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Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 4d

The final match brings a bit of sibling rivalry with it! Vote one last time in the All-Time Favorite Character Bracket to crown the winner! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 11d

The green machines duke it out on one side, and a rivalry that once rocked the arcades reignites on the other! It's time to vote in the semi-finals! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 18d

It's the quarter finals! Just eight characters remain - who will survive? That's up to you! Round 3 voting of the All-Time Favorite Character Bracket is open until July 31st, vote now! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 25d

Sixteen characters remain! Who will advance into the great eight? That's up to you! Round 3 voting is open until July 24th, so stop by and cast your votes! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 27d

The secret of Mario Jump's physics

Eno: Action games are tough. There are so many invisible elements. Actually, there's one thing I want to demystify today. Take the jump in 2D Mario games. Other companies' Mario-like games usually have you jump along a fixed trajectory or a simple quadratic curve. But with Mario's jump, if you hold the A button down past a certain duration, it feels like you get a slight extra bit of distance at the very end, almost like a special bonus. It feels as if a separate jumping equation kicks in and pushes Mario horizontally.

Miyamoto: We don't actually do that. What happens is that the moment you release the button, we increase the gravity slightly. Because of that, the trajectory feels different depending on whether you hold the A button to the very end or let go halfway through. You're looking at it very closely, though.

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· 27d

LRT: Were any of you as perturbed by the gritty realism of Super Mario 64 as Kenji Eno was

Screencap of a shmuplation article with the text "Eno: To jump right into the thick of things today, the truth is I actually haven't beaten Mario 64 yet. I love the Mario series. I used to leave my Famicom turned on for so long playing Super Mario Bros. 3 that the console would overheat. But I just haven't been able to get into Mario 64. My wife won't play it either. I kept wondering why that was, but when I first tried Mario 64 at the Shoshinkai show, I felt this incredible sense of freedom in its world. You could get carried away by a bird, run through a field of flowers and be startled by butterflies, plunge down a waterfall, or fly through the sky. It felt like you could just mess around aimlessly, and anyone who wanted to dive deeper could master it.

But with the final retail version, I felt like I had suddenly joined a really strict after-school sports club. I found myself unable to get into the mindset of meticulously reading every signpost or trying to collect dozens of stars. To me, Mario 64 was supposed to be about a very loose, free atmosphere. When I first saw Super Mario Bros., it blew my mind. There was this mustachioed middle-aged guy, pipes, mountains, sky, ground, and blocks. I was a Namco fan who preferred Pac-Man, so it was completely unexpected.

But on the N64, Princess Peach and Bowser have become so realistic, and her getting kidnapped and needing help feels so real that I can't just relax and enjoy it. It's like a yonkoma (four-panel comic) strip suddenly turned into a gritty graphic novel. I always thought of you, Miyamoto-san, as someone who draws a lot of high-quality four-panel comics. I wanted to hear your thoughts on that."

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jul 11

The second round of our All-Time Favorite Character Bracket is live! You can cast your votes for the new matchups until July 17th, and don't miss the link to Round 1 results at the page's end! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jul 6

Thinking about The logo for the developers of Hotel Mario

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jul 3

Haven't had enough of voting in the Mario Awards? Come participate in our special All-Time Favorite Character Bracket! First round voting is open until July 10th, with a new round of the bracket opening each subsequent week! www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jun 13

Voting is now open in the Mario Awards! Come vote for the best and worst of the Mario franchise. Polls run until June 26th. www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:An...

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· May 30

Issue 173 of Nintendo Dream Magazine includes a recipe for a unholy Wario-themed "Garlic cake"

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· May 28

According to former Sega employee Mike Fischer, when Sega signed on to publish Gamecube games, Nintendo posted a guy in a Mario costume to greet the Sonic mascot.

Sega-16: You were only at Sega this time for for a couple years. Why did you leave?

Mike Fischer: I was there there to basically put the Dreamcast to bed, but my real my real task was to shift Sega over from a first party to a third party. A big part of that was rebuilding the relationships with Nintendo and PlayStation and then forging the relationship with Xbox. It was tough all around, and I think credit goes to both Sony and Nintendo. Andy House was Vice-President of Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) at that time, and Peter had run some trade ads kind of making fun of the PlayStation shortage. I remember Andy calling me because I’ve known him from my Namco days, and he’s just yelling at me. He’s like, “This is not professional! We’re gentlemen in this industry! This is not how we treat each other.!” I had to call Andy back and say, “Listen, man. We have no money to market these games, you know? Can you help us out?” And he did. He gave us a million dollars of TV advertising for Virtua Fighter.

The sweetest thing was we we brought the the Sonic the Hedgehog mascot character up to Nintendo, and the Mario mascot character was there at the door of Nintendo of America and gave him a hug and welcomed him in. I think Arakawa-san from Nintendo of America was there. I’m not going to lie, I got a little teary-eyed when I saw that happen. It was really sweet. Of course, the Xbox guys danced from day one.

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· May 1

If anyone is willing to provide the translation for a bunch of Thai names for Super Mario Bros. Wonder stuff (everything under "T" here), we're interested!

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 29

According to a recent article by Japanese outler gamebiz, Goro Abe and the WarioWare team had the incredible motto of "let's waste the latest technology"

Screencap of a machine-translated article from gamebiz.jp, the text visible states "Osaka Electro-Communication University announced that in April 2026, it had recruited two professors, Kenichi Sugino and Goro Abe, who had been involved in the production of globally successful products and popular titles at Nintendo.

Since establishing its Digital Game Department in 2003, the university has built a strong track record as a leader in game education for 23 years. With the addition of these two professionals, the university plans to build a more practical and multifaceted educational system that covers everything from game development to the social applications of games, thereby accelerating the development of the next generation of talent.

Among the newly appointed faculty members, Professor Kenichi Sugino has joined the Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering. Professor Sugino joined Nintendo in April 1989 and built his career as a product designer in the handheld game console development division. He was in charge of the design and development of globally successful products such as the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, and later worked as a design director on the development of the DS and 3DS. In addition to product development, he was also deeply involved in the training and recruitment of product designers.

Meanwhile, Professor Goro Abe, who took up a position in the Department of Digital Games, specializing in Game and Social Design, at the Faculty of Information Sciences, joined Nintendo in April 1999. After participating as a programmer and designer in "Made in Wario," released by Nintendo in 2003, he served as director for the series, leading the production of all 12 titles. Professor Abe spearheaded original game production, creating numerous unique mini-games under the motto of "wasting the latest technology" for titles for new hardware."

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 25

In 2000, IGN Pocket posted a mysterious image, allegedly from "a Japanese correspondent", showing what appeared to be a Yoshi game or tech demo for GBA. As it turns out, the thing was a mock-up by Famitsu 64 magazine. Creds to PineappleCarl from the Gaming Alexandria Discord for the find!

The msyterious image, showing a purple yoshi Space Harrier-ing it up.

page 10 from the July 2000 issue of Famitsu 64 magazine.

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 24

Thanks to an image uploaded by twitter user Wifi_h1024, we now know that Sonic appeared in an episode of Lily Franky Theater!

Screenshot of a yet-unuploaded episode of Lily Franky Theater where Sonic steps on something. Toad is shown saying "なにしゃがんで! うわープ"

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

On what streamer will you be watching Toad?

Availability: The series will be available to stream on Gooble in the United States. Due to Gooble not being available in Canada, the series will instead air on Glorpedo[2]. In most of Western Europe, the series will stream on Beezley except in the Netherlands where it instead will stream on Biddybud. In Southern Azerbaijan, the series is licensed to Bomp.

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

Morgan Freeman on being Doshin: "I got to play God again."

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

Charlize Theron on being Claudia: "I've been a fan of Nintendo Badge Arcade since I was 42-years old so it's an honour to embody the internationally-renowned character!"

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

George Clooney on Noshi: "Super Mario World is my kid's favourite game so I am beyond thrilled to provide the voice for its beloved dinosaur character!""

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

John Travolta on being Belome: "I got the call from Chris Meleandari and I told him 'Y'know Chris, it has to be Belome'. There was no negotiating to be had. The part is amazing and I am beyond thankful for getting the opportunity to play this beloved character"

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Apr 1

Michael Caine on playing the role of Professor E. Gadd: "I know I had announced my retirement but after getting offered the job The Last Witch Hunter 2 and being offered to play the popular character from Louie's Haunted House, I knew I wasn't done yet."

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Mar 31

The Super Mario Super Show has started airing on MEtv using some kind of AI upscaling ,and the results are as good as you'd expect

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Feb 12

Thinking about This old revision for the Bowling Goonie image

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Feb 9

The 2nd issue of Valiant Comic's "Game Boy" series made an incredibly wrong prediction about the outcome of the 1991 Super Bowl

BLOCKBUSTER !
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs predict Super Bowl winners!
It's the Jets in '91 (but the ancient seers were wrong about Denver last year!)

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Feb 4

"Ask Uncle Tusk" was an on and off feature on Rareware's website where fans could send questions for the privilege of being roasted by a Rare employee pretending to be the dude from Killer Instinct II. One reader asked for nudes of Dixie Kong.

"Dear Uncle Tusk,
First of all, I simply have to commend you (through a mouthful of cookies n' cream) on the sheer quality of this site. I can't recall a game designer/publisher's site that was just this great. You really give the gamers what they want. Great job! OK I really do have a question, two or three if I can think of that many while I'm writing:

1. Did you ever plan to give Pocket Tales a GB Color palette, or were you just too far into development at the time of the hardware's release?
2. I remember when news of Rare's defection from Nintendo to solo-publishing was all the rave; It was sometimes assumed that Rare did this to be able to design games for Sony's PSX. Are there or were there ever plans to make a game for the CD-based system, and if not, any input on why the N64 is favored to develop on? (Sometimes I just think the PSX has been around waaaay too long.)
3. Can I clean your toilets for money, or at least a chance to see the Rare pad from the inside?
4. Where can I find nude pictures of Dixie Kong? ;>"

"Uncle Tusk replies:

1. I'll pretend you asked this question after we posted the colour screenshots, just to make you look stupid.
2. It's hardly a "defection", is it? We're still Nintendo-exclusive, and no, there were never any plans to develop for other formats.
3. The DKC3 designer wants me to make a crude joke about pads and toilets, but I'm above that sort of thing.
4. Make them yourself if you're that desperate (but don't forget to publicly flog yourself afterwards)."

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Feb 3

A wiki user has emailed DiC Mario cartoon writer Perry Martin about his work on the three shows. Lots of insight about the production of the shows is included here, included unused episode premises!

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jan 25

Screencap of a quote section on the Super Mario Wiki, showing an header for Yoshi with the quotes "Yoshi." and "War!"

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jan 24

They would not let their souls be weighted down by gravity

Screencap of an old mariowiki page with the statement "Goombas appear in Super Mario Galaxy, leaving the confines of Mushroom World to set up camp on other planets." and a picture of two Goombas starring blankly at the reader

Super Mario Wiki@mariowiki· Jan 14

Another year, Another time, And Still Wondering, what the fuck does Barnacle Bear does in Donkey Konga 3?