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Unused early Big Boo sprite found in the data of Super Princess Peach. Due to only a sprite with a happy expression being present, this could possibly be a scrapped "Glad Big Boo" species. In the finished game, all Big Boos are non-emotional Big Boos or Mad Big Boos.
1752
Promotional photograph of Shigeru Miyamoto with a Donkey Kong and a Mario amiibo, from Edge Magazine.
1753
Top: cartridge art for an unauthorized copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Famicom. The artwork is an edited version of the Japanese box art (bottom left) with Mario being replaced by a Blooper wearing a wizard hat. A close-up of the Blooper is provided in the bottom right.
1754
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Luigi can reach one of three sizes upon completing the Snack Basket special attack. At the smallest size, the "L" on his hat is missing, with the emblem being blank.
1755
Illustration of Mario in his Satellaview space suit (most recently seen in Super Mario Odyssey) from the British SuperPlay magazine. Why it was chosen to promote the Nintendo 64, which did not support Satellaview, in a country where Satellaview was never available, is unknown.
1756
Licensed "Pocket Yoshi" T-shirt from the 1993 Nintendo Power Supplies Catalog. A close-up of Yoshi in the pocket is provided.
1757
Frame from a promotional Super Mario World animation shown at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.
1758
In almost every sprite, model or piece of official art, Yoshi's mouth contains no visible teeth. However, some animations in Yoshi's Story show teeth inside Yoshi's mouth. Here are all sprites of Yoshi's head with visible teeth and gums.
1759
The best ending of Mario's Time Machine for the SNES. The yellow puddle on the bottom of the screen is Bowser.
1760
As Baby Yoshis have only appeared in Mario games with 2D gameplay, they are always seen only from the side. However, official merchandise allows us to see what Baby Yoshis look like from the front.
1761
The Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia states that when Mario swims, he becomes "Aqua Mario". While the Super Mario Land 2 manual, where the term originates, states it is "one of Mario's many faces", the Encyclopedia lists it as a "power-up".
1762
In Super Mario RPG, upon entering the Factory, unique sprites of the five party members are briefly shown falling into the darkness. Due to the sprites rotating during the cutscene, it is hard to get a good look at them. On the right are the sprites extracted from the data.
1763
Concept art for Super Mario 64 featured in the Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Collection booklet (left) shows that the team envisioned Mario to be able to swing on horizontal bars in that game. The idea went unused; however, it was implemented in Super Mario Sunshine (right).
1764
The 8-Bit Mario Cap outfit in Super Mario Odyssey (right) is based on the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary 8-Bit Mario Modern Color amiibo (left). However, the model is not entirely faithful: there is a pixel missing from the tip of Mario's mustache, directly under his eye.
1765
World map from the version of Yoshi's Cookie included in the Japan-only Nintendo Puzzle Collection for GameCube. The sword embedded in Bowser's Castle on the east end of the map is a reference to Exor, a very similar-looking sword featured in Super Mario RPG.
1766
One of the only existing photos of the 1996 limited edition French Wario soda.
1767
In Mario Kart Wii, resetting the Team Race menu until you are on the blue team, then exiting and choosing Solo Race will make the Fake Item Boxes dispensed by your character blue despite there not being a blue team in a Solo Race.
1768
The trees in the Big Board level in Wario Land 4 are based on the classic LEGO pieces "Fruit Tree" and "Pine Tree".
1769
One of the only known images depicting MarioMotors.inc, a Mario racing game for the Nintendo DS that never passed its conceptual stage. The game's intended main mechanic was the building of custom engines and vehicles through the shaping and connecting of metal chunks.
1770
Illustration of Mario based on Small Mario's appearance in Super Mario Bros., from the cover of the Japanese High Score magazine.
1771
In the Moped Mayhem minigame in the Extras Zone in Mario Party 8, Whomp is one of the competitors. Although his arms are too short to reach his moped's handles, he is nevertheless able to steer simply by leaning into curves.
1772
Luigi possessed by an evil spirit, from a Japanese Mario activity book. Although the book predates Super Paper Mario and its "Mr. L" role for Luigi, the same idea of mirroring the "L" emblem on Luigi's cap to indicate an abnormal antagonistic state is used.
1773
I apologize for a previous Tweet that contained a screenshot of WarioWare Gold that could be misinterpreted out of context. I have deleted the Tweet; below is a different screenshot of that scene. Note Wario's miscolored nose. I will choose my images more carefully in the future.
1774
A small detail that bookends the story in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is that the small treasure chest Peach opens in the game's intro is a miniature version of the treasure chest Professor Frankly shows Mario after defeating the final boss.
1775
In the international versions of WarioWare: Smooth Moves, the R.O.B. fought at the end of the Star Fox boss microgame uses a gun modeled after the toy-like NES Zapper. In the Japanese version, however, the R.O.B. uses the more realistic-looking Famicom Beam Gun.
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