A rare example of a cheat code in a... Mario game is found in Mario Golf on Nintendo 64. Entering a certain string of inputs on the title screen causes the "new lap" fanfare from Mario Kart 64 to play. All characters and courses (except Mario's Star) will then be unlocked for use.show more

> a screen recording of the boot screen and... menus for a user playing Mario Kart 64 on the N64, they play a grand prix and start to raceshow more

In Super Mario 64, Boos have a certain minimum... turning radius. If Mario is positioned a precise distance away from a Boo, it will try to go after Mario but never be able to turn tightly enough to actually reach him. The Boo will circle fruitlessly around Mario forever.show more

The "communications terminated" error screen in Super Mario 64... DS and New Super Mario Bros. is uncharacteristically startling, interrupting gameplay with a red error screen and loud siren.show more

by hacking the gamecube ocarina of time bonus disk... and injecting the mario 64 rom you can emulate super mario 64 on your gamecube with an insanely good emulation quality because this is the same emulator nintendo would then use for wii virtual console, developed by NST in 2002show more

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, if Mario jumps... onto a moving block under the influence of star power, he may become stuck in a somersaulting state. As long as no further inputs are made, Mario will keep somersaulting indefinitely, even after the star power wears off.show more

In Super Mario 64, it is actually possible to... escape from the grasp of King Bob-omb or a Chuckya after they grab Mario, by whipping the Control Stick back and forth and mashing the A button a combined total of 11 times before they throw him.show more

A glitch may occur in Super Mario Galaxy when... played on a Nintendo Switch 2 whereby Mario will get stuck in freefall in the tunnel in Gateway Galaxy. The usual failsafe that would kill Mario for falling too long does not activate here, so Mario will tumble forever and never die.show more

Trying to 3 star all the 150cc cups in... Mario Kart World and this boomerang from a random COM character came in clutch! 😂show more

I remade the Super Mario 64 title screen as... a stream overlay. I used my vtuber for the floating head, and simulated chat stretching my face and poking me.show more

In Mario Kart Wii, it's possible to make the... Star music keep playing while on the Mega Mushroom-only state by using a Star and then activating a Mega Mushroom right when the Star ends.show more

In Super Mario 64, if a shell-less Koopa bumps... into Mario while he is asleep, he will enter a "sleepwalking" state, where all of his voice sounds are replaced by snoring. He will continue snoring even when being shot out of a cannon; the only way to wake him up is to harm him.show more

A cute, but hidden detail in New Super Mario... Bros. Wii is that when Mario rescues Peach, she actually hops up and down excitedly (matching Mario's own movement), which cannot be seen in-game due to her floor-length dress.show more

Signs are famously frustrating to read in Super Mario... 64, with Mario punching the sign instead of reading it. In fact, this was such a problem that Z-Targeting in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was invented directly as a result of the team attempting to fix this.show more

In Super Mario 64 DS, giant characters normally cannot... crawl. However, reading a sign pounded halfway into the ground forces the character into a crawling pose. When giant, this results in the character's giant posterior completely blocking the entire screen.show more

Launch day copies of Super Mario 64 DS contain... glitches that were fixed in later production runs. One of them is the Yoshi Squish Crash, caused by eating a Boo in water. The next time Yoshi attempts to lick, he will squish humorously, and the game will crash.show more

In the Star Fox 64 remake on Switch 2,... Falco no longer responds "I hear ya, Slippy" to the latter's comment on the dire state of Zoness. In a surprising new line from Fox, it seems implied that he's bitter and resentful about losing his dad - James McCloud - to Andross's forces.show more

In Paper Mario, Mario normally jumps onto Lakilester's cloud... to use the Cloud Nine move. However, a small cute detail occurs if Mario is asleep or otherwise unable to jump onto the cloud, which causes Lakilester to gingerly pick him up from the ground himself instead.show more