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While the microgames in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames can only be played in three difficulty levels, there is functionality in the code supporting even higher difficulties. Setting the level over 3 in "The Brush Off" results in the teeth cycling through colors of the rainbow.
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Promotional photos from a 2005 event organized by Nintendo of Japan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., featuring Mario and actress Shoko Nakagawa in a party setting.
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In the background of Level 7-1, "Foggy Fumes", in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mr. Game & Watch can be seen hitting a pipe with a hammer. Below are the sprites used for him, extracted from the game's data.
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The Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country randomly displays one of three title screens upon starting the game; however, in international versions, the artwork is cut off at the bottom. Here is the full title screen artwork, visible in the Japanese version.
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The legs of Bowser's model in Mario Kart 7 are unusually short.
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From information provided in the manual for WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames, we can calculate that Orbulon was born in the year 3, and is currently 2015 years old.
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Cartridge label of Super Bros. 9, a pirate hack of Adventure Island 2 featuring Mario.
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Sprites of Wario from the unlicensed Wario Land 3 for the Sega Genesis.
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Japanese Super Mario World finger puppets of Cape Mario in progressive stages of liftoff.
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Storyboard drawing for a shot in the intro to the Super Mario World cartoon.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, whenever Mario twists up to release the Super/Ultra Hammer spin attack, one of his eyes undergoes severe deformation.
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In Mario Kart Wii, resetting the Team Race menu until you are on the blue team, then exiting and choosing Solo Race will make the Fake Item Boxes dispensed by your character blue despite there not being a blue team in a Solo Race.
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Bowser's appearance as an indeterminate monster, possibly a shark-penguin hybrid, from the Wario Bike souvenir in WarioWare: Twisted.
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Illustration of mudslinging between Sony (represented by Crash Bandicoot) and Nintendo (represented by Mario) in an editorial in GamePro magazine.
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Chinese-exclusive artwork of the Super Mario 64 design of Princess Peach, displayed in a splash screen used by the iQue Player, a console made to distribute select Nintendo 64 titles in China.
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Completely false Super Mario Bros. tip submitted by readers and published in Nintendo Fun Club News, an official Nintendo publication.
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During the ending to Super Mario Sunshine, we briefly see Mario from FLUDD's point of view (top). There is a small window in the bottom left of this screen saying "Game Over". This appears to be a recreation of the Game Over screen from Mario Bros. on the NES (bottom right).
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Concept art for Super Mario 64 featured in the Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Collection booklet (left) shows that the team envisioned Mario to be able to swing on horizontal bars in that game. The idea went unused; however, it was implemented in Super Mario Sunshine (right).
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In the WarioWare Gold version of the microgame "Burying the Hatchet", Mario's right sleeve is correctly colored red, while his left sleeve is colored blue for an unknown reason. Note that this is a remake of a microgame from WarioWare: Twisted, where both sleeves were red.
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Illustration of Raccoon Mario and Boom Boom from the 1991 official Nintendo calendar.
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If you are in possession of any further information about the Super Mario Knife, please contact me so this post can be amended!
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In the museum in the Skulking Around level in Yoshi's Crafted World, three vases can be found as exhibits in the background. The design of these is a reference to the vases from Level 2-8 of Yoshi's Island, and that level's boss, Roger the Potted Ghost.
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From the cover of an issue of MAD Kids, a short-lived spin-off of MAD Magazine aimed at a younger audience.
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