Things you didn't notice before in Mario games

[ZelenPixel]

i mean i was mostly talking about the shadow color. having the shadows be blue rather than black is also just more lively and colorful in general

 

[BabyRosalinaFan2014]

Mario Sunshine uses a somewhat consistent bluish tint for both baked-in and the live-rendered shadows that contributes to the liveliness of the game's setting. See for instance the wall shadows in Bianco Hills and even Mario's own projected shadow:

I say it's somewhat consistent because there are some shadows such as what we see from the palm trees and the rolling goop balls that are rendered black for some reason.

Anyway, yeah, this is what jumped to my mind when I thought of Mario games that use shadows to actually make the atmosphere sweet and sunny.

 

[Ray Trace]

I think having shadows be blue is just an imitation of how light bounces and glows, like, a simulated global illumination. Like, in sunset parts of the day, the environment also turns blueish as shadows get more pronounced.

 

[Linus van Pelt]

I don’t know the pattern in Origami King for when the Boos come out

 

[Party Princess]

Toads arms are too short to hit blocks so he actually uses his head. Idk if this applies to all games or just certain ones..

 

[J-Yoshi64]

Happens in Mario Party

 

[ZelenPixel]

so i knew funkys eyes were actually visible in dk64 but only now, looking at this particular pic, i noticed they were blue

the eye shape itself is rather similar to donkey kongs though with a bit of a >:D shape

 

[winstein]

Before this image, I didn't know that Mario and Luigi were twins.

That is despite the fact that the games have hints that they were twins, such as them looking alike in Mario Bros. and how they were portrayed in Yoshi's Island.

Thank you for reading.

 

[Mcmadness]

Probably for those people who think only identical twins exist.

 

[Ray Trace]

Even fraternal twins can look like identical twins, though.

Anyway, Yoshi's Island bios consistently call them twins so I've known this from the start.

 

[Party Princess]

I missed it too all the way up until Nintendo announced they're both 24. I was like, wait how can they- oooohhhh

 

[a referee]

regardless you don't know how it feels like to be a super minority to be represented in media and not like freaks that repeat after the other

 

[Ray Trace]

regardless you don't know how it feels like to be a super minority to be represented in media and not like freaks that repeat after the other

ooohhh tell me about it I hate twin representation in media, they're typically carbon clones of the same character that finish sentences and have the same personality

Timmy & Tommy from Animal Crossing deeply irk me because of it.

I think Mario and Luigi are one of the best twins in media though. You can see the similarities between each other, have similar personalities but there are more nuances between each other (both are heroic and cheerful, but Luigi is more displaying of his insecurities while Mario is a bit more brash), and both have their own preferences while sharing similarities too (both would love pasta, but Mario prefers red while Luigi prefers green).

 

[Party Princess]

Ninja Hideaway is plastered with Wario symbolism, but why?

 

[Ray Trace]

Wario took lessons from Kat & Ana I guess.

 

[ZelenPixel]

he paid ninja steve from warioware gold a lot for htis

 

[J-Yoshi64]

Probably planned to have a Wario or Waluigi alt but ran out of time.