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In the Wooded Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey, there is a very steep slope that Mario cannot normally walk up, and needs Rocket Flowers to climb. By strategically building a stair to that section using a Sherm, it is possible to bring a Goomba up to the slope.
This reveals that Goombas have a normally unseen interaction with slopes: if the player keeps shaking the Joy-Cons, the Goomba will quickly slide up the slope on one foot in the manner depicted.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: myself, Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) on original hardware
In Super Mario Maker 2, a Koopa Troopa will change size depending on its shell. If a regular Koopa Troopa is removed from its shell in the Super Mario World or Super Mario 3D World styles, then jumps into a giant shell, it will permanently become giant; and vice versa.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: myself, Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) on original hardware
The Argentinian Club Nintendo magazine had two sections containing previews of upcoming games, both using illustrations of Mario as a header.
Games on home console systems were put in a section called “bola de cristal”, or “crystal ball” (left), evoking the idea that Mario is looking into a crystal ball to see games that have not yet been released.
Games on the Game Boy, however, were in a different section called “bolita de cristal”, or “crystal marble” (right), which is a joke on how the Game Boy’s screen is much smaller than a TV screen, so a smaller crystal ball was needed to view the games.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Club Nintendo (Argentina), Issue 1, 1992
Super Mario Odyssey “find the differences” picture from the 2019 “The Ultimate Guide to Nintendo” book by GamesRadar+, featuring Mario without a mustache.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “Tom_Hall”
In Level 1-2 of Yoshi’s Island, if a Shy Guy is hit with an egg at a specific frame when a Chain Chomp flies in from the background and goes upwards off the top of the screen, the Shy Guy will simply turn upside down and slide away instead of performing his defeat animation.
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The data of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story contains an unused, but still functional item called “DUMMY”, which uses a unique sprite similar to that of a Life Shroom from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
If the game’s code is modified to put the item into the player’s inventory, we can see that it is used for a very specific scenario: while fighting enemies that Bowser has inhaled, Mario and Luigi can use a “DUMMY” to restore 60HP to Bowser. The item is thrown upwards and explodes, while Bowser plays a satisfied animation as he recovers HP. In the finished game, there is no way for Mario and Luigi to restore Bowser’s HP.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: myself, M&L:BiS (NA, DS) in DS emulator
Various officially licensed Mario slippers, seen in the British Superplay magazine.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Superplay (UK), Issue 17, 1994
Mario Kart 64 illustration from the German Total magazine.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Total (Germany), Issue 11, 1997
Photos of Mario costumes used at Nintendo events in the early 1990s from the Nintendo of America media archives.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “EGPRCHAMP”
When the press kit containing Mario Party 8 official art was released, it included two almost identical renders of Donkey Kong; one with a closed mouth and one with an open mouth. This is a rare example of official art being made from the same model being modified in such a limited way without any additional changes such as being part of a group image, a different camera angle, or different lighting. Here are the two renders displayed one after another as an animation.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: 1, 2
