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In Super Mario World, Koopa Troopas and Buzzy Beetles use a stun mechanic when hit with a Cape Spin, whereupon the sprite enters a special “stunned” state until the enemy recovers (an evolution of the stunned state of Koopa Troopas when stomped, beginning with Super Mario Bros.)
Interestingly, despite only being used for those enemies, the game is coded so that every sprite can technically be stunned, since the flag for “being stunned” is part of the code all of them share. Obviously, using glitches to stun objects that were never supposed to be stunned results in unintended consequences, which is mostly a visual change into a wrong sprite.
However, with some objects the effects are more exotic. The footage showcases a stunned Yoshi, achieved by chaining together a number of complex glitches. The Yoshi appears as Mario’s lower half with a black and green palette, floating in mid-air. He copies all of Mario’s movements, but cannot be ridden in this state.
Source: MrPyt1001
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In Paper Mario: The Origami King, a plot event in Shangri-Spa is Bowser Jr.’s colors disappearing after taking a bath in the Spring of Jungle Mist. When he emerges from the spring, Kamek says a blank text bubble, whereupon he humorously explains that the shock made the color drain from his typeface.
However, while the speech bubble appears blank, it actually has text in it, which is merely set to 0% transparency - “You’re bleached!”. As such, it cannot actually be seen in-game under any circumstances, and requires extracting the data from the game’s files to view. Interestingly, this text has been translated into all languages the game is available in, and cannot be seen in any of them. The table provides the text and a rough translation of all the language versions.
Source: Scrooge200
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Unique artwork of Mario and Luigi preparing to fight each other in a boxing match, used for the title screen of a 1998 Satella-Q quiz broadcast for the Satellaview. The Satellaview was a Japan-only add-on for the Super Famicom that allowed it to receive satellite transmissions; while it is most commonly known for featuring games, it also offered shows that had live audio alongside a slideshow of pictures, or these quiz programs.
Note that the quiz featured no boxing; the fight depicted here is a metaphorical battle of wits.
Source: Wifi_h1024
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (both versions) contains a “greed trap” for players who have discovered the cooking properties of a Point Swap item and attempt to use them to enrich themselves.
When cooked with many other items, a Point Swap results in the item turning into a different yet similar one in a reversible manner. For example, an Ultra Mushroom (restores 50 HP) cookied with a Point Swap will turn into a Jammin’ Jelly (restores 50 FP), while cooking the Jammin’ Jelly with a Point Swap again turns it back into an Ultra Mushroom. There are 11 such item pairs that will turn into each other when cooked in this manner.
Players may attempt to cook an expensive Gold Bar x3 item with a Point Swap to see if it can turn into something equally valuable; it instead turns into a Gold Bar, a lesser version of the same item. The player may then believe that the process is reversible and try to cook the Gold Bar again to get a Gold Bar x3 (which would be very profitable if it worked), only to find out that the Gold Bar will now turn into a Mushroom, which is nearly worthless compared to the Gold Bar. The player’s belief that profit can be made by cooking gold with the Point Swap results in all of the money being lost.
Source: PM:TTYD (NA, GC)
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Top: in 2026, an officially licensed Donkey Kong Bananza plush was released in Japan that featured an expression on Donkey Kong’s face that appears to be a frown from most angles. Together with the “thumbs up” gesture this creates a humorous mismatched effect.
Bottom left: this inadvertently resembles a reaction GIF that is very widespread on the Internet, featuring Brent Rambo from a 1990s Apple promotional video. Note the distinct combination of a frown with a thumbs-up gesture.
Bottom right: interestingly, a Donkey Kong version of this reaction was made in 2023 by video creator Udge that has itself gained popularity. While it is unlikely that these GIFs inspired the expression of the plush, it is a notable coincidence that Donkey Kong has already independently been depicted in a similar way by fan sources.
Source: plush, Apple video, Udge fan reaction video
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Rare officially licensed 1993 Super Mario Bros. 3-themed shower from Japan. Of particular note is the double Tanooki tail attached to the nozzle, as seen on the packaging; by rotating during use, it simulates the action of Tanooki Mario spinning his tail around.
Source: atom038210
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All congratulations screens from Super Smash Bros. Melee that feature characters related to the Mario franchise, extracted from the game’s files (please zoom in to view details).
Source: blueberrymuffin
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Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Switch adds an Assist Mode that will recover Mario in a bubble if he lands in a hazard with more than 1 health, similar to Super Mario Odyssey’s Assist Mode.
However, this mode may occasionally have issues such as failing to restore Mario to the planetoid he was actually on prior to falling, and instead tediously bringing him back to the planetoid visited prior to that one, as seen in the footage. Depending on the situation, this may undo some of the player’s progress in addition to taking a long time.
Source: thundervolt888
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Unusually friendly-looking officially licensed 1995 Cranky Kong plush keychain from Japan.
Source: hog-a-japan
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