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In the casino minigames found in Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., Luigi appears wearing a croupier outfit. Although he is only seen from the waist up, his legs are also modeled. Here are images of Croupier Luigi's model from various angles.
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I have attempted to restore an extremely rare render of Paratroopa from the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis, which was only been published in low resolution in print media, and had part of its wings cut off. This version has intact wings and transparency.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, Peach's outfit worn in the Lake and Seaside Kingdoms includes sunglasses as an accessory on top of her head; however, she never puts them on her face. By editing the model, we can see what Peach would look like actually wearing the sunglasses.
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In the files of Super Paper Mario, an unused "Evil Mario" enemy can be found. While regular Mario always faces toward the screen, Evil Mario always faces away from the screen to show his opposite alignment. Details in image.
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An officially licensed 1997 Super Mario quiz book from Germany mostly used official art for illustrations, but sometimes made minor edits for visual humor, such as the below illustration of Mario as a marsupial with a smaller Mario in his "pouch".
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One of the winning entries from a 2014 drawing contest held by Nintendo for the Year of Luigi celebration, depicting a Luigi mask and Link's painful transformation into Luigi as a hypothetical scenario in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
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Unique renders of Mario found on the back of the boxes for games from the Mario Artist series on the Japan-exclusive Nintendo 64DD peripheral. Left: Mario Artist: Polygon Studio, right: Mario Artist: Talent Studio.
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A SNES test cartridge used internally at Nintendo to diagnose problems with the hardware contains a graphics test called "Look for clear image of princess flipping", which consists of Peach flipping side to side and upside-down while Mario and Luigi watch.
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Unlicensed "Star Wario" T-shirt from Haiti, featuring a joke based on Darth Vader's famous line "I am your father" from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
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Roy Koopa's model without his sunglasses. While the lack of eyes is to be expected given how his sunglasses are never taken off, the area behind them is nevertheless fully modeled, with a skin texture where the eyes would be.
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In the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, just like in the game, Mario does not talk. The only instance of Mario saying something using a speech bubble is "This-a place is-a weird!" in artwork depicting New Donk City inhabitants being frightened by his appearance.
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The Japan-only Nintendo 64 game Tamagotchi 64: Minna de Tamagotchi World includes the Mario-themed Mariotchi (left) and the Wario-themed Waruotokotchi (roughly "Bad-Man-tchi", right). Here are their designs and special unlockable scrapbook images.
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Thanks to the new datamining efforts of spriters-resource.com user "Simpsons Dumper", the WarioWare/The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask crossover event graphics from Nintendo Badge Arcade, previously only seen as blurry screenshots, have finally been ripped in original quality.
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On the main menu of Super Mario 64 DS, there is a button to switch between Mario's and Yoshi's head being displayed. Swapping from Mario to Yoshi, then back to Mario, then back to Yoshi, and finally back to Mario again will cause the game to trace Luigi over Mario's face.
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While most 3D games model the buttons on Mario's/Luigi's/Wario's/Waluigi's overalls as discs (left), the Mario & Sonic series has, since its beginning, modeled them as spikes embedded in their bodies. On the right is a model from Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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On the unlockable Brutal difficulty in Mario Party 6, computer opponents may gain an "unyielding resolve" to make a decision. If the desired option cannot be taken, the opponent will not reconsider and instead keep attempting to choose it forever, forcing the game to be reset.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, if Mario's Wing Cap runs out while he is jumping into water and holding Ukiki, his hat will become invisible. The next time Mario gets a Wing Cap after this, the wings will appear to sprout directly from his head.
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Officially licensed Mario Kart 64 T-Shirt.
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According to a 1996 Super Mario 64 interview, the developers consider the Sweep Kick move to be "useless" as it was originally intended to deal with enemies that were too short to punch. In the finished game, all enemies that can be Sweep Kicked can also be punched.
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Nintendo Power mocking Luigi in an April Fools' Day special feature.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, random spots in various levels have glitched collision that, if Mario sidesteps onto the spot, will teleport Mario to the bottom of the map, killing him instantly.
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In Super Mario 64, it is possible to accidentally cause a glitch to occur that changes the appearance of a Bob-omb in Rainbow Ride into a butterfly. The butterfly still explodes. Details in image.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the hatless Volbonans in the Luncheon Kingdom that can be captured usually have their eyes closed, appearing to be asleep (left). However, waiting near one will show that they sometimes briefly wake up, revealing that they have bags under their eyes.
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The music track playing in the bramble levels in Donkey Kong Country 2 is called "Stickerbush Symphony". However, during the late 2000s, the misspelling "Stickerbrush Symphony" with an extra R has taken hold among the audience and is now more widespread than the correct spelling.
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Stage Debut was a GameCube game shown at E3 2003 and then cancelled. It revolved around creating a virtual version of the player with a camera peripheral, which could then interact with Nintendo characters. The game was planned to include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser and Wario.
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