Unused, corrupted animation for Bowser found in the data of Super Mario 64.
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Officially licensed 1993 British Toad figurine.
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Textures announcing a character's turn in various European versions of Mario Party 8 are identical except for their apparent degree of enthusiasm.
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The Internet contains many outlandish Mario-related images, of which most are presumed to not be official material. I have compiled a set of images that I have seen online commenters consistently assume to be edited or fan-made, but which are in fact completely official.
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In Donkey Kong 64, it is possible to cause Chunky Kong to be unlocked as a playable character while also remaining in the overworld as an NPC, resulting in two Chunkys. If the NPC Chunky is approached by playable Chunky, he will do nothing but keep looking at him.
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