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By unloading the spring model from Spring Mario in Super Mario Galaxy, we can see how his body deforms under the spring. Note that his hands are removed from his model while wearing the spring, as they take up too much space and would interfere with the animations.
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The original concept for Glydon in Super Mario Odyssey (left) was to be a unique member of the Waddlewing species from New Super Mario Bros. U (middle) with a fear of heights. The reference was decided against and Glydon is an original species in the finished game (right).
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Promotional photo from a 1997 campaign by Nintendo of Europe in Germany that featured Mario teaching children about road traffic safety. Participants also received limited edition Super Mario bike helmets, as worn by the girl in the photo.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3/Super Mario All-Stars, the sides of Frog Mario's hitbox allow him to stand on Donut Blocks without causing them to fall. Here, the Donut Block directly under Frog Mario falls, but he hangs on to the next one, allowing him to sit in mid-air indefinitely.
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Mural on an unauthorized Mario-themed ride at the 2009 Florida State Fair, with close-up. The "ML" on Mario's and Luigi's caps stands for the ride's name, "Mario Land".
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The credits for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door show a photo montage of the adventure. 49 out of the 50 photos are always the same. However, the photo of Ms. Mowz kissing Mario will show Goombella or Koops depending on who was active during that cutscene in that playthrough.
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The Dress for Success minigame in Mario Party DS consists of matching characters' heads with their bodies. For every character, an incorrect version of their body is also present, usually differing in some small detail. Here are the characters matched with their incorrect bodies.
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Cartridge artwork for the Brazilian version of Mario Bros. for the Atari 2600. Since the game's low-resolution sprites made Mario and Luigi's mustaches resemble mouths, it is possible the artist interpreted them as such and drew the brothers as children.
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Inspired by this post, reader @tomato_modest attempted to beat the known legitimate world record and was able to do so, with the new record being 15 doors! Congratulations!
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In July 2018, Nintendo of Japan announced a line of licensed travel merchandise using this print pattern, containing original drawings. Some text uses Japanese names, such as "Magnum Killer Airlines" (topmost row, left of middle), that being the Japanese name for Banzai Bill.
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In Luigi's Mansion, the portrait ghost Neville is seen reading a book (top left). While too blurry to say for certain, the texture for the book (bottom left) seems to depict Mario's head and the words "Mario Story". This could be a reference to the Japanese name for Paper Mario.
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In Mario Party 4, the eyebrows of playable characters disappear during some animations. While characters' eyebrows are modeled separately from their bodies in all GameCube Mario Party games, only Mario Party 4 contains instances of them visibly disappearing during gameplay.
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In Super Mario 64, if Mario is eaten by a Bubba fish enemy while surfing on a Koopa shell, the Bubba will eat only Mario and leave the shell floating on the surface of the water.
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In Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (shown here in the latter), if A and B are pressed simultaneously at the start of the level as Fire Mario, he will briefly slide on one foot. Unfortunately, Mario will correct himself to a regular run after 2 seconds.
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Paper Mario contains unused butterfly wing textures (left) that were finally used four years later in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (right), creating a rare case of a game containing unused content belonging to a future game instead of a past game.
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In Super Mario 64, standing between the left and middle Cool, Cool Mountain paintings in Peach's Castle and using first-person view to look through the wall reveals a big red F floating in the darkness. This is actually the entrance to Bowser in the Dark World seen from below.
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Each overworld enemy in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has a unique battle ID. If the ID is changed to be invalid, the game does not crash; interactions with the enemy then simply don't start a battle and instead generate a harmless colorful shower of star particles.
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@DDSeudonym If you mean this one, then yes! This comes from a 1996 manga. It is presented without context even within the work; Luigi only appears like this on the cover and not within the story itself. Thank you very much for your inquiry!
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In the first episode of Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine, there is a fixed-camera scene where the park director talks to Mario. If hacks are used to explore the area during this, it is revealed that two Nokis are missing their shells, appearing as floating heads and limbs.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, if Yoshi throws an egg immediately before jumping on a Spindrift or Fly Guy (left), he will bounce off with one arm outstretched (middle). He will continue to hold his arm in that position throughout all animations until A is pressed (right).
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In the data of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, an unused alternate version of the Peach fortune in the Fortune Telling mode exists that, instead of saying "Extremely Lucky" like the regular version (left), says only "Extremely" instead (right).
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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, there is a fountain with a statue of Princess Peach outside Toad Town (left). In the game's data, an unused alternate version of the fountain can be found, depicting Peach as a mermaid instead (right).
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In some Mario choose-your-own-adventure books, choosing a higher score than can be achieved in a puzzle leads to the Impossible Score Luigi.
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At release, the Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze contained a rare glitch where beating level 3-3 would not open level 3-4. Note there is no path to access 3-4 (circled). The game would simply end at that point, as there would be no way to continue.
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1080° Avalanche for the GameCube contains an unlockable snowboard called "8-bit Soul", depicting a sprite of Mario. Ironically, the sprite is not actually 8-bit; instead, it is from the 16-bit remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 in Super Mario All-Stars.
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