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Photo of Boo mini marshmallows, shared by Nintendo of Japan's official LINE account in 2017. The marshmallows are flavored after calpis, a Japanese milk-based soft drink. Unfortunately, these were custom-made for internal use at Nintendo and are not available for purchase.
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The reason Donut Blocks appear donut-shaped in 2D Mario games, but log-shaped in 3D Mario games is that they are not actually based on donuts, but tube-shaped Japanese fishcakes called chikuwa instead. Details in image.
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Mario Party 8 contains a debug room that consists of nothing except MC Ballyhoo standing in a dark void, holding two Mii heads in his hands and wearing a third Mii head as a hat.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, New Donkers become increasingly more transparent the closer they are to the camera, making it impossible to closely examine their faces in-game. Extracting the models from the data, we can see their faces in maximum detail.
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According to Bob Hoskins, who played Mario in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie, he was injured multiple times during filming. Among others, he says he was stabbed four times, electrocuted, broke a finger, and nearly drowned.
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By popular demand, here is a detailed explanation of the situation behind the deleted Ashley Tweet, which includes both the original Tweet and a modified version that complies with this account's veracity policy. I apologize once again to all my readers.
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In Luigi's Mansion, the Poltergust 3000 actually counts the number of dust particles it vacuums up just so it can eject the correct amount of dust when it expels air. This has no apparent purpose other than maximum realism. Details in image.
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To date, Super Paper Mario is the only game that explicitly allows Mario to eat the flesh of his fallen enemies. When the mammoth-like Muth enemies are defeated, they sometimes turn into Bone-In Cuts, pieces of meat that Mario can consume.
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"What is your Donkey Kong name?" activity posted by Nintendo UK's official 3DS Facebook account in 2013.
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Normally, in Super Mario 64 DS, Mario fights Big Boo in front of a mirror, with his reflection being replaced by Luigi. Using an exploit to fight Big Boo as Wario results in the Luigi reflection being warped to match Wario's proportions, giving it disproportionately long arms.
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Failing to turn Mario into the correct form in the "Super Mario Bros. 3" microgame in WarioWare: Twisted results in other Marios looking at the playable Mario with a unique annoyed expression not present in the original game. Below are the annoyed sprites of all of Mario's forms.
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Extremely rare 2005 promotional Super Mario Strikers Chain Chomp soccer ball. Note that this is not based on anything from the game; the Chain Chomp appears in-game only in its regular form and not as a ball.
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Some minigames in the Nintendo 64 Mario Party games are programmed to never end in a draw. Instead, they are biased in favor of Player 1; even with identical inputs among the players, the game cheats on the last frame to let Player 1 win. Details in image.
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In Super Mario World, Yoshi cannot enter castles and ghost houses, with Mario making him wait outside. Development files contain what is believed to be an unused "Yoshi resting cushion" that would have provided a comfortable place for Yoshi to sit while waiting for Mario.
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Officially licensed 2018 Mario Kart Banana Peel slippers from Japan.
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Nintendo eShop cards have consistently assigned Luigi cards a lower monetary value than Mario cards ever since the cards started being sold in 2006, across all regions.
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Over the years, certain renders of Mario characters have been rereleased by Nintendo multiple times to reflect subtle changes in character design. Here is an example of a Yoshi render from 2004 (left), remade in 2011 (middle) and again in 2015 (right).
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the waterfall in the Cascade Kingdom has a spot where the water refraction effect is applied incorrectly, leading distorted images of Mario to appear next to him, visible in Snapshot Mode. A slideshow of examples is included.
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The Mario Party 4 version of the Chance Time event, Reversal of Fortune, does not normally have an explanation screen. However, one still exists in the game's data. The preview reads "NOW PRINTING" and the rules of the game are simply "Mario".
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In Super Mario Odyssey, it is never shown what the Odyssey looked like before being abandoned in the Cascade Kingdom. The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book reveals that it was originally black with a pink ribbon, and the in-game red color scheme is a result of Power Moon magic.
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In Super Mario Party, a Boo in the Ghostly Hollow portion of Challenge Road will ask whether the player wants to take a break. For almost all characters, the interaction looks like the top image. However, if playing as Boo, the other Boo will note how proud he is of the player.
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A 1994 Mario & Wario manga contained a drawing of a hypothetical "Waluigi" as a visual gag, 6 years before the introduction of Waluigi in Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64.
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Extremely rare "Ask me about Banana Bucks" pin, worn by Nintendo-associated game store employees in March and April 1995 during the Banana Bucks redemption campaign, which allowed customers to collect Banana Bucks by buying Donkey Kong games and redeem them for merchandise.
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Happy New Year from Supper Mario Broth! I wish all of you the best in 2019! Please look forward to another year of obscure Mario information! To celebrate, here is a small fun fact regarding Mario games with stars and star-like collectibles.
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In Mario Party Advance, Dorrie has a unique sad expression that appears for only one frame if visited with anyone other than Yoshi. After complaining about being lonely, Dorrie will assume the expression right before the final letter in the word "friend" appears in the text box.
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