2026
Mario statue overlooking Nintendo's booth at E3 2001.
2027
The SNES version of Yoshi's Cookie contains a sprite of a Boo with a smug expression that is always partially obscured. I have attempted to create a clear version of the sprite using all available references; however, part of the sprite had to be left to speculation.
2028
During the minigame "Hole Hogs" in Mario Party 9, green hills can be seen in a corner (top left). Zooming out (top right), we can see that this is actually a model of a lake from the World 6 map of New Super Mario Bros. Wii (bottom), which has been imported and slightly edited.
2029
Promotional photos from a 2005 event organized by Nintendo of Japan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., featuring Mario and actress Shoko Nakagawa in a party setting.
2030
Mario's sprite for picking himself up from the ground in the SNES version of Mario is Missing.
2031
In Tetris DS, the bottom screen of Puzzle Mode displays a static background of Yoshi looking at the player (top). However, the background is actually made of two parts: an unseen base image of Yoshi looking the other way, which is then covered up with a separate layer.
2032
Rare pieces of official art for Super Mario Bros. depicting enemies from behind.
2033
Left: Bowser's hurt sprite from Super Mario World. Right: the same sprite from the game's Game Boy Advance remake, Super Mario Advance 2. As you can see, Bowser's arms have been recolored, he has been given extra fingers, and his mouth was made to open slightly more.
2034
From a normal distance, the eyes of Piantas in Super Mario Sunshine appear to be simple black pupils. Zooming in, we can see they are actually dark gray irises with barely-visible black pupils.
2035
Illustration of Yoshi without arms from GamePro magazine. As other illustrations of Yoshi from the same issue do have arms, this is most likely an oversight.
2036
The ending for the Japanese version of Super Mario World lists enemy names in Japanese, transliterated into the Latin alphabet. Some of them are English names and words; Fishin' Boo is "Spook", Mega Mole is "Indy", and Bullet Bill and Banzai Bill are "Killer" and "Magnum Killer".
2037
Drawing of Raccoon Mario by Shigeru Miyamoto, displayed in a Japanese Mario memorabilia collection.
2038
Unused sitting sprites for Mario and Pauline, found in the code of Donkey Kong for the NES. These may have been used for an alternate ending scene.
2039
Unused low-polygon Goomba model from Super Mario 64 DS.
2040
The quiz minigame "Snifit or Whiffit" from Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash is called "Hit It or Snifit!" in the British versions of the games; presumably due to "whiff" meaning "miss" being American baseball slang and likely to be less known in Britain.
2041
While Bowser usually has a simple set of two spikes on his tail, Giga Bowser from the Super Smash Bros. series replaces it with an arrangement of four spikes called a "thagomizer".
2042
In Super Mario RPG, upon entering the Factory, unique sprites of the five party members are briefly shown falling into the darkness. Due to the sprites rotating during the cutscene, it is hard to get a good look at them. On the right are the sprites extracted from the data.
2044
The Brazilian commercial for Donkey Kong Country 3 included a Kremling in a business suit that is visible for only a few frames. Apologies for the image quality; this is the only known footage of the Kremling.
2045
Rare artwork of Waluigi playing the Parasol Plummet minigame from Mario Party 3, only found in Japanese promotional material for the game.
2046
A tip for Super Mario 64: Selecting any of the stars numbered 3 to 6 in Jolly Roger Bay results in Unagi the Eel swimming freely in the water, able to hurt Mario. It is possible to always make the eel remain in his hole by selecting star number 2 when entering the level.
2047
Transitional sprites displayed for a single frame at a time in Super Mario World when characters change forms. Left: Baby Yoshi growing up, right: Mario obtaining a Super Mushroom.
2048
Licensed 1992 Mario mugs featuring Mario saying "Two teas please" and "One lump or two?"
2049
Messages that appear in Donkey Kong Country 2 (left) and Donkey Kong Country 3 (right) when the games detect devices attempting to create unlawful copies of them. Both games use their respective Game Over graphics for the messages.
2050
Extremely rare official art of Mario with an irregularly-shaped mouth, found in the booklet included with the 1988 Japanese official "Fantastic World of Super Mario Bros. 3" remix album.
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