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Added on: 18th Jan 2016

 

MARIO´S BROTHER´S NAME LUIGI MIGHT HAVE BEEN

INSPIRED BY A PIZZA PARLOUR NEAR NINTENDO

AMERICA'S HEADQUARTERS IN REDMOND,

WASHINGTON, CALLED "MARIO & LUIGI'S".

Luigi

 

WHILE YOU MIGHT KNOW THERE IS A SECRET WORLD

(-1) KNOWN AS THE MINUS WORLD THAT YOU CAN GET

TO BY PASSING THROUGH A WALL AT THE END OF

WORLD 1-2, THERE ARE ACTUALLY 256 MORE

HIDDEN LEVELS IN THE GAME.

Minus World

 

 

ANOTHER LESS-KNOWN GAME HACK IS THAT YOU CAN

ACTUALLY JUMP OVER SOME OF THE LEVELS END

THE FLAGPOLES. TO DO IT, YOU HAVE TO HIT A TURTLE

JUST AS IT FALLS IN THE PIT DURING THE LEVEL.

THEN, BY KEEPING THE TURTLE IN SIGHT, YOU WILL GET

AN EXTRA BOUNCE WHEN JUMPING TO THE FLAGPOLE

THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET YOU OVER IT.

Mario

 

 

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, A VIDEO GAME DEVELOPED BY

SONIC TEAM, WAS INSPIRED BY ITS CREATOR PLAYING

MARIO OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRYING TO GET

THROUGH THE FIRST LEVEL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

Sonic the Hedgehog

 

 

IN 2000, NINTENDO WAS SUED BECAUSE MARIO PARTY’S

JOYSTICK-SPINNING MINI-GAMES CAUSED HAND

INJURIES TO CHILDREN. AS A RESULT OF THE LAWSUIT,

THE GAMING GIANT AGREED TO INVEST $80 MILLION IN

PROTECTIVE GLOVES FOR THE OWNERS.

Mario Party’s joystick

 

 

PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE SUPER NINTENDO,

MARIO WORE RED OVERALLS AND A BLUE SHIRT.

SINCE THEN, HE’S WORN A RED SHIRT AND

BLUE OVERALLS.

Super Mario Bros

 

 

THE ORIGINAL SUPER MARIO BROS GAME IS A BIT

BASIC BY MODERN STANDARDS. IT’S STORED ON A

256 KILOBIT CARTRIDGE. KILOBIT NOT KILOBYTE.

IT WOULD TRANSLATE TO A MERE 32 KILOBYTES,

WHICH IS JUST ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THIS

JPEG SCREENSHOT.

Super Mario Bros

 

 

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SOUND THE GAME MAKES

WHEN YOU ARE HIT (AND GET SMALL) AND WHEN

YOU GO DOWN A PIPE, ARE THE SAME SOUND EFFECT?

THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IS

JUST A MIND TRICK.

Mario

 


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