In Super Mario 3D Land, a glitch that is relatively easy to perform by accident can cause Mario to become stuck in mid-air permanently until the level is exited.
In World 4-3, if Mario walks off a specific corner of the sky bonus stage while crouching, he will be hanging motionlessly in mid-air once the main area loads, not responding to any player input. Fortunately, the level can still be exited via the pause menu, making resetting the game not necessary to get out of this state.
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Wow! What a large and crisp render of Binoculars. This is more than a lot of enemies get. And it's all for Binoculars!
It is nice to see binoculars as an installed apparatus for public use. It reminds me of those binoculars that are sometimes at parks or zoos where you can put in a quarter and get a limited amount of time to look at ducks more closely. Let's look!
Wow! There's a North American Ruddy Duck! in this pond! That's my favorite duck! The blue of the male's bill is probably my favorite color, and they are so cute, especially with their funny proportions. Their head looks too small for their body, but their feet look too BIG for the rest of them! Their feet are large and further back on their body because they are divers who swim down to find food, unlike the dabbling ducks, which keep their butts above the water while foraging. Oops! I forgot that this is a Mario Post and that we aren't actually watching ducks at a pond!
Anyway I just found out those kinds of binoculars are called Tower Viewers. More like Quacker Viewers. Ok on to Mario for real now! Mario, sadly, does not view ducks with these binoculars. They are free, however, which is nice! I'm glad there are ways for everyone to enjoy the Mushroom Kingdom's landscapes at a distance and at no costs. In fact, Mario is sometimes rewarded for using them, as a Toad will throw him a Star Medal upon being seen! A Toad who really wants to bee looked at and goes HAH BAH.
Mario can also see a UFO through the binoculars sometimes! This is often brought up as a Creepy Easter Egg despite the fact that aliens have been present in this franchise since 1989!
With all that about the 3D Land binoculars out of the way, I am really here to say that the binoculars in Odyssey are BETTER. They look like ROB, and overall are a Funny Robot, so they are obviously better by default! They even move around on their own as if they are looking around, and they are really so good at looking, since they are binoculars. I think the binoculars themselves are bird enthusiasts and watch them in delight constantly!
These binoculars even have LORE as seen in the art book, and shared by Suppermariobroth! They are made by the same company as the 3D Land binoculars, and are an older model not capable of stereoscopic 3D! They were installed by the sightseeing company for onsite investigation, and someone has to come and collect the logs from the devices every so often. I seriously love this all sooo much! It is so cute and wonderful that they put this much thought into humble little Binoculars! BinocuLORE!
I would now like to talk about just how these binoculars work! Upon being Captured, they shoot up using spray propulsion (not jet propulsion!!!) and let Mario scope out the area from the sky! Mario got extremely lucky that he happened across these specific binoculars when he happened to have the ability to Capture them, because anyone else using this would be in extreme danger. Please hang on tight!
Binoculars most recently appear in Super Nintendo World, where they are now real! They use the 3D Land design, which makes sense knowing it is canonically the modern design. You can even look at certain things to get little rewards just like in the game! Super Mario in real life! Wa Who!
Fact: Super Leaves grow on the mysterious Tail Tree, which can be found near Peach's Castle.
Storms can spread the Super Leaves across the Mushroom Kingdom, as seen in Super Mario 3D Land. The tree also makes an appearance in Super Mario Odyssey.
2024 vs 2023. I always wanted to redraw this artwork as I felt I definitely could do it more justice than I did initially, and Valentine's Day yesterday gave me the perfect opportunity lol
Man, I can't play Super Mario 3D Land the same anymore. Whenever I see Peach on screen in Bowser's grasp I think: "Hey isn't Luigi supposed to be there?"
Mario Music of the Day: Briny Bowl Swimming Hole from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. This track is a remix of the beach theme from Super Mario 3D Land.
In Super Mario 3D Land, it is possible for Luigi to gain extreme speed for a few seconds. If Luigi lands on an enemy after a rolling long jump, then the player lets go of the dash button but continues to hold the Control Stick in any direction, Luigi will briefly run around at a much higher speed than normally possible, as shown in the footage.
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Week 4 of daily dragons and somehow I'm still trucking along if you can believe it! Almost done with January! I feel like even this many dragons daily was impressive for me lol
As always you can follow me on twitter where they're posted daily
And read more info on each of them below the cut
Day 21 - Grace Grand
A tall, shy girl who has aspirations of becoming a beloved DJ. She even creates music and uploads it online but of course she'll deny it to anyone who asks in real life. Her favorite food is chicken wings.
Day 22 - Stacy Saurus
This dragon girl works as a kindergarten teacher tending to hatchlings, and spends her off time taking pictures of parks and animals that she posts online! She can't fly with those tiny wings but she can flutter for a bit. She loves sandwhiches.
Day 23 - Flash Dragon
These tiny dragons runs at incredibly speeds, and have evolved unique fins to help them cut through wind easier. They're all mostly speed though, and can't fight with their tiny arms. They're prized for their shining silver scales!
Day 24 - Belle Behemoth
This 8ft. dragoness has 3 interests: Working out, picking on people shorter than her, and eating. She's very sociable but loves picking on her friends regardless. She'll pick on you too. Her favorite food is steak
Day 25 - Draglet
The second fanart one! It's the Draglet from Super Mario 3D Land! A super cute enemy that I don't think has ever returned? Which is a shame cause Mario dragons are all so so good!
Day 26 - Junker Dragon
A dragon made of random pieces of trash as a defensive armor for the creature that lives in the box! No one knows what lives in that box, not because the costume is effective. But because the dragon is so weak no one cares enough to check
Day 27 - Scribblegon
When a doodle mancer doesn't have incredible artistic abilities, you get little guys like this. They're weak and go down easily, but they're quick and easy to draw so you can have a lot of them fight for you awful quickly!