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Regarding the most recent tweet: I have been informed by Twitter user @D3rachi about an existing high-resolution version of the Toad render in question, making the tweet factually incorrect. The tweet in question has been deleted.
2127
Animation frames of Ludwig retreating into and emerging from his shell, from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
2128
Officially licensed Yoshi's Island figurine of Baby Mario.
2129
Idle animation of "Somari", a Mario/Sonic hybrid from "Somari the Adventurer", an unlicensed port of Sonic the Hedgehog for the NES.
2130
In Super Mario World, the face on Lakitu's cloud is coded to always be drawn on top of Mario, even when he is outside the cloud. This can be seen by pausing the game when Lakitu flies just above Mario.
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In 1989, a series of officially licensed sticker cards was released in the US, each containing a "Top Secret Tip" on the back. While the tips were in fact about hidden content for most games featured, the "tips" for Super Mario Bros. 2 were paraphrased excerpts from the manual.
2132
Concept art for Buoy Base Galaxy from the official Prima guide for Super Mario Galaxy.
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From the cover of an issue of the Valiant Comics "Nintendo Comics System" series.
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In Yoshi's Cookie for the SNES, defeating all four characters in VS. mode unlocks a set of what the game calls "new versions" of competitors. Note that the green Mario-like character is explicitly not Luigi, but a "new version" of Mario.
2135
In Super Mario RPG, it is possible to enter what is supposed to be a one-way pipe from Land's End to Kero Sewers from the wrong end with exploits. Doing this reveals that the developers foresaw this and gave special dialogue for this scenario to the Shy Away enemy in the area.
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Concept art of the Toad Brigade from the official Super Mario Galaxy strategy guide by Prima.
2137
During Bowser's first scene in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a painting of him at the far right wall of the room, at an oblique angle to the camera. Moving the camera to better see it reveals that a mustache has been added to Bowser.
2138
In Super Mario 64, spawning the 100 Coin Star by collecting the Red Coin shown in the top left in Dire, Dire Docks will cause it to spawn partially out of bounds (top right). The ceiling hitbox prevents Mario from touching the bottom of the Star, making it unobtainable.
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Illustration of mudslinging between Sony (represented by Crash Bandicoot) and Nintendo (represented by Mario) in an editorial in GamePro magazine.
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Super Mario Bros. Power Up is a Mario-themed energy drink licensed by Nintendo (left, Official Nintendo Seal in top right). Unfortunately, due to its high caffeine content, the product comes with a warning that it is not intended for children (bottom right).
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Illustration from the South Korean manual for Super Paper Mario.
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Princess Peach reading a story to the Koopalings, from the comic booklet enclosed with Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin', a 1991 music album released by Nintendo.
2143
Chinese-exclusive artwork of the Super Mario 64 design of Princess Peach, displayed in a splash screen used by the iQue Player, a console made to distribute select Nintendo 64 titles in China.
2144
Cartridge art for "Super Wonderful Mario", an unauthorized hack of Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Famicom. The game is mostly identical with the biggest change being that all occurrences of the word "Mario" in text are replaced with "Merio".
2145
Animation cel used in the production of the commercial for Donkey Kong cereal.
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Behind-the-scenes photo of the Donkey Kong mascot costume and kart used in the production of the North American commercial for Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
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Promotional photograph of Mario and Shigeru Miyamoto during a 2012 visit to South Korea. Shigeru Miyamoto visited Korea as he expressed a desire to personally apologize to the Korean Nintendo audience for the 5-month delay in the localization of Super Mario 3D Land.
2148
@SeshohoCian Mario Party 6 also provides us with another description of their relationship, being "Shroommates". twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog…
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The 1992 Gottlieb Super Mario Bros. pinball machine includes an original illustration of a volcano with an angry face (left), predating what is commonly believed to be the first volcano with an angry face in the Mario series (Mario Kart: Double Dash, right) by 11 years.
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The aim of the Roll Call minigame in Mario Party 2 is to count crowds of Toads, Bob-ombs or Boos that move around. In the game's data, a sprite of Bomberman can be found next to this minigame's graphics, suggesting that a crowd of Bombermen may have also been intended to appear.
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