1201
1981 concept art sketch for the Donkey Kong arcade, drawn by Shigeru Miyamoto, showing Mario being hit with a barrel from behind. This was shown exclusively in a Discovery Channel documentary on the history of video games.
1202
Landing in this spot of Ghostly Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy (top left), then looking back at the mansion using first-person view (bottom left) shows a unique model for the mansion that has a high-quality top half and a low-quality bottom half (shown from several angles).
1203
In Luigi's Mansion 3, whenever the Strobulb is used on ghosts, the light in their eyes shrinks for three frames. Ghosts are usually too far away from the camera for this to be noticeable; however, it is possible to use the Strobulb during certain cutscenes, making it visible.
1204
During normal gameplay, the sign above Mario's house in Paper Mario reads "Mario". During the credits, this changes to "Mario's"; however, the texture is cut off; extracting it from the data shows the full texture reads "Mario's L". It is unclear what the L could stand for.
1205
The Nintendo World Championships 1990 were conducted using a custom NES cartridge containing minigames based on, among others, Super Mario Bros. This is one of the few known surviving cartridges that was recently auctioned; due to their rarity, they are valued at over $5000 each.
1206
In the Mario Classic Court in Mario Power Tennis, Fighter Flies appear as 2D sprites from the Mario Bros. arcade (top left). In the data is an unused 3D model for the Fighter Fly (right), which would have been its only 3D appearance. It is based on its GBA design (bottom left).
1207
In Super Mario Maker, a variety of hands and animal paws can be chosen as a cursor. The white cat paw has an Easter egg: during the Gnat Attack minigame, its claws will extend when tapping flies. No other large cursor, including the grey cat paw, has such an alternate form.
1208
In Super Mario Odyssey, Yoshi will inherit Mario's ability to lean on slopes when captured. Left: Regular Yoshi treats slopes as flat ground, while Mario leans. Right: the moment Yoshi is captured, he assumes Mario's stance and starts leaning, as well.
1209
The official Prima guide for Super Mario Galaxy claims there is no reward for collecting 120 Stars with Luigi (top left). However, there is one: the Grand Finale Galaxy is unlocked. This could prevent players from seeing all content by dissuading them from completing the game.
1210
In the Gooigi tutorial in Luigi's Mansion 3, E. Gadd places water in Gooigi's path, which causes him to dissolve. If the player is already aware of that and avoids the water, E. Gadd will interrupt and explicitly request Gooigi to step into the water, laughing as he dissolves.
1211
In Super Mario Maker 2, whenever Pom Pom takes damage, she briefly gains extra fingers on both hands (left and middle). This is likely due to her model being imported from Super Mario 3D World, where she has two hand variations, and those two being loaded simultaneously (right).
1212
Last September, I posted about the leg count difference between the official art of Wiggler from Super Mario RPG (top left) and his sprite (bottom left). As it turns out, the sprite is instead based on rare scrapped pre-release art, seen in the British Superplay magazine (right).
1213
In Yoshi's Woolly World, Little Mousers appear to be made entirely from yarn, as most other enemies (left). However, viewing them from up close in the Scrapbook Theater, we can see their ears are buttons attached to their bodies by their masks threaded through the holes (right).
1214
Outtake shot from the making of the North American commercial for Mario Party 6. Although the broadcast version also included Bowser's face being drawn on by children, it was shown from a different angle and lacked the prominent lipstick.
1215
In Super Mario Sunshine, Yoshi has a steadily emptying "Juice" meter (left). When it runs out, Yoshi briefly turns green before disintegrating. In the international versions, the meter reads "Fruit" during this (middle). In the Japanese version, it reads "Hungry" instead (right).
1216
Normally, the items in the Present Room in Mario Party 4 have properly written descriptions. However, the Party Star trophy, obtained by 100%ing the game, has only uncapitalized placeholder text. This is likely due to it being so hard to obtain it was overlooked during testing.
1217
When the Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies book (left) was published in Mexico, the cover was redrawn to include Mario who, to avoid copyright issues, has a sheet over his face and the logo of publisher Ventura on his cap instead of his usual emblem (right).
1218
When opening the data of the NES version of Mario is Missing in a hex editor, the word "gotcha" can be found at address 0x1F792 (the 128914th byte), spelled out in plain text amid executable code. This is likely an Easter egg message directed at hackers and dataminers.
1219
In Luigi's Mansion 3, ghosts board up the entrance to the hotel, which gives the reason for why Luigi can't leave (left). However, approaching the door after the battle shows the boards and chains have disappeared (right), meaning Luigi would be free to leave, but chooses not to.
1220
Unlicensed bedazzled shirt using Waluigi's official artwork for Mario Hoops 3-on-3, found in Arizona. Also note the unlicensed Monopoly branding partially visible behind the price tag.
1221
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy consists of a main cave area, and this small bone planetoid Mario starts off on (left). Very far away from that planetoid, surrounded by empty space, is a single unobtainable Star Bit (right, see distance to area in upper right corner).
1222
At a June 2018 Mario Tennis Aces tournament in Japan, visitors had the opportunity to take photos with actors in Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi mascot costumes. This Waluigi costume is the first and so far only official Waluigi mascot costume ever made.
1223
When exiting the Mushroom Shop in Mario Party, the camera quickly rotates past a corkboard. For a few frames during this, a wanted poster of Bowser is visible where Bowser is drawn with square, human-like teeth. On the right is the texture extracted from the game's data.
1224
Pre-release screenshots of Super Mario RPG suggest that Knife Guy and Grate Guy were intended to have much more prominent roles in the game, as they are shown being fought at the very beginning of the game, and Knife Guy is shown in the overworld putting on a show for a crowd.
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Officially licensed 2018 slippers with a Warp Pipe-themed holder from Japan. When inserted into the holder, the slippers take on the appearance of a Piranha Plant.
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