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Textures announcing a character's turn in various European versions of Mario Party 8 are identical except for their apparent degree of enthusiasm.
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Follow-up to the previous post: while it appears that the Super Mario Knife is indeed extremely rare, it has been confirmed that it was available for purchase in Japan. Below is a photo of the item. Thank you very much to readers @msoyu62k22 and @mamako0326 for the information!
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If you are in possession of any further information about the Super Mario Knife, please contact me so this post can be amended!
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The officially licensed Super Mario Knife is an object that appears to be so rare that it is possible it was never actually released, as the only documentation on it comes from secondary sources. A cancellation of the product was possible due to its potentially dangerous nature.
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In the Japanese version of Luigi's Mansion, Luigi whistles when entering the final room, where Mario is held captive. This was removed in all other versions since it would be uncharacteristically nonchalant for Luigi to whistle while Mario is pleading for help in front of him.
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The Japanese title for DK: King of Swing is "ぶらぶらドンキー", translating to "Hanging Donkey" or "Dangling Donkey". This is the only time he was referred to simply as "Donkey" in a game title without including the "Kong".
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In 2002, winners of a contest held by Nintendo Japan were able to meet Mario and various prominent Mario game staff (Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Yoshiaki Koizumi) for a dinner party. Mario served the food.
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The 2006 British print ad campaign for Mario Kart DS attempted to appeal to people who dislike Australians.
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Out of all mainline Mario games, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy rely most heavily on pre-rendered cutscenes, to the point that the data of both games is comprised mostly out of movie files. The data for all of the actual gameplay takes up a fraction of that space.
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Today, Super Mario World turns exactly one billion seconds old.
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In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, waiting for 300 seconds in the Bizarre Doors of Boo Mansion level will cause a set of horror movie-like handprints to suddenly appear on one of the walls.
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If Tubba Blubba catches Mario while chasing him in Paper Mario, Mario is supposed to flee. However, using Bow's Outta Sight move will confuse Tubba Blubba, making him leave the battle. An even more obscure interaction is that rubbing Repel Gel on Mario achieves the same effect.
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"What is your Donkey Kong name?" activity posted by Nintendo UK's official 3DS Facebook account in 2013.
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In the title screen of Super Mario 64, when the player is grabbing Mario's face, the hand is actually grabbing pink diamonds that act as control points. The diamonds are always present, but their opacity is simply set to 0. Here, the reality of the interaction is made visible.
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As part of a charity campaign in 2013, Nintendo of Europe put up Mario decals at the Princess Elisabeth Children’s Hospital in Ghent, Belgium. Each room contained a singular piece of Mario artwork positioned above the examination table in the manner depicted.
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Two test messages found in the files of Mario Party Superstars. One is regular but spoken by "Plincess Peach" with an "L". The other is spoken by "キノピオ" (Toad's Japanese name) and is nearly identical, except Toad appears to scream in the middle of the message.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, performing a Slide Kick on the Cool, Cool Mountain slide and falling off the edge will seemingly cause Mario to disappear, but actually warp him high into the air instead. Mario will float in mid-air in that pose until A is pressed, whereupon he will die.
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In January 2021, an error at Walmart caused an accidental price swap between the $70 Wario eShop card and the $50 Bowser card, causing the Wario card to briefly become "free money" while making the Bowser card a rip-off. A few customers were able to buy the cards at that price.
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In Paper Mario: The Origami King, a glitch allows Mario to duplicate Bobby, causing two of them to follow Mario temporarily. If they are taken to the Great Sea, one Bobby will ride on the boat with Mario while the other will be attached to the front of the boat as depicted.
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Unused animation of Mario dancing while dressed as a mummy, found in the data of the Game Boy port of the puzzle game Qix.
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In the second Midbus battle in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, a cake, donut and meat appear as part of the battle. While they do not act, their stats in the code designate them as some of the most powerful entities in the Mario universe, with every stat being maxed out.
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In New Super Mario Bros., if Mario uses a Mega Mushroom in the Mega Goomba boss fight room and touches it in mid-air, the Goomba will stroll in from the right of the screen in mid-air as well. By touching it in different points in the room, the Goomba's elevation will change.
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During normal gameplay, enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door will at most have a few status effects at a time. However, the game supports anyone having nearly every status effect in the game at once, which creates a stack of icons that breaches the top of the screen.
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A commonly encountered unauthorized plush of Princess Daisy, first manufactured in 2004, mirrors a pattern used for one of her eyes to create the other eye, giving her a distinctive wall-eyed appearance.
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Unused face found in the data of Yoshi's Island.
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