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It is possible that Peach’s horn in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe is a reference to the first four notes of the main melody of the Peach Gardens track from Mario Kart DS (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass version used in the post, but the original track has the same notes).
Even if the reference is not intentional (since Peach Gardens was not part of Mario Kart 8 originally), the coincidence of a Peach-themed track starting off with a similar 4-note progression is slightly notable.
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Cover of a 1988 issue of the Japanese Famicom Hisshoubon magazine, featuring original pixel art of Super Mario Bros. 3.
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Full 1991 Japanese commercial for Kirin Lemon soda, featuring a Super Mario World cross-promotion. Note how despite creating a variety of Super Mario World-inspired scenes with drawings and claymation, no assets from the game were used, and the level layouts are original designs as well.
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Poster with a stylized Mario scene, included with a 2006 issue of Nintendo Power (please zoom in to view details). This poster was designed by artist Gabe Swarr, known for artwork showcased at the iam8bit video game art exhibition.
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In Super Mario RPG, Fireworks are an expensive item that can be bought from a mole in Moleville for 500 coins (half of Mario’s maximum coin carrying capacity). The game never suggests these are used for anything except being part of a trade sequence where they can be exchanged for a Shiny Stone, which can open the secret Culex boss battle or itself be further exchanged.
However, a secret use for these is that - independent of how many Mario actually has in his inventory - the game keeps track how many of them were purchased on that save file. Depending on the number of Fireworks Mario has purchased before beating the final boss, the shape of the fireworks in the credits will change between a Mushroom, a Fire Flower and a Star.
The same is also true for the Nintendo Switch version.
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In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the zero-gravity space section during the Wonder Effect of the Cosmic Hoppos level is reached by jumping on a special Hoppo that bounces Mario many screens up into the sky.
The combination of the Bubble Flower and the Boosting Spin Jump badge allows Mario to gain arbitrary height by blowing a bubble, spinning, bouncing off the bubble, and repeating this indefinitely. This can actually be used to very slowly manually make one’s way to space, which has been sped up in the footage.
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Concept artwork for the 2023 Super Mario Bros. movie.
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Unused sleeping animation found in the files of Wario Land 4, likely intended to be used when Wario is left idle for long enough, similar to how Mario falls asleep in many different games under the same circumstances.
Interestingly, in the finished game, Wario does the opposite of sleeping when left idle - beginning to do exercise with dumbbells or a jumping rope instead. It is possible that this more standard sleeping animation was created early on in development before the designers decided that Wario’s personality would be more suited for being always active.
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