Game Over |
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga |
Mario Golf (N64) |
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour |
Mario Kart 64 |
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX |
Mario Kart DS |
Mario Party |
Mario Party 3 |
Mario Party 4 |
Paper Mario |
Super Mario 64 |
Super Mario 64 DS |
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
Super Mario World |
Super Smash Bros. Melee |
Wario's Woods (NES) |
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
Yoshi's Story
When translating screen text and instruction manuals from Japanese to English, sometimes typos and grammatical errors slip by the editors. Note that game packaging and manuals are often prepared well in advance of the actual release, which explains why "wrong" screen shots or Japanese screen shots sometimes appear in manuals. Nobody's perfect. So, be on the lookout for the errors listed below if you own any of these books or games. Game OverSince Game Over is one of the more well-known video game books, some of its mistakes about Mario's history have unfortunately been referenced in other publications. Note: These errors are from the 1993 printing of Game Over by David Sheff. It is unknown if any were fixed for the 1999 re-release, Game Over: Press Start to Continue. Super Mario's namesakeError: Author David Sheff explains how Mario got his name on page 109. While Nintendo of America staff members were naming the Donkey Kong characters, the owner of NOA's warehouse came by, angry about a late rent payment. When he left, they had their name: "The landlord's name was Mario Segali. 'Mario,' they decided. 'Super Mario!'" Correction: The landlord's last name is "Segale," not "Segali." You can visit the Segale Properties website at SegaleProperties.com. Magic MushroomsError: Page 51: "[Shigeru] Miyamoto borrowed freely from folklore, literature, and pop culturewarp zones from Star Trek, empowering mushrooms from Alice in Wonderlandbut his most captivating ideas came from his unique way of experiencing the world and from his memories." Correction: Miyamoto says that the mushrooms were not borrowed from Alice in Wonderland during the Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros. Wii interview: "Some time ago I was being interviewed and I spoke about Alice in Wonderland. But it seems there was some misunderstanding and it's since been stated that I was influenced by Alice in Wonderland. That isn't the case. It's just that there has always somehow been a relationship between mushrooms and magical realms." Additionally, there are no "warp zones" in Star Trek. Miyamoto's birthplaceError: Pages 44 and 52 refer to a town called "Sonebe," where Shigeru Miyamoto grew up in Kyoto, Japan. Correction: The town's name was actually "Sonobe." In 2006, Sonobe was merged with other towns to form the city of Nantan. Game descriptionsError: Page 53: "Each level of each game ends with a flagpole, but a secret whistle in 'Super Mario 3' is hidden beyond and above the flagpole ." Correction: There are no flagpoles in Super Mario Bros. 3; each standard level ends with a "roulette block" in front of a black background. When Game Over was published, only Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese version) had flagpoles. Error: Pages 53 and 54 give us an example of what it was like in the production stages of a game before technology improved: "[Miyamoto] showed programmers not only how the character looked but how it moved and what special traits it had (a bee, when hit, lost its wings but continued to stalk Mario; boats made out of skulls sank into a fire pit)." Correction: The only bees at the time were in Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2, and they fall harmlessly off the screen after Mario stomps them. We assume that Sheff was thinking about a different flying enemy, because the Mario Land series was produced by Gumpei Yokoi, not Miyamoto. Mario & Luigi: Partners in TimeGame text
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar SagaGame text
Mario Golf (N64)Game text
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Mario Golf: Toadstool TourGame text
Mario Kart 64Instruction manual
Mario Kart Arcade GP DXInstruction sticker
Mario Kart DSInstruction manual
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Mario PartyInstruction manual
Mario Party 3Instruction manual
Mario Party 4Instruction manual
Paper MarioGame text
Super Mario 64Game text
Super Mario 64 DSGame text
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3Instruction manual
Super Mario Bros. 2As you may or may not know, Nintendo took a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic, plugged in four Mario characters, and released it in North America as Super Mario Bros. 2. They did a haphazard translation and left a lot of bugs and errors. Game text
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Super Mario Bros. 3Game text
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven StarsGame text
Super Mario WorldInstruction manual
Super Smash Bros. MeleeGame text
Wario's Woods (NES)Game text
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3Game text
Yoshi's StoryInstruction manual
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Game Over |
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga |
Mario Golf (N64) |
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour |
Mario Kart 64 |
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX |
Mario Kart DS |
Mario Party |
Mario Party 3 |
Mario Party 4 |
Paper Mario |
Super Mario 64 |
Super Mario 64 DS |
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
Super Mario World |
Super Smash Bros. Melee |
Wario's Woods (NES) |
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
Yoshi's Story
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