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The best ending of Mario's Time Machine for the SNES. The yellow puddle on the bottom of the screen is Bowser.
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In almost every sprite, model or piece of official art, Yoshi's mouth contains no visible teeth. However, some animations in Yoshi's Story show teeth inside Yoshi's mouth. Here are all sprites of Yoshi's head with visible teeth and gums.
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Frame from a promotional Super Mario World animation shown at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.
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Licensed "Pocket Yoshi" T-shirt from the 1993 Nintendo Power Supplies Catalog. A close-up of Yoshi in the pocket is provided.
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Illustration of Mario in his Satellaview space suit (most recently seen in Super Mario Odyssey) from the British SuperPlay magazine. Why it was chosen to promote the Nintendo 64, which did not support Satellaview, in a country where Satellaview was never available, is unknown.
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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Luigi can reach one of three sizes upon completing the Snack Basket special attack. At the smallest size, the "L" on his hat is missing, with the emblem being blank.
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Top: cartridge art for an unauthorized copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Famicom. The artwork is an edited version of the Japanese box art (bottom left) with Mario being replaced by a Blooper wearing a wizard hat. A close-up of the Blooper is provided in the bottom right.
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Promotional photograph of Shigeru Miyamoto with a Donkey Kong and a Mario amiibo, from Edge Magazine.
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Unused early Big Boo sprite found in the data of Super Princess Peach. Due to only a sprite with a happy expression being present, this could possibly be a scrapped "Glad Big Boo" species. In the finished game, all Big Boos are non-emotional Big Boos or Mad Big Boos.
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In the Bonus Mode of Mario Party 5, Boo is playable in the Ice Hockey minigame. All characters playable in that minigame wear ice skates; however, due to Boo having no shoes to attach the skates to, they are just two blades floating under him.
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In the background of Level 7-1, "Foggy Fumes", in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mr. Game & Watch can be seen hitting a pipe with a hammer. Below are the sprites used for him, extracted from the game's data.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, jumping off Yoshi after he touches a fruit with his tongue, but before he swallows it, results in the fruit remaining suspended in mid-air. The fruit is completely intangible and Mario will be able to pass through it in the manner depicted.
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Early title screen and logo for Wario: Master of Disguise (known during development as "Wario Ark"), found in the game's debug menu, accessible by modifying the code.
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Original Thwomp design found on Super Mario 64 trading cards from a Kellogg's/Nintendo cross-promotion.
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Art Academy for the Nintendo DS contains a drawing of a plush Yoshi in the lower right portion of its cover. Here is a high-resolution scan of the drawing. Despite being featured on the cover, it does not appear in the game.
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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, there is a fountain with a statue of Princess Peach outside Toad Town (left). In the game's data, an unused alternate version of the fountain can be found, depicting Peach as a mermaid instead (right).
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In the German Club Nintendo comic special for Yoshi's Island, the red Yoshi is given a name: Netty. While the name "Netty" appears multiple times in different comics as a running gag, this is nevertheless one of the rare occasions where a Yoshi character is given a name.
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One of a set of educational Mario quiz cards, depicting Luigi as illiterate.
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Mario, Wario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong each have their own franchises within a larger Mario-related body of work. Games exist that are named after each of these characters; coincidentally, none of them are playable in the games that are named after them.
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While Mario's nose is always modeled as part of his face, Wario is often modeled with his nose as a separate mesh. What this means is that his face is first fully modeled with skin covering the nose area as shown here before the nose is superimposed onto his face.
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Super Princess Peach contains an item called "Tough Coffee", which increases Peach's life meter when bought. In-game, it is depicted as a mug decorated with a picture of an arm (left). However, in the game's data, an alternate unused version of Tough Coffee is found (right).
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Mario Party 4 contains a debug "model test" room that contains only Mario, ten Whomps, and a ring of flames (top). Once the room is loaded, all buttons only make mini-game ending messages appear (bottom). It is impossible to exit the room.
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Rare 2008 officially licensed collectible ornament depicting Bowser burning a Christmas tree.
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Stained glass window depicting Wario, seen in the final rounds of the Hard difficulty of the Vs. Com mode in the SNES version of Wario's Woods.
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In Super Mario Maker, whenever Mario takes a running jump in any form except Small Mario in the Super Mario World style, his feet disappear. Compare the original Super Mario World sprite (left) to the footless Super Mario Maker sprite (right).
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