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In Super Mario Galaxy, Mario will normally fall asleep if no input is made for one minute. However, during boss battles, instead of falling asleep, he will assume a battle stance instead. This is due to an invisible object, called “NonSleepArea” internally, that envelops the boss arenas.
The NonSleepArea is usually larger than the boss arena, so that it also covers platforms adjacent to it. In the top picture, Mario is just outside the cutoff point for the NonSleepArea before the Bouldergeist battle in the Ghostly Galaxy, so he is able to fall asleep.
In the bottom picture, moving only slightly to another point on the platform puts Mario inside the NonSleepArea, where he is unable to sleep despite the boss battle not having yet started.
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Top: a promotional photo of the sound studio where audio shows broadcast over the Japan-only Satellaview service for the Super Famicom were recorded, featuring a Mario toy.
Bottom: this is in fact the same toy that was used as a prop in the commercial for the Japan-only Mario & Wario for the Super Famicom.
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Japanese print ads for Donkey Kong on the Game Boy, also known as Donkey Kong ‘94, and Super Mario Kart, featuring unique hand-drawn sketches of Mario.
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Photos from a 2005 event at Hollywood where Mario and various supporters called for an inclusion of an “Interactive Entertainment” category at the Walk of Fame, along with a star being made for Mario. The petition was unsuccessful.
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Screens from “Mario Bowl”, a Japan-only Mario-themed scorekeeping software for bowling alleys. Due to only being used for a limited time and the software never being backed up, Mario Bowl is currently considered lost media.
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Photo of Shigeru Miyamoto playing an early build of Super Mario 64 in 1995, from the French Player One magazine. Note the extremely tall cartridge in the Nintendo 64 on the right; this was a development cartridge built with larger chips than the final release, requiring more space within the cartridge.
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Footage of the licensed Luigi Mario Kart 8 Wall Climber in action. The car uses a battery-powered vacuum system to stick to smooth surfaces, allowing it to drive on walls.
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The French MMORPG Dofus includes many elements that are references to other franchises or pop culture. Here are the items that are references to the Mario series.
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In an issue of the popular Brazilian comic Turma da Mônica, the main characters enter the Mario universe, with appearances by various items and enemies, ending with Bowser.
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Top: in Super Mario 64 DS, it is possible to get on top of the large brick structure containing the goal portion of the Princess’s Secret Slide area. As Luigi, simply stop the slide in the flat portion after the first tunnel by performing a Ground Pound, and then backwards somersault so that Luigi starts spinning. While spinning, fly to the grey brick roof.
Bottom: this roof is unique due to its surface property whereby all sliding actions continue indefinitely as long as a direction is held. Here, Luigi performs a Slide Kick and is able co continue sliding in a circle forever.
Note that this property is also present in the original Nintendo 64 version of the game, but getting on top of the roof there is possible using only extremely precise jumps not easily performed by the average player.
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