In Super Mario 64, if Mario is forced out of bounds in any way, he will die instantly. Mario cannot enter out of bounds areas by most legitimate means, but he can be put there with a variety of glitches. Still, there is one place in the game where it is possible to die in this manner during regular gameplay without any sort of complex glitch setup.

In one of the upper corners of the main area of Wet-Dry World, there is a Chuckya enemy. The vertical wall next to it has an out of bounds area on the other side. If Mario lures it into the corner, it will grab Mario while already clipping partially out of bounds. After it rotates, if it happens to be facing towards that wall when it throws Mario, he will be immediately slain in the manner depicted.

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Officially licensed 2017 Bowser onesie.

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit was the first game in the Mario Kart series to use ranks to grade the player’s performance after a Grand Prix, with the ranks introduced in this game (3 stars, 2 stars, 1 star, and A through E) becoming standard for the series going forward.

However, the game also contains early unused graphics for the ranks (top row; finished ranks on bottom row for comparison). From this, two interesting observations can be made:
1. If these ranks were used, it would have been possible for the other games to base their ranks on them instead, so that the entire Mario Kart series would have used the industry-standard SSS, SS and S ranks instead of the stars in that scenario.
2. The black smiley face is actually the letter C graphic but with a different palette. While it is most likely that this palette was never intended, it is notable how it coincidentally results in the letter appearing as a smiley face.

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Live-action segments from the Japanese 2013 commercial for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, showcasing Luigi’s various Dream World abilities.

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Extremely rare bronze Mario statue given by Nintendo of America to employees in recognition of longtime service. The statues were manufactured by R. S. Owens & Company, who also manufactured the Oscar statues for the Academy Awards.

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The Chinese versions of Paper Mario games feature some characters speaking phrases in English; among them, a recurring phrase is “Oh my God!”

Top: various Toads speaking English during the Hole Punch boss battle in Paper Mario: The Origami King, including one saying this phrase.

Bottom: Grubba saying the phrase in the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

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On Wii Rainbow Road in the last wave of the Booster Course Pass in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there are areas extremely close to the boundary of the track that are designated as Lakitu rescue zones despite being so close to the track that a racer could easily pass through them and land back on the track if the zone was not there.

Note how in the footage, the Inkling tries to take a shortcut by jumping over the right side of the track, and would have ordinarily succeeded, but the Lakitu rescue zone activated and made it appear as though the Inkling phased through the track instead.

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Concept art for a Thwomp for the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. Note that in the finished movie, only the word “Thwomp” appears in the background of some scenes, and the Thwomp Stomper boots are named after them; however, Thwomps themselves do not appear.

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Extremely rare “Evil Toad” figurine from a 1986 collection of “Mysterious Occult Super Mario Bros.” figurines from Japan. While not authorized by Nintendo, these were sold legally under Japanese parody laws.

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In Super Mario Bros. 3, if Mario stands on a Rocky Wrench’s manhole cover as it scrolls offscreen, he will be able to walk on air for a limited time, as shown in the footage. As Rocky Wrenches appear mainly in autoscrolling levels, this can be performed in many different locations.

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