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When the Big Bully boss is defeated in the first mission of Lethal Lava Land in Super Mario 64, a staircase made out of falling platforms appears leading up to the star.
While the typical way in which these platforms present a hazard is falling and dropping Mario onto the lava, there is an extremely rare scenario where they can squish Mario instead.
Despite not being meant to be interacted with from below, the platforms are fully solid from all sides and as such have the ability to squish Mario by falling on top of him, if he is positioned in a very precise and unfortunate way.
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The Donkey Kong 64 kiosk demo featured three isolated boss battle/minigame scenarios to select from, but actually also contained a large amount of unused regular game content that can be accessed by modifying the files.
In the finished game, Lanky Kong’s cage is found past a tunnel that requires swimming through lava (after magically turning it into water) to access. When rescued, Lanky Kong thanks Donkey Kong and Bananaports away from the cage.
However, in the kiosk demo, there are two differences in this scene. Firstly, Lanky Kong physically runs out of his cage after being freed instead of Bananaporting. Secondly, there is no way to turn the lava into water.
This results in the humorous scenario shown in the footage, whereby Lanky Kong appears to run straight into the lava and presumably die off-screen.
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Due to an oversight in the code of Super Mario Bros. 2, it is possible for the Tryclyde boss to shoot fireballs after it is defeated, during its “falling offscreen” animation.
This can cause an unexpected death that may feel undeserved to the player, as seen in the footage.
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Hey! Pikmin features support for various amiibo in the Mario series. All compatible amiibo appear within the game as a collectible treasure, and upon being collected, unlock humorous commentary about the characters and their appearances from Olimar. Please zoom in to read the text.
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A rare glitch may occur in Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD whereby a Boo may simply clip through the floor and disappear while bouncing around. While obviously a glitch, it is amusingly something that one could imagine a Boo deliberately doing in-universe.
Note that the camera also becomes glitched and clips out of bounds if this occurs. The Boo will not return until the area is reloaded.
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Extremely rare early version of a Donkey Kong Country render of Donkey Kong throwing a barrel, seen only in Nintendo Power inserts for readers whose subscriptions were about to expire in 1994.
Most renders released alongside the finished game change Donkey Kong’s eye shape to be more rounded; these are the most irregularly-shaped eyeballs that have ever been seen on his model.
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Flyer for a 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 event held in Las Vegas, sponsored by Nintendo of America.
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