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Additional information: the plush is actually an officially licensed 1994 Yoshi's Safari plush of Mario with a Super Scope, as seen below. Miyamoto is covering up the gun in the photo.
2127
In the Super Mario Galaxy games, causing the camera to clip into a Chain Chomp reveals that while its body is not rendered when viewed from inside, its face is. This results in the Chain Chomp's face seemingly floating in space in the manner depicted.
2128
Previously, I have posted about the enigmatic "Stop Watch" character, an animate version of the Stop Watch item from Super Mario Bros. 2 that appeared in a few licensed works. Reader @RealSplatJam discovered that it likely originated from a misinterpretation of the game's manual.
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Extremely rare officially licensed 1998 Wing Mario plush from Germany.
2130
In the licensed version of Mario Bros. for the PC-8801 home computer, known as "Punch Ball Mario Bros.", failing to get any coins during a bonus round results in this screen that simply says "Mario." over a picture of Mario being displayed.
2131
A rare misprint of the North American version of Super Mario World exists where the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality on the label is mirrored, resulting in a "obnɘɈniИ" logo.
2132
In Super Mario 3D World, the Sprixie Princesses' cry for help was changed from "Help!" in the original to "HELP!" in the Switch version, possibly to convey a greater sense of urgency. This is the only in-universe (not system or control-related) dialogue changed in this manner.
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At the beginning of the Tracker Barrel Trek level in Donkey Kong Country 3, there is a precise spot where switching from Dixie to Kiddy will cause Kiddy to fall through the ground and die. The ground is otherwise completely solid; it is only that specific action that is lethal.
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Normally, if a video game becomes unresponsive, it needs to be reset. However, in Super Mario Advance 2, a glitch exists that makes the game unplayable for only 3 hours, after which it automatically fixes itself and continues as though nothing happened. Details in image.
2135
The facial textures of Mario's model in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe appear to depict him with a pointy nose. The nose area is actually shading that is mapped underneath his mustache and is as such essentially unseen in-game.
2136
A common Super Mario 64 urban legend is that it is possible for Dorrie to eat Mario, based on an in-game sign saying "Don't become his lunch". While that is not possible, Mario can in fact be harmed by Dorrie by diving into its neck at a very precise angle, becoming squashed.
2137
In Super Mario RPG, Mario never closes other people's doors after himself. If he opens a door and walks away, the door will remain open. The only exception is the door to his own house, which Mario will immediately close after himself.
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In Paper Mario: The Origami King, defeating the Boss Sumo Bro with a POW Block has a chance of making the game unplayable. The Sumo Bro will die, but Mario will be stuck in mid-air in a crumpled form while the Toads continue to cheer forever, requiring the game to be reset.
2139
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Wigglers on the slide in Tall Trunk Galaxy are actually a special "Adjustable-Length Wiggler" object. While the game never gives them more than 4 body segments, the object actually supports a maximum of 400. Below is a Wiggler of maximum length.
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2141
An officially licensed 2013 Luigi Nintendo 3DS XL cover featured distorted official artwork of Luigi that drastically shortened the length of his neck. Below is a comparison between the source artwork and the version depicted on the cover.
2142
In Super Mario 64, there is a corner in Shifting Sand Land where rolling into it will result in Mario rolling in place. At this point, the only options are to continue rolling indefinitely or to tilt Mario towards the quicksand to let him die.
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Some copies of the European Spanish manual for Super Mario Bros. contain a bizarre error where the pictures for Bowser, Princess Toadstool and the Jumping Board are switched around, labeling e.g. a picture of Bowser as "Jumping Board".
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Normally, hitting characters with Star Bits in Super Mario Galaxy will briefly disorient them, after which they quickly return to normal. However, hitting Banktoad in the purple coin mission of Dusty Dune Galaxy will instead make him sad indefinitely, never recovering.
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In almost all language versions of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the password for the quiz room in the X-Naut Fortress is "014029". However, in the French version alone, the password was inexplicably changed to "excuse" instead.
2146
Promotional photo for an officially licensed 2020 Boo stress ball.
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In Paper Mario, talking to the green Bob-omb in Kooper's house while touching the small ledge behind him may result in Mario losing the ability to do anything except slide around slowly. As he cannot open doors in this state, Mario will be trapped inside this house forever.
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In 2022, only two new Mario games were released, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Mario Strikers: Battle League. This is the lowest amount of Mario games released in a single year in 32 years (since 1990, when only Dr. Mario and Super Mario World were released).
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In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3, minigame types are encoded in a single byte. Only few values of the byte are used, leaving the rest invalid, producing glitched results. One of the invalid values results in Toad saying "a" and ending the minigame.
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Previously, I posted about an extremely rare Super Mario 64 DS render of Wario throwing Luigi that was only available at a low resolution. I was finally able to track down a high-quality version of it in a French magazine, allowing a clearer look at the render for the first time.
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