2077
A licensed 1982 Donkey Kong arcade sticker (left) depicts Mario wearing a green hat and overalls and a reddish shirt. The sticker ended up predicting Luigi's appearance in the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade (right), a year before Luigi existed.
2078
Waluigi's sprites and models almost never depict him with abnormal proportions, as his lanky stature is an integral part of his character. However, on two occasions, Waluigi has been deformed to fit into a square: Mario Tennis on the GBC (left) and Mario Party-e (right).
2079
In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3, the Fire Flower has eyes under nearly all circumstances. However, receiving a Fire Flower from a Toad House briefly shows it with its eyes missing. It is the only object that changes its appearance in this manner.
2080
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, clearing 4 lines at once in the Barrel minigame will result in an 8-bit sprite of a skeleton briefly appearing. The sprite is a reference to the original sprite of the Stalfos enemy from The Legend of Zelda on the NES.
2081
Ending screen from Donkey Kong Land. This appears for less than two seconds after King K. Rool's defeat animation, and is immediately followed by the staff roll. Then, the game resets.
2082
Sprites of "Kong" from two different versions of KONG, an unauthorized Donkey Kong clone for the ZX Spectrum.
2083
The control explanations in the manuals for all games where Mario is the player character are phrased either as e.g. "Move right" or "Mario moves right". The only exception is Donkey Kong for the NES, where the controls refer to Mario as "He" instead.
2084
Artwork of Tanooki Mario from a licensed Argentinian Super Mario Bros. sticker book.
2085
The quiz for returning the stolen Sistine Chapel ceiling in the SNES version of Mario is Missing offers the answer option "Splinter" among names of Italian artists, in a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
2086
Illustration of Mario in his Satellaview space suit (most recently seen in Super Mario Odyssey) from the British SuperPlay magazine. Why it was chosen to promote the Nintendo 64, which did not support Satellaview, in a country where Satellaview was never available, is unknown.
2087
Officially licensed small plastic Super Mario Bros. folders from Japan with the captions "SPECIAL TIME WITH FIRE" and "GET FIRE!" The folders were part of a cross-promotion between Nintendo and Kirin FIRE, a Japanese coffee drink brand.
2088
"German Mario" from a calendar in the German Club Nintendo magazine.
2089
Storyboard drawing of Yoshi swallowing King Koopa's fireball in the intro to the Super Mario World cartoon.
2090
Decal found on a Viessmann maintenance van in Italy (left) that highly resembles Mario Party 6 official art (right). As most similar instances of copying artwork come from smaller businesses, this is a rare case of a large multinational company tracing Mario art in this manner.
2091
In Super Mario Maker, whenever Mario takes a running jump in any form except Small Mario in the Super Mario World style, his feet disappear. Compare the original Super Mario World sprite (left) to the footless Super Mario Maker sprite (right).
2092
Official artwork of Toad from the manual of Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy depicts him sitting next to a can of soda that highly resembles a simplified Coca Cola can, colored blue (left). In fact, some regional markets like Turkey sell very similar blue cans (right).
2093
The aim of the Roll Call minigame in Mario Party 2 is to count crowds of Toads, Bob-ombs or Boos that move around. In the game's data, a sprite of Bomberman can be found next to this minigame's graphics, suggesting that a crowd of Bombermen may have also been intended to appear.
2094
From the back cover of the official Japanese soundtrack for Super Mario World.
2095
During the cutscene in Paper Mario where Mario is thrown out of Peach's castle, Bowser and a Koopatrol are spawned outside of the room prior to entering the scene. Due to spawning at the same coordinates, the Koopatrol appears embedded in Bowser's lower body.
2096
Regarding the previous Tweet: I hope this small science-themed departure from my usual content is acceptable. I simply thought the extremely similar sizes of human DNA and GameCube games were notable enough to be documented. Regular content will now resume.
2097
The calendar in the Toy Box in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe contains three entries when it is unlocked, one commemorating the release of Super Mario Bros. and the other two being extremely vague. Those actually mark the Japanese release dates of Mario Bros. and Super Mario Land.
2098
Early title screen and logo for Wario: Master of Disguise (known during development as "Wario Ark"), found in the game's debug menu, accessible by modifying the code.
2099
Very early Thwomp design from beta footage of Super Mario 64.
2100
In the German Club Nintendo comic special for Yoshi's Island, the red Yoshi is given a name: Netty. While the name "Netty" appears multiple times in different comics as a running gag, this is nevertheless one of the rare occasions where a Yoshi character is given a name.
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