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In Super Mario Odyssey, whenever Mario throws his cap, there is one frame between Cappy's eyes not being present on the cap and them being fully visible where the eyes are much smaller than usual.
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Behind-the-scenes photographs of Rare using Silicon Graphics workstations to render Rambi the Rhino for Donkey Kong Country, from GamePro magazine.
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Officially licensed Mario boxer shorts.
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Unused model of Mario found in the files of Pikmin. The model is notable for giving Mario a brown-colored, rather than black, mustache and adding folds and creases to his clothes that are not present in this magnitude on even his most detailed models to date.
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Usually, Boos are depicted with visible teeth whenever their mouths are open. However, in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, sprites of Boos do not have visible teeth in most instances.
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In Super Mario World, if Mario is turned towards a Big Boo and does not move for 25 in-game seconds, the Big Boo will lower its arms and peek at Mario for half a second before going back to covering its eyes.
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The European French (top), European Spanish (bottom left) and Italian (bottom right) titles for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story all translate as "Journey to the Center of Bowser", referencing the 1864 science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
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In the Mario Party 4 minigame Mushroom Medic, if Toad is poisoned and left untreated, he will collapse on the floor (upper left). However, moving the camera reveals that he is smiling after collapsing (right), despite looking panicked when he is poisoned (lower left).
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Illustrations of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad from the packaging of unlicensed South Korean Mario-themed pastels and watercolors.
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I apologize as I usually do not post personal opinions on this account, but I would like to thank Masahiro Sakurai and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team from the bottom of my heart for their inclusion of Piranha Plant as a playable fighter. Regular posting will now resume.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2's first screen depicts Peach's Castle in the distance (top left). Reaching the castle later shows that its bridge has a slight curve (top right). However, the bridge of the first castle model has such an extreme curve that Mario would slide down it (bottom).
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In Super Mario World, Bowser's sprite on the Valley of Bowser overworld map appears as two red eyes, only showing a silhouette with other features when lightning strikes. This is due to parts of the sprite being transparent. Here are examples of it on different backgrounds.
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The Dress for Success minigame in Mario Party DS consists of matching characters' heads with their bodies. For every character, an incorrect version of their body is also present, usually differing in some small detail. Here are the characters matched with their incorrect bodies.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, whenever Mario enters a level through an "M" portal, his model undergoes an increasing amount of distortion for 10 frames before bursting into bubbles and flying through the portal. Here is a close up of the last frame before Mario disintegrates.
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Super Mario Kart contains sprites for all racers at 10 different sizes, depending on how far away they are from the camera. Here are the sprites of the smallest size for each racer. From left to right, top to bottom: Mario, Peach, Bowser, Koopa Troopa, Luigi, Yoshi, DK Jr., Toad.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, a small easily overlooked detail is that Mario leaves footprints in the carpet in the New Donk City Hall Auditorium. These are subtle and very hard to see during regular gameplay (left), but can be seen by using the Coin filter in Shapshot Mode (right).
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Unique artwork of a Boo holding an ice cream cone, from a line of "Super Mario Travel" merchandise released in Japan in 2018.
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Mario and Luigi socks from South Korea. For unknown reasons, Mario was given an angrier expression than Luigi.
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In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi's cap is see-through from the inside. This can be seen most easily in the intro to the final boss battle, where the cap flies off Luigi's head in shock, and due to the transparency, appears briefly to resemble a visor.
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In one of the intro cutscenes of Super Mario Sunshine, Shadow Mario appears to be larger than he should be. I discuss the possible explanations in the attached image.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the sprites of characters are layered in such a way that their face is only visible from the front. (Top: typical back view of characters.) The only overworld NPC with a double-sided face is the Lakitu reporter from Glitzville (bottom).
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Naval Piranha's profile in Tetris Attack mentions Yoshi's mother. If Yoshi's mother is intended to be a female Yoshi, this would be the only instance of a female Yoshi being referenced in a Nintendo game, as every single other Yoshi whose gender has been identified has been male.
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Illustration from GamePro magazine accompanying a report of Sega planning to release games on the Game Boy Color. According to GamePro, this was "hard to believe", shown by Mario's disbelief in the image.
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In the WarioWare Gold version of the microgame "Burying the Hatchet", Mario's right sleeve is correctly colored red, while his left sleeve is colored blue for an unknown reason. Note that this is a remake of a microgame from WarioWare: Twisted, where both sleeves were red.
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In the Spanish localization of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, the Book of Sealing, an item used for the containment of spirits, is called "Espectronomicón". This is a reference to the Necronomicon, a grimoire of dark magic featured in the works of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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