Secrets In Mario Games

[LuigiFan24]

This is for all the secrets and references found in Mario games that may not be widely known that anyone would like to share! I'll start with one I just realized while playing Mario Wonder. The Skedaddler enemy's attack of shooting acorns out of his mouth is most likely a reference to Super Mario Bros. 2 where Birdo shoots eggs out of her mouth to attack the player. This is just speculation, though and could simply be a coincidence. If you want, feel free to share your opinion on this or other secrets in games.

 

[Captain Lumacey]

There's a good Mario Wiki article about Easter Eggs in Mario games.

 

[LuigiFan24]

There's a good Mario Wiki article about Easter Eggs in Mario games.

The article on the Wiki about Skedaddlers makes the connection https://www.mariowiki.com/Skedaddler

 

[LuigiFan24]

Here's a weird secret: the developers of Super Mario 3D Land's sound track reused the Mario Drawing song from Flipnote Studio for the Special World - 8 Map Music. I don't blame them for using this track, though! It's super catchy and one of my favorite Mario songs!

 

[LuigiFan24]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know of any secrets from Mario Kart Wii? I don't own this game, but have watched gameplay of it. The last time I watched any gameplay of it, I did not pay attention to secrets from it.

 

[Rykitu]

In Peach Beach, the Daisy Cruiser from Mario Kart Double Dash can be seen in the water, despite not being a track in the game. Also, in Rainbow Road, the planet underneath it is Earth, where the track takes place above eastern Canada.

 

[Hint Toad]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know of any secrets from Mario Kart Wii? I don't own this game, but have watched gameplay of it. The last time I watched any gameplay of it, I did not pay attention to secrets from it.

I have one! This is more of a bug tho.

You can get more than one person to play as the same character which normally isn't allowed. When you do this it causes some rendering errors in the kart selection screen. And at the end of a Grand Prix if you get duplicates on the podium then the copy will have a Mii rendered right on top, but this only happens when the duplicated character has the same bone mapping as a Mii.

Steps to do the bug: P1 selects a character, then deselects by pressing B. Then P2 picks the same character and deselects. Next back out of the character select screen and then go back into it. Then both players then press A without having their cursor on any other character.

 

[LuigiFan24]

Some of the characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe share the same horn sound effect, with an example being that Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina all have an elegant, fancy sound when they honk the horn.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

House sparrows are in Mario Kart World, you can hear their chirps if you listen.

 

[LuigiFan24]

A useless fact, but not really a secret, is that Frog Mario and Link in SMM2 are colored red in multiplayer rather than green like in single player to differentiate from Luigi. As for me, though, it's green regardless since I play as Luigi all the time.

 

[LuigiFan24]

Secret, if you collect 9999 star bits in Super Mario Galaxy, the coconuts in the beach themed galaxies will turn into watermelons. It's completely useless and purely aesthetic but still a fun little surprise.