Mario & Luigi: Brothership contain Bouncy Blooms, platforms that cause Mario and Luigi to enter a helicopter spin similar to tornadoes in Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy.

If Mario and Luigi land from a spin in such a way that Luigi lands exactly on the edge of a Question Block, Mario will be unable to move too far without Luigi and will get teleported to his position. However, at that point, neither Mario nor Luigi will be able to move, with Mario becoming stuck inside Luigi’s body as seen in the footage.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: superalec2089

In Yoshi’s Story, the dragons that the Yoshis can ride in levels 3-1 and 6-4 do not have any proper names in most languages, being named only as “Dragons” with a color qualifier.

The only exception to this is German, which actually lists a unique name for the red dragon that swims through lava in level 6-4 in Nintendo of Europe’s official guide for the game, being “Lawawa”.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source

In Donkey Kong Bananza, Donkey Kong whistles a tune when calming down Odd Rock in the beginning of the game. This tune actually harmonizes with the Donkey Kong main theme, first heard in the NES version of Donkey Kong, and then remixed as the main theme of Donkey Kong Country.

Whether the harmonization was intended (likely, given the abundance of hidden musical references in the game) or is a notable coincidence is unknown.

The sound in this post overlays Donkey Kong’s whistling with a rendition of the theme provided by Twitter user “TheStaticCling”.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: TheStaticCling

Various extremely early concept art sketches from the design process of Super Mario Odyssey, seen in a 2018 Nintendo of Japan promotional booklet.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: History of Hyrule

Concept art for a “Jump Man” arcade cabinet for the 2023 Super Mario Bros. movie, being a parody of the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade cabinet with similar characters.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source

If the player makes no input on the title screen of Super Mario Sunshine, a prerecorded demo will play. One interesting detail seen for only a few frames during the demo is that one of the buildings in Delfino Plaza appears to be on fire, with black smoke coming out of a window.

In the finished game, buildings are never on fire, though some characters are on fire instead (using the same smoke graphics) and need to be extinguished by Mario.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: SMS (NA, GC)

Cover of a 1998 issue of N64 Gamer magazine, featuring Yoshi.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: NintendoMetro

In Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Rosalina’s bald head is fully modeled underneath her hair, unlike the heads of every other human character, which are not modeled in the places where the hair covers them up.

This suggests Rosalina’s hair may have been removable at some point, or that every model during the development of this game actually started off like this and hers simply did not get optimized after adding the hair.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source

In Super Mario World, it is possible to pass over a Goal Tape without activating it as long as Mario is riding Yoshi, passes though the item reserve box on top of the screen, and Select is pressed repeatedly to keep Mario transforming from Cape Mario to Fire Mario and back for the entirety of the time he is above the Goal Tape.

What is particularly notable about this glitch is that despite being simple and requiring very little setup, it was only discovered in 2024, 34 years after the game’s release.

For context, the game has by this point been decompiled and understood to the degree that it can be reprogrammed into other video games on the fly using arbitrary code execution, and yet it appears that relatively simple interactions are yet to be discovered even now.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: Kaizoman666

In Donkey Kong Bananza, a jingle heard in the Feast Layer theme appears to either be a deliberate reference to the opening jingle of Game & Watch Gallery, or sound very similar to it in a notable coincidence.

The post plays the relevant portion of the Feast Layer theme before following it with the Game & Watch Gallery track.

Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source: DKB (Switch)