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Extremely rare fully unobscured Wizard Toad artwork from Mario Party 2. Even though Wizard Toad is present in every regional version of the game's box art, he is always partially covered by other characters.
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Cafe Mario, an exclusive Mario-themed restaurant at the Nintendo of America headquarters in Redmond, Washington, is currently under investigation regarding cases of E. coli poisoning. Insider sources state that concerns about food quality at Cafe Mario have been raised for years.
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Cartridge artwork for the Brazilian version of Mario Bros. for the Atari 2600. Since the game's low-resolution sprites made Mario and Luigi's mustaches resemble mouths, it is possible the artist interpreted them as such and drew the brothers as children.
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Japanese toy of Winnie the Pooh dressed in an outfit strongly resembling Wario's. While it appears to be a licensed Disney product, the packaging indicates no Nintendo license, meaning that the Wario reference is unauthorized.
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Mario Party contains a special message from Toad when a player collects 99 Stars in one game. There are currently no reports of any player achieving this without cheating or modifying the game.
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In Super Mario RPG, Bowser's head will disappear under specific circumstances during the battle against Yaridovich. If Bowser is the 2nd party member and Yaridovich's upper clone attacks the 3rd, Bowser's head will disintegrate and remain absent for the duration of the attack.
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Jimmy T.'s "smug" expression, seen only once in the entire WarioWare series for a few frames during the credits to WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games.
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NBA Street V3 for the GameCube allows the player to start a match between two completely identical teams of Mario characters without using alternate palettes or other visual indicators to distinguish them, possibly resulting in confusion.
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Ending screen from Donkey Kong Land. This appears for less than two seconds after King K. Rool's defeat animation, and is immediately followed by the staff roll. Then, the game resets.
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Shigeru Miyamoto with his personal collection of Mario items in 1995.
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Despite appearing to be merely a rotated version of his normal running animation, Mario's animation for running up walls in Super Mario World actually uses unique, deformed sprites.
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Artwork of Luigi from a March 1983 print advertisement for the Game & Watch version of Mario Bros. This artwork is Luigi's earliest depiction in advertising, since the Game & Watch predates the Mario Bros. arcade by 4 months and is in fact the first game to feature Luigi.
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Waluigi's sprites and models almost never depict him with abnormal proportions, as his lanky stature is an integral part of his character. However, on two occasions, Waluigi has been deformed to fit into a square: Mario Tennis on the GBC (left) and Mario Party-e (right).
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This photo of Jim Merrick, former senior marketing director at Nintendo of Europe, seems to be focused not on Mr. Merrick, but on a unique Yoshi statue behind him. If you have any information regarding the current whereabouts of the statue or additional photos of it, contact me.
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Thanks to the efforts of Twitter user @reborn_cookies, the Yoshi statue from the previous Tweet has been identified as part of a GameCube exhibit at Nintendo of America in the early 2000s.
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The final level of Mini-Game Island in Mario Party has the player compete against Toad in the Slot Car Derby game. If Toad wins this game, the screen fades out without a message. However, hacking the game to remove that effect reveals that Toad's victory message is "ALL WINS!"
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Illustration of Mario and Pauline from a 1982 licensed book of Donkey Kong-themed word puzzles. As in many other pieces of official art from that period, Mario is shown to be balding.
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Actor in a Bowser costume with the recording crew at the set used for the North American commercials for Mario Superstar Baseball.
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The low-polygon model of Shy Guy from Mario Kart 7 includes a unique raised rim around the mouth-hole of his mask, resembling lips. This rim is absent in all other depictions of Shy Guys, including even the high-polygon model from the same game.
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Illustration of Mario with a short beard in addition to his mustache for a feature on beards in video games from the Russian GameLand magazine.
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Illustration from the cover of a 1987 "Super Mario Bros. Detective Adventure" manga, featuring Red Luigi.
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In Mario Party Advance, Bowser describes himself as a gamer with an IQ of 9,800.
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To enter Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64, Mario appears to shrink during a jump and land inside a small cage. However, zooming in reveals that while he does enter the cage, he then falls through it into the ground (note Mario's legs sticking out of the ground on the right).
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Officially licensed Mario alarm clock. Unlike most clocks that use cartoon characters' arms as clock hands, this one does not display Mario's full body, instead choosing to make his arms emerge from his head.
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