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It is widely known that the Endless Stairs in Super Mario 64 can be skipped by performing a series of backwards long jumps up the staircase. However, for some specific angles, Mario may get caught on an invisible wall and then warped down instead, entering Wet-Dry World.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, walking into the space between the slot machines in Casino Delfino will cause random parts of Mario's model to oscillate uncontrollably. He is actually walking extremely quickly and being displaced back on every frame; the rattling sound is his footsteps.
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Development screenshots from the earliest build of Super Mario 3D Land in March 2010. At this stage, the landscape consisted entirely out of blocks, and Mario was represented by an extremely crude model that moved by sliding along the ground.
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions contains an extremely tiny, barely visible Pikachu. Details in image.
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Official Yoshi ringtone available for download from Nintendo of Europe's site in 2002. The ringtone is an arrangement of the Yoshi's Island track from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, if Mario's Wing Cap runs out while he is jumping into water and holding Ukiki, his hat will become invisible. The next time Mario gets a Wing Cap after this, the wings will appear to sprout directly from his head.
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NES Open Tournament Golf is the earliest in-game instance in which Donkey Kong spoke. The screenshots below show his dialogue at the beginning of a game. As such, Donkey Kong's first words can be considered to have been "MARIO, your total prize is $0."
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In Yoshi's Island, if Yoshi deals the final hit to Hookbill the Koopa before he hits the ground, Yoshi will shoot up into the sky at an extremely high velocity. The boss defeat cutscene will play out and the level will end without Yoshi ever coming down.
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Whenever Mario enters water from a great height in Super Mario 64, he says "haha!" This actually sets a "haha flag", which does not get cleared until Mario enters an airborne state or exits the area. As long as it is set, Mario will say "haha!" every time he touches water.
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The Japanese official Super Mario 64 trading card for the Mother Penguin shows her in the middle of a blinking animation for an unknown reason, making her seem to have a bored or annoyed expression that she never actually displays in-game.
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In Super Mario World, if Mario misses picking up a falling item after releasing it from the reserve box, there is another chance to grab it. Simply wait in the same spot for 18 minutes and the item will reappear from the top of the screen.
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario throws a Chuckya off a ledge and then jumps after it, and if the Chuckya happens to grab him on the frame it explodes, Mario will be stuck in mid-air. The "exit course" option will not appear in the pause menu, forcing the game to be reset to continue.
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Paper Mario: The Origami King is extremely wasteful with its graphics, saving many needless duplicates. For example, each Shy Guy color has its own "blank" version saved as a separate image file despite being identical to each other, with none of them even ending up being used.
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Mario Superstar Baseball stores graphics for text pop-ups as individual letters. The letters are displayed in correct order in the files, but due to duplicate letters not being needed, the texture sheets appear to be misspelled versions of the actual messages. Examples below.
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In Yoshi's Island, if a cloud Yoshi is riding is destroyed while he is using a watermelon item, Yoshi will fall to the ground and start licking uncontrollably. He will stop responding to any input and simply continue licking indefinitely.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, if Mario is attacked by multiple Slurples and they are defeated with Star Bits, as long as Mario keeps running, he will become glitched and act like Slurples are still attached to him. After about half a minute of running, he will become invisible.
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario catches Bowser in mid-air after he jumps back into the arena and then throws him into a bomb, the explosion will send Bowser flying offscreen. Despite this violent reaction, Bowser will not actually lose HP and continue as though nothing happened.
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In Super Mario Bros., if Left and Right are pressed simultaneously in underwater levels (possible with third-party controllers), the bottom left part of Mario's body will become glitched. If Mario is powered up, he will appear to have three legs.
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Photo of an incident during the 2002 recording of the North American commercial for Mario Party 4, where the actor playing Yoshi fell into the pool and needed to be rescued while still inside the mascot suit. Accoring to the costume company, the performer had almost drowned.
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The Wii U version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 features exclusive Nintendo costumes for each fighter, with some fighters appearing similar to a hyperrealistic stylization of Mario characters when wearing them.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, if Yoshi falls down while touching a wall and Mario rides on him while still next to the wall, their movement speeds will desync. Mario will bounce very quickly while Yoshi will move very slowly.
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In Super Mario Bros. 2, a POW Block and the end-of-level Crystal Ball are found in the same room in 1-3. Dropping the POW Block next to the Crystal Ball makes it ascend. Picking it up near the ceiling causes the character to fall through the floor and become stuck indefinitely.
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In Paper Mario, with frame-perfect movement, it is possible for Mario to activate a cutscene with Tubba Blubba slightly before he is supposed to, causing Tubba Blubba to appear to produce a snot bubble from the bottom part of his body. Details in image.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, if Mario flies above Glydon using a Gushen, then uncaptures it so that the Gushen hits Glydon on the head, Glydon will become glitched and begin to extremely slowly ascend into the air. He will continue ascending at this pace forever.
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The files for Yoshi's Woolly World include a test room that contains three decorative scenes: three Shy Guys talking, a Shy Guy toasting marshmallows with a gnome character, and a Shy Guy lying on the ground, alone.
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