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Please check out the full paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
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During FLUDD's introduction cutscene in Super Mario Sunshine, we can see a line denoting the operating system in the upper left. FLUDD appears to be running "O-Y-OS Version 7.01 Service Pack 7.1" The O-Y presumably stands for "オヤ" ("Oya"), E. Gadd's first name in Japanese.
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Whenever Wario uses a Super Mushroom in Super Mario 64 DS, his chin clips inside his torso.
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Boo stress ball available as a preorder bonus for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon exclusively in the United Kingdom.
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Outside and inside of Super Mario Travel, a small store selling Mario-themed travel gear which was set up temporarily in 2018 inside the Shibuya Loft mall in Tokyo, Japan.
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In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, walking against the plant in this corner of the Hoohoo Village cave (top left) with Mario in front will make Mario seemingly disappear (top right). However, Mario is simply teleported very high up and will fall down after a while (bottom).
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Even though Yoshi's Cookie for NES and Game Boy share many graphical assets, there is one major difference in the games' credits sequences. At the end of the credits in the Game Boy version, Mario and Yoshi wave with one hand, while in the NES version, they wave with both hands.
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In Super Mario 64, the stained glass window of Peach on the castle depicts her surrounded by flowers on a blue background when viewed from outside. However, when viewed from inside, the same window uses a different texture that changes the blue background to purple.
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The staff of the British Computer and Video Games magazine was able to play the early beta build of Super Mario 64 at the 1995 Japanese Shoshinkai trade show. According to them, the name used for Whomp's Fortress in that build was "World 1: Rocky Mountain".
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Unlicensed Mario figurine from Australia.
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A Best Buy-exclusive Super Mario Sunshine preview CD contains a pre-release screenshot of the game featuring a black Pianta. All black Piantas have been removed from the final version.
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@DanielF9129 Here are the rest of the official Miis! Thank you very much for your inquiry!
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Earlier today, I have made a post that contained an erroneous translation from Japanese. I have deleted the original Tweet in accordance with my veracity policy. Below is an explanation of the situation. I apologize for the error and will take steps to prevent it in the future.
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From a print advertisement for Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64.
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Reader-submitted artwork from an issue of GamePro magazine.
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Illustration from the South Korean manual for Super Paper Mario.
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The Japanese version of Wario Land 3 includes a sheet of stickers to be applied to a picture of Wario (left). Nintendo of Japan's official website for the game also includes an example of what Wario should look like after applying the stickers (right).
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Dutch and Swedish Mario from a German Club Nintendo calendar.
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Unfinished Birdo model found in the data of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
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In Super Mario 64, spawning the 100 Coin Star by collecting the Red Coin shown in the top left in Dire, Dire Docks will cause it to spawn partially out of bounds (top right). The ceiling hitbox prevents Mario from touching the bottom of the Star, making it unobtainable.
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A small detail that bookends the story in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is that the small treasure chest Peach opens in the game's intro is a miniature version of the treasure chest Professor Frankly shows Mario after defeating the final boss.
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Extremely rare flagless front-facing Koopa Troopa and Boo artwork for Mario Party, found in the British Nintendo World magazine. "Flagless" refers to the fact that all commonly available Mario Party Koopa Troopa artwork depicts him holding a flag.
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The data for New Super Mario Bros. U contains an unused pepper level icon (left), meant to be used alongside other icons for secret levels (examples on the right). Since all secret level icons reflect the level's contents, it was likely intended for a unique pepper-themed level.
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A prerelease screenshot of Paper Mario shows a beta Yoshi design (with the design from the finished game inserted for comparison). The beta design's arms are extremely short; had it made it into the finished game, it would have been the shortest-armed Yoshi sprite to date.
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Promotional photograph of Mario and Shigeru Miyamoto during a 2012 visit to South Korea. Shigeru Miyamoto visited Korea as he expressed a desire to personally apologize to the Korean Nintendo audience for the 5-month delay in the localization of Super Mario 3D Land.
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