Things you didn't notice before in Mario games

[Koopa con Carne]

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.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

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.

 

[Mike Wheeler]

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

 

[Biddybud]

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

 

[zel]

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.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

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.

 

[Biddybud]

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