2151
From a print advertisement for Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64.
2152
While different methods of earning 5-Ups and 10-Ups exist over multiple games in the Mario series, Super Mario Advance 4 is the only Mario game where it is possible to earn a 7-Up.
2153
Mario and Luigi's "covered with kisses" sprites from Super Mario All-Stars. Supper Mario Broth wishes you a happy Valentine's Day.
2154
NES cartridge containing a prototype version of Super Mario Bros. 2, for company-internal use by Nintendo.
2155
To enter Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64, Mario appears to shrink during a jump and land inside a small cage. However, zooming in reveals that while he does enter the cage, he then falls through it into the ground (note Mario's legs sticking out of the ground on the right).
2156
Mario illustration used numerous times in the British Computer and Video Games magazine, commonly by pasting some object over Mario to indicate his astonishment at that object.
2157
Sprite representing the word "hug", from the Sentence World word suggestion images in the educational SNES game Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters.
2158
An image of Mario being projected onto the side of a building in New York during the GameCube launch on November 18, 2001. To celebrate, Nintendo organized a "Cube Club" event with celebrity guest Lil' Kim.
2159
A piece of official artwork for Mario Party 4 contains an error where the "Γ" symbol on Waluigi's glove is mirrored. Since the "Γ" used on his hat and his gloves are identical, how this error could occur is unknown. An example of the glove being rendered correctly is provided.
2160
Reader-submitted artwork from an issue of GamePro magazine.
2161
The staff of the British Computer and Video Games magazine was able to play the early beta build of Super Mario 64 at the 1995 Japanese Shoshinkai trade show. According to them, the name used for Whomp's Fortress in that build was "World 1: Rocky Mountain".
2162
Cover illustrations for unauthorized clones of the Donkey Kong arcade for Commodore systems. Left: Anirog Kong for Commodore 64, right: Crazy Kong for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20.
2163
Mario at the second Granollers Video Game Contest in Catalonia, 1998.
2164
The texture used for the "Mario Kart" banner at the starting lines of tracks in Mario Kart 64 contains chromatic aberration, an optical effect present in some photographs that manifests as fringes of color along boundaries. It is the only texture in the game with that effect.
2165
An unused version of the title screen found in the data of WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The logo is smudged, Wario only has one cross-shaped pupil, and his nose has the words "START", "JUGAR" and "JOUER" superimposed on top of each other.
2166
Giant inflatable Mario and Yoshi, seen at the 1993 Consumer Electronics Show.
2167
British print ad for Super Mario Land 2. The "hedgehog" is referencing Sega's various Sonic the Hedgehog game ads that mentioned Mario games; however, even after this ad, it remained relatively uncommon for Nintendo to mention competitors' products in promotional material.
2168
Mario and Luigi from a German print ad for Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600.
2169
Unused bonus room found in the data of Super Mario Bros. 3 that contains an object made out of Question Blocks and Mario parts.
2170
The Rainbow Road track in Mario Kart: Super Circuit features Bowser's Castle in its Paper Mario design in the background (left). However, a wallpaper from Nintendo of America's official website for the game contains a different, more menacing-looking design (right).
2171
Jimmy T.'s "smug" expression, seen only once in the entire WarioWare series for a few frames during the credits to WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games.
2172
Watt's burned sprite in Paper Mario. This is the only time Watt is seen without the spiky aura of electricity and may be the true shape of Watt's body.
2173
Beta screenshot of Super Mario Sunshine with extremely low-polygon Pianta models.
2174
The cork blocking Gooper Blooper's mouth in Super Mario Sunshine has writing on it, which can not be read in full in-game due to the cork being destroyed upon extraction. The writing appears to say "bsgeso", which may be short for Bosu Gessō, the boss's Japanese name.
2175
In Super Mario RPG, Bowser's head will disappear under specific circumstances during the battle against Yaridovich. If Bowser is the 2nd party member and Yaridovich's upper clone attacks the 3rd, Bowser's head will disintegrate and remain absent for the duration of the attack.
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