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Message found in the files of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. It is unknown whether this was intended solely for debugging or testing or whether some manner of error exists that would cause this to appear during regular gameplay.
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Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon contains an unused cutscene that consists of E. Gadd going through every single animation he has, for several minutes, while saying only "missing loc string", over and over.
2253
In a 2008 interview, Yoshiaki Koizumi revealed that the concept for the Megaleg boss battle in Super Mario Galaxy was originally envisioned for the final boss battle against Ganon in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
2254
In Super Mario 64, punching Big Goombas seemingly does nothing. However, internally, it actually activates their "mark_goomba_as_dead()" function, so they exist in a state where the game considers them already dead. Leaving and coming back will cause them to not respawn.
2255
In early versions of Mario Party Superstars, a rare glitch could occur in the Ice-Rink Risk minigame where it would simply never end. After all players are eliminated, the camera would fly upward and show a grey void while wind sound plays, forever.
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Unused Mario model found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball. The model assigns a skin texture to Mario's mustache, hair, eyebrows and shoes.
2257
Mario games have never given Peach and Daisy their own Wario-like counterparts. However, a 1994 Super Mario Land 2 manga features Wario brainwashing Daisy into becoming "ワルデイジー" (Warudaisy/Waludaisy), who has similar demeanor to Wario.
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Unused graphic found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball, possibly used as a placeholder for the title screen during development. The image features crude sketches of Mario and Luigi and the text "ルイージの兄野球", which translates to "Luigi's Brother Baseball".
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In Super Mario RPG, Valentina's Japanese name is "マルガリータ" (Margarita), referring to a cocktail often served with a lime slice. However, in her original artwork, she was holding a drink with a cherry in it. In the remake, her model was updated to correctly hold a margarita.
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