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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a hidden room in Rogueport Sewers with three Shine Sprites. In that room, there is a small moving platform. If Mario stands on the platform and carefully pushes his partner off so that the partner lands on the ground, the partner will be stuck in alternating between standing and walking every frame.
For some of the partners, like Koops, the difference between the animations is very minor so he will simply appear to slide along the floor. However, in the case of Ms. Mowz, her standing animation has her hold out her arms in front of her, while her walking animation turns her arms toward her back.
This results in Ms. Mowz appearing to swing her arms back and forth at immense speeds, as seen in the footage.
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Super Mario Sunshine splash page from a 2002 issue of the Nintendo Dream magazine.
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Donkey Kong statue found at the headquarters of Bergsala (the company operating as the official distributor of Nintendo products in Nordic countries since 1981) in Kungsbacka, Sweden in 2017.
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Top: the forest section of the DS Mario Circuit track as it appears in the Booster Course Pass DLC of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Note the furthest trees being taller than the ones near the track.
Bottom: the way this is accomplished is extremely simplistic, through lifting low-quality models of the trees above the ones closer to the track. Instead of changing the models to more realistically reflect the appearance of tall trees, the lower parts are simple cylinders.
While most of the cylindrical parts are covered up by rows of trees in front of them, some of them can actually be seen during regular gameplay if the player is aware of this.
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Top: rare Donkey Kong decoration seen in a 1996 episode of the Mexican Nintendomanía TV show.
Bottom: one of these decorations (though with a different tie) was recovered and displayed at the 2025 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
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Top: a piece of Super Mario Bros. concept art features a variety of early and unused sprites for Mario, alongside a different palette.
Bottom: it is assumed that the bottom two sprites are part of the same animation due to their similarity, though it is unknown what that animation would have been used for. Possibilities include being an early death animation or trying to get the player’s attention. This is a mock-up whereby the sprites were recreated from the concept art by finishing the uncolored portions.
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Unused “Several Toadsworths” test room found in the files of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey. Most of the Toadsworths do nothing and can only be pushed around slightly, while one of them walks around. What these Toadsworths were testing exactly is unknown.
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