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2013 print ad for English language courses from Peru.
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In Super Mario World, the Switch Palace/Bonus Room music always includes the Yoshi drum track, even when Yoshi himself is not present. Below is a comparison between the used version and a hypothetical "Yoshi-less" version of this music with the Yoshi drum sound channel disabled.
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The files for Super Mario Galaxy contain the body of Ghastly King, the final boss of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, under the name "BlackMistCreature". While other leftovers from that game exist in Super Mario Galaxy, the name indicates the developers planned to reuse it in some way.
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To address inquiries I have received about the legitimacy of the character "Scripulous Fingore" that has recently become widespread: unfortunately, Scripulous Fingore is a fan-made character that has not appeared in any official Mario media. Regular content will now resume.
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In the downtown area of Wet-Dry World in Super Mario 64, if Mario is positioned at the base of these trees, then A is held and B is pressed rapidly, Mario will quickly perform his dive animation while automatically spinning in a circle.
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The writing for Tetris Attack is unique in giving Yoshi a very serious personality he has not had before or since, speaking in a manner reminiscent of typical fantasy game heroes.
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Unlicensed "Super Mafio" toy car. Note also the "W" emblems on the Mario artwork, the "Maior Stunt" logo on the car itself, and the head of Baymax from 2014 Disney animated film Big Hero 6 attached to the front of the car.
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In Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (shown here in the latter), if A and B are pressed simultaneously at the start of the level as Fire Mario, he will briefly slide on one foot. Unfortunately, Mario will correct himself to a regular run after 2 seconds.
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A sketch of Mario wearing Madame Broode's outfit is presented in the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book without context or description, the only caption being "Incredible impact!" It is unknown if this was planned to be a costume or an actual power-up able to use the Chain Chomp.
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In the Nintendo Switch version of Miitopia, there is an NPC that wears various Mario character costumes (left). In the code (right), the costumes are saved with wildly mismatched parts, which are then resized at runtime to normal size when the Mii is displayed.
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In the mirror room in Super Mario 64, Mario's reflection never actually disappears when Mario jumps into the Snowman's Land entrance; it is instead left standing on the ground as he leaves, which is hidden by the default camera angle. Details in image.
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In Chapter 2-3 of Super Paper Mario, Mario must pay off a 1,000,000 Rubee debt. The intended solution is to take them from a safe; however, it is possible to earn them legitimately, which would at maximum speed take 9 hours, 33 minutes and 54 seconds. Calculation in image.
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The NES manual for Wrecking Crew provides illustrations of Mario trapped in "hopeless cases" with "no escape". The only way to resume playing in these cases is to press Select; however, the manual does not mention this and instead acts like there is nothing the player can do.
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A Mexican billboard ad for Energizer batteries displayed all Wii Remote inputs needed to beat Super Mario Galaxy 2 from start to finish (each dot represents one input, zoomed-in version in top right) to show how all of this was accomplished using only one pair of batteries.
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In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, if Mario takes damage from a Fury Shadow on the same frame as defeating it, then during the Cat Shine animation, he will cycle between his powered-up form, his powered-down form, and a form that is just a floating face and hands.
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A piece of official Mario media exists that contains a fragment of Rick Astley's famous 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up". A snippet of it is heard in the background during a 1998 Super Mario Bros. 3 Satellaview broadcast.
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In Yoshi's Island, Dark Blue Yoshi is playable in all final levels of a world except 6-8. He can actually also be seen waiting at 6-8 initially, but is surreptitiously replaced by Green Yoshi when the player reaches World 6-6, and never returns on that save file.
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A 2010 Wario: Master of Disguise manga provides a more detailed look at the disguised form of the main antagonist Tiaramisu, which only appears as a small sprite in-game (top left).
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario both activates a Power Star and collects a different Power Star in the same movement, he will be stuck holding a small Power Star forever, forcing the game to be reset.
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In the Bowser Land board in Mario Party 2, landing on a Bank Space forces a player to pay coins instead of receiving them. An extremely rare event will happen if a player lands on the space with 0 coins; in that case, Banker Baby Bowser will take an entire star from the player.
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In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3, pressing Left and Right as Frog Mario at the same time may result in him turning into what looks like two small Luigis for a single frame (actually two small Marios recolored green; three consecutive frames shown).
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Paper Mario: The Origami King contains a running gag where Dustin Hoffman's line "Hey! I'm walkin' here!" from the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy (left) is referenced in various ways. Below are all instances of the reference in the game.
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Touching the axe in the final level of the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. with 0 units on the timer makes it roll over to 999 units, which results in an awkward scene of Peach ignoring Mario for 18 seconds after saving her as the timer counts down.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book explains that the images Mario sees when he captures entities are their "actual memories". This implies that when capturing characters, not only does Mario have complete control over their bodies, but also full access to their minds.
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Wario Stadium is the only track from Mario Kart 64 that has not reappeared in at least one other Mario Kart game. Below, the reappearances of each track are listed.
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