1926
According to the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, the Moon Kingdom and Bowser's Kingdom were originally intended to be one location, so that instead of having a separate "Japanese castle" and "moon" levels, the theme was "Japanese castle on the moon".
1927
In the Choco Mountain course in Mario Kart 64, there is a ledge that can be reached by jumping up a slope that, although it is flat, will cause the racer to tumble in place for over 30 seconds before being saved by Lakitu. Video of the full tumbling duration is provided.
1928
In the 2000's, a number of extremely unergonomic officially licensed Mario USB mice were released in Japan. According to customer reviews, these are nearly unusable due to hurting the user's hand.
1929
Illustration from documents handed out at the 2014 Nintendo Game Seminar, appearing to depict Super Mario 3D World concept art. The artwork suggests that the Cloud Flower from Super Mario Galaxy 2 was intended to be in the game and that Cat Luigi was originally based on a tiger.
1930
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, when Luigi tells Mario the lengthy stories of his adventures, Mario and almost all of his partners fall asleep. The only partner who remains awake and actually listens to Luigi is Bobbery.
1931
@Luminousplay The color is based on the time between obtaining the egg and Yoshi hatching. It changes in the order shown below and after 20 minutes, the cycle resets to the beginning. As such, all that is needed to obtain the correct color is a timer! Thank you very much for your inquiry!
1932
Throughout the Mario franchise, Mario does not speak very often outside of short exclamations like "Here we go!" Below is a selection of lesser-known quotes by Mario that are either unexpected or surprisingly profound compared to how he usually expresses his personality.
1933
This old post has been gaining traction. Regrettably, it was incorrect; the artist never claimed it was concept art for the game. Although I deleted the post in accordance with my veracity policy almost immediately, screenshots of it continued to spread. twitter.com/soulx88/status…
1934
In Luigi's Mansion 3, there is a potted plant on a carpet on Floor 8 of the hotel. The plant is programmed to always return to its initial position, resulting in it performing various erratic motions if the carpet is moved underneath it, including flinging Luigi across the room.
1935
I have previously posted about the (at the time) two distinct heights Pauline has had in various games. Since that post, a new Pauline model was introduced in Mario Golf: Super Rush that has yet another different height. Here are all models with their heights relative to Mario.
1936
In the Castle Grounds in Super Mario 64, if Mario performs a Long Jump towards a specific section of the fence near the waterfall, he will sit on the fence. Mario will continue sitting until either A is pressed or the Control Stick is wiggled enough to make him fall off.
1937
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, all partners shrink by 8% of their height whenever Mario swaps them in. The only way to see the true height of a partner is to enter a room with that partner already out, or during cutscenes. Details in image.
1938
In Mario Kart Wii, the Battle menu shows two balloons and a coin. However, there are actually three balloons; one is simply 1/100 the size of the others. This is due to balloons always coming in threes and the developers deciding that shrinking it was easier than deleting it.
1939
Extremely rare officially licensed 1992 Super Mario World Wiggler plush from Japan. This is the only plush of Wiggler that is based on his sprite, which has a round head, instead of his official artwork, which has prominent cheeks.
1940
In Super Mario Sunshine, holding a fruit makes Mario immune to Cheep Cheeps. The Cheep Cheep will actively try to hunt Mario down, but Mario will be intangible to it.
1941
While many birthday celebrations are seen across the Mario series, very few of them had a date given alongside them. Here are the very few characters whose birthdays have been given specific dates in official or licensed sources.
1942
The NES version of Mario's Time Machine contains sprites of historical figures in a Mario series style, most of them appearing as edits of Mario's sprite from Super Mario Bros. 2.
1943
In the intro to Super Mario 3D World, Mario says "Ah, Princess, what a beautiful evening", which is drowned out by the music and fireworks. This footage first plays back the clip as seen in-game, and then again with all sounds except Mario's line muted.
1944
I have recently received inquiries about my personal collection of Mario merchandise. Below is a photo of all Mario merchandise I own. It is a single officially licensed 2011 keychain of a Wallop enemy from Super Mario 3D Land, which is of great sentimental value to me.
1945
I do not collect merchandise because I prefer to invest my Mario-related budget into games and equipment that let me create more posts for the Supper Mario Broth sites, which I hope has been a good use of it! Thank you very much for your interest! Regular posting will now resume.
1946
In World 7-2 of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, if Mario is hurt by this Fire Bar, the red Koopa Troopa on the nearby platform will turn around and start walking backwards.
1947
It is commonly known that in Cool, Cool Mountain in Super Mario 64, Mario can drop the two baby penguins off a cliff. However, by using exploits, it is possible to cause the two adult penguins to fall off cliffs as well, allowing Mario to dispose of all penguins in this manner.
1948
In the Groovy level in Super Mario World, four Pokeys are lined up vertically on a set of ledges. By carefully adjusting their number of segments with Yoshi, when they fall down, they will overlap each other to create what is seemingly a Pokey made out of Pokey heads.
1949
There is an unused stage in the files of Super Princess Peach that consists of a room filled with 256 Sad Goombas. As the game cannot handle displaying that many Sad Goombas at once, it immediately lags, and if enough time is spent with the Sad Goombas on screen, will crash.
1950
The Village Leader's Friend is a minor Yoshi NPC in Paper Mario. In-game, he always hides his hands. However, unused sprites of him showing his hands exist, revealing that he shares friendship bracelets with the Village Leader.
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