1026
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the audience in the Blooper fight will consist of 2 members if Mario is at Level 1 (left). Rarely, Luigi is present; since he counts as 2 members, it is possible for the audience in that battle to consist of Luigi sitting alone (right).
1027
The music track that plays during the Koopa Trace-Walking minigame in Super Mario Odyssey is called a variation of "challenge" in other languages, but "Climactic Duel!" in English despite being neither climactic nor involving a duel. Whether this is a joke or an error is unknown.
1028
In the cutscene after defeating a boss in Luigi's Mansion, E. Gadd is jumping ecstatically (left), however, he is only seen from behind during this. Viewing him from the front, we can see the motion makes his glasses clip through his face, revealing his dot-like eyes (right).
1029
In Super Mario Bros. 3, one of the World 8 maps is dark, with only a small area being visible (left). However, running out of time in a pipe connection (middle) removes the darkness, revealing that the map is filled with many more skulls than can normally be seen (right).
1030
In her sixth interlude in Paper Mario, Peach can use the Sneaky Parasol to turn into various enemies. If she first turns into a Clubba and then talks to this Hammer Bro, she will assume a unique "Clubba obtained an item" sprite that can only be seen in this specific scenario.
1031
The official Japanese site for WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgames features details about the game's vehicles, including one that has not appeared in-game in the series thus far: under the hood of Dribble and Spitz's taxi is a prairie dog responsible for navigation (right, circled).
1032
Super Mario Galaxy contains unused models for two Piranha Plant-like enemies that are notable for having names that do not seem to fit them, or perhaps hint at functionality not in the code. The one on the left is called "DragonHeadFlower", while the right one is "OctopusQueen".
1033
In the 2020 Nintendo recruitment book, Luigi is seen playing the upright bass (left). This is continuous with the Super Mario 3D World soundtrack booklet, where he also plays it (middle, right). It is possible that playing the upright bass is now part of Luigi's characterization.
1034
In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, a paper reading "XD3R-B8HH-9ZR2-FL16" can be found in W5-1. To this day, the purpose of this message remains unknown. Despite being in the right format, it is not a valid code for any Nintendo service. If it is encrypted, the code is yet unsolved.
1035
In the Super Mario Maker games, Mario can enter doors one tile off the ground by standing on a Rocky Wrench's head in the New Super Mario Bros. style, but not in any others since the Rocky Wrenches there are a few pixels shorter. Winged Rocky Wrenches can be used in all styles.
1036
Over the years, certain renders of Mario characters have been rereleased by Nintendo multiple times to reflect subtle changes in character design. Here is an example of a Yoshi render from 2004 (left), remade in 2011 (middle) and again in 2015 (right).
1037
In the library of Creepy Castle in Donkey Kong 64, flying book enemies are encountered. They move too quickly to read their covers during gameplay, but freezing the frame reveals it is very blurry text reading "DK64 PLAYERS GUIDE".
1038
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bowser sits on a throne in pre-boss cutscenes. Zooming in on his tail shows it is absent so it does not clip through the throne; however, viewing the wireframe of Bowser's model reveals the tail has been turned inside-out and is visible inside his torso.
1039
Rare high-quality photo of the Naval Piranha Yoshi craft used in the promotion of Yoshi's Woolly World, seen in the Chilean Club Nintendo magazine. The resolution is roughly twice that of the version used on Nintendo's official sites for the game.
1040
In the Mario Kart series, particularly Mario Kart Wii, many vehicles have names that differ between the North American and British English versions. Below is a comparison of the vehicles this affects, with the North American names in red and the European names in blue.
1041
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, performing an attack successfully makes the audience cheer, while failing makes them leave. The one exception is Bobbery's Bomb move. If no input is made, Bobbery will trip and fail (left), however, the audience will cheer anyway (right).
1042
In Super Mario World, if a thrown item grazes the top pixel of a Pokey, it will be defeated and not defeated at the same time. The Pokey will remain alive; however, a second Pokey head will fall off screen in a death animation while Mario gains 200 points for "defeating" it.
1043
In the museum in the Skulking Around level in Yoshi's Crafted World, three vases can be found as exhibits in the background. The design of these is a reference to the vases from Level 2-8 of Yoshi's Island, and that level's boss, Roger the Potted Ghost.
1044
In a 2003 interview, Shigeru Miyamoto stated that he chose the sky color in the original Super Mario Bros. for being "purplish". This makes some versions of this sky in various games more accurate to his vision than others, depending on their hue. A comparison is provided below.
1045
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, pressing Down as Luigi while having a photo taken in Beanbean Castle Town makes Luigi roll his eyes. However, there is one frame during this animation where his pupils disappear completely. With precise timing, Luigi's photo can have blank eyes.
1046
Official artwork of Sonic congratulating Mario on the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., released by Sega in 2005. Note that this predates the friendly relationship between the franchises established by the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series.
1047
In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario will not fall asleep if close to a wall; however, due to backs of furniture counting as walls, he won't sleep in some locations where it would be reasonable. He will not sleep on a bench or on a couch, but he will sleep on the floor or on a table.
1048
In the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, just like in the game, Mario does not talk. The only instance of Mario saying something using a speech bubble is "This-a place is-a weird!" in artwork depicting New Donk City inhabitants being frightened by his appearance.
1049
In Super Mario Galaxy, the bubble generators in Bubble Breeze Galaxy have unused settings to create cubic and octahedral bubbles. As the galaxy's internal name is "CubeBubbleEx", the cube was likely the original intended shape before being replaced with traditional round bubbles.
1050
Level 2-5 of Donkey Kong Country Returns is decorated with barnacles. Most of them are ordinary; however, after the giant octopus appears, some of them have googly eyes, likely being shocked at the octopus. This is very hard to see at the game's native resolution (left, circled).
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