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In the Chauncey battle in Luigi’s Mansion, a glitch can result in the ball that Chauncey summons becoming stuck in mid-air next to him. As it is necessary to shoot the ball at Chauncey to continue the battle, this can result in the battle becoming impossible to win.
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In the Rolling Gizmo Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy, the first few platforms can be explored without riding the Star Ball. If Mario skips the Star Ball and gets to the upright bridge (top), then uses a wall jump and spin to get on top of the bridge (bottom), a formation of blue Star Bits will be visible below. It resembles a Rupee from the Legend of Zelda series. If Mario is riding the Star Ball instead, touching the bridge will lower it, which will cover up the Star Bits and making them impossible to see.
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Top: officially licensed 2020 Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary figurines depicting him using various power-ups.
Bottom: All of these use official artwork of Mario’s forms as a base for the figurine’s pose, except for the Shell Mario figurine, depicting Mario with the Blue Shell power-up from New Super Mario Bros. Shell Mario has never received official artwork, so to create the figurine, artwork of Mario standing from New Super Mario Bros. Wii was used and the shell added to it.
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In Super Mario 64, if one of the Bullies on this large platform in Lethal Lava Land is pushed into the lava at a specific angle, instead of dying, the Bully will oscillate inside the lava as seen in the footage. This does not count as defeating the Bully, resulting in the Big Bully that would normally appear when defeating all the Bullies on this platform never spawning, requiring the course to be re-entered to retry that mission.
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Donkey Kong Country poster from GamePro magazine. It uses a high-resolution version of the game’s title screen artwork, but brightened, making details of the background more easily discernable.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: GamePro (US), Issue 66, 1995
In Super Mario World, properties of flight are conserved while climbing. If Mario clings to a climbable surface while flying, he will resume flying as soon as he lets go. In addition, he retains the extra hit that flight normally grants, as seen near the end of the footage where he is hit by a Koopa Troopa but does not lose his Cape Mario form. Thus, it is advisable to always start flying before clinging to ropes and fences if possible.
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Officially licensed Super Mario Bros. square bowls from Japan. The
bowls are sold separately (top), but collecting all four designs
(middle) reveals that stacking them in a specific order produces a
structure resembling a Brick Block (bottom).
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Unlike all other 3D Mario platformers, where squished Goombas are represented by simply deforming the regular Goomba model, Super Mario Odyssey uses a unique dedicated model for this. Here is the model from the front (top), the side (middle) and from above (bottom).
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In Super Mario Sunshine, Pianta Village contains a tree that grows all five of the game’s different types of fruit. If the durian is taken down from the tree and brought close to its trunk, approaching the durian from a specific angle will result in Mario becoming stuck in a loop of kicking it and the trunk reflecting it back. This causes a large cloud of particle effects to be created, as seen in the footage.
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