1851
Japanese Super Mario World finger puppets of Cape Mario in progressive stages of liftoff.
1852
Contrary to popular belief, Super Mario Odyssey was not the first game to give Mario visible nipples (left). Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which released one year earlier, featured a Miiverse stamp depicting Mario with nipples (right).
1853
Promotional photograph of Mario and Shigeru Miyamoto during a 2012 visit to South Korea. Shigeru Miyamoto visited Korea as he expressed a desire to personally apologize to the Korean Nintendo audience for the 5-month delay in the localization of Super Mario 3D Land.
1854
Wrecking Crew '98 for the Super Famicom, a Japan-only sequel to the original Wrecking Crew, features a rice ball as a playable character. Here are the rice ball's sprites, profile pictures and victory scene graphics.
1855
The beta version of Mario Kart 64, titled "Super Mario Kart R" during development, was intended to feature a Magikoopa, presumably Kamek, as a playable character instead of Donkey Kong. Here are all existing images of the Magikoopa from that version in the best quality available.
1856
Extremely rare official art of Mario with an irregularly-shaped mouth, found in the booklet included with the 1988 Japanese official "Fantastic World of Super Mario Bros. 3" remix album.
1857
In Super Mario Galaxy, Mario's silhouette is visible whenever Mario walks behind an object. The silhouette is always of regular Mario, even when he is in a different form, like Bee Mario. To prevent too much of a discrepancy between the two models, Boo Mario has no silhouette.
1858
Mario showcases his drawings of Yoshi, from a Mario & Wario manga.
1859
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was released in Japan four days after its North American release. Despite the short time frame, changes were made to the Japanese version, such as Bowser's side view being changed to make Bowser slightly thinner and give him fuller hair and a smile.
1860
Knucklotec, the boss of the Sand Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey, wears an elaborate crown made of ice (left). In Snapshot Mode, the Coin filter ignores certain objects, like water, fire and ice. With this filter, we can see what Knucklotec looks like without his crown (right).
1861
Concept art of Bowser in a military-themed outfit for his appearance in Skylanders: SuperChargers. He appears to be wearing a Star Coin from the New Super Mario Bros. games as a medallion.
1862
Unlicensed figurines of Mario and Luigi in soccer uniforms. Notable is the fact that the Mario figurines use a Luigi head model, and the Luigi figurines a Mario head model. (This could also be interpreted as Mario wearing Luigi's cap and vice versa.)
1863
Reader-submitted artwork from an issue of GamePro magazine.
1864
Unused animations for Luigi found in the data of Luigi's Mansion.
1865
Top: official artwork for Dr. Mario on the NES, released by Nintendo in a cropped form. Bottom: a manga theorizing what the uncropped version of that artwork could have possibly looked like.
1866
Album cover for the unlockable "Introducing Wario Deluxe" record in WarioWare Gold.
1867
Whenever a Burrbo is defeated in Super Mario Odyssey, it flips into the air in a death animation lasting only a few frames. During the entirety of the death animation, the Burrbo displays an annoyed facial expression, instead of a pained or surprised one like other enemies.
1868
The ending for the Japanese version of Super Mario World lists enemy names in Japanese, transliterated into the Latin alphabet. Some of them are English names and words; Fishin' Boo is "Spook", Mega Mole is "Indy", and Bullet Bill and Banzai Bill are "Killer" and "Magnum Killer".
1869
In Mario Party 8, every playable character can turn into Bowser by using a Bowser Candy item. For Boo, an unused version of his Bowser form exists in the game's files. The one used in the game is on the left, the unused one on the right.
1870
Super Mario 64 DS contains a debug map select screen that can be used to access any area in the game, including two test maps. Loading up the first test map reveals that its name is "Course 0: le searching for Power".
1871
Earlier today, I have made a post that contained an erroneous translation from Japanese. I have deleted the original Tweet in accordance with my veracity policy. Below is an explanation of the situation. I apologize for the error and will take steps to prevent it in the future.
1872
Drawing of Mario, Yoshi and Toad by Shigeru Miyamoto, from the British Official Nintendo Magazine.
1873
The cover of "Unjust Desserts", the 11th in the licensed Nintendo Adventure Books choose-your-own-adventure book series, features a small image of Bowser looking from outside at Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Toad having a party. To the right is a high-resolution close-up of Bowser.
1874
Beta screenshot of Shifting Sand Land in Super Mario 64 from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. In addition to featuring a different pyramid design and course layout, Mario's mustache is a different shape from the final release, taking up more vertical space on Mario's face.
1875
Close-up of Bowser and Peach cake toppers on the wedding cake seen before the final battle in Super Mario Odyssey. Enclosed is a special message from me on the bottom of the image. Thank you to all my readers for your support. I could not have made it without you.
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