In Super Mario 64, if Mario rides a Koopa shell up the slopes surrounding Bob-omb Battlefield and hits the invisible wall in a specific spot, he will become stuck and will only be able to lean in different directions instead of moving, as depicted in the footage.
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Officially licensed 1986 pencil case from Japan, featuring original illustrations of Mario and Bowser wrestling, alongside a unique referee outfit for Peach.
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In the SNES version of Mario is Missing, a map of whatever city Luigi is in can be displayed by pressing Select. However, the map is actually present at all times during gameplay, even when the screen is showing Luigi walking around the city, by being drawn on the SNES’s third background layer.
The first background layer depicts the sidewalk Luigi walks on as well as the buildings next to it, while the second layer depicts the rest of the city further back. By toggling the second layer off, it reveals the map on the third background layer, which even has all the animated map sprites loaded on it during gameplay when they would never be seen, instead of displaying them only when the map is brought up.
As such, there are actually always two Luigis present in every gameplay scene: the controllable Luigi in the foreground and another Luigi hidden in the background on the map screen (see the top left corner of the map in the footage). While this is clearly implemented simply to save time when loading the map (by having it always remain loaded), it is a highly unusual way to do so.
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Officially licensed Paper Mario socks from Sweden.
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1989 trade magazine ad for the Super Mario Bros. Super Show cartoon.
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Set of officially licensed 1998 Mario Party padlocks from Japan.
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This specific official render of Yoshi walking has had a record number of revisions by Nintendo, currently being available in four different versions.
Top left: original version, 2004
Top right: second version, 2011
Bottom left: third version, 2015
Bottom right: fourth version, 2021
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Design from an officially licensed 1991 T-shirt.
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