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The Stone-Eye statues seen in New Super Mario Bros. U/Deluxe have a lower part consisting of a dark rectangular column that is always hidden below sand or behind walls in-game. However, in several unused levels found in the game’s data, the Stone-Eyes are positioned in such a way that the hidden part is visible. The bottom footage shows that Stone-Eyes were intended to be used even outside desert levels, as well.
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Top: In the final battle of Yoshi’s Island, Giant Baby Bowser will slowly approach the screen. When he is so close to the screen that he completely covers the sky, the middle platforms of the arena will be destroyed. If the player manages to shoot an egg upward during this period in such a way that it deals the final hit to Baby Bowser, his defeat animation will play as Yoshi falls off screen.
Bottom: After the cutscene where Kamek and Baby Bowser escape, Yoshi will suddenly appear in mid-air and float to the right until he reaches the platform, whereupon the cutscene will resume playing normally.
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Promotional artwork by Nintendo of Spain used for their 1994 SNES lineup advertisements.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: Hobby Consolas (Spain), Issue 35, 1994
Top: the “Near Miss” sound effect in Super Mario Maker 2 includes a visual element that appears to be an extremely fast round black object with red glowing dots shooting across the screen. During normal gameplay, the object moves too quickly to be seen clearly.
Middle: footage of the effect slowed down, allowing us to see that that the red details are actually two eyes and a mouth.
Bottom: a still frame of the effect, zoomed in.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) on original hardware
Concept art sketch of Dr. Mario being burned by fire for the North American commercial for Dr. Mario on the NES/Game Boy. The sketch was unused; while Dr. Mario does appear in front of a fire background in the commercial, he dances instead of being burned.
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