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The famous Gangplank Galleon theme from Donkey Kong Country, used later in many different arrangements and remixes as King K. Rool’s theme, is actually loosely based on the title theme from Pirates! for the NES, also developed by Rare, which David Wise composed in 1991 (3 years prior to Donkey Kong Country).
In this post, the Pirates! theme plays for the first 31 seconds, followed by the beginning of Gangplank Galleon.
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In the beginning of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, a scripted battle against Bowser takes place. Bowser has so few HP and Mario has enough and takes so little damage that even if he misses all dodges and does not perform any Action Commands, Bowser still loses before Mario can die.
However, modifying the game to reduce Mario’s HP before the battle starts reveals that the game simply does not expect Mario to lose and as such has absolutely no plan on what to do if he does. Should Mario run out of HP, he will simply fall to the ground, but the battle will not end. Instead, Bowser will simply stand around forever (with Luigi watching the scene) until the game is reset.
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Unused starry world map found in development files of Super Mario World. Curiously, this world map features absolutely no levels (looking more like a level background), and was likely only used as a placeholder, though it is unusually artistic for something designed for that purpose.
The stars create the same slightly tilted mushroom outline that was used for the earliest iteration of the game’s world map, seen in some pre-release screenshots.
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In Super Mario Bros. 2, thrown enemies or items become glitched if the player character is hurt while they are flying through the air or ground.
This can be used to defeat the Clawgrip boss with a single rock, when he would normally take five hits to defeat. If the player character throws a rock at the right wall and then touches Clawgrip in the manner shown in the footage, the rock will become glitched and emerge from the ground underneath Clawgrip, continuously hurting him until he dies.
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According to a 2021 interview with former Retro Studios developer Bryan Walker, who served as Senior Development Director on Donkey Kong Country Returns, Shigeru Miyamoto spent his initial meeting with Retro Studios to discuss the vision for the game talking in Japanese as usual.
However, at the end, he said one line in English: “Please take care of DK. He is my friend.”
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Officially licensed 2019 Super Mario boys’ suit.
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Artwork used for a 1991 officially licensed French Super Mario Bros. 3 poster. While based on official art for the game by Yoichi Kotabe, it has been redrawn and the Koopalings for an unknown reason made green.
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