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In the "Mario Bowling" artwork, Mario is really playing with snowballs, not bowling balls.
When Geno uses a Special Move, a symbol of a star is superimposed over his body. While the other characters' symbols are the four main playing card symbols, Geno's is the Joker's star.
It is unknown how Jolene and characters other than Peach know Mario's e-mail address.
Count Cannoli's name comes from the cannoli, an Italian dessert. Similar to Mario, he has an Italian accent and shouts "Mamamia" when defeated in his second and third boss fights.
While Mario would normally die the second he touches the lava, if Mario has been hit by something and is under invincibility frames, he can land on the lava and swim under and on it as if it were regular water.
The chapter in which this town is featured is entitled "For Pigs the Bell Tolls". This is a play on For Whom the Bell Tolls, a famous novel by author Ernest Hemingway.
In the 26th issue of Nintendo Magazine System (UK), both Master Necky Snr. and its counterpart, Master Necky, are called "Necky" and are treated as the same character.
Snoozorbs start the battle asleep, and thus do not attack until waken by the Bros.