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In Super Mario Party, a Boo in the Ghostly Hollow portion of Challenge Road will ask whether the player wants to take a break. For almost all characters, the interaction looks like the top image. However, if playing as Boo, the other Boo will note how proud he is of the player.
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Pixel artwork of Mario jumping over a barrel from the title screen of the Apple II version of Donkey Kong.
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Mario Party 2 contains a debug model test accessible by modifying the game's code. In it, we can see that the texture of Cowboy Wario's eyes is stretched further vertically compared to all his other forms, giving him a more surprised or shocked appearance.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate includes new high-resolution versions of artwork of Mario franchise characters in its Spirits mode. The character benefiting the most from this is Don Bongo from Yoshi's Story, whose previous largest resolution was 114x118 and is now 566x578 pixels.
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Limited edition Japanese "Mario Silver" Nintendo 3DS XL, featuring an emblem of Mario and Luigi reading "We are twins! We are twins! Super Mario".
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In Super Smash Bros., Luigi's sideburns change shape when he is hurt, briefly changing from semicircular to having a small notch. Below are the textures used for the expressions.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, breaking a crate next to the big bridge in the Cap Kingdom releases 16 birds with top hats. If Snapshot Mode is activated immediately after breaking the crate, we can see that the birds are briefly neatly arranged in 8 stacks of 2 birds before scattering.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, regular, non-playable Luigi's shirt has a collar covering the bottom part of his neck (left). However, on playable Luigi's model (right), the collar is peeled back, revealing the previously unseen portion of his neck.
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In the intro to Wario World, Wario is shown reacting to his castle collapsing while being very far away from the camera. In order for his facial expression to still be visible despite the distance, his facial features are enlarged for this scene.
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In Super Mario Maker, whenever Mario takes a running jump in any form except Small Mario in the Super Mario World style, his feet disappear. Compare the original Super Mario World sprite (left) to the footless Super Mario Maker sprite (right).
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Stained glass window depicting Wario, seen in the final rounds of the Hard difficulty of the Vs. Com mode in the SNES version of Wario's Woods.
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Rare 2008 officially licensed collectible ornament depicting Bowser burning a Christmas tree.
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Mario Party 4 contains a debug "model test" room that contains only Mario, ten Whomps, and a ring of flames (top). Once the room is loaded, all buttons only make mini-game ending messages appear (bottom). It is impossible to exit the room.
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Super Princess Peach contains an item called "Tough Coffee", which increases Peach's life meter when bought. In-game, it is depicted as a mug decorated with a picture of an arm (left). However, in the game's data, an alternate unused version of Tough Coffee is found (right).
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While Mario's nose is always modeled as part of his face, Wario is often modeled with his nose as a separate mesh. What this means is that his face is first fully modeled with skin covering the nose area as shown here before the nose is superimposed onto his face.
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Mario, Wario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong each have their own franchises within a larger Mario-related body of work. Games exist that are named after each of these characters; coincidentally, none of them are playable in the games that are named after them.
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One of a set of educational Mario quiz cards, depicting Luigi as illiterate.
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In the German Club Nintendo comic special for Yoshi's Island, the red Yoshi is given a name: Netty. While the name "Netty" appears multiple times in different comics as a running gag, this is nevertheless one of the rare occasions where a Yoshi character is given a name.
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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, there is a fountain with a statue of Princess Peach outside Toad Town (left). In the game's data, an unused alternate version of the fountain can be found, depicting Peach as a mermaid instead (right).
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Art Academy for the Nintendo DS contains a drawing of a plush Yoshi in the lower right portion of its cover. Here is a high-resolution scan of the drawing. Despite being featured on the cover, it does not appear in the game.
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Original Thwomp design found on Super Mario 64 trading cards from a Kellogg's/Nintendo cross-promotion.
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Early title screen and logo for Wario: Master of Disguise (known during development as "Wario Ark"), found in the game's debug menu, accessible by modifying the code.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, jumping off Yoshi after he touches a fruit with his tongue, but before he swallows it, results in the fruit remaining suspended in mid-air. The fruit is completely intangible and Mario will be able to pass through it in the manner depicted.
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In the background of Level 7-1, "Foggy Fumes", in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mr. Game & Watch can be seen hitting a pipe with a hammer. Below are the sprites used for him, extracted from the game's data.
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In the Bonus Mode of Mario Party 5, Boo is playable in the Ice Hockey minigame. All characters playable in that minigame wear ice skates; however, due to Boo having no shoes to attach the skates to, they are just two blades floating under him.
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