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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 18h

Looking through binoculars around Moo Moo Meadows in Mario Kart World has a small chance of activating a "cute jumpscare" Easter egg whereby a group of Para-Biddybuds will suddenly look into the binoculars from the other side.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

No, it is only the currently selected language, but perhaps surprisingly since Super Mario Galaxy does not seem like a text-heavy game, it actually has 4643 lines of text, which do add up if they're all loaded at once! Thank you very much for your inquiry!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

That is correct, however, please note that the way SMG does it results in the text taking up ca. 1/400 of the RAM at all times, which could be used for 1 or 2 extra objects. This was fixed in SMG2 by splitting it up on a per-galaxy basis, presumably for this reason. I hope this can be of interest!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, I am aware that any such implications are purely coincidental, which is why I stated that this was "inadvertently" heartwarming. I am terribly sorry if anything about my post can be interpreted that I am trying to suggest this is anything but a coincidence. I hope this is acceptable!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

In the Super Mario Galaxy games, the staff credits text is always loaded into RAM despite not being needed until the ending. While horribly inefficient, this is inadvertently heartwarming as the games appear to honor their creators by keeping them in memory at all times.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you very much for contacting me! The Super Mario Bros. main theme has appeared more times as a standalone theme, but given how the Underground theme often is inserted into other music, it is very difficult to count all its appearances. If I make an article about this, you will be credited!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 3d

Artwork used internally at DIC Entertainment during the production of the Super Mario World cartoon, replacing Marge Simpson with Mario. According to a former DIC employee, this was made due to an inside joke at the studio, though the exact nature of the joke has been lost.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 4d

The pits are coded to only remove "ground" decorations (specifically to allow wide pits that subsume individual bushes) but to leave clouds, as there is no point at which removing clouds would be desirable. Thank you very much for your inquiry!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 4d

Due to the unique way Super Mario Bros. stores its maps, its level designers were at the mercy of the decorative hills and bushes when placing bottomless pits. While the pits can be placed freely, the decorations are non-negotiable and dictate the level design.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5d

Development files for Super Mario Kart show that the earliest sprite for Koopa Troopa did not have his eyes visible from the back, making him appear like an unknown bald man (left). The eyes were made prominent in the finished version to avoid this (right).

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 6d

It's a new series of Supper Mario Broth livestreams!
Please join me as I bananalyze details and provide obscure information about Donkey Kong Bananza on the Supper Mario Broth Twitch channel! www.twitch.tv/suppermariob...

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 7d

I am terribly sorry, but I was merely referring to the many online sources claiming this to be the case, such as e.g. Wikipedia "Most people peel a banana by cutting or snapping the stem [...]" and the articles extolling the virtues of the monkey method "as opposed to" the "regular" human method.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 7d

In Donkey Kong Bananza, Void Kong's banana remote opens from the end opposite the stem. This is actually consistent with how apes and monkeys peel bananas in real life. While humans tend to peel bananas from the stem, monkeys peel from the opposite end.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 8d

That is correct; I did not intend that to be the point of the post but merely an explanation for how this is not seen in-game. The movement is usually done merely to prevent Mario from getting close to the skybox, but here, the galaxy is actually larger than it! I hope this is acceptable!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 8d

Actually, no! Even putting Mario perfectly in the center of the galaxy will have very parts of it going outside the skybox on both sides. It is genuinely bigger than the skybox. Thank you very much for your inquiry!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 8d

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wild Glide Galaxy is "larger than the universe", going outside the boundaries of its own skybox. The game simply drags the skybox alongside Mario's position to keep the area immediately around him within the boundaries.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 9d

Here is the full Luigi Advantage Matrix for your convenience!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 9d

Due to a bizarre code interdependency in Super Smash Bros. Melee, specific combinations of opponents and stages exist that let Luigi start the match with his Luigi Cyclone move fully charged. Knowledge of the full matchup table can be used by sly players to gain an advantage.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you very much for your submission! If I make a post about this, you will be credited with a link to your Bluesky account! For anyone else reading this, you may also contact me with submissions over private messages on all Supper Mario Broth sites! Please have a wonderful day!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10d

The developers of Mario's Early Years for DOS customized the game for three of their children. Inputting hidden codes at the start of the game can launch it in a personalized "Marissa", "Ali" and "Josh" mode whereby the in-game voices address the child by name.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11d

In Super Mario RPG, the Guerrilla enemy is a "knock-off" of Donkey Kong. This is referenced in a unique way by its Japanese name, which replaces two of its characters with similar ones as though on a bootleg product logo. In English, this could be conveyed as e.g. "Donkev Konq".

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 12d

In Donkey Kong Bananza, DK's banana awareness is tied to how far the camera is zoomed out. If the bananas are offscreen, this can create the impression of him playing a silly game with the camera where he makes a funny face only when the player isn't looking closely.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 13d

In Yoshi's Island, a "tongue overflow" glitch exists whereby Yoshi's tongue is able to fly away and begin gaining infinite length, overwriting the game's memory. The tongue-based corruption can have any number of effects, including skipping to the credits and ending the game.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 14d

I have had it saved up since August. When thinking about the then upcoming Super Mario Bros. anniversary, I thought "isn't it crazy how time flies... 40 years since SMB... 80 years since WWII... wait a second." and went from there. Thank you very much for your inquiry!

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 14d

Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.

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