1826
This photo of Jim Merrick, former senior marketing director at Nintendo of Europe, seems to be focused not on Mr. Merrick, but on a unique Yoshi statue behind him. If you have any information regarding the current whereabouts of the statue or additional photos of it, contact me.
1827
In Super Mario Galaxy, the bubble generators in Bubble Breeze Galaxy have unused settings to create cubic and octahedral bubbles. As the galaxy's internal name is "CubeBubbleEx", the cube was likely the original intended shape before being replaced with traditional round bubbles.
1828
The data for Pikmin on the GameCube includes an unused model of a Goomba head, called "kuribo.mod" (the Japanese name for "Goomba") internally. While the model appears normal from the front (left), turning it around reveals that it has a second face on its back (right).
1829
A compilation of internal names used for the various kingdoms in Super Mario Odyssey's code, as well as the internal names of their inhabitants. Some of the names suggest that the original concepts could have been slightly different, such as "Clash World" for the Lost Kingdom.
1830
This group artwork for Super Mario Bros. 3 is notable in that every single character in it with a visible eye color (eyes that are not simple dot pupils) has blue eyes. Bowser's eye color was changed to red since, so this would no longer be true if the image was recreated today.
1831
In Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Donkey Kong emerges from a beehive during one of the boss battles. Due to an error in how the 3D models' colors were sampled into 2D sprites, Donkey Kong's eyes and teeth become completely black every time he retreats into the hive.
1832
With the upcoming release of Paper Mario: The Origami King, I am adopting a special spoiler policy for the game, where I will cover certain areas of the game progressively over time. I sincerely hope that I am able to avoid spoiling the game for as many of my readers as possible.
1833
According to Retro Studios 3D artist Eric Kozlowsky, this steam ship was one of the first assets to be created for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Although the ship is not used in the finished game, a few wrecked pieces of it can be found in the background of Level 1-4.
1834
Wario's body with his torso at maximum extension, seen in the "Wario" souvenir in WarioWare: Twisted.
1835
The official Prima guide for Mario Kart: Double Dash maintains that Daisy is Peach's cousin. Nintendo has never confirmed or denied this.
1836
WarioWare Gold contains a reference to the Google Search homepage. In the "Crowded Desktop" microgame, one of the windows that can randomly appear contains six colored blobs above a search bar. The color order of the blobs exactly matches the letters in the Google logo.
1837
Dixie Kong's hair is fully modeled underneath her hat in the model used for her trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. We can see how she would appear without the hat by removing it in a model editor.
1838
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1839
Official Aquabeads designs of Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser from a licensed Mario Aquabeads kit.
1840
While Bowser usually has a simple set of two spikes on his tail, Giga Bowser from the Super Smash Bros. series replaces it with an arrangement of four spikes called a "thagomizer".
1841
In Super Mario 64, if Mario reads a sign on a slope from the side, he will slide in front of it while retaining his elevation. This can cause him to float in mid-air. The second part of the footage repeats the animation, slowed down; note Mario's shadow showing he is floating.
1842
Peach snow statue found in Level 4-4 of New Super Luigi U.
1843
The Russian version of Super Mario Maker 2 may be hinting at additional rideable characters other than Yoshi to be included in the game in the future due to template-like wording of the Yoshi Clear Condition. Details can be found in the provided image.
1844
Nintendo's 2013 financial report contained examples of Miiverse drawings to illustrate the appeal of the service. Here are all the Mario-related drawings used.
1845
Print ad for Nintendo of Brazil's official site, using the "M" emblem on Mario's hat in a creative manner.
1846
Normally, it is not possible to enter the Chief Chilly Challenge extra course in Super Mario 64 DS as Yoshi. However, bringing Yoshi to the Chief Chilly battle through the use of hacks or glitches reveals that Chief Chilly has special unused dialogue for this occasion.
1847
Concept art of Bowser in a military-themed outfit for his appearance in Skylanders: SuperChargers. He appears to be wearing a Star Coin from the New Super Mario Bros. games as a medallion.
1848
In Super Mario RPG, having Mallow use the Psychopath move on Axem Black reveals that Axem Black is thinking a grammatically incorrect sentence: "You're timing stinks!"
1849
Mario's sprite for picking himself up from the ground in the SNES version of Mario is Missing.
1850
In addition, here is the full Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ad that contains the artwork:
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