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In the sunken ship in Jolly Roger Bay in Super Mario 64, there is one corner that has no collision that Mario can swim right through (left). Swimming upwards after going through the wall will lead Mario to an open expanse of water in the darkness (right).
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In Super Mario 64, the lighting effect on Bowser in the final battle (left) is achieved by taking the regular Bowser model and applying a layer of rainbow colors on top of it. On the right is the color layer by itself, without Bowser's regular textures.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book shows an early Mario model with extra detail on his shoes. This was not used for the game; however, the Nintendo Tokyo store features a Mario statue from 2019 with that detail, suggesting this model may be used for the next mainline Mario game.
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When calling the E. Gadd Hotline in Luigi's Mansion 3, sometimes E. Gadd's model will be seen in a default position for a frame when the first letter of the message appears (left) before snapping to the correct position (right).
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In Super Mario Maker 2, a unique effect can be observed by stacking a Zappa Mechakoopa onto a giant Iggy (left). The Zappa Mechakoopa will blend into Iggy's sprite due to their similar colors (middle) and Iggy will appear to shoot lasers from his eyes (right).
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At one point in Super Mario Sunshine, Delfino Plaza is flooded while the rest of Isle Delfino is not. The game achieves this not by raising the water level, but by lowering Delfino Plaza relative to the rest of the island (note the same water level in Ricco Harbor on the left).
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During the beginning segment of Paper Mario: The Origami King, a series of events happens at the east end of Whispering Woods. Going all the way back to the other end to talk to the furthest tree after each event will give a new comment on Mario's thoughtfulness each time.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book provides in-universe lore for the Binoculars, describing how they operate and stating that they are supposed to be an older model of the Binoculars from Super Mario 3D Land (right).
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The Yoshi Doll in the Nintendo Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening cannot be seen up close in-game. Here is its model, extracted from the game's files, from various angles.
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With the upcoming release of Paper Mario: The Origami King, I am adopting a special spoiler policy for the game, where I will cover certain areas of the game progressively over time. I sincerely hope that I am able to avoid spoiling the game for as many of my readers as possible.
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The eye texture used for Mario and Luigi in Luigi's Mansion 3 provides the most detailed view of their eyes to date. The texture's resolution is higher than all previous depictions of their eyes both in games and in official artwork.
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During a brief segment of the E3 2014 Nintendo Treehouse stream, prototype Yoshi designs for Yoshi's Woolly World were shown. Note that the sheep-like "Woolly Yoshi" (right) was supposed to not be a transformation, but a concept for the regular Yoshi design.
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In Luigi's Mansion, if Luigi is interrupted while picking up an item by a call from E. Gadd, instead of turning around, he will morph between his picking-up animation (left) and the call answering animation (right) by turning inside-out.
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One of the inserts used by Nintendo Power to remind subscribers of their subscriptions expiring soon used a modified Super Mario 64 render depicting Mario torn in half.
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Donkey Kong Land uses a reference to the British rock band Pink Floyd as an integrity check. Four "PFLOYD" strings are found in the code. The game checks if all four are present when the game runs; if they are not, the save files are deleted.
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario destroys all bombs in a Bowser battle by jumping into them, Bowser will become essentially invincible as there will be no way left to harm him, requiring Mario to either die or exit the course. This was fixed in the DS version, where the bombs respawn.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Goombella often has special tattle messages for NPCs in extraordinary circumstances. However, sometimes she does not; here, when Shellshock eats the poisoned cake in Chapter 3, Goombella says he "seems to be totally on top of his game".
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In Super Mario World, the controllable coin plays the P-Switch music when it is active. However, if Yoshi eats the coin while it is still active, the P-Switch music will continue playing indefinitely instead of running out as usual.
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In the code of Super Mario Sunshine, there is unused functionality for a "perpetually goop-covered Mario", where Mario is completely covered in goop and has narrowed eyes. No amount of water can wash off this goop. In areas without goop, Mario assumes a black and white texture.
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In Super Mario Galaxy 2, if Mario or Luigi are riding Yoshi and enter first-person view, there will be a single frame after returning from first-person view where their hands and most of their faces are not rendered.
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In Super Mario 64, the middle Tiny-Huge Island painting is merely decorative. However, in Super Mario 64 DS, looking at it from the side reveals that it is covering a white square used internally by warp paintings, suggesting it was planned to be a warp painting at some point.
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In 2004, to promote the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo of America donated 1000 doors to nonprofit homebuilding organization Habitat for Humanity.
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Below are the versions of Mario's and Luigi's signatures that are currently closest to being official. Mario's signature was shown in a trailer for Mario Tennis Aces. Luigi's signature was seen on an item in Paper Mario.
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The Nintendo Switch version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker contains an unused model called "Stalker", which depicts a simplistic cube-shaped creature holding a knife. This was likely a test version of an enemy that was planned to be added to the Nintendo Switch port.
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When Mario or Luigi get caught in a Tweester tornado in Super Mario Galaxy, they assume special models that simulate rapid arm rotation by using two extra arms. Here are the models extracted from the game's data.
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