1701
In Super Mario 64, setting a crate down near a slope of a specific angle and then performing a Ground Pound on it kills Mario instantly.
1702
Tetris Attack is a Yoshi-themed puzzle game. Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of the original Tetris, did work on a Yoshi-themed puzzle game - but ironically, it wasn't Tetris Attack. Instead, he designed the puzzles for the SNES version of Yoshi's Cookie.
1703
In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Captain Toad can defeat Boos by shining his headlamp at them. However, he is even more powerful in Super Mario Galaxy, where Boos die immediately upon touching him, regardless of whether he is shining his light at them.
1704
All known artwork of the extremely rare "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item designed by Nintendo of America for Super Mario Bros. 2. It only appeared in concept art, on greeting cards, and in one issue of the Valiant Mario comic.
1705
Promotional photos from the 1993 "Navidad de Nintendo" event, where Mario visited and played with sick children in hospitals across Spain.
1706
During battles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, audience members sometimes throw items at Mario. Most of these are random, but one is very specific: if Mario fails a hammer attack, the Hammer Bros. in the audience will show their disdain by throwing their hammers at him.
1707
Whenever I make posts about New Donkers, the citizens of New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, many readers express amusement at the name and inquire whether it is terminology of my own invention. In fact, both the game and the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book use this term.
1708
In Yoshi's Island, whenever Yoshi eats a Fuzzy, he expels a cloud of gas behind him. Despite appearing to merely be a visual effect, the gas is actually lethal to enemies.
1709
The dragons from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario are supposed to be related to Blarggs from Super Mario World, which can be seen by their original Japanese names. This reference is lost in all other translations.
1710
In Super Mario Bros., any moving platform that scrolls offscreen so that less than 8 pixels of it remain is no longer displayed despite still being loaded. Standing on such a platform causes Mario to appear to float.
1711
In a 2013 Super Mario 3D World interview, producer Yoshiaki Koizumi describes how in the prototype version, the characters would move like cats, but wear regular clothes. He describes Princess Peach running around like a cat in her dress as "like a scene from a horror movie".
1712
I am devastated to inform you that the relative that was in my care for the last months has passed away earlier today. Please understand that I will be unable to make new posts for some time as I deal with the situation. I am very sorry.
1713
Posting on all Supper Mario Broth sites will resume now. I cannot express how grateful I am for your support and patience as I dealt with my situation. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I hope the upcoming posts will be satisfactory.
1714
In Mario Party 3, computer-controlled opponents can be "baited" into stealing relatively low-value items to prevent them from stealing valuable items. All characters have a "favorite item" they cannot resist stealing, forcing them to waste their stealing items. Details in image.
1715
In Super Paper Mario, a design appears inside Count Bleck's cape when he performs magic. Extracting it from the files (middle) shows it is identical to the design on the Thousand-Year Door pedestal in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, hinting at a connection between the two.
1716
In Super Mario World, it is possible to pick up two items at once by carefully positioning them 1 pixel apart beforehand. However, doing so is also dangerous. If the items are released while Mario is facing a wall, they will crush Mario to death.
1717
In Paper Mario, the Group Focus badge is a rarely-used badge that allows Mario's partners to perform the Focus command in battle. This also causes each of them to assume a sprite unique to this badge, depicting them in thought or prayer.
1718
Internal files for the Game Boy version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening contain sprites for an unused enemy, the Yoshi Fish. Here are all of the Yoshi Fish sprites inserted into a scene from the game.
1719
In the Satellaview version of Super Mario All-Stars, audio commentary is provided by Japanese actress Nae Yuuki. She is depicted as an in-universe Mushroom Kingdom inhabitant in the game, interacting with the protagonists. Below are all illustrations of her from the game.
1720
The three Bowser minigames in Mario Party 4 start the same way to keep players guessing until Bowser reveals the name. However, in Fruits of Doom (last 2 images), Bowser's face is more yellowish than usual for an unknown reason, giving away the nature of the minigame in advance.
1721
Rosalina's design contains an oddity in Mario Golf: Super Rush. Despite using a wand to magically levitate her club, she is wearing a golf glove. During gameplay, she never touches the club (or any other item) with her gloved hand, making the glove completely superfluous.
1722
Super Mario Galaxy 2 contains a piece of music the game considers forbidden: the Yoshi version of the "Forest Dwellers" theme. Whenever Yoshi would enter an area where "Forest Dwellers" plays, instead of playing this version, the game crashes.
1723
WarioWare Gold contains a reference to the Google Search homepage. In the "Crowded Desktop" microgame, one of the windows that can randomly appear contains six colored blobs above a search bar. The color order of the blobs exactly matches the letters in the Google logo.
1724
Human DNA has an information storage capacity that very neatly fits the size of a GameCube game. Thus, it would be possible with gene editing technology to store a copy of e.g. Super Mario Sunshine inside the human genome. Details in image.
1725
Regarding the previous Tweet: I hope this small science-themed departure from my usual content is acceptable. I simply thought the extremely similar sizes of human DNA and GameCube games were notable enough to be documented. Regular content will now resume.
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