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A widespread fraud has been reported recently whereby seemingly sealed Switch games, among them many Mario games, contain a googly eye instead of a game (to mimic the cartridge rattling). Please check all games at the counter after buying to ensure the presence of the cartridge.
January 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A widespread fraud has been reported recently whereby seemingly sealed Switch games, among them many Mario games, contain a googly eye instead of a game (to mimic the cartridge rattling). Please check all games at the counter after buying to ensure the presence of the cartridge.
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An error screen from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
January 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
An error screen from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
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The quote “I outrank you in this scenario” is often misattributed to Bowser, as dialogue boxes in Super Mario Bros. did not make it clear who was speaking. However, the official novelization written by Shigeru Miyamoto shows that this is actually Mario's famous catchphrase.
February 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The quote “I outrank you in this scenario” is often misattributed to Bowser, as dialogue boxes in Super Mario Bros. did not make it clear who was speaking. However, the official novelization written by Shigeru Miyamoto shows that this is actually Mario's famous catchphrase.
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Rare images taken by a spelunker they claim to be of The Idol have surfaced after Satoru Iwata risked his life to seal it away years ago. The authenticity has yet to be confirmed.
Content Warning: Do not view this image without the presence of another human.
Content Warning: Do not view this image without the presence of another human.
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rare images taken by a spelunker they claim to be of The Idol have surfaced after Satoru Iwata risked his life to seal it away years ago. The authenticity has yet to be confirmed.
Content Warning: Do not view this image without the presence of another human.
Content Warning: Do not view this image without the presence of another human.
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In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) there is an anti-hacking tool that can detect when an entity is placed in a location it should not be. This screen appears, and the player is booted back to the title screen. The image that appears on this screen is labelled "Mr. Erroll".
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) there is an anti-hacking tool that can detect when an entity is placed in a location it should not be. This screen appears, and the player is booted back to the title screen. The image that appears on this screen is labelled "Mr. Erroll".
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Card from a set of officially licensed 1996 Mario quiz cards, depicting Luigi as a traitor to the United States of America. The answer given by the card can be found in the ALT text of this image.
January 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Card from a set of officially licensed 1996 Mario quiz cards, depicting Luigi as a traitor to the United States of America. The answer given by the card can be found in the ALT text of this image.
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In Yoshi’s Island, the last background layer in most levels is a gradient generated by the game’s engine. The gradients are only ever seen partially, always being obscured by at least one other layer. Here are some of the most prominent gradients, extracted from the data.
January 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In Yoshi’s Island, the last background layer in most levels is a gradient generated by the game’s engine. The gradients are only ever seen partially, always being obscured by at least one other layer. Here are some of the most prominent gradients, extracted from the data.
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This month's experimental post: We Need To Talk About Parallel Universes
I explore the hypothetical alternate universe scenario where instead of focusing on Mario games, my life would have gone differently and I made a similar blog about other franchises I like instead.
I explore the hypothetical alternate universe scenario where instead of focusing on Mario games, my life would have gone differently and I made a similar blog about other franchises I like instead.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
This month's experimental post: We Need To Talk About Parallel Universes
I explore the hypothetical alternate universe scenario where instead of focusing on Mario games, my life would have gone differently and I made a similar blog about other franchises I like instead.
I explore the hypothetical alternate universe scenario where instead of focusing on Mario games, my life would have gone differently and I made a similar blog about other franchises I like instead.
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An officially licensed 1994 Larry plush from Japan is notable for giving him a comically small amount of hair compared to his regular design.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
An officially licensed 1994 Larry plush from Japan is notable for giving him a comically small amount of hair compared to his regular design.
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Development files reveal that Super Mario Kart used to contain "Grass That Doesn't Slow You Down", which defeats the entire purpose of offroad grass in a racing game. The developers clearly had a low opinion of it, calling it "unnessesaly" [sic] in the code before removing it.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Development files reveal that Super Mario Kart used to contain "Grass That Doesn't Slow You Down", which defeats the entire purpose of offroad grass in a racing game. The developers clearly had a low opinion of it, calling it "unnessesaly" [sic] in the code before removing it.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 contained a "dialogue test zone" during development. The area has been removed, but its dialogue still survives. It would have contained bizarre interactions such as a Toad saying "crab crab mochi crab crab crab" and another Toad saying simply "3".
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Super Mario Galaxy 2 contained a "dialogue test zone" during development. The area has been removed, but its dialogue still survives. It would have contained bizarre interactions such as a Toad saying "crab crab mochi crab crab crab" and another Toad saying simply "3".
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The concept of Yoshi as a cartoonish dinosaur with a round snout can be traced back to a single sprite in the development files of Super Mario World that marked the transition point from a raptor-like snout to the modern design.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The concept of Yoshi as a cartoonish dinosaur with a round snout can be traced back to a single sprite in the development files of Super Mario World that marked the transition point from a raptor-like snout to the modern design.
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Roy is the only Koopaling who can be defeated more than once in a single playthrough of Super Mario Bros. 3. In fact, players wishing to maximize their gameplay must take the Quadruple Roy Route.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Roy is the only Koopaling who can be defeated more than once in a single playthrough of Super Mario Bros. 3. In fact, players wishing to maximize their gameplay must take the Quadruple Roy Route.
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The Super Mario 64 patent lays out the internal order in which Mario reacts to hazards, essentially laying out his "preferences". This is what Mario believes is worth reacting to, in order from most to least important:
1. Quicksand
2. Poison gas
3. Low health
4. Being cold.
1. Quicksand
2. Poison gas
3. Low health
4. Being cold.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The Super Mario 64 patent lays out the internal order in which Mario reacts to hazards, essentially laying out his "preferences". This is what Mario believes is worth reacting to, in order from most to least important:
1. Quicksand
2. Poison gas
3. Low health
4. Being cold.
1. Quicksand
2. Poison gas
3. Low health
4. Being cold.
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The Super Mario Magic 8 Ball is an officially licensed 2017 fortune-telling device based on the classic Magic 8 Ball, using Mario quotes for fortunes. As its mechanism uses a 20-sided die, you can "emulate" this device by rolling such a die and consulting the chart below.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The Super Mario Magic 8 Ball is an officially licensed 2017 fortune-telling device based on the classic Magic 8 Ball, using Mario quotes for fortunes. As its mechanism uses a 20-sided die, you can "emulate" this device by rolling such a die and consulting the chart below.
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The 3DS AR Games app has an extremely robust Mario recognition algorithm that is not impeded by a lack of color or shape, looking for either of them independently. All three of the cards shown here will be recognized by the system as depicting Mario.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The 3DS AR Games app has an extremely robust Mario recognition algorithm that is not impeded by a lack of color or shape, looking for either of them independently. All three of the cards shown here will be recognized by the system as depicting Mario.
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In order to make the Online Play Guide in Super Mario Bros. Wonder language-independent, all pre-written text in the screenshots was replaced with the letter O. This is easy to overlook as the images appear very small in-game but becomes apparent when they are isolated.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In order to make the Online Play Guide in Super Mario Bros. Wonder language-independent, all pre-written text in the screenshots was replaced with the letter O. This is easy to overlook as the images appear very small in-game but becomes apparent when they are isolated.
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In Yoshi's Island, if the "Kamek saying 'OH, MY!!!'" object is inserted anywhere in a level that is not a boss battle, Baby Mario will explode. This will count as completing the level.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In Yoshi's Island, if the "Kamek saying 'OH, MY!!!'" object is inserted anywhere in a level that is not a boss battle, Baby Mario will explode. This will count as completing the level.
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The European Nintendo Switch Online version of Super Mario 64 contains an exceedingly bizarre bug where Cool, Cool Mountain and Big Boo's Haunt will occasionally randomly swap O's and U's between each other, becoming "Cool, Cool Muuntain" and "Big Boo's Haont".
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The European Nintendo Switch Online version of Super Mario 64 contains an exceedingly bizarre bug where Cool, Cool Mountain and Big Boo's Haunt will occasionally randomly swap O's and U's between each other, becoming "Cool, Cool Muuntain" and "Big Boo's Haont".
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Promotional 1994 Donkey Kong Country T-shirt, which uses a visual pun to indicate that "Donkey Kong's back" (as in, returns in a new game) with a render of Donkey Kong's literal back.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Promotional 1994 Donkey Kong Country T-shirt, which uses a visual pun to indicate that "Donkey Kong's back" (as in, returns in a new game) with a render of Donkey Kong's literal back.
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Mario Party 8 contains an unused, unfinished or corrupted animation for Miis whereby the Mii's neck continuously snaps backwards at a 90 degree angle while it looks around.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Mario Party 8 contains an unused, unfinished or corrupted animation for Miis whereby the Mii's neck continuously snaps backwards at a 90 degree angle while it looks around.
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Even though Bowser is a king, he does not normally wear a crown. An officially licensed Japanese picture book features a story where he appears to kidnap Peach at first but really just wants to take her crown so he can feel pretty.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Even though Bowser is a king, he does not normally wear a crown. An officially licensed Japanese picture book features a story where he appears to kidnap Peach at first but really just wants to take her crown so he can feel pretty.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, we never see what exactly happens to Mario whenever Vivian drags him into the shadows. By moving the camera and adjusting the image, we can see Vivian actually crumples him into a heap of body parts during this.
![[Screenshots of Vivian hiding Mario in PM:TTYD] In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, whenever Vivian drags Mario into the shadows, we can see him start to get deformed during the animation. However, we cannot see what actually happens to him while in the shadows.
[Screenshot of Mario being stretched underground] Moving the camera below the ground, we can see Mario becoming very stretched-out, but it is very difficult to tell what exactly happens to his body.
[Labeled screenshot of Mario being un-stretched] By resizing the image to undo the stretching, it is revealed what happens to Mario. He is crumpled into a heap of body parts during this procedure.
Source: Supper Mario Broth, screenshots taken in a GC emulator, game: PM:TTYD](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreihffgvb7yrnpdp5w5sd472rjwlaytsayjirpfb6j4tdjneuqkdozu@jpeg)
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, we never see what exactly happens to Mario whenever Vivian drags him into the shadows. By moving the camera and adjusting the image, we can see Vivian actually crumples him into a heap of body parts during this.
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In Mario Super Sluggers, Boo and King Boo have unused leg bones in their models, despite not having any legs. Below, the leg bones are made visible.
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
In Mario Super Sluggers, Boo and King Boo have unused leg bones in their models, despite not having any legs. Below, the leg bones are made visible.