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Mario Party 8 stores graphics for text pop-ups as individual letters. The letters are displayed roughly in correct order in the files, but due to duplicate letters not being needed, the texture sheets appear to be misspelled versions of the actual messages. Examples below.
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In Super Mario 64, the collision of the crystals in the Bowser in the Dark World stage has a tiny opening at the top. If Mario performs a precise Ground Pound above the crystal when he is exactly aligned with the tip, he will be encased by the crystal in the manner depicted.
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Extremely high-resolution renders for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe reveal that while Toad's and Toadette's shoes look identical from a distance, they are actually made from different materials. The leather of Toad's shoes is covered in wrinkles, while Toadette's is bumpy.
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Bowser's body is fully drawn under his shell in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. By modifying the game's code to not load the shell graphics, we can see how Bowser would appear without it.
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The 2006 British print ad campaign for Mario Kart DS attempted to appeal to people who dislike Australians.
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In the September 1999 kiosk demo for Donkey Kong 64, only three specific events could be played; however, other areas remain in the code. If Jungle Japes is accessed and Diddy Kong is approached on that map, he will keep repeating "HELP ME! I'M TRAPPED" in the manner depicted.
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Out of all mainline Mario games, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy rely most heavily on pre-rendered cutscenes, to the point that the data of both games is comprised mostly out of movie files. The data for all of the actual gameplay takes up a fraction of that space.
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In Super Mario 64, setting a crate down near a slope of a specific angle and then performing a Ground Pound on it kills Mario instantly.
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Whenever Mario remains idle for long enough in Super Mario Odyssey, he will fall asleep, whereupon a bird native to the area may land on his nose. However, there is an extremely rare event where instead of the regional bird, a UFO will land on Mario's nose instead.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, worried Toads are only worried when Mario approaches, and smile when he is far away. This was not visible in the original release due to the resolution, but the increased fidelity of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars version allows this to be seen on console.
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The Baby Yoshi model used in New Super Mario Bros. U is not optimized for being seen from the front. The game attempts to mask this by only showing Baby Yoshis from the front very briefly when turning around, and from far away on the overworld map.
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Unlicensed Mario statue sold by UK garden furniture shop Aston Garden Ornaments, named "ITALIAN MAN".
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Due to the outfits available to Mario and Peach in Super Mario Odyssey, it is possible to take a glimpse of an alternate universe scenario where their roles would be swapped, by contrasting Mario's king outfit with Peach's work overalls.
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Throughout the Mario franchise, Mario does not speak very often outside of short exclamations like "Here we go!" Below is a selection of lesser-known quotes by Mario that are either unexpected or surprisingly profound compared to how he usually expresses his personality.
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In Mario Party 4, if debug functionality is used to access the final Bowser minigame without selecting a character, the player will be assigned Mario stuck in a default pose. Bizarrely, Mario's default pose is not a T-pose, but a stance with his hands folded instead.
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In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Wigglers on the slide in Tall Trunk Galaxy are actually a special "Adjustable-Length Wiggler" object. While the game never gives them more than 4 body segments, the object actually supports a maximum of 400. Below is a Wiggler of maximum length.
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Inspirational Mario wall decals sold by Walmart that consist of seemingly randomly chosen Mario artwork paired with unrelated quotes.
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Extremely rare promotional Luigi's Mansion flashlight given to select invitees to E3 2001. The glass is patterned to cast a GameCube logo shadow. The red button above the on/off switch keeps the flashlight off while pressed, mimicking the B button functionality in the game.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, a glitch causes Cappy to turn invisible if Mario kicks an object after catching Cappy thrice in a row. However, Cappy's eyes will still remain. With the Swim Goggles equipped, this causes the eyes to appear in front of Mario's eyes in the manner depicted.
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In Super Mario Maker, official accounts existed that used a picture instead of a Mii, one of which was Bowser's account. However, internally, even these accounts had Miis assigned to them. Here is Bowser's official Mii, extracted from the game's files. His name is Ethan.
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Whenever Mario hits a wall during his rolling move in Super Mario Odyssey, he will assume a saddened expression for three frames at the moment of impact. This expression is not used in any of Mario's other animations. Here it is from various angles.
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In 2004, to promote the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo of America donated 1000 doors to nonprofit homebuilding organization Habitat for Humanity.
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"Handsome Yoshi" from a 1995 Yoshi's Island manga.
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Last year, I posted about an extremely rare artwork of Toad and Yoshi holding hands, which was only available in low quality. I was finally able to track down a high-resolution version of the artwork in a Japanese magazine.
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Based on documentation and statements by Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi has been part of Super Mario 64 for around 85% of the game's development, before being deemed too demanding on the game's memory and removed only 3 months before the game was finished.
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