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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Supper Mario Broth’s mother passed away unexpectedly yesterday. Without the financial support he was receiving as a caretaker, it is extremely unlikely he will be able to continue providing content. Please watch, share, and donate to his linked Patreon if you have the funds. youtu.be/QAPGbeknudY

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This is my last chance.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

The object with perhaps the most dissonance between its name and actual nature in the Mario franchise is the Luigi Block from New Super Mario Bros. U, which looks like Mario and makes characters act like Mario when hit.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

This month's experimental post: We Need To Talk About Parallel Universes I explore the hypothetical alternate universe scenario where instead of focusing on Mario games, my life would have gone differently and I made a similar blog about other franchises I like instead.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

An officially licensed 1994 Larry plush from Japan is notable for giving him a comically small amount of hair compared to his regular design.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

Poisonous officially licensed Mario products exist. In 2008, this set of pins depicting various Mario characters was recalled for containing unsafe toxic amounts of lead.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

While the Legion of Stationery from Paper Mario: The Origami King are praised for their personalities, a common criticism is that these are not reflected in their designs. The official Super Mario-Kun manga slightly redesigns some of the members to reflect their personalities.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

Event card from the officially licensed 2010 Collector’s Edition Nintendo Monopoly board game.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 22/07/2024

Most objects in 3D Mario games are not solid from the inside to allow Mario to walk out if he manages to clip in. However, the chandelier in Don Pianta's office is solid on the inside, so that if Mario clips in using glitches or cheats, he will be trapped inside it forever.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Extremely rare "Evil Toad" figurine from a 1986 collection of "Mysterious Occult Super Mario Bros." figurines from Japan. While not authorized by Nintendo, these were sold legally under Japanese parody laws.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

Out of the bits of Luigi's characterization revealed through his comments in Luigi's Mansion, one of the most bizarre is that braziers make Luigi sad. While he is scared of many objects in the mansion, only braziers have the power to make him feel sadness instead of fear.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

An officially licensed 1991 Chargin' Chuck plush is supposed to have an expression that matches his Super Mario World sprite. However, many of the manufactured units have their eyes tilted at a different angle, giving them a particularly peaceful or serene appearance.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

The original version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains an early Vivian model called tst_vivi. Compared to the finished Vivian, tst_vivi is: -smaller -skewed -cropped to a square -floating in mid-air -on fire.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

Three extremely corrupted Marios found in the files of Super Mario Strikers, named MarioGreen, MarioOrange and MarioPurple. These were possibly stand-ins for Luigi, Wario and Waluigi during development before being properly implemented.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Officially licensed 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' Luigi mustard from Germany.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 23/06/2024

Illustration from an official 1986 Japanese children’s book, depicting Peach with a mushroom-shaped haircut alongside her father, the Mushroom King. He was only mentioned in the original Super Mario Bros. manual, and only appeared in licensed material such as the Nintendo Comics System comic series.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

Promotional inflatable Chain Chomp ball.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

Normally, if a character has an irremovable plumber-type hat in a Mario game, the top of their head is simply not modeled underneath. In Mario Super Sluggers, the top of specifically Luigi's head (but not Mario, Wario or Waluigi's) is modeled and severely deformed.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

In Super Mario Sunshine, the Goop during Gooper Blooper battles is not supposed to spawn Goobles. However, due to an oversight in the code, there is a 1/32768 chance for a Gooble to still spawn. This Gooper Blooper Goop Gooble event has a 0.003% chance of occurring.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

Extremely rare officially licensed 1990 Raccoon Mario mask.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

2002 drawing of Mario and Donkey Kong with a Nintendo Gamecube by Shigeru Miyamoto.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Sprites of Yoshi waving at the screen, likely intended for an overworld map animation, found in development files for Yoshi’s Island.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Concepts for character designs for Archie Comics’ unreleased Mario comic, was pitched to Nintendo between 2011 and 2013 and rejected, shared by Archie Comics artist Tracy Yardley, known for working on the official Archie and IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

Yoshi’s Woolly World contains extra Yoshis unlockable when the player uses a compatible amiibo. For an unknown reason, there is a “Link Yoshi” and a separate “Toon Link Yoshi”, despite being completely identical and using the same textures, as confirmed by extracting them from the game’s files.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, once Mario has stayed at inns 50 total times, he is woken up by the host for an event and rewarded with 200 coins and a celebratory photo. Added in the Nintendo Switch version, if Luigi is at the inn when this event occurs, he will also pose for the photo.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

Luigi-themed parody of Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting “The Scream”, drawn in Art Academy: SketchPad and featured on Nintendo’s official site in 2013 as part of the Year of Luigi celebrations.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

The “Photos with Mario” application for the Nintendo 3DS contains a Toad who appears when the Mario, Luigi and Peach AR cards are used together. This Toad uses a unique sad face for one of his animations, different from the sad face Toads use in the majority of their 3D appearances.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Photo of marshmallows with Boo faces posted on Nintendo’s official Japanese LINE account in 2017. The marshmallows are flavored after calpis, a Japanese milk-based soft drink. These were custom-made for internal use at Nintendo, never being made available for commercial purchase.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

The source code for Nintendo’s official 2015 Super Mario Bros. 30th anniversary site contained an ASCII artwork of the Small Mario sprite from Super Mario Bros.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Alternate obscure victory screen used in Mario Party where the player in 1st place is proclaimed 'a winner' instead of 'the Superstar'. This only occurs when no players purchased or earned any stars (not counting Bonus Stars awarded at the end) during standard board gameplay.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

In the 2024 version of Mario vs. Donkey Kong, the two-player mode Game Over screen shows Mario and Toad on the ground in despair. If one player quits and changes to single-player mode during the screen, upon continuing only Mario will cheer up and run off, leaving Toad alone as the screen fades out.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Relative size comparison between Paper Mario’s graphics in the Paper Mario series (and the crossover Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam), ordered chronologically. While some games include different sizes of graphics for Mario, this compares specifically the graphics used during regular gameplay.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Terminal Velocity is one of the few microgames in WarioWare: Mega Microgames that can not last indefinitely, even with automated inputs. After round 38, the microgame becomes so fast that even holding A for the entire microgame will not stop the trolley, making it completely unwinnable.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

The Spanish name for Dry Bowser is "Bowsitos", which can be interpreted as "Little Bowsers" by those not aware that it is a portmanteau using Dry Bones's Spanish name "Huesitos", which translates to "Little Bones".

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

In the original version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bobbery is the only partner who does not fall asleep during Luigi's stories, likely due to an oversight. This was fixed in the Switch version, though whether this is an improvement is up to individual interpretation.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

In Super Mario Party, the "Can Take Pancake" minigame has no failsafe for player obstinacy. A player wishing to be a nuisance to other players can simply grab the last pancake and not let it go, stalling the minigame indefinitely.

In this scenario, the game is about to end and Rosalina has earned
the least amount of points. Out of petty revenge, Rosalina grabs the
last pancake and simply does not move it to her plate. As long as she
holds onto the pancake and does not move it toward her plate, the
minigame will continue indefinitely, frustrating the other players.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Super Mario Galaxy contains a set of five odd unused insect entities in its files, which are depicted in a much less cartoonish style than the rest of the game. These could have been intended as a set of enemies, with the monstrous BigBigFly possibly acting as a boss.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

Concept art posted by Super Mario RPG character supervisor Kazuyuki Kurashima depicting a humorous (possibly post-credits) sequence where Mario discovers that Luigi has been sitting out the whole adventure at home and is furious over it.

Pencil drawing of Luigi sitting at a table with Mario having just entered the room. Luigi asks 'Hey, Mario! Where have you been?' with Mario visibly enraged.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

In both Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, activating Snapshot Mode reveals that Bowser sticks out his tongue when the final blow is dealt to him, something usually heavily obscured by visual effects.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

In Super Mario Odyssey, viewing characters in Snapshot Mode before the regular camera would see them shows them in a default pose. Most appear in a T-pose; however, for Spinies, this merely loads all their eye models at once, giving them an extremely tired or annoyed appearance.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Officially licensed 1987 Super Mario Bros. sticker from Japan depicting a joke scenario where a Super Mushroom makes Mario grow, but his clothes stay the same size. The caption translates roughly to "Oh, my clothes won't get bigger".

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

Development files for Super Mario 64 contain an early model of the Mr. Blizzard snowman enemy that, due to missing color data, appears with yellowish green gradients. While completely unintended, this makes it appear cactus-themed, accidentally creating a plausible enemy design.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, whenever Mario enters a building, all NPCs outside of it turn invisible as the outdoor area is darkened. If glitches are used to clip outside and talk to them, it will appear as though the speech bubble is coming from Mario instead.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

In Super Mario Odyssey, if glitches are used to take the "MARIO" letters in the Metro Kingdom outside of their intended area, they can be used to push New Donkers off ledges. The New Donkers are, however, unaffected by gravity and will simply stand in mid-air, unbothered.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

In Super Paper Mario, Back Cursyas are frustrating enemies that send Mario out of an area when touched. The game contains an entry for an unused "Dark Back Cursya" that, had it been implemented, would have teleported Mario back to Flipside while being indistinguishable from other Dark Cursyas.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

The Chance cards for the officially licensed 2006 Nintendo Monopoly edition feature illustrations of Mario on them, in the style of the original Monopoly's Rich Uncle Pennybags illustrations.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

In Wii Sports, the model of the castle on the golf course (right) is reused from the model of the overworld castles from New Super Mario Bros. (left).

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Selection of unofficial inspirational Mario wall decals that consist of seemingly randomly chosen Mario artwork paired with unrelated quotes.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

In Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, the Goomba stacks on the Mario Circuit track have a limit of 118 Goombas per stack. The screenshots below show two Goomba stacks of maximum height.

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Mario Soup @supermarbroth.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Officially licensed 2019 Japan-exclusive Yoshi oven mitts.

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