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In Super Mario Galaxy 2, a programming oversight results in a glitch that creates an enormous dark orb in Melty Monster Galaxy. Simply go into the pipe to the Chimp’s room in any mission, then back out. If you use first-person view, you will see a giant sphere occupying a large part of the level. This is actually the skybox from the Chimp’s room seen from outside - an error causes it to not unload when exiting the room.
In the prototype version of Super Mario Bros. 2, a debugging feature allows the player to skip to any world, including invalid worlds. Loading an invalid world crashes the game in most cases, but sometimes loads existing levels with different palettes and tilesets.
In the main hall of Big Boo’s Haunt in Super Mario 64, the camera always remains above the front door, so unless you go into first-person view, it’s very hard to see that there’s actually a Boo painting above the door.
From a Japanese guide for Super Mario Kart.
Super Mario Bros. underwater level themed shirt.
Background of Ghostly Grove from Donkey Kong Country 2.
The hints in the Sunken Ship puzzle in Super Mario RPG are all laid out in such a way that there are two possible solutions: “corals” and “pearls”. Only “pearls” is correct, though. Whether the other solution is a coincidence or an intentional misdirection is unknown.
Beta footage of Mario Kart 64 from the Nintendo 64 Promotional Video, back when it was called Super Mario Kart R.
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, beating a mission with Luigi unlocks Luigi’s ghost for that mission, which will speedrun through the course if activated and give the player something to compete against. The ghost is unique among the characters in the game in that it never unloads and remains active even if the planet it’s standing on has unloaded.
Super Star light-up plushie.
