Look at it! Look at it! LOOK AT IT!

Glowsquid · Jan 31, 2023

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Toadettefan · Feb 3, 2023

1994 Mario mascot suit used by Nintendo of America for promotional pictures. After decades in storage, the suit suffered structural damage, resulting in the face sagging as shown in the image.

Denny Hamlin · Feb 3, 2023

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1994 Mario mascot suit used by Nintendo of America for promotional pictures. After decades in storage, the suit suffered structural damage, resulting in the face sagging as shown in the image.

What's crazy is that they actually kept a suit from 1994. I mean, with a little restoration work, that can go in a museum or something.

Toadettefan · Feb 4, 2023

A series of glitches can be used in Super Mario World to cause Mario's internal power-up value to increase past the intended limit, causing various visual effects such as his palette changing. One notable effect is that Balloon Mario will appear to have his eyes wide open (right), compared to his regular sprite where he is squinting (left).