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Near the end of Bowser's Star Reactor in Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser falls from the sky and starts attacking Mario. Moving the camera, we can see that off-screen, Bowser waits in a T-pose on the tower, then jumps up. Only after this does the camera show him falling down.
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The Scribblenauts series revolves around summoning entities by typing in words. The only words that summon a plumber are "Plumber" and "Weegee", a reference to Luigi. In Scribblenauts Unlimited, the plumber summoned with "Weegee" has Luigi's color scheme, further confirming this.
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Steamer is a talking locomotive that first appeared in Mario Party 2 and had a string of minor appearances lasting until Hudson Soft's final Mario Party game, Mario Party DS. With the dissolution of Hudson Soft, it is unlikely Steamer will ever be seen again.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book is notable for providing insight into how the concept artists at Nintendo simplify Mario's shape when inserting him into artwork, by including many examples of low-detail Mario sketches.
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In 2018, Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced a licensed Mario plush collection. For a limited time, the Bowser plush could be ordered in an unstuffed form from their website; this form is now very rare due to no longer being produced. The regular form is on the right for comparison.
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At one point during the trailer for Paper Mario: The Origami King, during a quick camera swipe, a Thwomp wearing a traditional type of kabuki makeup called "kumadori" can be seen for a few frames. It is yet unclear if this depicts an enemy from the game or is merely decoration.
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Unused Yoshi colors found in the data of Super Mario Sunshine. While the greyish-blue and greyish-purple Yoshis spit water like the temporary green Yoshi state that all Yoshis turn into when they run out of juice, the grey Yoshi on the right spits a unique brown liquid.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, it is normally impossible to take a Starman into a Koopaling battle. However, if this is done with cheats and Mario somersaults when the magic wand falls down, he will catch it while upside-down. He will also remain upside-down during the falling cutscene.
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The data of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains an image of an early version of Mario jumping (middle) that provides insight into how the design evolved, being an intermediate stage between his design from the original Paper Mario (left) and his finished design (right).
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Bowser's Brother, also known as Blue Bowser, is a mysterious character that originated as a graphical glitch in Super Mario Bros. and was made into a distinct character in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Below is the entirety of official information available regarding him.
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Officially licensed 2017 Super Mario Bros. 3 baby teethers.
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Group photo of the actors and costume designers of the North American commercial for Super Smash Bros., taken immediately after finishing filming.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the moon in Deep Dark Galaxy is only seen from one side, being fully lit (left). However, it has an unseen dark side that can be used to simulate moon phases by rotating it (right). This suggests it was intended to be more significant during development.
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A 1995 Yoshi's Island manga explains that the reason Yoshi cannot swallow Bumpties in-game, unlike most other enemies, is because his mother used to feed him Bumpties as a child and he never liked the taste, leading to an aversion to eating them in adulthood.
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The Desert Hills track in Mario Kart DS uses a special starting line banner with a Nintendo-style Mario Kart logo. During normal gameplay, it cannot be seen up close (left); upon extracting it, due to the very low resolution, the texture appears to read "Mario Karl" (right).
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In the data of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, an unused alternate version of the Peach fortune in the Fortune Telling mode exists that, instead of saying "Extremely Lucky" like the regular version (left), says only "Extremely" instead (right).
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Photos of the "Donkey Kong and Tiny Kong in a minecart" decoration that was positioned above the Donkey Kong 64 demo stations at E3 1999, from various sources.
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The data for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains unused early graphics for Vivian. Compared to the finished version (left), the early design is shorter and has a flame on the tip of the hat (right).
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Inside the fridge in the Kitchen in Luigi's Mansion, there are boxes of food labeled "food" (left). However, on the opposite wall, visible only through the Game Boy Horror, there is a box where the same texture is mirrored, appearing instead to read "boot" or "boof" (right).
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The code for Super Mario World contains a level display mode where one of the background layers is made translucent, giving the settings a ghostly quality. The mode is fully functional and requires changing one byte per level to activate.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book shows that Madame Broode, the leader of the Broodals, was originally supposed to look more cheerful and have a different face shape (left) before being redesigned to receive a face inspired by Bowser (right).
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The European version of the Hidden Mansion mode of Luigi's Mansion adds a unique twist to the Boolossus fight, whereby Luigi sits down on the Poltergust 3000 and rides it around the room, being faster but harder to control. This is entirely absent from the Nintendo 3DS version.
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In the data of Wario Land: Shake It, an unused object called "ball_00" exists that is surrounded by an invisible forcefield. If Wario touches it, he will be squished and remain this way indefinitely, forcing the game to be reset. The extent of the effect is shown on the right.
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Title screen and all Mario sprites from the PC demo for Super Mario Bros. 3, submitted to Nintendo in 1990 by id Software, makers of the Doom and Quake franchises. Nintendo turned down all collaboration with id, citing they had no interest in Mario games being available on PC.
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Wendy Koopa has oversized bracelets that are only held up by gravity. While most games neglect that they would fall off if she points her arm straight down, Paper Mario: Color Splash actually considers this and has her hold them when she is too tired to keep her arms at an angle.
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