1076
In Super Mario 64, the mushroom platforms in Tall, Tall Mountain have faulty collision that manifests in angle-dependent invisible walls. If Mario approaches them at a precise angle, he will hit an invisible wall that is not normally there.
1077
The North American commercial for Yoshi's Island DS contains an original 3D model of Baby Donkey Kong that is visible for less than 2 seconds during one scene. The model is distinct from the model later used in Mario Super Sluggers by having a smaller mouth.
1078
In the Mario Classic Court in Mario Power Tennis, Fighter Flies appear as 2D sprites from the Mario Bros. arcade (top left). In the data is an unused 3D model for the Fighter Fly (right), which would have been its only 3D appearance. It is based on its GBA design (bottom left).
1079
1993 print ad for the Church of England. Unfortunately this low-resolution scan from Electronic Gaming Monthly appears to be the only available image of it.
1080
The manual for WarioWare: Smooth Moves includes an illustration to discourage operating the Wii Remote using tentacles.
1081
At the end of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario can agree to serve the Shadow Queen. In most versions, this makes him look angry (left). However, in the Japanese version, he assumes the sprite Doopliss uses when impersonating him, signifying becoming evil (right).
1082
In Super Mario Odyssey, Mario's panting animation does not interact correctly with him looking upward. Standing next to an object of interest at low health, Mario will constantly try to look away from it, only to have his head be jerked back to the object.
1083
The US version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga cannot properly handle if the sum of all damage dealt to some bosses in a turn exceeds 5000 (possible at very high levels). For example, doing it to Hermie III causes him to explode while leaving his claws behind, freezing the game.
1084
At a 2002 Nintendo press event, early footage of Super Mario Sunshine was shown; however, no cameras were permitted. A correspondent of the British NGC Magazine drew sketches of what he saw in the footage; notably, a talking Yoshi NPC. In the finished game, Yoshis do not talk.
1085
According to the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, the Moon Kingdom and Bowser's Kingdom were originally intended to be one location, so that instead of having a separate "Japanese castle" and "moon" levels, the theme was "Japanese castle on the moon".
1086
Splash screen depicting Mario and two defeated enemies that briefly appears before each bonus round in the licensed 1987 version of Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64.
1087
In Super Paper Mario, red lycoris flowers can be seen in Sammer's Kingdom. In Japanese culture, they symbolize death and mourning, and are said to bloom when seeing someone for the last time. This may be foreshadowing of Sammer's Kingdom being obliterated during the game's story.
1088
Illustration from a 1988 Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3 featuring a more simplistic Boo design than used in the finished game.
1089
In the Nintendo Switch version of Miitopia, there is an NPC that wears various Mario character costumes (left). In the code (right), the costumes are saved with wildly mismatched parts, which are then resized at runtime to normal size when the Mii is displayed.
1090
Due to the Goomba's Shoe item being known as "Kuribo's Shoe" at the time of Super Mario Bros. 3's release, an issue of Nintendo Power calls a Shoe Goomba "Kuribo's Goomba". As "Kuribo" is the Japanese name for Goomba, this translates to "Goomba's Goomba".
1091
In the Super Mario Maker series, Winged Stretches switch between the upper and lower side of platforms. The time they take to switch depends on how many blocks of ground they must travel through. This can be used to surprise the player by placing them under very tall platforms.
1092
Both Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario contain remnants of a design concept for Princess Peach with shorter hair; seen on Peach's chapter intro medallion in the former and found as an unused quick edit of the sprite in the data of the latter.
1093
In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario can clip through a corner in the Blooper race track in Ricco Harbor, whereupon it is revealed that the track is floating in space, like the secret courses. Once out of bounds, Mario can run around in space, but can never return to the track.
1094
In the Japanese version of Paper Mario: The Origami King, the Whispering Woods is called "デクの山" (Deku Mountain) and Ol' Grandsappy is called "デクじい" (Grandfather Deku). This is a reference to the similarly elderly and mustachioed Deku Tree from the Legend of Zelda series.
1095
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Goombella often has special tattle messages for NPCs in extraordinary circumstances. However, sometimes she does not; here, when Shellshock eats the poisoned cake in Chapter 3, Goombella says he "seems to be totally on top of his game".
1096
King Boo from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Big Boo from Mario Pinball Land with their mouths closed in a manner uncommon for Boos.
1097
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the Vellumentals are deities that have been folded into origami (left). While their unfolded forms are not shown in gameplay, the Water Vellumental's original form can be seen in the concept art gallery (right, extracted from the game's files).
1098
While Waluigi is already the tallest regular human Mario character, he would appear even taller if he was standing up straight. Here is a comparison between the heights of his usual stance and a stance with good posture using the Mario character size reference chart.
1099
Toadsworth's model with and without his mustache.
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In Super Mario Maker 2, whenever Pom Pom takes damage, she briefly gains extra fingers on both hands (left and middle). This is likely due to her model being imported from Super Mario 3D World, where she has two hand variations, and those two being loaded simultaneously (right).
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