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Supper Mario Broth @MarioBrothBlog In Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Luigi's sprites seem to reference, either coincidentally or intentionally, two common misconceptions about Mario's sprites from Super Mario Bros.: that he spits fireballs from his mouth, and that he hits bricks with his head. At the time of the release of Super Mario Bros., these were some of the common misconceptions about Mario's sprites and animations featured in that game: HOCH Many players thought Mario was spitting fireballs from his mouth instead of throwing them. This is due to Mario lifting his hand up at an odd angle to throw the fireballs (caused by graphical limitations; extending his arm further forward would have broken out of the 16x32 pixel sprite boundary and required additional resources). The artwork shows the correct interpretation. Another misconception was that Mario hit bricks with his head instead of with his hand. Only by looking closely at the sprite can we see that his hand is actually 2 pixels above his head, which was hard to see on CRT TVs at the time. The artwork shows the correct interpretation. In Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Luigi received a new set of sprites with original animations not used in his other appearances which seem to play on these misconceptions: Here, Luigi actually spits fireballs from his mouth. He puts his arms down and opens his mouth, whereupon the fireball emerges from it. Whether these have been chosen specifically to reference the misconceptions or whether this is merely a notable coincidence is unknown He also hits bricks with his head, by keeping his arms down while jumping.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social To illustrate the words "lend" and "borrow", the officially licensed 1993 "Super Mario Super English" German-English dictionary depicts Mario as someone who constantly asks Peach to lend him money. Why don't you borrow money from the bank, Mario, instead of always asking me to lend you some? Source: Game Scanner, imageevent.com/gamescans/gamemagazines/supermariosuperenglischlangenscheidt ALT
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