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In Luigi's Mansion, the Game Boy Horror scan hitbox of the Toad on the 2nd floor balcony is partially overlapped by the scan hitbox of the potted plant near him, resulting in Luigi sometimes remarking how sad it is that no one watered Toad in a long time when scanning him.
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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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The files for the E3 2011 demo of Super Mario 3D Land contain an original arrangement of the Kakariko Village theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, thereby making it technically a Mario-exclusive piece of Zelda music.
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The Mario games rated for the highest age by any official rating system are Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., both rated 12 by PEGI. Both games' rating is due to Luigi hosting gambling minigames; thus, this can be considered the most mature content in the Mario series.
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Kinopi, an unused character found in the data of Super Mario Galaxy. Despite appearing similar to a Toad, it is not friendly and will hurt Mario on contact. Due to being unfinished, there is an error in the texture mapping resulting in Kinopi having a second face under his chin.
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The original Japanese names of the galaxies in the Super Mario Galaxy games often try to evoke a serious or dignified feeling, which was changed to neutral or even comical-sounding names (such as "Melty Molten Galaxy") in the English localization. Below are some examples.
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The reddest that Mario's shirt and hat have ever been was in Super Mario 64, where they were the hex color FF0000, the purest red representable on a screen. All Mario sprites and models before and after this used various less pure shades of red.
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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.
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Unlike in other 3D Mario games, the model for Peach's crown in Super Mario Sunshine is shaped like a spike that is embedded in her head. Left: the crown separated from Peach's body. Right: wireframe view showing the crown's spike inside Peach's head during gameplay.
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Upon hearing the official 1992 Super Mario Land rap song, one might assume it was commissioned by Nintendo of America. That is not true; instead, the UK musician Simon Harris could not get permission from them, and instead got personal approval for the song from Shigeru Miyamoto.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, this planetoid in the third mission of Ghostly Galaxy is unique in that if Mario performs a long jump on it for long enough without landing, the game will decide that Mario has been falling for so long that a death sequence must be activated, and kill him.
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Despite appearing to be merely a rotated version of his normal running animation, Mario's animation for running up walls in Super Mario World actually uses unique, deformed sprites.
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According to the original 1985 design documents for Super Mario Bros., the first Goomba in World 1-1 was intended to start off on the blocks. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, this did not create a welcoming atmosphere, so the Goomba was moved to the ground to be easier to avoid.
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In Donkey Kong 64, if a boss room is entered with the wrong Kong, the pre-boss cutscene will apply the intended Kong's animation data to the wrong Kong's model, often leading to distortions. The Pufftoss cutscene causes the chins of all non-Lanky Kong characters to be enlarged.
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Unlicensed 2013 Cat Mario and Cat Toad plushes with uncharacteristically tall foreheads.
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In Paper Mario, if no input is made during the Peach interludes for 60 seconds, Peach will yawn and stretch (middle), before falling asleep 15 seconds later (right). Note that in this game, this behavior is exclusive to Peach; Mario will never sleep.
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At 1607x1533 pixels, this giant Blooper holding a "No" sign that blocks the ship's way in the Great Sea in Paper Mario: The Origami King is currently the largest individual sprite used across the entire Mario franchise.
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Normally, loading invalid Level IDs in Yoshi's Island either loads existing levels or crashes the game. However, some results are more unexpected. Loading ID 138 transports Yoshi to an empty level called "it ⬆️ with an egg", where he dies instantly.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario leaves footprints in the sand, up to 20 before they unload (left). This has been upgraded to 255 prints in the Super Mario Galaxy games (middle), however, Super Mario Odyssey drastically lowered the limit to only 12 footprints at a time (right).
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In a 2017 interview, Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that the Tox Box enemy from Super Mario 64 (left) is "one of his masterpieces" due to its easily understood design.
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On this slope in Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine, the ground is coded to be walkable on one side and slippery on the other side of an invisible boundary. Sidestepping alongside it will make Mario oscillate extremely quickly while emitting a barrage of "whoa" and "ha" sounds.
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In a 10-Man Smash as Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a Giant Yoshi is fought. If the Egg Lay move is used on him, he will emerge from the egg slightly larger. This can be repeated until he is so large he touches the upper KO boundary, self-destructing immediately.
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In the files of Hotel Mario, audio for a tutorial narrated by Mario can be found. However, Mario is not voiced by his voice actor from the final version of the game, but by a monotone voice likely belonging to one of the developers and intended as a placeholder.
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In Super Mario World, if Mario misses picking up a falling item after releasing it from the reserve box, there is another chance to grab it. Simply wait in the same spot for 18 minutes and the item will reappear from the top of the screen.
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During the award ceremony in Mario Kart Wii, the cap of a purple Toad can be seen briefly behind a fence. This Toad is actually embedded in the ground, giving him the appearance of a regular mushroom.
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