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In Chapter 4 of Paper Mario, four boxes inside the Shy Guy’s Toy Box must be hit in the correct order to proceed. This order is yellow, green, red, blue; it is communicated through a note that can be taken to a Toad Town resident to be translated, and through the order of the Shy Guys in the battle that drops the note (top).
The order is identical to the order of the Switch Palaces in Super Mario World (shown here are the level lists from the Super Mario Advance 2 version; note the world numbers on the left and the switch palaces indicated with arrows). While this could be a coincidence, Paper Mario contains enough other references to Super Mario World that this could be deliberate.
In Super Mario Advance 2, Luigi’s jumping animation is his Bicycle Jump originating in Super Mario Bros. 2. During the Bicycle Jump, Luigi does not raise his hand in the air as Mario does during his regular jumping animation, or Luigi himself does in the games where he doesn’t use the Bicycle Jump.
However, there is a single frame during his jump where Luigi uses the regular “fist raised” animation, which is very hard to see in-game. At the apex of his jump, he raises his fist abruptly for 1/60 of a second before lowering it again. Top: regular speed footage, middle: slowed down, bottom: exact frame.
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From the commercial for Super Mario Advance 2.
In the North American and European versions of Super Mario World, Yoshi cannot eat the Dolphins. However, in the Japanese version and in all versions of the remake, Super Mario Advance 2, Yoshi can eat them.
Ending screens of Super Mario World and its remake, Super Mario Advance 2.
From the Super Mario Advance 2 commercial.
Super Mario Advance 2 print ad.
