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The design of Peach’s Castle seen on the cover and in official artwork of Super Mario 64 (top row) does not actually match up with the castle used in the game (bottom left). Instead, the castle much more closely resembles the design of Peach’s Castle used in Paper Mario (bottom right), notably the striped roof and the oval emblem above the door. Whether the Paper Mario castle was based specifically on the artwork or both were based on an unused version of the Super Mario 64 castle is unknown.
Beta screenshot of Paper Mario, and a comparison with the same scene in the finished game.
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario and his partners breathe out puffs of air when in cold areas. However, when taking any additional follower character to a cold area (through the use of exploits), we can see that out of all playable characters, only Mario and his partners are programmed to breathe.
While female Toads have been commonplace in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they have disappeared from the series entirely starting with Super Paper Mario, with the only hint that they could still exist being this quip from an angry Toad during a one-time event in Paper Mario: Color Splash. (Note that this isn’t conclusive evidence, as his wife could be something other than a Toad.)
Top: A “Paper Mario RPG” logo used in 1996 by Famitsu Magazine for a Super Mario RPG fan art contest.
Bottom: The Japanese logo for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, known as “Paper Mario RPG” in Japan. Although this is most likely a coincidence, Famitsu ended up predicting the name of a game released 8 years later.
From Super Mario-Kun.
By removing the game’s ability to load certain textures, we can see what Mario and Goombella look like in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door without their respective headgear.
All sprites depicting Bobbery’s beta design that remain in the files of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Variation of Lemmy Koopa’s battle theme in Paper Mario: Color Splash that plays when Mario is low on health.
Ludwig von Koopa’s sprite during his introduction in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
