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A follow-up to the recent post about the rare artwork of Toad and Yoshi holding hands: reader @_Kingboomber_ has faithfully recreated the artwork by tracing over the original scan for those who wished for a high-quality version of it. Thank you very much for your excellent work!
Extremely rare official artwork of Toad and Yoshi holding hands, seen only in a single Japanese magazine promo for Super Mario Bros. Deluxe of which no currently known high-resolution scans are available.
In the Super Mario Galaxy games, crouch-walking makes Mario immune to electric fences.
The largest height difference between Mario and Luigi as depicted in a game was in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, where Luigi is 32% taller than Mario.
In Luigi's Mansion 3, Luigi's hair is fully rendered underneath his hat. However, in order to not let it clip through the hat, his cranial volume has been reduced compared to his regular hatless model seen in other games.
Development files for Yoshi's Island contain a single crude sketch, likely a very early scrapped concept, for a Baby Toad. Interestingly, although many Mario series characters have received baby forms since, there has never been a Baby Toad.
The Wii U version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 features exclusive Nintendo costumes for each fighter, with some fighters appearing similar to a hyperrealistic stylization of Mario characters when wearing them.
@Gargomon251 No, Netty is red while Eddi is brown, as can be seen in the below image from a Japanese guide that uses the same artwork with better color balance. Thank you very much for your inquiry!
At 1607x1533 pixels, this giant Blooper holding a "No" sign that blocks the ship's way in the Great Sea in Paper Mario: The Origami King is currently the largest individual sprite used across the entire Mario franchise.
An Easter egg in Super Mario RPG turns Mario into his sprite from Super Mario Bros. by walking behind a curtain. Removing the curtain reveals the sprite is already there, inert, from the beginning, and is "brought to life" by Mario fusing with it.