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Front and side views of a licensed 2001 Bowser bobblehead toy.
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A 1997 British official Nintendo promotional leaflet included with Nintendo 64 game purchases lists Yoshi's Story as "Yoshi's Island 64" and includes a preliminary logo as well as the tagline "Green psycho power for dino freaks!"
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An unused scene found in the data of Super Mario RPG is a duplicate of Peach's scenes from Booster Tower on a different background; however, the dialogue is replaced with the time messages from the Count Down boss battle. This is the only unused scene in the game.
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In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros., Mario displays a victory sign when finishing a level (left). However, inside the game's data are 10 unused alternate versions of this pose, all using an inverted clothing palette with a blue cap (right).
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Extremely rare artwork of Yoshi holding a snowball decorated to look like an apple (left), found only on a billboard at the 2015 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. The artwork is an edit of the artwork used on the cover of "With Yoshi" (right), a Japan-exclusive Yoshi art book.
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Mario reference in the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit. Lerna Lotte, one of the characters hosting the game's tutorials, shows off her painting of Mario to decorate one of the Labo creations, the Toy-Con Motorbike.
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"Scorpio Yoshi" from a Yoshi-themed horoscope section in the German Club Nintendo magazine.
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In Mario Party 7, during the setup phase of the Volcano Peril minigame mode, the four chosen characters are all rendered at the same coordinates above the camera, resulting in them overlapping each other. Here are examples of this effect featuring all playable characters.
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Print ad for Nintendo of Brazil's official site, using the "M" emblem on Mario's hat in a creative manner.
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King Boo from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Big Boo from Mario Pinball Land with their mouths closed in a manner uncommon for Boos.
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@eljunama Of course! I hope this helps!
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In Super Mario Galaxy, Mario's silhouette is visible whenever Mario walks behind an object. The silhouette is always of regular Mario, even when he is in a different form, like Bee Mario. To prevent too much of a discrepancy between the two models, Boo Mario has no silhouette.
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Due to the X and Y buttons sharing all functions in Super Mario World, it is possible to perform a button press action while it's already being held, by holding one and pressing the other.This allows Mario to throw fireballs while holding an item, impossible with just one button.
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Sprites for an unused bird found in the data of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Since the sprites are next to Broque Monsieur in the code, it is possible that these birds were intended to be collectible in an early version of the game, as Blitties are in the finished game.
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Drawings of Koopa Paratroopas from concept art sketches for Super Mario Bros., drawn by Shigeru Miyamoto. The drawing in the center appears to be from later in the design process and is closer to the enemies' look in the finished game.
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Mario, Wario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong each have their own franchises within a larger Mario-related body of work. Games exist that are named after each of these characters; coincidentally, none of them are playable in the games that are named after them.
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The 1989 commercial for Super Mario Bros. 2 (left) shows an unusual health meter in the upper left. This is actually a feature from the game's prototype version, where pressing Select gives the player 15 health (middle). The glitched health is a recolored part of Mario (right).
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In the museum in the Skulking Around level in Yoshi's Crafted World, three vases can be found as exhibits in the background. The design of these is a reference to the vases from Level 2-8 of Yoshi's Island, and that level's boss, Roger the Potted Ghost.
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Cafe Mario, an exclusive Mario-themed restaurant at the Nintendo of America headquarters in Redmond, Washington, is currently under investigation regarding cases of E. coli poisoning. Insider sources state that concerns about food quality at Cafe Mario have been raised for years.
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The beta version of Mario Kart 64, titled "Super Mario Kart R" during development, was intended to feature a Magikoopa, presumably Kamek, as a playable character instead of Donkey Kong. Here are all existing images of the Magikoopa from that version in the best quality available.
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I have recently had my first public interview. If you would like to find out more about Supper Mario Broth, and me, you are welcome to read it here: waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/…
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Illustration from an article speculating on potential future Mario games from the Spanish Hobby Consolas magazine, showing a concept of a cooking game called Mario World Pizzeria. The drawing includes a cameo appearance of Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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In the Hide and Sneak minigame in Mario Party 3, the characters are shown running between the different hiding places. This is entirely misdirection on part of the game, as the running animation is independent of both player input and location and thus is best entirely ignored.
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Unused yellow, blue and teal palettes of Frog Mario and Frog Luigi found in the data of the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3. These are not used even within the palette cycle during the invincibility animation.
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My apologies for an error in a recent Tweet. I had wrongfully stated that Luigi's skeleton can only be seen in cutscenes in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, when in reality it can also be seen by failing the Thunder Bros. move. The Tweet in question has been deleted.
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