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The cover of the Nintendo Crisis Management Manual, which according to Nintendo of Japan's website is the size of a business card so all employees carry it with them at all times.
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In Super Mario World, the face on Lakitu's cloud is coded to always be drawn on top of Mario, even when he is outside the cloud. This can be seen by pausing the game when Lakitu flies just above Mario.
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A Best Buy-exclusive Super Mario Sunshine preview CD contains a pre-release screenshot of the game featuring a black Pianta. All black Piantas have been removed from the final version.
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During his award animation in Mario Power Tennis, Yoshi accidentally eats Luigi. This is only shown from the side. Here is what Yoshi looks like from the front one frame after eating Luigi.
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Wario's standard shoes worn with his overalls have had more colors than any other Mario character's shoes throughout the years, having been shades of green, teal, purple, gray, brown and yellow. (This does not include shoes worn with other outfits.)
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While different methods of earning 5-Ups and 10-Ups exist over multiple games in the Mario series, Super Mario Advance 4 is the only Mario game where it is possible to earn a 7-Up.
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Mario's sprite for picking himself up from the ground in the SNES version of Mario is Missing.
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According to Nintendo's official Mario series character height chart, Dry Bones are slightly taller than Koopa Troopas, despite explicitly being referred to as their skeletons. How a Dry Bones could fit into a Koopa Troopa with these measurements is unclear.
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The textures on Waluigi's model in Mario Kart DS are so low-quality that the compression results in the yellow color bleeding out of the "Γ" symbol on his hat and staining part of the white circle surrounding it.
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Fan-submitted artwork from the British N-Force magazine.
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In the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country 3, Lanky Kong appears in a minigame, using these four sprites. This is the only time Lanky Kong appeared in a two-dimensional form, and these are the only Lanky Kong sprites in existence.
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From the back cover of the official Japanese soundtrack for Super Mario World.
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Unlicensed T-shirt design using a modified version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door artwork.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, Luigi will cower and shake when ghosts are nearby. However, moving the camera to see his face during this reveals that he is smiling.
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Virgo Yoshi and Leo Yoshi from a Yoshi-themed horoscope section in the German Club Nintendo magazine.
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From the cover of an issue of the Valiant Comics "Nintendo Comics System" series.
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Transitional sprites displayed for a single frame at a time in Super Mario World when characters change forms. Left: Baby Yoshi growing up, right: Mario obtaining a Super Mushroom.
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During Bowser's first scene in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a painting of him at the far right wall of the room, at an oblique angle to the camera. Moving the camera to better see it reveals that a mustache has been added to Bowser.
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My apologies for an error in a recent Tweet. I had wrongfully stated that Luigi's skeleton can only be seen in cutscenes in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, when in reality it can also be seen by failing the Thunder Bros. move. The Tweet in question has been deleted.
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Prerelease screenshot of Super Mario 64 featuring a beta Pokey design.
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Storyboard drawing for a shot in the intro to the Super Mario World cartoon.
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Illustration of Mario and Pauline from Video Games magazine.
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During the cutscene in Paper Mario where Mario is thrown out of Peach's castle, Bowser and a Koopatrol are spawned outside of the room prior to entering the scene. Due to spawning at the same coordinates, the Koopatrol appears embedded in Bowser's lower body.
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Group photo of the development team of the PC version of Mario's Time Machine, found in the game's files. Don Lloyd, the project manager, is in the middle of the bottom row, holding a sprite of Mario.
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Mario in the new Super Smash Bros. for Switch, as seen in the latest Nintendo Direct.
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