2226
Illustration of Mario and Pauline from a 1982 licensed book of Donkey Kong-themed word puzzles. As in many other pieces of official art from that period, Mario is shown to be balding.
2227
Illustration of Mario and Pauline from Video Games magazine.
2228
In the first battle against Bowser in Super Mario RPG, refusing to listen to Princess Toadstool's advice to "aim for the chain" twice in a row will result in Bowser saying "What a joke!! Put some muscle into it!" and all further damage against him being reduced to 0.
2229
Close-up look at the wanted posters appearing in various places in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Of note is that while the first two criminals each have a bounty of 8,000,000 dollars, the last one has a bounty of 8,000,000 cents.
2230
Artwork from the cover of a Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3, featuring miscolored enemies and a long-legged Goomba.
2231
Top row: screenshots of the levels Vulture Culture from Donkey Kong Country and Konveyor Rope Klash from Donkey Kong Country 3. Bottom row: the same levels with all foreground layers removed. The background has been recolored and reused in Donkey Kong Country 3.
2232
Lego Wiggler hidden as an Easter egg on top of a building in Lego City Undercover for Wii U.
2233
The cover of the Nintendo Crisis Management Manual, which according to Nintendo of Japan's website is the size of a business card so all employees carry it with them at all times.
2234
From the cover of an issue of MAD Kids, a short-lived spin-off of MAD Magazine aimed at a younger audience.
2235
In Mario Party, the font of the "PEACH MADE" text around Peach's Birthday Cake appears to be Comic Sans MS Bold or a very similar font.
2236
500-piece French licensed jigsaw puzzle named "Super Mario contre le dragon" ("Super Mario against the dragon"), featuring a design of Bowser/King Koopa from the DiC cartoon series recolored to be yellow.
2237
Illustration from the British Club Nintendo newsletter. Princess Peach and Toad are fleeing from Fareham, a town in Hampshire, England.
2238
Super Mario Bros. Willie Shrinkles, a rare officially licensed craft product consisting of coloring pictures printed on paper that shrinks when baked in an oven.
2239
Artwork of Mario from a Japanese flyer for a Mario-themed pachinko machine.
2240
Unfinished Birdo model found in the data of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
2241
Mario being intercepted by another, fast-moving Mario during a Japanese educational video meant to teach children the Latin alphabet.
2242
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong performing on stage at Nintendo Space World 2000.
2243
Mario interacting with a child during the 1993 Canadian "Super NES Power Play Tour".
2244
Sprites of King Yoshi from the Checkers mode in Mario's Game Gallery for PC.
2245
Storyboard drawing of Yoshi swallowing King Koopa's fireball in the intro to the Super Mario World cartoon.
2246
Mario illustration from the British Mean Machines magazine.
2247
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2248
Unused "Blue Hat Mario", "Blue Hat Luigi", "Wario" and "Dark" palettes from the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros.
2249
Sprites of "Kong" from two different versions of KONG, an unauthorized Donkey Kong clone for the ZX Spectrum.
2250
Boo stress ball available as a preorder bonus for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon exclusively in the United Kingdom.
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