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Illustration from Game Players magazine that accompanies an article about Nintendo consoles outselling Sega consoles in 1994.
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This artwork of Bowser tickling Toad for Game & Watch Gallery 2 is the only instance of tickling ever depicted in official art for a Mario game.
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In a piece of Mario Party 5 promotional content, Wario and Waluigi feature as candidates for treasurer for rival political parties. This promotion is unique due to Wario and Waluigi being on opposing teams, and the highly unusual characterization of Wario as having "credibility".
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In the extensive tutorials of WarioWare: D.I.Y., hosted by Penny and Wario, the characters always attempt to avoid having to draw pictures by hand, instead using other methods to generate graphics. However, in one of the tutorials, Penny makes an exception and draws this turtle.
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Fake screenshots of "Ultra Fernando Cousins", an April Fools' Day prank by the British Computer and Video Games magazine.
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The 1992 Gottlieb Super Mario Bros. pinball machine includes an original illustration of a volcano with an angry face (left), predating what is commonly believed to be the first volcano with an angry face in the Mario series (Mario Kart: Double Dash, right) by 11 years.
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Icons of Green Mario's head from the Game Boy Advance version of Mario Bros., included with the Super Mario Advance series games. The manual calls him a "colored Mario" and his official name is "P2".
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Mario interacting with a child during the 1993 Canadian "Super NES Power Play Tour".
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To commemorate the inclusion of King K. Rool in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, here is a scene of King K. Rool receiving a celebratory cake from a manga based on the Donkey Kong Country cartoon.
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The 1988 Official Nintendo Sticker Album contains this artwork of Princess Peach with a unique mauve hair coloration, as well as a white ear.
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Top row: screenshots of the levels Vulture Culture from Donkey Kong Country and Konveyor Rope Klash from Donkey Kong Country 3. Bottom row: the same levels with all foreground layers removed. The background has been recolored and reused in Donkey Kong Country 3.
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Princess Peach reading a story to the Koopalings, from the comic booklet enclosed with Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin', a 1991 music album released by Nintendo.
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By popular demand, here is a detailed explanation of the situation behind the deleted Ashley Tweet, which includes both the original Tweet and a modified version that complies with this account's veracity policy. I apologize once again to all my readers.
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Unused "Yoshi Nozzle" found in the data of Super Mario Sunshine. It replaced FLUDD's head with a Yoshi head and would have presumably had some sort of licking functionality.
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Paper Mario sticker from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, unlocked as a decoration for Samus's Gunship by having the game detect a Wii save file for Super Paper Mario on the system.
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In Mario Party 7, several polygons in Birdo's eyes are missing, creating holes that can be seen through. This is the only time in the Mario Party series that a character's model is incomplete in this manner. In total, 10 polygons are missing, resulting in 4 distinct holes.
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A prerelease screenshot of Paper Mario shows a beta Yoshi design (with the design from the finished game inserted for comparison). The beta design's arms are extremely short; had it made it into the finished game, it would have been the shortest-armed Yoshi sprite to date.
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Official art of Mario used to advertise a Nintendo game development seminar in Japan. Why Mario looks uncertain or uncomfortable is not explained.
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe contains a calendar spanning AD 1 to AD 3000, yet by using a system called the "proleptic Gregorian calendar", all dates prior to October 15, 1582 have retroactively been assigned different days of the week, making it inaccurate for historical purposes.
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A picture of Mario and Luigi's parents, as seen in a Yoshi's Island manga.
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Joke from the packaging of a 1990 McDonald’s Super Mario Bros. 3 Happy Meal.
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Watt's burned sprite in Paper Mario. This is the only time Watt is seen without the spiky aura of electricity and may be the true shape of Watt's body.
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Despite containing both a Princess Peach and a Princess Daisy piece, the licensed Super Mario Chess set does not designate either of them as a Queen piece, making them both Bishops. Instead, Luigi is chosen to be the Queen piece.
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Nintendo addressing the controversy surrounding hand blistering from playing Mario Party in a public service announcement in Nintendo Power, offering free gloves to affected Mario Party players.
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Official Aquabeads designs of Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser from a licensed Mario Aquabeads kit.
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