2051
In Super Paper Mario, Francis's private rooms in Chapter 3-4 contain posters for what appear to be various anime series set in the Mario universe. Notably, these posters feature designs for original characters seen nowhere else in the game.
2052
The manual for Wario Land contains this power-up chart, which despite appearing somewhat complex at first glance, is actually unnecessary. Every power-up always turns Wario into the same form under all circumstances, making a flowchart representation useless.
2053
Luigi's sprite for getting up from sleeping in the educational SNES game Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun.
2054
An unused version of the title screen found in the data of WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The logo is smudged, Wario only has one cross-shaped pupil, and his nose has the words "START", "JUGAR" and "JOUER" superimposed on top of each other.
2055
In Mario Kart 64, the official art and course preview icon for Sherbet Land prominently show the reflection of the large penguin from the center platform in the water. However, in-game, that penguin is the only character in that course that does not have a reflection.
2056
Illustration from the South Korean manual for Super Paper Mario.
2057
In Virtual Boy Wario Land, finishing the game with all treasures in under two hours will result in Wario being joined by this unknown woman on his flight home during the game's credits scene.
2058
The Japanese logos for Mario Tennis 64 and Mario Golf 64 contain not just the games' names, but also a tagline: "FOR ALL PLAYERS HOPING TO TOUCH THE TRUE ENTERTAINMENT".
2059
In Super Mario 64, removing the darkness at the bottom of the hole in the Rolling Rocks room in Hazy Maze Cave reveals that it is directly above Dorrie's underground lake. A death plane was placed in the hole to prevent Mario from falling through into the lake.
2060
In the data of Super Mario Sunshine, an early beta screenshot can be found that shows a large island with a tower next to Ricco Harbor that is completely absent from the finished game. This may be "Warship Island", a deleted level that appears on an internal level name list.
2061
Promotional photo from a Mario Kart 7 launch event.
2062
In Super Mario World, it is possible for Mario to stand on the edge of a block with no pixels of his sprite actually touching the block, thereby making Mario appear to float in mid-air.
2063
According to the manual for Mario Clash on the Virtual Boy, Big Boos are female. Since regular-sized Boos are often referred to as male, this could imply that female Boos are usually bigger than male Boos.
2064
The early beta build of Super Mario 64 playable at the 1995 Japanese Shoshinkai trade show featured a minimap of the course displayed in the top right corner of the screen. While scrapped in the finished version, the minimap was included in the remake, Super Mario 64 DS.
2065
A very early piece of concept art for Paper Mario used sprites for Mario and Luigi that were edited from their appearances in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World. I have attempted to recreate Paper Mario concept art Luigi as closely as possible.
2066
In Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Donkey Kong emerges from a beehive during one of the boss battles. Due to an error in how the 3D models' colors were sampled into 2D sprites, Donkey Kong's eyes and teeth become completely black every time he retreats into the hive.
2067
Illustration of Mario with six arms used for a line of licensed merchandise by Italian luxury fashion house Moschino.
2068
Sprite of Yoshi feeding his cat, extracted from the Sentence World word suggestion images in the educational SNES game Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters.
2069
Mario's sprite used in the cutscene of entering Bowser's Keep for the second time in Super Mario RPG is the smallest full-body Mario sprite in any Mario game, at 7 pixels tall and 5 pixels wide.
2070
Artwork of Tanooki Mario from a licensed Argentinian Super Mario Bros. sticker book.
2071
Unused image from the files of Super Mario 3D Land. It appears to be nearly identical to an image sent to the Wii Message Board by Super Mario Galaxy 2, except for a heart that has been added next to Mario.
2072
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Zess T.'s house contains several unique kitchen-related items in the background. Zooming in on them reveals that they are actually stock photos of real objects.
2073
In Super Mario RPG, having Mallow use the Psychopath move on Axem Black reveals that Axem Black is thinking a grammatically incorrect sentence: "You're timing stinks!"
2074
The cover of "Mario and the Incredible Rescue", a licensed Mario book, contains 5 pieces of artwork from 4 games: Mario and a 1-Up Mushroom from Super Mario 64, Luigi from Super Mario 64 DS, and two Boos from Mario Kart 64 and Luigi's Mansion, respectively.
2075
Mario Artist: Paint Studio for the Nintendo 64DD contains a render of Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie that is posed differently from renders in official Banjo-Kazooie material, resulting in official Banjo-Kazooie content that is exclusive to a Mario game.
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