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Paper Mario: The Origami King contains a running gag where Dustin Hoffman's line "Hey! I'm walkin' here!" from the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy (left) is referenced in various ways. Below are all instances of the reference in the game.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, New Donk City contains NPCs that are only visible from afar, and disappear when Mario comes near. They use low-polygon versions of the models of the regular New Donkers, optimized for viewing from a distance. Below is a comparison between the two types.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, Kamella's wand has a reflection not used by any other object in the game (left). Looking very closely at the orb, we can see it is actually reflecting the Nintendo GameCube logo (top right). Extracting the texture from the data confirms this (bottom right).
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In Super Mario 64, the floating boxes above the elevator in Hazy Maze Cave are at a precise height where, if the edges of the elevator are aligned with them, Mario can bypass them by briefly getting squished into the gap.
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After performing a capture in Super Mario Odyssey, Mario's original body dissolves into fragments. Normally, Snapshot Mode is disabled during this. However, capturing a manhole cover in New Donk City reenables it sooner, allowing us to view Mario's dissolving body up close.
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In the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, known internationally as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, the wind that blows in some levels is so strong that it can blow Mario through walls if he tries walking against it.
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If the player pauses and unpauses the game quickly several times before the Spario microgame in WarioWare: Touched starts, Wario may appear without his arms and mustache. It is impossible to win the microgame in this state (left: regular state, right: unwinnable state).
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Due to concerns around spoilers in a post containing end-game details for Luigi's Mansion 3, the post has been deleted. I am now introducing a no-spoilers policy whereby I will not post plot-relevant content for games within 2 months of release. I apologize to everyone affected.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, during some missions, trees will grow when certain spots are cleared of Goop. If the camera is turned away as the tree appears, it will not grow to its full size, instead stopping when it is still small, as in the screenshot.
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In Super Mario Maker, a variety of hands and animal paws can be chosen as a cursor. The white cat paw has an Easter egg: during the Gnat Attack minigame, its claws will extend when tapping flies. No other large cursor, including the grey cat paw, has such an alternate form.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, walking into this corner in the Honeyhive Galaxy while crouching and then jumping will cause Mario to be stuck in his jumping pose. As long as Z is held, Mario will slide around the ground in that pose instead of walking normally.
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The data of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains an image of an early version of Mario jumping (middle) that provides insight into how the design evolved, being an intermediate stage between his design from the original Paper Mario (left) and his finished design (right).
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The creators of the North American print ad for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door were given a version of the game's map that contained spoilers. However, by cleverly rotating, cropping, and placing Mario in front of it, they were able to hide most of the spoiler locations.
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Officially licensed 2019 T-shirt of Toad's sprite from Super Mario Bros. along with the caption "WHOO HOO! HAHAHA!" from Japan.
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During the beginning segment of Paper Mario: The Origami King, a series of events happens at the east end of Whispering Woods. Going all the way back to the other end to talk to the furthest tree after each event will give a new comment on Mario's thoughtfulness each time.
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An officially licensed 2012 minifigure of Bowser from Japan has a production fault whereby Bowser's eyes are not aligned correctly, causing the figures to appear walleyed.
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The computational knowledge engine WolframAlpha contains eight equations that result in graphs based on Mario series characters, which can be displayed by entering the name of the character, followed by "-like curve". All eight supported characters are shown below.
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At the end of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario can agree to serve the Shadow Queen. In most versions, this makes him look angry (left). However, in the Japanese version, he assumes the sprite Doopliss uses when impersonating him, signifying becoming evil (right).
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Close-up of Bowser and Peach cake toppers on the wedding cake seen before the final battle in Super Mario Odyssey. Enclosed is a special message from me on the bottom of the image. Thank you to all my readers for your support. I could not have made it without you.
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Luigi's Mansion contains a model for an unused playable version of Mario. A barely visible irregularity on one side of his mustache is, upon closer inspection, revealed to be a triangular hole. As the model is otherwise complete, the reason for the missing polygon is unknown.
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In Tall Tall Mountain in Super Mario 64, it is possible to skip the slide by jumping to the alcove with the star directly. However, this can also be deadly; as it was not designed to be entered this way, the imprecise collision can cause Mario to clip through the wall and die.
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In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3, pressing Left and Right as Frog Mario at the same time may result in him turning into what looks like two small Luigis for a single frame (actually two small Marios recolored green; three consecutive frames shown).
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The intro to the arcade version of Donkey Kong Jr. features a scene where a second Mario appears. This character is not mentioned in any supplementary material and is missing from all other ports and remakes of the game. Note that the game predates Luigi's existence by a year.
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In 1990, Nintendo of America filed a trademark for "Super Mario Sisters" to be used as the name of an electronic game program. However, the trademark was abandoned a year later without any product being released. To date, the original plans regarding the name remain unknown.
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This 1993 collectible card from Japan is the only officially licensed merchandise that spells Luigi's name as "Ruigi". While his Japanese name, ルイージ, can be romanized as "Ruiji", no other merchandise makes this mistake due to the L on his hat being clearly visible.
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