1101
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, if Yoshi stands very close to the large fruit in Yoshi Star Galaxy when eating it (top left), he can jump into the Launch Star that appears after with the fruit still in his mouth, resulting in him keeping his eating model for the Launch Star cutscene.
1102
A 2010 Wario: Master of Disguise manga provides a more detailed look at the disguised form of the main antagonist Tiaramisu, which only appears as a small sprite in-game (top left).
1103
In the Mario Party 4 minigame "Mr. Blizzard's Brigade", the characters are reflected in the arena's icy floor. Looking closely reveals that Luigi's reflection does not match up with his aboveground model, having slightly bigger irises and being wall-eyed. This affects only Luigi.
1104
In Yoshi's Cookie on the NES, the game's cursor is credited as an important character at the end of the game.
1105
In Super Mario Odyssey, the Crazy Cap guide brochures for most kingdoms include those locations' average temperatures. Here are all the temperatures laid out in a chart.
1106
In Super Mario Maker 2, exploiting the fact that doors can be placed behind Bullet Bill Blasters and On/Off Switches can be placed behind Skewers allows the creation of secret doors that require jumping in an inconspicuous place to uncover.
1107
Evolution of official Nintendo golden Mario trophies: left, the 1990 Nintendo World Championship first prize trophy; right, the 2010 Japanese New Super Mario Bros. Wii tournament first prize trophy.
1108
In Super Mario Odyssey, if Mario performs a mid-air dive and hits his head on a wall directly above a bench, he will fall down onto the bench and sit on it even if it is already occupied. Doing this results in him merging with the NPC sitting on the bench.
1109
The Nintendo E3 2007 press kit contained a document with instructions for the press on how to properly display a single piece of Super Mario Galaxy artwork. Below is the entirety of the document.
1110
In Super Mario 64 DS, performing a Slide Kick on the Cool, Cool Mountain slide and falling off the edge will seemingly cause Mario to disappear, but actually warp him high into the air instead. Mario will float in mid-air in that pose until A is pressed, whereupon he will die.
1111
The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book explains that the images Mario sees when he captures entities are their "actual memories". This implies that when capturing characters, not only does Mario have complete control over their bodies, but also full access to their minds.
1112
Multiple versions of very similar unlicensed Wario minifigures dual wielding different weapons exist made by different companies. The JLB version (left) features Wario with two scimitars, while the SLtoys "Super Maric Blocks" (right) features Wario with two daggers.
1113
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Bobby's line about amnesia actually contains two references. In addition to the more obvious Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic reference, the words "ambrosia" and "amnesty" are a reference to a line said by Gulliver in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
1114
The first production run of the licensed World of Nintendo Mario series figurines had quality issues such as typos on the packaging and miscategorized figurines; seen here with an Ice Luigi figurine sold as "Fire Mario". These issues were fixed in later runs starting with 2015.
1115
In Yoshi's Island, if a Shy Guy is hit with an egg on the frame when a falling Chomp's sound effect ends, instead of dying as usual, the Shy Guy will simply turn upside-down and slide away.
1116
In Super Mario 64 DS, the painting for Tall, Tall Mountain provides a hint for the location of the course's secret slide. Looking very closely, the entrance appears completely white in the painting (left, circled) while it is masked to blend in with the rock wall in-game (right).
1117
In Super Mario 64, the eel is never seen leaving the sunken ship in Jolly Roger Bay: it is either inside it or swimming around. By holding C-Up to force the camera to look down while swimming away, we can see the eel simply teleports out of the ship once Mario is far enough away.
1118
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is possible to use glitches to have Flavio follow Mario throughout the entire game. In the cutscene after the final boss battle, Flavio and Mario's partner will occupy the same coordinates, creating one of the amalgams seen below.
1119
In Super Mario Galaxy, there is a piece of faulty collision in front of the door to the Garden on the Comet Observatory that will cause Mario to enter a variety of glitched animations based on his position, some of which are showcased below.
1120
In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3, minigame types are encoded in a single byte. Only few values of the byte are used, leaving the rest invalid, producing glitched results. One of the invalid values results in Toad saying "a" and ending the minigame.
1121
Parody scene of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with Mario characters, featuring Mario as Link, Peach as Zelda, and Bowser as Agahnim, from a 1992 Mario variety manga.
1122
1986 Super Mario Bros. figurine capsule machines in Japan contained this series of three extremely rare figurines: the "Mysterious Occult Super Mario Bros.", consisting of "Villainous Mario" (left), "Villainous Lakitu" (middle) and "Villainous Toad" (right).
1123
Unlicensed figurines of Mario and Luigi wearing each other's outfits.
1124
In Super Mario 64, collecting a star above an updraft will cause Mario to float in the wind indefinitely as control is taken away from the player, preventing Mario from escaping the updraft. The only actions the player can perform are moving the camera and turning off the game.
1125
The Art of Super Mario Odyssey book provides in-universe lore for the Binoculars, describing how they operate and stating that they are supposed to be an older model of the Binoculars from Super Mario 3D Land (right).
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