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In World 4-2 of Super Mario Bros., it is possible to spawn more moving sprites than the engine can handle (left). This will cause a column of tiles in the level to be overwritten with zeroes, including the HUD, changing Mario's name into "M0rio" (right, note name in top left).
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In a 2017 interview, Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that the Tox Box enemy from Super Mario 64 (left) is "one of his masterpieces" due to its easily understood design.
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Last year, I attempted to get a closer look at the unique Snailicorn enemy from New Super Mario Bros. by increasing the game's internal resolution. Now, thanks to Models Resource member "lemurboy12", the model has been extracted, allowing us to finally see it from all sides.
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Both Mario and Luigi have had models where their legs have been adjusted to the other brother's length. From left to right: regular Mario, Luigi-legged Mario (unused model in Luigi's Mansion data), Mario-legged Luigi (playable Luigi from Super Mario Galaxy), regular Luigi.
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In the Super Mario Maker games, putting a Piranha Plant on a pipe instead of inside it will result in it not retreating. Then, putting a Muncher inside that pipe will make it move the Piranha Plant as it extends, allowing the Piranha Plant to have longer reach than usual.
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The Shogun Studios area in Paper Mario: The Origami King is based on a real-world Japanese theme park called Edo Wonderland, with some explicit references like the Japanese name or the House of Tricky Ninjas. Details in image.
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Badge worn by Nintendo employees at the 1994 Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago to promote Donkey Kong Country. Due to an inaccurate manufacturing process, Donkey Kong's eyes appear to be looking in different directions.
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Mario Party 8 stores graphics for text pop-ups as individual letters. The letters are displayed roughly 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 Super Mario Bros., after beating a castle level, Mario always starts the next world by exiting from that castle, except in 5-1. This suggests the 5-1 seen in the finished game was not the original concept for the level, and was moved to that spot later. Details in image.
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In Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, a melody can be heard faintly near the Aqua Cups ride on the Water Park track. This is actually the Merry-Go-Round music from Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64. An isolated version of the music, extracted from the game, is provided after the footage.
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Whenever Mario returns from a course in Super Mario 64, before he jumps or falls out of the painting, his model assumes this pose behind the painting during the first few frames of Peach's Castle being loaded. Mario is floating sideways with his limbs folded into his body.
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Normally, whenever Mario dies in Super Mario Bros. 3, all moving objects freeze in place. However, Fire Piranha Plants are unique in that they are still partially active during this, continuing to turn their heads to look at Mario even during his death animation.
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Yoshi's Island is unique among Mario games for having had three different subtitles as numbered parts of different series: "Super Mario Bros. 5" (left, prototype), "Super Mario World 2" (middle, US/European release), "Super Mario Advance 3" (right, remake).
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In Super Mario World, normally a stomped Galoomba will recover and stand up after 8 seconds. However, if the Galoomba is taken through a pipe, its struggle animation will be much faster and it will never get up, no matter how much time passes.
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All sprites of Soldier Mario from the 1983 "Mario's Bombs Away" Game & Watch in high quality, scanned from the Panorama Screen device and cleaned up.
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In the Japanese version of Paper Mario: The Origami King, the Whispering Woods is called "デクの山" (Deku Mountain) and Ol' Grandsappy is called "デクじい" (Grandfather Deku). This is a reference to the similarly elderly and mustachioed Deku Tree from the Legend of Zelda series.
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According to Donkey Kong 64 creative director George Andreas, Shigeru Miyamoto personally designed Donkey Kong's coconut gun (bottom right) after being shocked at the pre-release version's realistic gun design (top right).
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Officially licensed 2020 Mario and Peach light-up Crocs from Japan.
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In the Nintendo Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Goombas have a unique smiling model based on their sprite from the Game Boy versions (right). Goombas are only seen from the front in-game; here the model is shown from multiple angles.
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In the ending to Super Mario 64, Peach, the Toads and Mario all walk towards the castle. However, as soon as they are off screen, Peach and the Toads stop moving, while Mario continues towards the door. This results in Mario running straight through Peach on his way to the door.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, reentering a completed side area causes Cappy to comment on it (left). However, if Mario enters it without Cappy, the message still appears, but in a smaller font (right), representing Cappy's voice coming from outside the area.
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Regarding recently unearthed Mario information: I plan to cover it as soon as the flow of new reveals slows down and I have time to extensively analyze and verify the material myself. Until then, I will be posting regular content. Thank you very much for your understanding.
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Comparison of the size/resolution of Paper Mario's sprites over time. From left to right: Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Paper Mario, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Paper Mario: The Origami King.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, if Mario performs a Ground Pound while on Yoshi, they both turn around in mid-air as expected (left). However, if Yoshi is spitting juice during this, the animation becomes glitched and Mario remains in the same position while Yoshi rotates under him.
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In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Bobby's attack sometimes misses. While this appears to be random, there is actually an indicator beforehand that allows it to be strategized around. If during the lineup phase Bobby has no "Z"s above him, he will hit. If he does, he will miss.
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