The Mario games have a tendency to include those little touches in games that makes each game special. Some examples include stuff like rewarding/punishing players for punching butterflies in Super Mario 64 or having Pixel Luigi appear in some spots in Super Mario 3D World. I am sure some of those little touches stood out to you. Sometimes, there are little touches that weren't intentional at all, but you can't help but notice them.
To start off the list, I shall list a few of what minor observances I like:
- In Super Mario Odyssey...
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour's win/lose animations. Even after the characters' did their dances of victory or shame, there will be something extra they will do for Eagle/Double Bogey. For example, when Waluigi finished his Eagle pose, he found out that nobody's watching and then turn to the camera to pose. Another example is Mario's Double Bogey animation, where he will tap his finger on the ground after tripping.
- Although it's very likely to be unintentional on the developers' part, I like how the character selection screen in Mario Party 3 lists each character by their order of their debut: Mario (1981), Luigi (1983), Peach (1985), Daisy (1989), Yoshi (1990), Wario (1992), Modern Donkey Kong (1994), Waluigi (2000). Even when you remove Daisy and Waluigi (if you select Story Mode) the ordering still stands.
- Finally, there's the fact that the Mario cartoons consistently gave their main human characters Mario, Luigi and Princess five fingers. Some of the humans in Super Mario Bros. Super Show also have five fingers, but it should be noted that it differs between characters. Usually cartoons of this sort would give humans/anthropomorphs four fingers. In fact, Sonic's DIC cartoons gave every character (save for a few) four fingers, even though Sonic has five in his original version. I suspect this is either mandated by Nintendo or to keep it consistent with the live action portions.
Thank you for reading.
To start off the list, I shall list a few of what minor observances I like:
- In Super Mario Odyssey...
In Honeylune Ridge, Cat Mario and Cat Peach are found together on top of the cathedral near each other. A very nice touch to the wedding theme in this game.
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour's win/lose animations. Even after the characters' did their dances of victory or shame, there will be something extra they will do for Eagle/Double Bogey. For example, when Waluigi finished his Eagle pose, he found out that nobody's watching and then turn to the camera to pose. Another example is Mario's Double Bogey animation, where he will tap his finger on the ground after tripping.
- Although it's very likely to be unintentional on the developers' part, I like how the character selection screen in Mario Party 3 lists each character by their order of their debut: Mario (1981), Luigi (1983), Peach (1985), Daisy (1989), Yoshi (1990), Wario (1992), Modern Donkey Kong (1994), Waluigi (2000). Even when you remove Daisy and Waluigi (if you select Story Mode) the ordering still stands.
- Finally, there's the fact that the Mario cartoons consistently gave their main human characters Mario, Luigi and Princess five fingers. Some of the humans in Super Mario Bros. Super Show also have five fingers, but it should be noted that it differs between characters. Usually cartoons of this sort would give humans/anthropomorphs four fingers. In fact, Sonic's DIC cartoons gave every character (save for a few) four fingers, even though Sonic has five in his original version. I suspect this is either mandated by Nintendo or to keep it consistent with the live action portions.
Thank you for reading.
