In Super Mario World, shell-less Koopa Troopas ignore the effects of gravity or environmental changes during the brief moment while they are kicking a shell.

If a shell-less Koopa’s stolen shell is flipped upside-down by Cape Mario, it will kick it to turn it around, in order to try to enter it. However, if that happens on rising ground, then the ground will keep rising during the kicking animation while the Koopa itself will not.

This results in the Koopa falling through the ground and dying simply as a result of wanting to regain its stolen shell.

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Since the release of Super Mario 64 in 1996, players have been questioning what exactly Mario says when he throws Bowser during the battles in that game. In 2019, Charles Martinet officially stated that Mario is supposed to be saying “So long King-a Bowser!”, though this was met with skepticism as the voice line in the game does not seem to have the word “King” audible.

Above is a Super Mario 64 postcard signed by Martinet in 2017, two years before the statement, where he also wrote the same line. This suggests he did not in fact make up an answer on the spot for his statement (a common suggestion) and that he seems to have remembered this line as being “So long King-a Bowser!” all along.

As to why the line does not sound like that in-game, a possible explanation is that it was originally recorded as such by Martinet, but was truncated by the development team during production.

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In the original version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, unused text for a Glitz Pit competitor can be found that reads “Now I’ll give you some nightmares…” and “How was that for you? Pretty sweet dreams, huh?”

While the identity of the competitor is unknown as nothing except the dialogue remains in the files, it is assumed by dataminers that it was likely a Crazee Dayzee or Amazy Dayzee as those are the only regular enemies that can inflict the Sleep status and are as such the only ones for whom it would make sense to talk about dreams and nightmares.

The text has been expunged from the Nintendo Switch version.

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2021 web ad for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury showing gameplay footage of Cat Mario alongside videos of real-life cats performing similar actions. The accompanying caption read “Cat Mario inspires cute copycats worldwide!”

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Officially licensed 2024 sleeping Yoshi plush cushion from Japan.

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Illustrations from a 2006 issue of the Brazilian EGM magazine.

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Top: during the Phantamanta boss battle in Super Mario Sunshine, if Mario sprays the last Phantamanta and then loses his last point of health on the same frame as the victory cutscene of the hotel rising from the ground starts, a glitch will occur.

Bottom: after the Shine Sprite spawns, Mario will be in front of the hotel (the same position he would be moved to normally after the battle), but instead of standing, he will be sitting on the ground, already dead. The death animation will play immediately after.

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Original concept art sketch for a scrapped cover artwork for Mario’s Game Gallery (also known on some platforms as “Mario’s FUNdamentals”).

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Top: illustration from an article about Wrecking Crew in a 1985 issue of the Japanese Famitsu magazine, depicting Luigi with an R on his chest due to the illustrator basing this on a romanization of his Japanese name, ルイージ (“Ruiji”) instead of the official English translation.

Bottom: a similar error was made much later in 1993 where officially licensed Mario & Wario merchandise spelled his name as “Ruigi”.

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Demonstration of an officially licensed reversible sequin Mario/Luigi T-shirt design from Japan.

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