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Sped-up footage of an official Super Mario Galaxy 2 event in 2010 at EB Games in Melbourne, Australia, where a record was set for "most amount of hugs by a mascot character in 20 minutes", being 172.

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According to a 2000 N-Sider article about Shigeru Miyamoto, he once said that out of all game characters, Lakitu represented him best.

Thank you to Tumblr user spritecell-com, who was able to discover the original source of the statement, being a 1999 issue of Arcade magazine.

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The Times started running Sudoku puzzles on November 12, 2004, leading to a worldwide boom in popularity.

The Nintendo DS launched November 21, 2004. It had a touch screen and could recognize handwriting. It sold very well among an audience that would buy puzzle games.

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Extremely rare promotional Nintendo DS Mario and Peach-themed rhinestone stickers.

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Illustration from a 2009 issue of GamePro magazine regarding Twitter (top), with a recreation of the famous "fail whale" technical difficulties image (bottom) used by that site for many years.

The image features Beezo enemies from Super Mario Bros. 2 (in their Super Mario All-Stars design) carrying a Skele-Monsta enemy from Bubble Bobble.

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As is common knowledge among those interested in Nintendo history, Mario was named after Mario Segale, a real estate developer who was renting a warehouse to Nintendo of America in 1981.

However, a 1986 interview with Shigeru Miyamoto in a Canadian newspaper provides a bizarre alternate origin for the name. In the interview, Miyamoto stated that Mario was named after a caretaker at a hotel instead.

It is unknown if this was a result of a mistranslation during the interview, Miyamoto was told an incorrect story by Nintendo of America, or if he simply misremembered the details.

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1993 print ad for Play Co. Toys depicting Mario losing a "Great Home Video Game Debate" to Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Azure Dreams review.

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Azure Dreams review.

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Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits review.

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Azure Dreams review.

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Avalon Code review.

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Away: Shuffle Dungeon review.

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Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica review.

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Alundra 2 review.

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Alundra review.

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