2026
Photo taken at the Canadian launch event for Donkey Kong Country at Wayne Gretzky's bar in Toronto.
2027
According to Nintendo of America's Donkey Kong stickers from 1982, Mario is not just a "Donkey Kong Killer", but an "Official Donkey Kong Killer".
2028
Thwomp from Wario's Woods: Burst of Laughter Version for the Satellaview, a special edition of Wario's Woods that replaces many of the graphics in the game with caricatures of Japanese celebrities.
2029
Illustration of Luigi despondently feeding Mario a P-Balloon from a Japanese guide for Super Mario Kart. P-Balloons do not appear in Super Mario Kart.
2030
Normally, in Super Mario 64 DS, Mario fights Big Boo in front of a mirror, with his reflection being replaced by Luigi. Using an exploit to fight Big Boo as Wario results in the Luigi reflection being warped to match Wario's proportions, giving it disproportionately long arms.
2031
"Magnet Mario", one of the winners of a "design a Mario power-up" contest held by the British Computer and Video Games magazine.
2032
Artwork of Blooper from Mario Tennis Aces uploaded by Nintendo to their official LINE account. The artwork is presented as having been drawn by the account's green Toad mascot, Kinopio-kun.
2033
Dr. Mario preparing to fight the Viruses, from a Dr. Mario manga feature in the Japanese Famitsu magazine.
2034
In Super Mario 64, the stained glass window of Peach on the castle depicts her surrounded by flowers on a blue background when viewed from outside. However, when viewed from inside, the same window uses a different texture that changes the blue background to purple.
2035
Artwork of a Chain Chomp featured in a North American print ad for Mario Party Advance.
2036
By comparing different visible parts of the tagline in Super Mario Sunshine covers in different regions, we can reconstruct the full tagline as "Mario Has More Moves Than Ever And You'll Have To Master Them [To Spray] (Europe) / [All To Sprinkle] (US) Water In The Sunshine!"
2037
The staff of the British Computer and Video Games magazine was able to play the early beta build of Super Mario 64 at the 1995 Japanese Shoshinkai trade show. According to them, the name used for Whomp's Fortress in that build was "World 1: Rocky Mountain".
2038
The stages of manufacturing a Mario amiibo, from Nintendo's 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
2039
Unlicensed figurines of Mario and Luigi wearing each other's outfits.
2040
Sprites of Mario without his hat from Mario Teaches Typing.
2041
Regarding the most recent tweet: I have been informed by Twitter user @D3rachi about an existing high-resolution version of the Toad render in question, making the tweet factually incorrect. The tweet in question has been deleted.
2042
Artwork from the cover of a Japanese Mario's Picross activity book.
2043
Nintendo Power mocking Luigi in an April Fools' Day special feature.
2044
In Super Mario RPG, it is possible to enter what is supposed to be a one-way pipe from Land's End to Kero Sewers from the wrong end with exploits. Doing this reveals that the developers foresaw this and gave special dialogue for this scenario to the Shy Away enemy in the area.
2045
In Super Mario Bros., defeating Bowser with fireballs in any level except 8-4 reveals that it was merely a regular enemy in a Bowser disguise. This chart shows what enemies are pretending to be Bowser in each castle level.
2046
Artwork from the cover of a Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3, featuring miscolored enemies and a long-legged Goomba.
2047
A tip for Super Mario 64: Selecting any of the stars numbered 3 to 6 in Jolly Roger Bay results in Unagi the Eel swimming freely in the water, able to hurt Mario. It is possible to always make the eel remain in his hole by selecting star number 2 when entering the level.
2048
Set of unlicensed Mario keychains. Note that Yoshi is either a) using a Boo item while not inside a kart, which has not yet been possible in any Mario game; or b) simply holding a very small Boo.
2049
Chinese-exclusive artwork of the Super Mario 64 design of Princess Peach, displayed in a splash screen used by the iQue Player, a console made to distribute select Nintendo 64 titles in China.
2050
From information provided in the manual for WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames, we can calculate that Orbulon was born in the year 3, and is currently 2015 years old.
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