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2007 concept art for Rayman Raving Rabbids, depicting Rabbids as pop culture characters, including Mario. The B on the hat likely stands for "bwah", the sound Rabbids make. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, released 10 years later, actually contained a character called Bwario.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, flames shrink as Mario douses them, but continue hurting him until they are completely gone. Near the end of the dousing process, the flame is microscopic, becoming invisible to the game's camera, but still hurts Mario if he touches it.
1253
In Rainbow Ride in Super Mario 64, there is a platform with Bob-ombs. To avoid the Bob-ombs pushing Mario off the platform, it may appear reasonable to run into a corner when chased by one; however, this is actually even worse since the explosion can push Mario through the wall.
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1996 promotional Donkey Kong sound plush, only given away in select Nintendo of Japan contests and never sold in stores. When squeezed, the plush plays the chest-beating sound that Donkey Kong makes when left idle in Donkey Kong Country.
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Using the frame-by-frame function of the Camera Mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, we can see that whenever Dr. Mario throws a Megavitamin, it is always red on the first frame after it spawns (top right), before changing into its intended coloration on the next frame.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, Luigi will cower and shake when ghosts are nearby. However, moving the camera to see his face during this reveals that he is smiling.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, if Mario walks very slowly against the crenellations of the platform where he first meets Rosalina in the Gateway Galaxy, his animation will begin to stutter. Mario will continue vibrating as long as the Control Stick is tilted slightly.
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In a 2012 interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, he suggested that Dr. Mario may "not necessarily" be a legitimate doctor. While no official statement has been given, this raises the possibility that some or all of the many doctors featured in Dr. Mario World are illegitimate as well.
1259
Although Toad has no knees due to his feet connecting directly to his torso, his 3D model includes fully functional knee bones that deform his torso when bent, as well as a non-functional tail bone.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, Statue Mario dies when touching a level boundary, which is possible by sliding into it from a slope. This happens in every version of the game except Super Mario Advance 4.
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This artwork of Bowser tickling Toad for Game & Watch Gallery 2 is the only instance of tickling ever depicted in official art for a Mario game.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the temporary follower characters are entirely interchangeable. When brought to an event, a wrong follower will simply act like the correct one without crashing the game. Here are the Yoshi Egg acting as Frankly and Punio acting as Flavio.
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In the Sunshine Airport track in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, veering to the right during the second glider section shows oddly-shaped rocks in the distance (left, circled). A model viewer reveals these are Koopa Troopa rocks, likely a reference to Koopa Troopa Beach from Mario Kart 64.
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Chaining together the world maps from Super Mario Bros. Deluxe creates a full map of the Mushroom Kingdom. While some connection points are choppy (shown with black arrows), others are completely seamless (red arrows), suggesting the map could have been intended to be continuous.
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In the North American version of Super Mario Maker 2, Clear Conditions containing "all (1)" use the singular: "all (1) Bowser", while in the European version, it's the plural: "all (1) Bowsers". As "all (1)" is an ungrammatical construct, neither is more correct than the other.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, it is normally impossible to take a Starman into a Koopaling battle. However, if this is done with cheats and Mario somersaults when the magic wand falls down, he will catch it while upside-down. He will also remain upside-down during the falling cutscene.
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The 1982 officially licensed Donkey Kong Coloring and Activity Book depicts Pauline as being a popular singer and performing on a stage, 35 years before this characterization is used in Super Mario Odyssey.
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Set of four rare Christmas-themed plush toys of Mario characters, available exclusively as prizes from claw machines in Japan in the winter of 1993.
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While usually, Nintendo game commercials in the Netherlands are simply dubbed versions of other European commercials, Super Mario Land 2 received a unique Dutch version with brief shots of a live-action Wario, distorted using camera effects.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, if Ms. Mowz joins the party early through exploits, the game is playable normally. However, if Ms. Mowz eats the poisoned cake in Chapter 3, instead of playing a cutscene of getting poisoned, she will simply disappear completely (right).
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The Pop & Win game in the World mode of Super Mario Maker 2 lets Mario pump with not just A, but also B, X and Y. This allows the game to be won faster by rotating the thumb across all four buttons. The footage compares button mashing (first try) to this technique (second try).
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The Bowser in the Fire Sea course in Super Mario 64 contains a group of Goombas. These have a chance of randomly exploding when they walk near the edge of their platforms. Note the Goomba in the bottom left corner of the footage dying for seemingly no reason.
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In Bowser's Star Reactor in Super Mario Galaxy, going even slightly left of a specific Thwomp causes Mario to die instantly. This is due to an invisible cube, called a "DeathArea" internally, being mistakenly placed too close to the path. Details at the end of the footage.
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In Super Mario 64, the singular Bob-omb next to the cannon on the mountain in Bob-omb Battlefield (left) has sharp, faceted shoes, while every other Bob-omb in the game (right) has smooth shoes.
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