1801
Licensed 1992 Mario mugs featuring Mario saying "Two teas please" and "One lump or two?"
1802
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Lubba usually has a mouth, which is visible in all official art and during normal gameplay (left). However, going into first-person view around Lubba makes his mouth completely disappear (right).
1803
Signs at "Pirates of the Marioland", an arcade in Ko Samui, Thailand. The arcade is operating without licensing from either Nintendo or Disney.
1804
Mario and Luigi's shocked expressions, visible for a single frame during the cutscene for entering Bowser's Castle in Mario Teaches Typing 2.
1805
Illustration of Mario as the referee from Punch-Out on the NES, from the Swedish Nintendomagasinet magazine. The original sprite is provided for comparison.
1806
Behind-the-scenes photo of the Donkey Kong mascot costume and kart used in the production of the North American commercial for Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
1807
British print ad for Super Mario Land 2. The "hedgehog" is referencing Sega's various Sonic the Hedgehog game ads that mentioned Mario games; however, even after this ad, it remained relatively uncommon for Nintendo to mention competitors' products in promotional material.
1808
Mario Party 6 includes a debug mode, which can be accessed by modifying the game's files. Within it, a message check mode can be used to view all of the messages in the game. One message is unused; it is a short text box reading simply "k".
1809
In Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, the message shown when World Extra 2 is unlocked misspells "opened" as "opeeed".
1810
In the Spanish localization of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, the Book of Sealing, an item used for the containment of spirits, is called "Espectronomicón". This is a reference to the Necronomicon, a grimoire of dark magic featured in the works of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
1811
In the WarioWare Gold version of the microgame "Burying the Hatchet", Mario's right sleeve is correctly colored red, while his left sleeve is colored blue for an unknown reason. Note that this is a remake of a microgame from WarioWare: Twisted, where both sleeves were red.
1812
Illustration from GamePro magazine accompanying a report of Sega planning to release games on the Game Boy Color. According to GamePro, this was "hard to believe", shown by Mario's disbelief in the image.
1813
Naval Piranha's profile in Tetris Attack mentions Yoshi's mother. If Yoshi's mother is intended to be a female Yoshi, this would be the only instance of a female Yoshi being referenced in a Nintendo game, as every single other Yoshi whose gender has been identified has been male.
1814
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the sprites of characters are layered in such a way that their face is only visible from the front. (Top: typical back view of characters.) The only overworld NPC with a double-sided face is the Lakitu reporter from Glitzville (bottom).
1815
In one of the intro cutscenes of Super Mario Sunshine, Shadow Mario appears to be larger than he should be. I discuss the possible explanations in the attached image.
1816
In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi's cap is see-through from the inside. This can be seen most easily in the intro to the final boss battle, where the cap flies off Luigi's head in shock, and due to the transparency, appears briefly to resemble a visor.
1817
Mario and Luigi socks from South Korea. For unknown reasons, Mario was given an angrier expression than Luigi.
1818
Unique artwork of a Boo holding an ice cream cone, from a line of "Super Mario Travel" merchandise released in Japan in 2018.
1819
In Super Mario Odyssey, a small easily overlooked detail is that Mario leaves footprints in the carpet in the New Donk City Hall Auditorium. These are subtle and very hard to see during regular gameplay (left), but can be seen by using the Coin filter in Shapshot Mode (right).
1820
Super Mario Kart contains sprites for all racers at 10 different sizes, depending on how far away they are from the camera. Here are the sprites of the smallest size for each racer. From left to right, top to bottom: Mario, Peach, Bowser, Koopa Troopa, Luigi, Yoshi, DK Jr., Toad.
1821
In Super Mario Sunshine, whenever Mario enters a level through an "M" portal, his model undergoes an increasing amount of distortion for 10 frames before bursting into bubbles and flying through the portal. Here is a close up of the last frame before Mario disintegrates.
1822
The Dress for Success minigame in Mario Party DS consists of matching characters' heads with their bodies. For every character, an incorrect version of their body is also present, usually differing in some small detail. Here are the characters matched with their incorrect bodies.
1823
In Super Mario World, Bowser's sprite on the Valley of Bowser overworld map appears as two red eyes, only showing a silhouette with other features when lightning strikes. This is due to parts of the sprite being transparent. Here are examples of it on different backgrounds.
1824
Super Mario Galaxy 2's first screen depicts Peach's Castle in the distance (top left). Reaching the castle later shows that its bridge has a slight curve (top right). However, the bridge of the first castle model has such an extreme curve that Mario would slide down it (bottom).
1825
I apologize as I usually do not post personal opinions on this account, but I would like to thank Masahiro Sakurai and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team from the bottom of my heart for their inclusion of Piranha Plant as a playable fighter. Regular posting will now resume.
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