Test image that appears for a fraction of a second during a series of tests performed by a 2003 GameCube test disc used internally at Nintendo to diagnose problems with returned units.

The image uses two files, one render of regular Mario called “mario” and one inverted render called “remario”, and blends them together with colors and gradients to test graphical functions. Note the extremely bizarre second-to-last image that appears to combine “mario” and “remario” seemingly randomly.

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In Mario Kart World, planes that dispense Item Boxes that glide down on parachutes randomly appear in the sky in Free Roam mode.

Normally, whenever a mission is started in Free Roam mode, various objects that are necessary to the mission are spawned while others that would be deleterious to it (e.g. enemies on the road that are not part of the mission) are despawned.

Due to what appears to be an oversight, planes are not despawned whenever a mission starts, since they are usually far above the driver and so have little chance to interfere. However, some gliding-centric missions do reach altitudes at which planes fly, so that a particularly unfortunately-timed plane can ruin a mission, as seen in the footage.

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A bizarre “wrong warp” glitch can occur in the Pot Hole Panic level of Donkey Kong Country 3 whereby bouncing on a Kopter enemy’s head with Squitter can cause the Kongs to be suddenly sent to the house of Barnacle the Bear, an area in a different part of the game’s world.

Note the Kongs being in the middle of bouncing on the enemy in the footage before the screen suddenly fades to black and they enter a completely unrelated house.

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Mario holding up an issue of the British Nintendo Official Magazine for a 1998 subscription promotion.

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In version 1.1.0 and earlier of Super Mario Odyssey (patched in all subsequent versions), having Cappy hit Talkatoo directly after Mario finishes talking to him would result in a variety of glitched behaviors.

One of these is the sliding glitch, whereby Mario is able to slide around while the game is acting as though he is in the middle of a conversation. Note the surprising physics being applied to Mario, whereby he actually leans into curves while sliding instead of being completely stationary.

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Officially licensed 2022 sets of Mario place mats and paper plates from Japan. The paper plates have designs that align with the place mats if they are placed exactly in the center, as shown.

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Nintendo Power brochure with unique illustrations referencing the first encounter with a Bomber Bill (known as Banzai Bills at the time of the game’s release) in the Yoshi’s Island 1 level, whereby Mario can avoid it by ducking in a 1-tile deep indention in the ground.

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Top: in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, shown here in the Nintendo Switch version, the character Tarin is magically transformed into a raccoon (English text) or tanuki* (Japanese text).

Bottom: concept art for the Switch version of the game reveals that one concept for that form had a red version of Mario’s nose, and a mustache identical to Mario’s, clearly intended to be a reference to Tanooki Mario. While Tarin himself also has a mustache, it is different from Mario’s, so it would have become more Mario-like in that form.

*Note that the real-life animal (Japanese raccoon dog) is spelled “tanuki” while Mario’s power-up has always been spelled “Tanooki” as a stylistic choice.

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Australian Super Mario 64 poster.

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In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, a glitch can occur with the Shy Guys fought in Bowser’s Castle whereby counterattacking them on a specific frame will cause them to vibrate eternally.

This will prevent the Shy Guy from ever finishing his attack, resulting in his turn and thus the battle never ending. The game must be reset to continue regular gameplay.

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