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In the Super Mario Galaxy games, crouch-walking makes Mario immune to electric fences.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, Topper hides inside his hat after being hit (left). If Snapshot Mode is entered during this animation and the camera is moved inside the hat, we can see that his model is deformed severely while he is hiding (right).
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Despite containing both a Princess Peach and a Princess Daisy piece, the licensed Super Mario Chess set does not designate either of them as a Queen piece, making them both Bishops. Instead, Luigi is chosen to be the Queen piece.
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Officially licensed Bob-omb and Bullet Bill paper towel dispensers from Japan, designed in such a way that the towels resemble the smoke that is usually emitted from these enemies.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the waterfall in the Cascade Kingdom has a spot where the water refraction effect is applied incorrectly, leading distorted images of Mario to appear next to him, visible in Snapshot Mode. A slideshow of examples is included.
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In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, it is possible to have 100% completion on a save file retroactively and permanently revoked, turning a perfect save file into an imperfect one forever, simply by losing 8 lives in a level. Details in image.
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Officially licensed 2018 slippers with a Warp Pipe-themed holder from Japan. When inserted into the holder, the slippers take on the appearance of a Piranha Plant.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book details a concept, unused in the finished game, whereby Mario would witness a character's development throughout the story. In this concept, Mario would see a boy buy a trumpet, practice, and eventually become a famous musician.
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Unused face found in the data of Yoshi's Island.
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Extremely rare 2005 promotional Super Mario Strikers Chain Chomp soccer ball. Note that this is not based on anything from the game; the Chain Chomp appears in-game only in its regular form and not as a ball.
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In the final shot of the credits of Super Mario Odyssey, Mario, Peach and Pauline appear next to each other (left). They are placed at slightly different distances from the camera to mask their size discrepancies. Actual relative sizes of their models can be seen on the right.
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When Super Mario Bros. 3 was released, all Koopalings except Ludwig were named after musicians that were still living at the time. Now, only the namesakes of Iggy and Larry remain alive.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, if Yoshi becomes stuck out of bounds using glitches or exploits, instead of merely spitting juice from his mouth, he will eject juice from both ends as depicted, doubling the juice output.
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In the beginning segment of Luigi's Mansion 3, Luigi gets a disturbed look when near the hotel staff (left). The animation of him noticing the ghosts can only be seen during that segment and includes him going through several expressions in half a second (right).
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Dealing the final hit to Bowser in Super Mario Odyssey produces a light effect, obscuring him (left). However, entering Snapshot Mode at that moment reveals he has a unique expression for that particular hit, with misaligned eyes (middle) and his tongue hanging out (right).
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In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, a paper reading "XD3R-B8HH-9ZR2-FL16" can be found in W5-1. To this day, the purpose of this message remains unknown. Despite being in the right format, it is not a valid code for any Nintendo service. If it is encrypted, the code is yet unsolved.
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The earliest officially licensed Magikoopa toy, released in Japan in 1990. Unlike all later Magikoopa/Kamek merchandise, this one has a fully removable robe.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, if a captured Cheep Cheep is brought over to Lakitu, who is fishing, Lakitu will say "I can't fish under these conditions!", which ironically implies that Lakitu is bothered by the presence of fish while he is trying to fish.
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Unlicensed 2013 Cat Mario and Cat Toad plushes with uncharacteristically tall foreheads.
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In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, performing a High Jump on top of Mini-Mario and having Mario hit Luigi in mid-jump normally earns a coin. However, in the Fawful boss room in Bowser's Castle, it instantly annihilates Mario and Luigi instead, requiring the game to be reset.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario leaves footprints in the sand, up to 20 before they unload (left). This has been upgraded to 255 prints in the Super Mario Galaxy games (middle), however, Super Mario Odyssey drastically lowered the limit to only 12 footprints at a time (right).
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a 1/40 chance on each playthrough of the game that Luigi's soul will be absorbed during the Chapter 5 boss battle. Details in image.
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According to the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, the original concept for the game's title sequence intended for it to convey a feeling of despair after Mario loses Peach in the intro, as the camera slowly zooms out to reveal him being completely alone before the logo appears.
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As seen in the new trailer for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, everything in the Bowser's Fury adventure is cat-themed. One very minor instance of this seen in the background of a shot is that even the birds in this world are still cat-themed.
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In Super Mario World, if the game crashes due to collecting invalid items via glitches, it is possible for the frozen screen to randomly display a line of text from the game, sometimes resulting in vaguely ominous messages like "Illusion lies ahead."
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