This mural seen in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials in Super Paper Mario presents a very interesting piece of lore continuity between two separate timelines in the game that is never explicitly stated. While the mural at first glance simply depicts King Croacus IV, the boss of Chapter 5, with his Pure Heart, it is apparent upon closer inspection that while he is red, the flower in the mural is black. This is because it actually King Croacus I, the great-grandfather of the boss fought in-game.

It is established in two separate places that:
-The Ancients created the Pure Hearts 1,500 years prior to the events of the game.
-The Floro Sapiens have their own calendar according to which the game takes place in the year 1626. King Croacus I ruled from Year 1 to Year 496.

Cross-referencing these two gives the result that 1,500 years before the game was the year 126, within the reign of King Croacus I, so he would have been the one in possession of the Pure Heart at the time assuming the murals were made at the point where the Pure Hearts were given out to their guardians.

All of this can only be gleaned by the players cross-referencing the dates on their own instead of ever being explained in-game.

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In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a glitch occurs with the Chain Chomp’s animation if Mario defeats it by touching it while invincible, but then finishes pounding its stake into the ground very quickly afterward.

The Chain Chomp’s “die from a star” animation will be interrupted by the “set free” animation, causing the Chain Chomp to briefly jump while facing backwards, as seen in the footage.

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Top: officially licensed Super Mario handheld fan decorated with a Luigi figurine.

Bottom: removing the hat from the figurine, while not intended, reveals that the parts of the figurine modeled underneath give Luigi the appearance of balding.

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Early concept art for Yoshi’s Woolly World. Note Yoshi being extremely simple to the point of lacking arms; it is unknown if this is merely a simplification of the design for the purpose of concentrating on the background of the artwork, or if such a simple design was at some point actually considered.

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In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, a rare glitch may occur during online multiplayer mode whereby after picking up another player, the player will return to a “not holding anything” state while the picked-up player will continue to act as though being held, attached to the other player’s head.

Note how in the footage, Mario is seemingly simply standing on Luigi’s head while Luigi is able to perform actions he normally wouldn’t be able to if he was holding Mario.

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Officially licensed 2024 Boo-patterned clothes from Japan (“Teresa” being the romanization of テレサ, the Japanese name for Boo).

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Photo posted by Nintendo of America’s official Twitter account in 2017 showing Mario performing a “dab” dance move, with the caption “Dabbing is E for everyone!”

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Mario Artist: Paint Studio was a successor to Mario Paint for the Japan-exclusive 64DD add-on for the Nintendo 64. It supported four-player simultaneous drawing.

This pre-release footage from a 1998 Nintendo company report (with the program being called “Mario Artist: Picture Maker” at the time) showcases a Pikachu being drawn collaboratively by four players.

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Two-page spread from an officially licensed 1995 Mario activity book, depicting Mario being interrupted by Toad while he is about to eat a snack of Yoshi’s Cookies.

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1996 Super Mario RPG-themed Nintendo Power subscription form, featuring a summary of the game (please zoom in to read).

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