926
In the Super Mario Maker games, putting a Piranha Plant on a pipe instead of inside it will result in it not retreating. Then, putting a Muncher inside that pipe will make it move the Piranha Plant as it extends, allowing the Piranha Plant to have longer reach than usual.
927
In Super Mario Galaxy, quickly spinning and Ground Pounding as Flying Mario will cause him to stall while making many "wah" and "yah" noises. This is difficult in the Wii version due to the motion controls, but easy in the Switch version due to spinning being mapped to a button.
928
Header graphic used for the official Nintendo of Japan website for most of 1996, featuring artwork of Wing Mario from Super Mario 64.
929
In the Yoshi's Crafted World demo, a box of cookies called "Yo'ster Cookies" can be found. This in a reference to Super Mario RPG, where an island inhabited by Yoshis called "Yo'ster Isle" can be found.
930
In Super Mario 64, the singular Bob-omb next to the cannon on the mountain in Bob-omb Battlefield (left) has sharp, faceted shoes, while every other Bob-omb in the game (right) has smooth shoes.
931
During the battle against Exor in Super Mario RPG, his mouth is called "Neosquid" (left). This name was added in the localization, as the original Japanese version calls it "くち", which translates to "mouth" (right). To this day, no explanation for this name was ever found.
932
According to the Nintendo Power DKC2 trading cards, Donkey Kong's favorite quote is "I have but 99 lives to give for my Country".
933
The Chinese version of New Super Mario Bros. Wii has an anti-piracy feature where if an illegal copy is detected, the game will run normally, but all level graphics will be replaced with complete darkness, leaving only the HUD. It is still possible to beat the game in this state.
934
Wario mural visible at Foxtrot-01, an Air Force nuclear missile base in Nebraska.
935
Using glitches to go out of bounds in the Seaside Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey reveals an endless ocean. Instead of the level's water taking up a finite area, the game generates an infinite expanse of water in all directions, which can be traversed forever.
936
During the tutorial in WarioWare: D.I.Y., Wario continuously offers to assist the player. Here is his attempt to draw a circle.
937
Promotional photo of Charles Martinet with Mario at a 2002 Australian preview event for Super Mario Sunshine.
938
In Super Mario Odyssey, if Mario flies above Glydon using a Gushen, then uncaptures it so that the Gushen hits Glydon on the head, Glydon will become glitched and begin to extremely slowly ascend into the air. He will continue ascending at this pace forever.
939
Behind-the-scenes photo of the actor playing Luigi in the 2014 Japanese Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class/Mario Kart 8 cross-promotion commercials after the prosthetic Luigi nose has been applied (left). The finished costume can be seen on the right for comparison.
940
Level 1-7 of Yoshi's Island, "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy", contains one of the easiest-to-perform infinite life tricks in the greater Mario franchise. The process is detailed in the image. Once initiated, the game can be left running without input until the life count reaches 999.
941
Unlicensed "Super Mafio" toy car. Note also the "W" emblems on the Mario artwork, the "Maior Stunt" logo on the car itself, and the head of Baymax from 2014 Disney animated film Big Hero 6 attached to the front of the car.
942
In Luigi's Mansion, approaching the door to the final boss after catching fewer than 40 Boos causes King Boo to appear and talk about Mario (top). The phrasing is a reference to an almost identical line by Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (bottom).
943
In Super Mario Maker 2, Spikes do not throw Spike Balls if the enemy part limit is reached. P-Switches are part of that limit; thus, by maxing out the limit, it is possible to have a Spike not attack until a P-Switch is pressed, giving the impression of it "guarding" the switch.
944
Mario Party 5, 6 and 7 each contain references to the Paper Mario series, although with each following game, the references become more minor and obscure, with the final one being only a design of part of one character's clothing. Details below.
945
In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Cat Fuzzlers are normally fuzzy creatures (left). However, during one Cat Shine cutscene, the game briefly shows an uninitialized model for a Cat Fuzzler, which appears fuzzless (right).
946
The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book shows that a completely Piranha Plant-based concept was considered for the Wooded Kingdom, including glowing Piranha Plant trees (left) and Piranha Plant versions of the Uproot enemy (top right) and Torkdrift boss (bottom right).
947
In Super Mario Odyssey, breaking a crate next to the big bridge in the Cap Kingdom releases 16 birds with top hats. If Snapshot Mode is activated immediately after breaking the crate, we can see that the birds are briefly neatly arranged in 8 stacks of 2 birds before scattering.
948
The manual for Wario Land contains this power-up chart, which despite appearing somewhat complex at first glance, is actually unnecessary. Every power-up always turns Wario into the same form under all circumstances, making a flowchart representation useless.
949
In 2010, Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, the world's busiest railway station, used Mario clock displays as part of a Nintendo ad campaign (left). Mario's eyes would sometimes dart back and forth every second (middle). After every full minute, Mario's nose would enlarge (right).
950
In the Tall, Tall Mountain slide in Super Mario 64, several glitches can work together to create a shortcut. If C-Up is pressed as Mario starts sliding, he will gain speed, get caught on a wall, reverse, fall off a track segment that fails to load, and can skip most of the slide.
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