901
A sketch of Mario wearing Madame Broode's outfit is presented in the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book without context or description, the only caption being "Incredible impact!" It is unknown if this was planned to be a costume or an actual power-up able to use the Chain Chomp.
902
The data for Super Mario Galaxy contains an unused model for a top hat with a small penguin inside, called "PenguinGoodsHat". Analyzing the internal naming, we can deduce that this hat was meant to be worn by a penguin. I have created a mock-up of what it may have looked like.
903
Unique renders of Mario found on the back of the boxes for games from the Mario Artist series on the Japan-exclusive Nintendo 64DD peripheral. Left: Mario Artist: Polygon Studio, right: Mario Artist: Talent Studio.
904
Luigi's Mansion (left), Luigi's Mansion Arcade (middle) and Luigi's Mansion 3 (right) all feature King Boo making a distinctive sound imitating Luigi's Poltergust. As the arcade is a retelling of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, this retroactively covers all 3 main series entries.
905
Throughout all of his in-game appearances, Roy Koopa has never been seen without his sunglasses. A 1995 manga features a scene where they are taken off and reveals that Roy has prominent eyelashes.
906
1986 Super Mario Bros. figurine capsule machines in Japan contained this series of three extremely rare figurines: the "Mysterious Occult Super Mario Bros.", consisting of "Villainous Mario" (left), "Villainous Lakitu" (middle) and "Villainous Toad" (right).
907
The earliest known 3D model of Bowser, seen in a 1986 NES commercial.
908
In the downtown area of Wet-Dry World in Super Mario 64, if Mario is positioned at the base of these trees, then A is held and B is pressed rapidly, Mario will quickly perform his dive animation while automatically spinning in a circle.
909
In the December 1991 issue of Nintendo Power, a reader-submitted letter was published that predicted the name "Super Mario Galaxy". In addition, the letter predicts the console's price as $259.95, very close to the Wii's actual launch price of $249.99.
910
A prototype version of Super Mario Kart contains a debug menu with some standard options and one separated from the rest, called simply "MARIO". Selecting "MARIO" will display all the racers looking at something off-screen and lock up the game.
911
In Luigi's Mansion, the Game Boy Horror scan hitbox of the Toad on the 2nd floor balcony is partially overlapped by the scan hitbox of the potted plant near him, resulting in Luigi sometimes remarking how sad it is that no one watered Toad in a long time when scanning him.
912
The textures for the snow sculpture ground tile decorations for the New Super Mario Bros. U theme of Super Mario Maker 2, extracted from the game's files. At night, the snow pile turns into a Goomba and Peach turns into Luigi.
913
In Super Mario World, Baby Yoshis only hatch if Mario is alone; if he is riding Yoshi, it hatches into a 1-Up instead (left). Modifying the code to force both to appear reveals they share a graphics address, resulting in Yoshi either having Baby Yoshi as a head or vice versa.
914
The foyer of Princess Peach's castle in Super Mario 64 has exactly 120 banisters, matching up with the number of Power Stars in the game. An exact count is provided, with the banisters being grouped in tens where possible. Whether this is intentional is unknown.
915
I have been informed that an alternate path exists in the mission that avoids the coin I presumed was mandatory. As such, this message is not impossible to see during regular gameplay, but merely extremely difficult. I hope the post is still acceptable.
916
In Super Paper Mario, the background of the Underwhere features graphs that resemble genealogy charts (top right), possibly documenting the souls of the dead. In addition, similar rectangles fall from the sky, likely representing the arrivals of the newly departed (bottom right).
917
The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book reveals that in addition to the fork-like Volbonans, the Luncheon Kingdom was intended to feature a second teapot-like species called Temple Guardians. They, along with the temple they were supposed to guard, are not found in the finished game.
918
In early versions of Mario Party Superstars, a rare glitch could occur in the Ice-Rink Risk minigame where it would simply never end. After all players are eliminated, the camera would fly upward and show a grey void while wind sound plays, forever.
919
In Super Mario Odyssey, looking at the main level from the Isolated Rooftop checkpoint in the Metro Kingdom will show a man waving at Mario on a corner in the park. However, visiting the area with Mario shows the man is no longer there. A technical explanation is provided below.
920
Behind-the-scenes photo of the actor playing Luigi in the 2014 Japanese Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class/Mario Kart 8 cross-promotion commercials after the prosthetic Luigi nose has been applied (left). The finished costume can be seen on the right for comparison.
921
Regarding the previous Tweet: I hope this small science-themed departure from my usual content is acceptable. I simply thought the extremely similar sizes of human DNA and GameCube games were notable enough to be documented. Regular content will now resume.
922
A highlight of the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book is providing examples of how Nintendo developers brainstorm concepts. One group of Cappy sketches showcases the idea that the brim of a hat looks duck-like evolving into an actual bird design.
923
Super Mario RPG and the Classic NES Series versions of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels all use sprites from Super Mario Bros. that are distorted to some degree. Here they are ordered by amount of distortion, with the original sprites on the left.
924
In Super Mario 64, collecting a star above an updraft will cause Mario to float in the wind indefinitely as control is taken away from the player, preventing Mario from escaping the updraft. The only actions the player can perform are moving the camera and turning off the game.
925
The Double Cherry Pass music in Super Mario 3D World contains a musical allusion to the Double Cherry item that appears throughout the song where note segments are reduplicated, as though under the effect of the item. The video below shows an example.
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