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Title screen for “Super Boy 3”, an unlicensed Korean recreation of Super Mario World for MSX home computer systems.
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Rare artwork of Waluigi playing the Parasol Plummet minigame from Mario Party 3, only found in Japanese promotional material for the game.
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North American print ad for Yoshi Touch & Go.
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Nintendo's official site for the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country specifically pointed out that Donkey Kong has deep, dark and charismatic eyes.
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In Paper Mario, talking to the Toad innkeeper in Koopa Village while standing on the table will result in the innkeeper reprimanding Mario for climbing on the table.
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Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog and Bomberman at the final Nintendo Space World trade show in 2001.
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Left: the emblem on Mario's cap in Super Mario 64. Right: the emblem on the Mario 64 cap in Super Mario Odyssey. The emblem has been altered to remove the asymmetry present in the original.
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The Brazilian commercial for Donkey Kong Country 3 included a Kremling in a business suit that is visible for only a few frames. Apologies for the image quality; this is the only known footage of the Kremling.
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Artwork of Luigi angrily writing in a book, used to represent the "Edit Lessons" mode in Mario Teaches Typing 2.
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Mario Artist: Paint Studio for the Nintendo 64DD contains a render of Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie that is posed differently from renders in official Banjo-Kazooie material, resulting in official Banjo-Kazooie content that is exclusive to a Mario game.
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The cover of "Mario and the Incredible Rescue", a licensed Mario book, contains 5 pieces of artwork from 4 games: Mario and a 1-Up Mushroom from Super Mario 64, Luigi from Super Mario 64 DS, and two Boos from Mario Kart 64 and Luigi's Mansion, respectively.
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In Super Mario RPG, having Mallow use the Psychopath move on Axem Black reveals that Axem Black is thinking a grammatically incorrect sentence: "You're timing stinks!"
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Zess T.'s house contains several unique kitchen-related items in the background. Zooming in on them reveals that they are actually stock photos of real objects.
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Unused image from the files of Super Mario 3D Land. It appears to be nearly identical to an image sent to the Wii Message Board by Super Mario Galaxy 2, except for a heart that has been added next to Mario.
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Artwork of Tanooki Mario from a licensed Argentinian Super Mario Bros. sticker book.
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Mario's sprite used in the cutscene of entering Bowser's Keep for the second time in Super Mario RPG is the smallest full-body Mario sprite in any Mario game, at 7 pixels tall and 5 pixels wide.
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Sprite of Yoshi feeding his cat, extracted from the Sentence World word suggestion images in the educational SNES game Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters.
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Illustration of Mario with six arms used for a line of licensed merchandise by Italian luxury fashion house Moschino.
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In Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Donkey Kong emerges from a beehive during one of the boss battles. Due to an error in how the 3D models' colors were sampled into 2D sprites, Donkey Kong's eyes and teeth become completely black every time he retreats into the hive.
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A very early piece of concept art for Paper Mario used sprites for Mario and Luigi that were edited from their appearances in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World. I have attempted to recreate Paper Mario concept art Luigi as closely as possible.
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The early beta build of Super Mario 64 playable at the 1995 Japanese Shoshinkai trade show featured a minimap of the course displayed in the top right corner of the screen. While scrapped in the finished version, the minimap was included in the remake, Super Mario 64 DS.
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According to the manual for Mario Clash on the Virtual Boy, Big Boos are female. Since regular-sized Boos are often referred to as male, this could imply that female Boos are usually bigger than male Boos.
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In Super Mario World, it is possible for Mario to stand on the edge of a block with no pixels of his sprite actually touching the block, thereby making Mario appear to float in mid-air.
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Promotional photo from a Mario Kart 7 launch event.
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In the data of Super Mario Sunshine, an early beta screenshot can be found that shows a large island with a tower next to Ricco Harbor that is completely absent from the finished game. This may be "Warship Island", a deleted level that appears on an internal level name list.
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