According to Motoi Okamoto, Mini-Game Director for Super Mario 64 DS, Shigeru Miyamoto would start midnight crunch sessions for the game's development by walking into the office and announcing "It's Mario time."
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
According to Motoi Okamoto, Mini-Game Director for Super Mario 64 DS, Shigeru Miyamoto would start midnight crunch sessions for the game's development by walking into the office and announcing "It's Mario time."
The ending to the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels will become corrupted simply by Mario being too close to the right edge of the screen. While Mario will remain normal, Peach will become an uncanny jumble of corrupted graphics.
February 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The ending to the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels will become corrupted simply by Mario being too close to the right edge of the screen. While Mario will remain normal, Peach will become an uncanny jumble of corrupted graphics.
In 2023, I posted about a bizarre Dolce & Gabbana shirt featuring Mario standing in a beam of light alongside text praising him. I have tracked down the source of the image, which was a splash page in the E3 2000 brochure. Now the venerated Mario can be seen in high quality.
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
In 2023, I posted about a bizarre Dolce & Gabbana shirt featuring Mario standing in a beam of light alongside text praising him. I have tracked down the source of the image, which was a splash page in the E3 2000 brochure. Now the venerated Mario can be seen in high quality.
In Mario Party, landing on a Bowser Space while having no coins or stars normally results in Bowser taking pity on the players' bad fortune and giving them free coins instead. However, there has sadly been a trend of Bowser becoming steadily less compassionate over time, as shown by this graph.
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In Mario Party, landing on a Bowser Space while having no coins or stars normally results in Bowser taking pity on the players' bad fortune and giving them free coins instead. However, there has sadly been a trend of Bowser becoming steadily less compassionate over time, as shown by this graph.
In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Starlow bizarrely claims herself to be "an eight-headed beauty". This is actually a mistranslation. She actually refers to eight-head body proportions, used traditionally for fashion illustrations, instead of literally claiming to have 8 heads.
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Starlow bizarrely claims herself to be "an eight-headed beauty". This is actually a mistranslation. She actually refers to eight-head body proportions, used traditionally for fashion illustrations, instead of literally claiming to have 8 heads.
In Super Mario World, Mario can use lava to create life from nothing. Throwing an empty Koopa shell upward on the frame it would sink into lava will make it turn into a living Koopa. It can then be extracted from the shell and the process repeated indefinitely for infinite life.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In Super Mario World, Mario can use lava to create life from nothing. Throwing an empty Koopa shell upward on the frame it would sink into lava will make it turn into a living Koopa. It can then be extracted from the shell and the process repeated indefinitely for infinite life.
In Paper Mario, Mario normally jumps onto Lakilester's cloud to use the Cloud Nine move. However, a small cute detail occurs if Mario is asleep or otherwise unable to jump onto the cloud, which causes Lakilester to gingerly pick him up from the ground himself instead.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In Paper Mario, Mario normally jumps onto Lakilester's cloud to use the Cloud Nine move. However, a small cute detail occurs if Mario is asleep or otherwise unable to jump onto the cloud, which causes Lakilester to gingerly pick him up from the ground himself instead.
In Paper Mario, Mario has 8 partners. However, there are enough unused and scrapped partners referenced in the game's files to make another full party. Here is a glimpse of an alternate reality with all of Mario's potential partners.
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In Paper Mario, Mario has 8 partners. However, there are enough unused and scrapped partners referenced in the game's files to make another full party. Here is a glimpse of an alternate reality with all of Mario's potential partners.
In Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, the Dragon Driftway takes place on a giant dragon based on Gobblegut from Super Mario Galaxy 2. The full dragon is never seen in-game all at once. Here is the track model with everything but the dragon removed.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, the Dragon Driftway takes place on a giant dragon based on Gobblegut from Super Mario Galaxy 2. The full dragon is never seen in-game all at once. Here is the track model with everything but the dragon removed.
In Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers for the SNES, there is an Easter egg where three photorealistic developer heads will appear on Mario's windowsill and chant "Hello, hello, hello" if one very specific pixel of the screen is clicked.
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers for the SNES, there is an Easter egg where three photorealistic developer heads will appear on Mario's windowsill and chant "Hello, hello, hello" if one very specific pixel of the screen is clicked.
Official 2017 legally binding Mario/Peach-themed marriage certificate from Japan. Filling out this form and submitting it at the municipal office of residence immediately results in a recognized marriage once processed.
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Official 2017 legally binding Mario/Peach-themed marriage certificate from Japan. Filling out this form and submitting it at the municipal office of residence immediately results in a recognized marriage once processed.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership contains a rare "Long Legs Luigi" glitch whereby in the final boss battle, Luigi may become frozen in a jumping animation with his legs elongated.
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Mario & Luigi: Brothership contains a rare "Long Legs Luigi" glitch whereby in the final boss battle, Luigi may become frozen in a jumping animation with his legs elongated.
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the Mini-Mario ability prevents music from changing properly in some cases. This can lead to a variety of unfitting music scenarios such as "Mournful Surfing", whereby Mario will surf joyfully at a sunny beach while tragic music is playing.
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the Mini-Mario ability prevents music from changing properly in some cases. This can lead to a variety of unfitting music scenarios such as "Mournful Surfing", whereby Mario will surf joyfully at a sunny beach while tragic music is playing.
The manual for Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman shows an extremely low level of effort regarding Wario illustrations. Despite Bomberman receiving various different drawings, only one artwork of Wario is used, which is repeated 19 times without any alterations.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The manual for Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman shows an extremely low level of effort regarding Wario illustrations. Despite Bomberman receiving various different drawings, only one artwork of Wario is used, which is repeated 19 times without any alterations.
Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a bizarre "vengeful Thwomp" glitch. Normally, if a Thwomp is hit by a hammer, it just dies. However, if a diagonal Thwomp is hit in the topmost position, it will perform a jump after dying just to get one last revenge attack in.
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Super Mario Bros. 3 contains a bizarre "vengeful Thwomp" glitch. Normally, if a Thwomp is hit by a hammer, it just dies. However, if a diagonal Thwomp is hit in the topmost position, it will perform a jump after dying just to get one last revenge attack in.
The kiosk demo of Mario Kart DS contained "Flesh Trucks" due to a spelling error. While the error was fixed in the final version, looking at the preview image for GCN Mushroom Bridge very closely shows that the truck still has an L. As such, the memory of the Flesh Truck remains.
January 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The kiosk demo of Mario Kart DS contained "Flesh Trucks" due to a spelling error. While the error was fixed in the final version, looking at the preview image for GCN Mushroom Bridge very closely shows that the truck still has an L. As such, the memory of the Flesh Truck remains.
Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged contain a threatening comment in the code for the shot accuracy variable: "DO NOT TOUCH THIS NUMBER MIKE INGLEHART". Ironically, the number has in fact been touched, since it was cut in half between the two games.
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged contain a threatening comment in the code for the shot accuracy variable: "DO NOT TOUCH THIS NUMBER MIKE INGLEHART". Ironically, the number has in fact been touched, since it was cut in half between the two games.
In the Japanese version of Mario Kart World, the "SPECIAL test of skill" missions are named "Even the Mario Kart staff were surprised!", a reference to the name of the Way Cool course from the Special Zone in Super Mario World. This is why the SPECIAL is in all caps in English.
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In the Japanese version of Mario Kart World, the "SPECIAL test of skill" missions are named "Even the Mario Kart staff were surprised!", a reference to the name of the Way Cool course from the Special Zone in Super Mario World. This is why the SPECIAL is in all caps in English.