1651
Donkey Kong Land uses a reference to the British rock band Pink Floyd as an integrity check. Four "PFLOYD" strings are found in the code. The game checks if all four are present when the game runs; if they are not, the save files are deleted.
1652
Officially licensed "Super Mario World Twin Cooker" waffle/toast maker from Japan, designed to burn images of Peach and Mario into toast. An example of the finished toast is provided.
1653
Left idle for a minute in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario will adjust FLUDD's belt (left). However, the same animation is also used when Mario is not wearing FLUDD (e.g. in the file select screen or in the secret courses), leading him to still adjust his nonexistent belt (right).
1654
1992 officially licensed Super Mario Kart Koopa Troopa keychain (left) with a terrified expression. This is based on the fact that most of Koopa Troopa's official artwork for the game depicts him in various states of shock or surprise (right).
1655
This drawing of Yoshi and Toad from Game & Watch Gallery 4 is the only time Toad has ever been depicted with visible teeth in any official artwork for a game.
1656
Illustration of Mario with six arms used for a line of licensed merchandise by Italian luxury fashion house Moschino.
1657
In Super Mario Sunshine, if Mario collects a Shine Sprite shortly after being hit with an electric attack, the deformation of his model that is part of the hurt animation will continue into the Shine Sprite collecting cutscene, distorting his face.
1658
In Super Mario Galaxy, if Mario walks very slowly against the crenellations of the platform where he first meets Rosalina in the Gateway Galaxy, his animation will begin to stutter. Mario will continue vibrating as long as the Control Stick is tilted slightly.
1659
The Shy Guy airships from the giant battle tutorial in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story can be loaded into normal battles by modifying the code, unlike all other giant battle enemies. They appear very small, have no attacks and die to any damage, but are otherwise functional.
1660
The way the blue rings around Wario's eyes interact with his eyelids is inconsistent. Sometimes the eyelid covers the ring, sometimes the ring surrounds the eyelid, sometimes the ring disappears when the eye closes and sometimes one eyelid goes over and the other under the ring.
1661
Nintendo of America's official site for WarioWare: Twisted featured a downloadable desktop widget that would display images of randomly matched heads and bodies of Jimmy T., Orbulon, Spitz, Mona, 9-Volt and Dr. Crygor. Below are all the mashup graphics extracted from the program.
1662
Unused "Yoshi Nozzle" found in the data of Super Mario Sunshine. It replaced FLUDD's head with a Yoshi head and would have presumably had some sort of licking functionality.
1663
Rare piece of official artwork depicting Donkey Kong playing the Snowball Summit minigame from Mario Party 3, found only in Japanese promotional content for the game.
1664
Set of officially licensed 1995 Mario figurines from Italy. On the bottom right is Wart from Super Mario Bros. 2 with an off-model yellow coloration.
1665
In the Super Mario Maker series, if Bowser is placed directly into lava, he will die upon spawning. However, Bowser starts spitting fire a few screens before actually spawning. This can lead to a "phantom Bowser" situation where his flames appear while Bowser himself does not.
1666
I discovered what I believe to be an undocumented glitch in Super Mario Maker 2 that allows any course to be loaded with comments from any other course, effectively "transplanting" the comments. Details below. Please let me know of any previous documentation for proper crediting.
1667
Comparison between Weird Mario's sprite in Super Mario Maker seen in the announcement trailer at E3 2014 (left) and the release version of the game (right).
1668
In Luigi's Mansion, there is an extremely fainly visible object floating in the darkness outside the Storage room (left edge of left image). Increasing the brightness and contrast reveals that it is a poster of a ghost holding a trumpet (right).
1669
In Mario Kart 7, the Lakitu driver's right hand is always open, while his left hand is always a fist. This can be seen in-game during his hurt animation (top). The reason for this is that he reuses the NPC Lakitu model, whose left hand is closed to hold the fishing rod (bottom).
1670
In a 2007 interview, Seth Gordon, director of Donkey Kong documentary The King of Kong and producer of video game movie Pixels, expressed great interest in adapting Super Paper Mario into a movie. However, due to being unable to contact Nintendo, the idea was later dropped.
1671
While usually, Nintendo game commercials in the Netherlands are simply dubbed versions of other European commercials, Super Mario Land 2 received a unique Dutch version with brief shots of a live-action Wario, distorted using camera effects.
1672
Clearing the Special Zone in Super Mario World provides an extra bit of added difficulty. Normally, Buzzy Beetles shake before starting to move after being stunned. However, after beating the Special Zone, they start to move without shaking, providing no warning to the player.
1673
Illustration of Godzilla on top of a recreation of Peach's Castle from Super Mario 64 from the Spanish Edge Magazine.
1674
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, if Luigi is made to burrow in the ground in a precise spot at the bottom-right corner of a ledge, he can leave the ledge and burrow in mid-air. This appears as Luigi's hat floating in mid-air in front of Mario (note the shadow under the hat).
1675
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Bobby's attack sometimes misses. While this appears to be random, there is actually an indicator beforehand that allows it to be strategized around. If during the lineup phase Bobby has no "Z"s above him, he will hit. If he does, he will miss.
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