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In Super Mario Odyssey, Peach asks "How does the castle stay afloat?" about Bowser's Castle, which is situated on a floating landmass (top right). In the context of this game, this question is particularly odd as Peach's own castle is on a floating landmass (bottom right).
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In Super Mario Galaxy 2, when Mario talks to NPCs while riding Yoshi, Yoshi will look at the NPC (left). However, if B is pressed at any point during this, Yoshi will open his mouth and continue looking at the NPC with his mouth open until the conversation ends (right).
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Extremely rare frontal render of the mother penguin and her baby, Tuxie, from Super Mario 64, seen on a 1998 licensed PEZ collectible sticker.
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All hardware sent in to Nintendo for repair is tested using system-specific software. One GBA test cartridge contains a bizarre graphics test where images of Donkey Kong, Chunky Kong and Diddy Kong are displayed and then censored to test the console's mosaic tiling functionality.
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In the US version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, a glitch can cause EXP to be awarded for defeating Bowletta if she is dealt over 5000 damage. If Mario levels up during this, the Time Bob-omb will knock him out of the level-up window, unintentionally breaking the fourth wall.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, the way the silhouette appearance of Phantamanta is achieved is by making its model an extremely tall manta-shaped pillar and simply coloring the ground wherever it intersects with the environment. Details in image.
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Promotional photo of Shigeru Miyamoto with a Mario plush, taken for a 1995 interview with the British Super Play magazine, isolated from the magazine layout.
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In Super Mario World, Yoshi is normally forbidden from entering castles and ghost houses. Using cheats to bypass this limitation reveals that when taken to certain ghost houses, Yoshi will become translucent, appearing as though he turned into a ghost himself.
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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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It is widely known that the Endless Stairs in Super Mario 64 can be skipped by performing a series of backwards long jumps up the staircase. However, for some specific angles, Mario may get caught on an invisible wall and then warped down instead, entering Wet-Dry World.
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In Yoshi's Island, using a glitch (instructions in reply), Yoshi can eat Baby Mario. However, as Baby Mario is necessary to complete the level, after doing this, there is little Yoshi can do except die.
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Despite Mario having a reputation as a family-friendly brand, there was an officially licensed Mario product bearing the warning that it was not intended for children: the 2007 Mario Power Up Energy Drink, which contained 50% more caffeine than common energy drink brands.
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One of the defeat animations in Mario Party 8 causes the characters to shrink until they vanish. Viewing the animation in the game's debug mode shows that it shrinks the characters' models unevenly, with the effect being most pronounced for Wario (note his extremely small legs).
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In Luigi's Mansion 3, Luigi's hair is fully rendered underneath his hat. However, in order to not let it clip through the hat, his cranial volume has been reduced compared to his regular hatless model seen in other games.
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The original Japanese names for Buzzy Beetle, Spiny and Spike Top indicate that the latter is a crossbreed between the former two. This is also visible in the Spike Top's visual design; however, the portmanteau name and crossbreed aspect is lost in all other localizations.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, hovering into this Red Electrokoopa in Pinna Park can result in Mario being instantly transported extremely high into the sky, hanging onto an invisible ceiling. This location is so high above Isle Delfino that falling back down takes over an hour.
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In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, if Yoshi grabs another player, but that player mashes every button with immense speed nearly impossible for a human, the game will freeze. Details in image.
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The Desert Hills track in Mario Kart DS uses a special starting line banner with a Nintendo-style Mario Kart logo. During normal gameplay, it cannot be seen up close (left); upon extracting it, due to the very low resolution, the texture appears to read "Mario Karl" (right).
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This artwork of Bowser tickling Toad for Game & Watch Gallery 2 is the only instance of tickling ever depicted in official art for a Mario game.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, whenever Mario enters a level through an "M" portal, his model undergoes an increasing amount of distortion for 10 frames before bursting into bubbles and flying through the portal. Here is a close up of the last frame before Mario disintegrates.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, if a defeated Sherm enemy despawns while behind Mario, and then the player uses Snapshot Mode to turn the camera around to look at it, the respawned Sherm will appear as a floating cowboy hat.
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The 1997 book Mario Man is one of the most unique unlicensed Mario works. It is an English textbook for native speakers of Polish, taught through the framework of a story about a boy who is suffering from delusions that he is Mario.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, Yoshi will inherit Mario's ability to lean on slopes when captured. Left: Regular Yoshi treats slopes as flat ground, while Mario leans. Right: the moment Yoshi is captured, he assumes Mario's stance and starts leaning, as well.
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In 2018, Build-A-Bear Workshop introduced a licensed Mario plush collection. For a limited time, the Bowser plush could be ordered in an unstuffed form from their website; this form is now very rare due to no longer being produced. The regular form is on the right for comparison.
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The Bowser and Bowser Jr. snow sculptures found in the background of the "Fliprus Floes" level in New Super Luigi U, extracted from the game's data.
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