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Image used on the main menu of a rare Best Buy-exclusive Super Mario Sunshine preview CD-ROM.
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the Rocky Wrench-like Monty enemies emerge from manholes to attack Mario. When they are hiding underground out of view, their models are distorted, with their eyes floating next to their heads.
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One of the enduring mysteries of Super Mario World is the purpose of the empty islands in the top left and bottom right of the map. In the data, an unused Koopaling sprite can be found between the two empty islands in the bottom right, suggesting some content was once there.
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In World 4-2 of Super Mario Bros., it is possible to spawn more moving sprites than the engine can handle (left). This will cause a column of tiles in the level to be overwritten with zeroes, including the HUD, changing Mario's name into "M0rio" (right, note name in top left).
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The Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. has unused debug functionality to replace Mario's sprite with a blue rectangle reading "PLAYER". The rectangle also becomes red when Mario turns into Fire Mario.
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In Donkey Kong Country 2, if Dixie lands on Rambi while performing a helicopter spin and B is pressed on the next frame while Y continues being held, the properties of the helicopter spin will be transferred onto Rambi, allowing him to float through the air.
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The European version of the Hidden Mansion mode of Luigi's Mansion adds a unique twist to the Boolossus fight, whereby Luigi sits down on the Poltergust 3000 and rides it around the room, being faster but harder to control. This is entirely absent from the Nintendo 3DS version.
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In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 2, one of Princess Peach's invincibility frames after picking up the Super Star resembles Princess Daisy, particularly her older design with the pink crown; however, this is likely to be a complete coincidence.
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Nintendo of America's internal guide for Nintendo DS graphics programming contained bizarre Mario-related example images that combine various graphical styles. Below are some examples.
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This 1993 collectible card from Japan is the only officially licensed merchandise that spells Luigi's name as "Ruigi". While his Japanese name, ルイージ, can be romanized as "Ruiji", no other merchandise makes this mistake due to the L on his hat being clearly visible.
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A segment seen extremely briefly during the 2019 Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational reveals that whenever Mario enters an area with a Koopa Troopa Car via a pipe, the Koopa driver will be asleep in the car's seat before being woken up by Mario's presence.
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In the Super Mario Galaxy games, it is not possible to escape most boss arenas during the battle. An exception is King Lakitu from Super Mario Galaxy 2, where Mario can actually leave the platform. If he does, King Lakitu will stretch, then fall asleep until Mario comes back.
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The visual design of the scene in Paper Mario where Mario falls from the sky may be a reference to the intro of Yoshi's Island, where Baby Mario falls from the sky. Among other similarities, both scenes feature unique colorful vegetation not seen anywhere else in those games.
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In the vast majority of games featuring them, the Koopalings all appear together. However, some games have included only subsets of the group so that, over the years, Larry and Ludwig have received the most exposure while Morton and Lemmy received the least.
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Promotional photo released by Nintendo of Europe upon their offices being moved to Großostheim, Germany in 1994, depicting Mario and Donkey Kong moving a table with a banana on it. Nintendo of Europe left this building in 2014 and is now situated in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Artwork from the cover of the manual for Super Irmãos (Portuguese for "Super Brothers"), an unlicensed distribution of Super Mario Bros. from Brazil.
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In the final battle of Super Mario World, if Bowser drops a bowling ball on Cape Mario while he is in his landing animation, the bowling ball will be destroyed and turn into a small green sprite. Rotating the sprite reveals it is a discolored version of part of Peach's face.
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In the Sunshine Airport track in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, veering to the right during the second glider section shows oddly-shaped rocks in the distance (left, circled). A model viewer reveals these are Koopa Troopa rocks, likely a reference to Koopa Troopa Beach from Mario Kart 64.
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In World 2-1 of Super Mario Bros., letting too many enemies gather near the final pipe of the level will cause entities to start despawning, which may cause the trampoline to disappear. Jumping into the space where it was will trap Mario in mid-air forever.
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In Super Mario Bros., any moving platform that scrolls offscreen so that less than 8 pixels of it remain is no longer displayed despite still being loaded. Standing on such a platform causes Mario to appear to float.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, if Ms. Mowz joins the party early through exploits, the game is playable normally. However, if Ms. Mowz eats the poisoned cake in Chapter 3, instead of playing a cutscene of getting poisoned, she will simply disappear completely (right).
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A bulletin released in 1981 by Nintendo regarding a strategy used by high-level Donkey Kong arcade players, who would wait on ladders for barrels to pass. The bulletin introduces a new part that would make barrels come down ladders, eliminating this strategy to increase revenue.
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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe added a period after "Nintendo" in the copyright line compared to the original. Note that it is not standard Nintendo policy to add the period; thus, this was a deliberate decision, possibly to indicate the game will never be updated any further.
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In Super Mario Bros. 2, the animation of launching in a rocket ship usually takes a few seconds. By dropping a POW Block immediately after launching, the rocket's speed will increase drastically.
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