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In Super Mario RPG, Valentina's Japanese name is "マルガリータ" (Margarita), referring to a cocktail often served with a lime slice. However, in her original artwork, she was holding a drink with a cherry in it. In the remake, her model was updated to correctly hold a margarita.
During the battle against Roy in Paper Mario: Color Splash, Mario enters six unique states whenever he is covered with paint. By extracting the sprites, we can see them without the paint cover, revealing normally unseen details such as Mario blushing when he feels self-conscious.
In Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, Mario normally always reverts to his small form upon death. However, an unused death sprite for Fire Mario exists, depicting him as a squished Koopa. If Fire Mario could die, that is what he would look like.
An officially licensed 2013 Luigi Nintendo 3DS XL cover featured distorted official artwork of Luigi that drastically shortened the length of his neck. Below is a comparison between the source artwork and the version depicted on the cover.
The facial textures of Mario's model in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe appear to depict him with a pointy nose. The nose area is actually shading that is mapped underneath his mustache and is as such essentially unseen in-game.
@JayDoubleU22 That's Punio from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (also the same game that specific Toad sprite is from), who is a major character in that game's second chapter. Thank you very much for your inquiry!
@DanielF9129 Here are the rest of the official Miis! Thank you very much for your inquiry!
In the code of Super Mario Strikers, the unlockable robotic Super Team has a cryptic comment calling them the "only thing mattering right now". What this might mean is unknown.
Super Mario World contains an unused "reaction sprite" for Yoshi, in which he appears shocked or suprised. Below is a mock-up of Yoshi reacting to an in-game event using the sprite.
@McSpuddy Yes! Below is an example of one of the palettes the sprite cycles through. Thank you very much for your inquiry!