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In the intro to Wario World, Wario is shown reacting to his castle collapsing while being very far away from the camera. In order for his facial expression to still be visible despite the distance, his facial features are enlarged for this scene.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, regular, non-playable Luigi's shirt has a collar covering the bottom part of his neck (left). However, on playable Luigi's model (right), the collar is peeled back, revealing the previously unseen portion of his neck.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, breaking a crate next to the big bridge in the Cap Kingdom releases 16 birds with top hats. If Snapshot Mode is activated immediately after breaking the crate, we can see that the birds are briefly neatly arranged in 8 stacks of 2 birds before scattering.
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In Super Smash Bros., Luigi's sideburns change shape when he is hurt, briefly changing from semicircular to having a small notch. Below are the textures used for the expressions.
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Limited edition Japanese "Mario Silver" Nintendo 3DS XL, featuring an emblem of Mario and Luigi reading "We are twins! We are twins! Super Mario".
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate includes new high-resolution versions of artwork of Mario franchise characters in its Spirits mode. The character benefiting the most from this is Don Bongo from Yoshi's Story, whose previous largest resolution was 114x118 and is now 566x578 pixels.
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Mario Party 2 contains a debug model test accessible by modifying the game's code. In it, we can see that the texture of Cowboy Wario's eyes is stretched further vertically compared to all his other forms, giving him a more surprised or shocked appearance.
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Pixel artwork of Mario jumping over a barrel from the title screen of the Apple II version of Donkey Kong.
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In Super Mario Party, a Boo in the Ghostly Hollow portion of Challenge Road will ask whether the player wants to take a break. For almost all characters, the interaction looks like the top image. However, if playing as Boo, the other Boo will note how proud he is of the player.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the textures for Luigi's cap and his L emblem are stored separately, to prevent the L from being mirrored with the rest of the model when Luigi turns. Even with this precaution, one instance of the L flipping slipped past the developers.
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Super Mario RPG contains a debug menu called "UFUFU", accessible by modifying the game's code. The menu has three options, "MAGIC", "LASTER", and "BGLASTER". Selecting "LASTER" makes this Boo sprite appear, which changes between different distortions by pressing Left or Right.
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In the title screen of Super Mario 64, it is possible to retract the facial features of Mario's floating head into his face rather than stretching them outward by utilizing the R and C buttons' functionalities. Here is Mario's head with all facial features fully retracted.
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Pre-release version of the Stage Clear screen from Yoshi's Woolly World.
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Happy New Year from Supper Mario Broth! I wish all of you the best in 2019! Please look forward to another year of obscure Mario information! To celebrate, here is a small fun fact regarding Mario games with stars and star-like collectibles.
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Extremely high-resolution renders for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe reveal that while Toad's and Toadette's shoes look identical from a distance, they are actually made from different materials. The leather of Toad's shoes is covered in wrinkles, while Toadette's is bumpy.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, Bob-ombs have legs of usual length for the series (left). However, looking closely at the model, we can see the legs are actually much longer, being partially retracted into the body (middle). On the right is the Bob-omb model with its legs fully extended.
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Mario at the second Granollers Video Game Contest in Catalonia, 1998.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, if Yoshi swallows a portable crate, he will produce a cubical egg. Running the game at a resolution higher than possible on original hardware allows us to see the egg in high definition.
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Wario: Master of Disguise contains a debug menu. It offers a list of 756 entries, each opening a different room in the game. One of the entries, W59_09_01, loads up this room with an unused character. Nothing in the room responds to input and the game must be reset to proceed.
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Yoshi's Story contains a secret message spanning every level of the game: "YOU ARE YOSHI'S GREAT PARTNER". I have published the first comprehensive and illustrated guide on how to see all the hidden letters of the message on the Supper Mario Broth Patreon: patreon.com/posts/23582692
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In the first mission of Pianta Village in Super Mario Sunshine, three Chain Chomplets must be brought to a pond, where they will burrow into the sand (top). However, the ground in that spot is so thin that they burrow through to the underside of the village (bottom).
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In Super Mario 64, only half of a Lakitu's model is displayed when Mario is far enough away; however, which half depends on whether Mario has already approached the Lakitu. If Mario did not yet approach it, only the Lakitu's body is loaded, if he did, only the cloud is loaded.
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Officially licensed Mario T-shirt from Japan depicting a swarm of Boos with the caption "HORRIBLE TIME".
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Nintendo eShop cards have consistently assigned Luigi cards a lower monetary value than Mario cards ever since the cards started being sold in 2006, across all regions.
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Licensed Japanese Super Mario World patch depicting extremely rare artwork of Cape Mario holding a Baby Yoshi.
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