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In Super Mario Advance 3, catching Baby Mario and hitting a Message Block at the same time, then pressing Select 4 times will turn the game into an aesthetic silhouette experience.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga contains a "Spanish Peach Protection" exploit. Normally, Peach gets kidnapped in a cutscene when Mario is distracted by Toadsworth. Setting the language to Spanish helps mash through Toadsworth's text so fast that Peach never actually gets kidnapped.
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, each Shine Sprite can be collected twice because the icon of it appearing is not merely visual, but literally another Shine Sprite. This provides a cautionary tale to developers about never implementing a visual effect as a copy of the object itself.
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for EarthBound Beginnings.)
Virtual Console Changes
Text
(A table of two columns corresponding to the [1] Famicom and [2] Virtual Console versions of the text at hand:
[1] "• ドラクエの フォー やった?
おれ
まだスリーでくろうしてるんだ。"
[2] "• あのゲーム やった?
おれ
まだやってないんだ。"
Translations
[1] "• Have you played Dragon Quest IV?
Because I'm still having trouble playing III!"
[2] "• Have you played that game?
Because I still haven't played it!"
)
"In the Japanese version, a kid in Twinkle Elementary asks you if you've played Dragon Quest IV yet (which was notably not out yet by the time of Mother's release), and admits that he hasn't because he's still stuck on the third game. This text was rewritten to avoid any specific references by changing "Dragon Quest IV" to the much more vague "that game", as was the case in the Mother 1+2 version of the game.
(In case you're wondering, the Beginnings version of the line wasn't altered, as the games it mentioned were changed to "Super Mario Bros. 7" and Super Mario Bros. 3 respectively in the localization. [Hey, wait a second...] (Linking to the tcrf.net page for 7 Grand Dad.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreiblntqqz3zdrsdw5xw5hq5pehxvzmhnbfxntxoh72qsbhwzxlguxm)
For fans of special challenges, the final Bowser battle in New Super Mario Bros. U presents the "Defeat Bowser By Throwing His Son At Him Challenge". Normally Bowser dies after 3 hits with the Clown Car. However, the player can also throw Bowser Jr. at Bowser NINETY times to win.
A bit of a more unique post: The site's ChatGPT source prevention screen!
In World 8-7 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, releasing a mushroom on the third Spine Coaster but not collecting it results in an entertaining interaction whereby the Spine Coaster will balance the mushroom on its nose, like a seal trained to balance a ball.
hi do you want to see a rough draft of a weird creature thats lived in my head for like a year #art #merriweather
In Mario Kart: Double Dash, shadows in the environment do not follow any kind of lighting logic and appear to have been placed solely based on "vibe". This results in shadows being cast in nearly every possible direction at the same time.
Reading the earliest chapter 5 ideas when I made it up in like 2016
In Paper Mario, Bowser claims that the Star Rod makes him invincible. However, in the first battle, it merely raises his Defense to a measly 1. If Mario is given just slightly better shoes, he can get through the protection. Bowser cannot handle taking over 10 damage, making the game crash.