2101
Cover of a Japanese official guide for Mario Paint.
2102
In Super Mario 64, the stained glass window of Peach on the castle depicts her surrounded by flowers on a blue background when viewed from outside. However, when viewed from inside, the same window uses a different texture that changes the blue background to purple.
2103
Luigi's sprite for getting up from sleeping in the educational SNES game Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun.
2104
A small detail that bookends the story in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is that the small treasure chest Peach opens in the game's intro is a miniature version of the treasure chest Professor Frankly shows Mario after defeating the final boss.
2105
Mario head from Nintendo's "Mario in Real Time" software performing a distortion, seen in a Nintendo Power Previews video.
2106
In some Mario choose-your-own-adventure books, choosing a higher score than can be achieved in a puzzle leads to the Impossible Score Luigi.
2107
Unauthorized use of Mario artwork for a business in Nottingham, England.
2108
A prerelease screenshot of Paper Mario shows a beta Yoshi design (with the design from the finished game inserted for comparison). The beta design's arms are extremely short; had it made it into the finished game, it would have been the shortest-armed Yoshi sprite to date.
2109
Waluigi's sprites and models almost never depict him with abnormal proportions, as his lanky stature is an integral part of his character. However, on two occasions, Waluigi has been deformed to fit into a square: Mario Tennis on the GBC (left) and Mario Party-e (right).
2110
In the German Club Nintendo comic special for Yoshi's Island, the red Yoshi is given a name: Netty. While the name "Netty" appears multiple times in different comics as a running gag, this is nevertheless one of the rare occasions where a Yoshi character is given a name.
2111
Frame from a promotional Super Mario World animation shown at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.
2112
Illustrations of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad from the packaging of unlicensed South Korean Mario-themed pastels and watercolors.
2113
Super Mario Galaxy 2's first screen depicts Peach's Castle in the distance (top left). Reaching the castle later shows that its bridge has a slight curve (top right). However, the bridge of the first castle model has such an extreme curve that Mario would slide down it (bottom).
2114
Luigi greeting commuters in Chicago on August 12, 2013, when a Nintendo promotional event decorated the L train with Luigi imagery to celebrate the Year of Luigi.
2115
In the Nimbus Land palace in Super Mario RPG, strategically placing Mario to block this Nimbus person's path to make him only walk towards the door will result in him clipping into the door, then the wall, and finally walking out into the darkness beyond the room.
2116
Photo taken at the Canadian launch event for Donkey Kong Country at Wayne Gretzky's bar in Toronto.
2117
Production photo taken during the filming of the North American commercial for Mario Party 4.
2118
The Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country randomly displays one of three title screens upon starting the game; however, in international versions, the artwork is cut off at the bottom. Here is the full title screen artwork, visible in the Japanese version.
2119
Unused early Big Boo sprite found in the data of Super Princess Peach. Due to only a sprite with a happy expression being present, this could possibly be a scrapped "Glad Big Boo" species. In the finished game, all Big Boos are non-emotional Big Boos or Mad Big Boos.
2120
Bowser's appearance as an indeterminate monster, possibly a shark-penguin hybrid, from the Wario Bike souvenir in WarioWare: Twisted.
2121
The world maps in Yoshi's Island are surrounded by scrolls, however, there are still graphics extending past the visible boundary, obscured by the scrolls. On the far right edge of the World 3 map, removing the layer with the border reveals a hidden monkey.
2122
Illustration of Mario with a short beard in addition to his mustache for a feature on beards in video games from the Russian GameLand magazine.
2123
Japanese Super Mario World finger puppets of Cape Mario in progressive stages of liftoff.
2124
The quiz for returning the stolen Sistine Chapel ceiling in the SNES version of Mario is Missing offers the answer option "Splinter" among names of Italian artists, in a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
2125
Comparison of the sprites used when Luigi takes a photo in Mario is Missing. Left: SNES version, right: PC version.
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