1601
In Super Mario Bros. 3, if a flying power-up is used to fly above a Winged Boom Boom during his swooping attack, he will fly up out of the screen and never return. The level cannot be completed in this state and the player must let the timer run out to retry.
1602
In the Toad Harbor track in Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a Peach statue in the style of the Statue of Liberty can be seen across the water (left). It is not possible to get close to it in-game; however, extracting the model allows us to see it more clearly (right).
1603
Unlicensed Luigi and Fire Mario handheld mirrors.
1604
In the Bowser's Fury mode of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, positioning Plessie on specific spots on slopes will cause him to continuously oscillate between two angles, appearing to shake rapidly.
1605
The data for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains unused early graphics for Vivian. Compared to the finished version (left), the early design is shorter and has a flame on the tip of the hat (right).
1606
The only existing image of an original Kong character intended to be playable in the cancelled Diddy Kong Pilot for the GBA, extracted from the data of a leaked prototype. According to a dkvine.com interview with an anonymous Rare source, his name was "Redneck Kong".
1607
In Super Mario Odyssey, whenever Mario stands behind ice, his image is distorted to simulate light refraction. However, in specific spots, the distortion effect is mistakenly applied when Mario is next to the ice rather than behind it (note the asymmetrical legs).
1608
In Super Mario Galaxy, regular, non-playable Luigi's shirt has a collar covering the bottom part of his neck (left). However, on playable Luigi's model (right), the collar is peeled back, revealing the previously unseen portion of his neck.
1609
According to review aggregator site Metacritic, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast is the worst game in the greater Mario franchise, being the only game out of all of its subfranchises to have a score lower than 50 and "generally unfavorable reviews".
1610
An announcement: to expand on the Supper Mario Broth veracity policy, all posts that are deleted from this account due to inaccuracy will be posted on the new @CorrectedBroth account in a corrected form. Details below. Thank you to all readers who suggested this system!
1611
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the partner primers refer to all partners in third person, except for Ms. Mowz, whose primer is in first person (right). This could either be an oversight or a hint that Ms. Mowz is the one narrating all the primers.
1612
The North American version of Yoshi's Island has two versions: 1.0, available at release (left), and 1.1, introduced several months later (right). Unlike usual revisions, which fix glitches, this one contains only one change: the font in the message boxes was made thicker.
1613
Rare officially licensed 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 T-shirt depicting Mario swatting away King Koopa's fireball with his hand. In the game, Mario has no way of deflecting fire attacks; the first time he was able to do this using just his fists was in Super Mario Galaxy in 2007.
1614
Unused graphic found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball, possibly used as a placeholder for the title screen during development. The image features crude sketches of Mario and Luigi and the text "ルイージの兄野球", which translates to "Luigi's Brother Baseball".
1615
Frame from a commercial for the Hyundai Super Comboy, the South Korean licensed version of the SNES, featuring Buster Bunny and Dragon Ball characters alongside Mario series characters.
1616
One of my relatives has suffered an accident and is severely injured. As a trained caretaker, I will spend my available time providing assistance. Please understand that this will prevent me from making regular posts on my sites in the coming days. I apologize for the disruption.
1617
A French print ad for Paper Mario, depicting Mario and Bowser battling using scissors. While scissors did not appear in that game, over a decade later, Mario both used scissors and fought against them in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: The Origami King, respectively.
1618
In Super Mario Galaxy, whenever Mario stands directly underneath a point of interest, like a Grand Star, the game will attempt to make him look over both of his shoulders at once. This will result in him raising his shoulders one at a time in a rhythmic motion.
1619
Screenshot of the 1996 homepage of the Nintendo of Japan official website, found in a German magazine. As publicly available backups of the site only go back to 1997, the original image file containing this unique Mario render appears to be lost to time.
1620
Donkey Kong Country is the most underground-focused platformer in the greater Mario franchise, with 21 out of its 40 levels taking place in some sort of cave or mine. Despite featuring many sewers, no platformers starring Mario have such a high percentage of underground levels.
1621
The "Super Mario History 1985-2010" booklet bundled with Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition contains a photo of a model sheet of Mario's hands for use in 2D Mario artwork, at a highly oblique angle to the camera. Here is the sheet perspective-corrected for easier viewing.
1622
In 2001, a concept for a Game Boy pool billiards game starring Wario, called tentatively "Wario Pool", was pitched to Nintendo by an upstart development team, but ultimately rejected. These intro cinematic drawings were part of the initial presentation.
1623
Usually, Boos are depicted with visible teeth whenever their mouths are open. However, in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, sprites of Boos do not have visible teeth in most instances.
1624
In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, there is a unique Mario mask inside the Happy Mask Shop that is impossible to see clearly in-game (circled, left). The design is actually different from the Mario mask designs used in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask/3D (right).
1625
In Super Mario Bros. 3, it is possible to grab the wand dropped after Koopaling battles in mid-air, starting the victory cutscene earlier. However, counter-intuitively, this results in more wasted time compared to grabbing it on the ground. Details in image.
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