A Super Mario variety blog.
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Top: In Super Mario World, if Yoshi attempts to eat a Wiggler while running, Mario will take damage, and die if he is Small Mario. If Yoshi’s tongue is visible during the death animation, the graphics for Yoshi’s head will loop to the top of the screen for one frame as he falls off the bottom.
Bottom: the frame in question. Note half of Yoshi’s head being visible on the top of the screen, above the item storage box.
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For Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey, artwork of Bowser from the original Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story was redrawn with an open mouth and slightly different proportions. This animation shows the differences between the two.
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Two Mario-related pages from the 2019 Nintendo of Japan company handbook, containing various pieces of both promotional Mario artwork as well as concept art. Notably, in the top image, there are concepts for various eyes to be used for Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey (turned around the correct way in the bottom image).
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During the 1990s, Sega’s marketing often included jabs at Nintendo and Mario in particular. In an E3 1996 trailer for Sonic X-Treme, text reading “Mario Who?” appears at the end, followed by an actor dressed up as Mario saying “Sega” in an exasperated manner. Sonic X-Treme was never released.
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Officially licensed glow-in-the-dark Boo liquid soap dispensers from Japan.
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Officially licensed Mario and Princess Peach tin.
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Top: in the pre-release versions of Super Mario 64, Power Stars were 2D sprites instead of 3D models as in the finished game.
Bottom: however, there is one remainder of the original Power Star design in the finished game. The small stars that appear on the title screen around Mario’s head if no input is made for a prolonged time use the same sprite as the pre-release Power Stars, only recolored.
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In one of the extra worlds of the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, it is possible to clip inside an underwater staircase by moving backwards into it in the manner depicted. When Mario emerges on the other side, he will be very close to the right edge of the screen. Touching the flagpole in this state will cause Mario to cling to the flagpole indefinitely instead of advancing to the castle, requiring the game to be reset.
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