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Previously unknown instance of Big Yoshi artwork found by Twitter user @PieMehker on an extremely rare Super Mario RPG trading card. Previous developments: twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog… twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog…
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A commonly found unlicensed Bowser plush from China has a manufacturing issue where Bowser's eyebrows are attached very flimsily to his forehead. Within several months of use, most of these toys' eyebrows fall down and only remain attached at the nose.
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A 2009 international psychological study found that playing Super Mario Sunshine for as little as 20 minutes subsequently increased helpful behavior in test subjects, in contrast to "antisocial games" like Crash Twinsanity, which decreased helpful behavior.
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In Luigi's Mansion 3, there is a potted plant on a carpet on Floor 8 of the hotel. The plant is programmed to always return to its initial position, resulting in it performing various erratic motions if the carpet is moved underneath it, including flinging Luigi across the room.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the audience in the Blooper fight will consist of 2 members if Mario is at Level 1 (left). Rarely, Luigi is present; since he counts as 2 members, it is possible for the audience in that battle to consist of Luigi sitting alone (right).
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When Mario or Luigi get caught in a Tweester tornado in Super Mario Galaxy, they assume special models that simulate rapid arm rotation by using two extra arms. Here are the models extracted from the game's data.
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The North American manual for Super Mario Bros. made extensive use of the words "kill" and "die" (highlighted in image). All later Mario games and manuals mostly replaced "kill" with "defeat" or "destroy" and "die" with "lose a life", making this manual unique in this aspect.
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Close-up of Princess Toadstool's Silicon Graphics workstation model used to produce her sprites for Super Mario RPG, found in an issue of the Chilean Club Nintendo magazine.
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The data for Super Mario Galaxy contains an unused model for a top hat with a small penguin inside, called "PenguinGoodsHat". Analyzing the internal naming, we can deduce that this hat was meant to be worn by a penguin. I have created a mock-up of what it may have looked like.
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Mario's sprite used in the cutscene of entering Bowser's Keep for the second time in Super Mario RPG is the smallest full-body Mario sprite in any Mario game, at 7 pixels tall and 5 pixels wide.
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In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi will comment "Now THAT is what I call interior decorating!" when scanning certain light fixtures that can only be found on the exterior of the mansion.
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In the Japanese versions of Paper Mario games, the female guiding partners all have common English female given names that happen to be puns in Japanese. This pattern is nearly nonexistent in the English versions, where all of them except Olivia were given made-up names instead.
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In a 1990 interview, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that a sketch of Mario riding a dinosaur he drew for Super Mario Bros. in 1985 was hanging above his desk for five years until he finally was able to implement Yoshi in Super Mario World.
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Mario could fully submerge in the New Donk City rooftop pool in the E3 2017 version of Super Mario Odyssey (left), prompting journalists to show Mario drowning in it (middle). Possibly in response, in the release version, the pool was made too shallow for Mario to drown (right).
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In the first turn of the opening Bowser battle in Super Mario RPG, Peach is actually present as an enemy with a Speed stat of 255. If Mario is hacked to have matching speed, he can target (left) and attack her (middle). Peach has 10 HP and awards a coin upon defeat (right).
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The packaging for the 1993 licensed "Radio Boy" features partial original artwork of Yoshi listening to the device. Using the source for the unmodified image (the 1993 game Mario & Wario), I attempted to restore the full version of the artwork.
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A common interpretation of Peach's sprite in Super Mario Bros. is that she is pointing with her finger. This could be a mere quirk of the graphic; however, in Super Paper Mario, another sprite was added that also seems to point her finger, lending credence to this interpretation.
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In the NES and SNES versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, if Mario touches an enemy and a Fire Flower at the same time, he will briefly turn into Frog Mario. However, instead of fixing this glitch, the GBA version merely changes it: here, Mario will turn into two Marios instead.
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In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the Thunder Bros. move will lower an enemy's defense. However, as a result of a glitch, failing the move on purpose will make it immensely powerful, completely nullifying the enemy's defense instead. Details in image.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the Goomba Picture Match game contains an Easter egg whereby if Mario's eyes and a mustache are put on the Goomba, Toad will remark that it looks like Mario is capturing it. However, despite Toad remarking how "fun" this is, doing this will lose the game.
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario surfs on a Koopa shell into this gap in Lethal Lava Land, he will be stuck underneath the platform. Despite touching lava, he will take no continuous damage. However, after a few seconds, a failsafe will activate and Mario will simply vanish, dying.
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When the Nintendo logo appears at the start of Super Mario Sunshine, a coin sound is heard. The game is actually coded to sometimes have Mario randomly say "Ciao!" instead; however, this never occurs in practice due to a fault in the random number generator.
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A commonly encountered unauthorized plush of Princess Daisy, first manufactured in 2004, mirrors a pattern used for one of her eyes to create the other eye, giving her a distinctive wall-eyed appearance.
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Unused low-quality Goomba model found in the files of Super Mario 64 DS. Due to the extremely low (4x8 pixel) resolution of the facial texture, the Goomba's eyes are fused together, giving it a cyclopean appearance.
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The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book reveals that in addition to the fork-like Volbonans, the Luncheon Kingdom was intended to feature a second teapot-like species called Temple Guardians. They, along with the temple they were supposed to guard, are not found in the finished game.
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