Portal:Mario/Did you know


 * Donkey Kong for the Game Boy is the first game in which Donkey Kong is depicted wearing a tie.
 * According to Lemmy in the Japanese instruction manual of Super Mario Bros. 3, the Dark Land kingdom's activity was top secret even to the Koopalings, as he claims Bowser was exclusively in charge.
 * Super Mario World was the first game Reggie Fils-Aimé played on a console.
 * Chunky Kong is the only Kong out of the crew of Donkey Kong 64 to not appear in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. He is also the only Kong from the crew without a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Bowser's Sky Castle in Paper Mario: Sticker Star was planned to have mini-games to lengthen the level, but the idea was scrapped due to time constraints.
 * Rosalina's Ice World in Mario Kart 7 is the second Special Cup course to take place in a snow/ice-themed area.
 * Opera is the only live-action segment of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in which the guest star never makes an onscreen appearance.
 * Ashley is stated to be 15 years old on the Western WarioWare: Touched! website. However, despite claims to the contrary, she has no specific stated age in any Japanese WarioWare media.
 * Toadette shares the same Japanese name as Vanna T. from Paper Mario.
 * In the Pikmin Adventure attraction of Nintendo Land, stage 14, "Out of the Darkness," features a structure at the start that resembles the Castles in Super Mario Bros.
 * All the galaxies in World S from Super Mario Galaxy 2 (excluding Flip-Out Galaxy) are references to previous Mario games. Mario Squared Galaxy, Stone Cyclone Galaxy, Boss Blitz Galaxy and Grandmaster Galaxy (in the case of The Perfect Run, because of the music) are references to Super Mario Galaxy, Rolling Coaster Galaxy is a reference to the Mario Kart series (in the case of Rainbow Road) and Super Mario 64 (because of the music), and the layout of Twisty Trials Galaxy is identical to that of the secret level in "The Secret of Ricco Tower" from Ricco Harbor in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * In the code of Super Mario Bros. 3, there is what seems to be a Toad Suit similar to the Tanooki Suit and Hammer Suit. However, this is only a Hammer Suit with pallette errors that appears out of the Giant Question Block in World 7-8.
 * In the Japanese version of Donkey Kong 64, K. Lumsy is said to be King K. Rool's little brother.