2201
British print ad for Super Mario Land 2. The "hedgehog" is referencing Sega's various Sonic the Hedgehog game ads that mentioned Mario games; however, even after this ad, it remained relatively uncommon for Nintendo to mention competitors' products in promotional material.
2202
Giant inflatable Mario and Yoshi, seen at the 1993 Consumer Electronics Show.
2203
World map from the version of Yoshi's Cookie included in the Japan-only Nintendo Puzzle Collection for GameCube. The sword embedded in Bowser's Castle on the east end of the map is a reference to Exor, a very similar-looking sword featured in Super Mario RPG.
2204
In New Super Mario Bros. 2, Roy Koopa is the only character that interacts directly with on-screen text, by hanging off a "D" at the end of the credits.
2205
Unlicensed figurines of Mario and Luigi in soccer uniforms. Notable is the fact that the Mario figurines use a Luigi head model, and the Luigi figurines a Mario head model. (This could also be interpreted as Mario wearing Luigi's cap and vice versa.)
2206
Top row: screenshots of the levels Vulture Culture from Donkey Kong Country and Konveyor Rope Klash from Donkey Kong Country 3. Bottom row: the same levels with all foreground layers removed. The background has been recolored and reused in Donkey Kong Country 3.
2207
Artwork from the cover of a Japanese Mario's Picross activity book.
2208
I do not collect merchandise because I prefer to invest my Mario-related budget into games and equipment that let me create more posts for the Supper Mario Broth sites, which I hope has been a good use of it! Thank you very much for your interest! Regular posting will now resume.
2209
The quiz minigame "Snifit or Whiffit" from Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash is called "Hit It or Snifit!" in the British versions of the games; presumably due to "whiff" meaning "miss" being American baseball slang and likely to be less known in Britain.
2210
Pair of matching Donkey Kong stickers from 1982.
2211
An unused version of the title screen found in the data of WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The logo is smudged, Wario only has one cross-shaped pupil, and his nose has the words "START", "JUGAR" and "JOUER" superimposed on top of each other.
2212
As pointed out by reader @Ramenheim, the reason for this is likely that the kanji is pronounced "hato", which sounds like "heart", making this a Japanese-English pun!
2213
@Luminousplay The color is based on the time between obtaining the egg and Yoshi hatching. It changes in the order shown below and after 20 minutes, the cycle resets to the beginning. As such, all that is needed to obtain the correct color is a timer! Thank you very much for your inquiry!
2214
In the data of Paper Mario, there is unused functionality to have Mario's "boots" entry in the pause menu display as "none" (left). While this does not prevent him from jumping in the overworld, the "Jump" command becomes greyed-out and unusable in combat (right).
2215
Watt's burned sprite in Paper Mario. This is the only time Watt is seen without the spiky aura of electricity and may be the true shape of Watt's body.
2216
Illustration from the British Club Nintendo newsletter. Princess Peach and Toad are fleeing from Fareham, a town in Hampshire, England.
2217
Title screen for “Super Boy 3”, an unlicensed Korean recreation of Super Mario World for MSX home computer systems.
2218
Jimmy T.'s "smug" expression, seen only once in the entire WarioWare series for a few frames during the credits to WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games.
2219
Drawing by Shigeru Miyamoto celebrating the 200th issue of Nintendo Power, on display at the Nintendo World Store in New York.
2220
Mario illustration used numerous times in the British Computer and Video Games magazine, commonly by pasting some object over Mario to indicate his astonishment at that object.
2221
The cork blocking Gooper Blooper's mouth in Super Mario Sunshine has writing on it, which can not be read in full in-game due to the cork being destroyed upon extraction. The writing appears to say "bsgeso", which may be short for Bosu Gessō, the boss's Japanese name.
2222
The Japanese version of the Donkey Kong arcade features the pre-round message "How high can you try?" (left). This was changed in the North American version to "How high can you get?" (right).
2223
In the first battle against Bowser in Super Mario RPG, refusing to listen to Princess Toadstool's advice to "aim for the chain" twice in a row will result in Bowser saying "What a joke!! Put some muscle into it!" and all further damage against him being reduced to 0.
2224
Super Mario Bros. Power Up is a Mario-themed energy drink licensed by Nintendo (left, Official Nintendo Seal in top right). Unfortunately, due to its high caffeine content, the product comes with a warning that it is not intended for children (bottom right).
2225
Here are QR codes for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Thank you very much to reader @Alexand15684871 for the discovery and Mii expert @HEYimHeroic for the extraction of the data and preparation of the codes. The Miis are named "Mariwo?" and "Mr. NOA" internally.
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