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[[File:SM64 Mario Head.png|thumb|Artwork of Mario's head for ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']] | [[File:SM64 Mario Head.png|thumb|Artwork of Mario's head for ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']] | ||
{{quote|I'm-a bet you can't | {{quote|I'm-a bet you can't do this! WHEEEEEEEEE! Ahahaha!|Mario's face|Mario Teaches Typing 2}} | ||
'''Mario's face''', also referred to as the '''Mario face''', is a floating disembodied head of [[Mario]]. The gameplay element of an interactive floating head of Mario (along with other disembodied character heads) has appeared in many games. | '''Mario's face''', also referred to as the '''Mario face''', is a floating disembodied head of [[Mario]]. The gameplay element of an interactive floating head of Mario (along with other disembodied character heads) has appeared in many games. | ||
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''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' features a spaceship modeled after Mario's head, [[Starship Mario]]. | ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' features a spaceship modeled after Mario's head, [[Starship Mario]]. | ||
===''Super Mario-kun''=== | ===''Super Mario-kun''=== | ||
Mario's face is also | Mario's face is also spoofed in a beginning chapter of volume 16 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. This volume also follows ''Super Mario 64''{{'}}s story. Later in the volume, there is a 4-koma that involves Yoshi playing the game and not only moving Mario's face to bizarre positions but also drawing on it. | ||
===''Mario Party'' series=== | ===''Mario Party'' series=== | ||
Mario's face later appears in the ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' version of [[Face-Lift (minigame)|Face Lift]] (also in ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' but with Bowser's face and no other faces), where the player has to alter the face of Mario or other characters in the game. The more accurately the face is changed to match a picture, the more [[point]]s the player receives. The player who earns the most points wins, although two players can win if they earn the same number of points. Mario's head, along with a Luigi head, Peach head, Yoshi head, Wario head, and Donkey Kong head, appears in the 1-vs-3 minigame [[Look Away]], where each head has to dance along to the music, and the team of three heads must avoid looking in the same direction as the single player head. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Mario's face is one of the faces (alongside [[Wiggler]] and Toad) to appear in the minigame [[Picture Imperfect]]. The player must get his ''M'' on his hat right, nose right, mustache right, mouth right, and eyes right. In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', the minigame [[Making Faces]] involves players recreating Mario's or Bowser's face as accurately as possible. | Mario's face later appears in the ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' version of [[Face-Lift (minigame)|Face Lift]] (also in ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' but with [[Bowser]]'s face and no other faces), where the player has to alter the face of Mario or other characters in the game. The more accurately the face is changed to match a picture, the more [[point]]s the player receives. The player who earns the most points wins, although two players can win if they earn the same number of points. Mario's head, along with a Luigi head, Peach head, Yoshi head, [[Wario]] head, and [[Donkey Kong]] head, appears in the 1-vs-3 minigame [[Look Away]], where each head has to dance along to the music, and the team of three heads must avoid looking in the same direction as the single player head. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Mario's face is one of the faces (alongside [[Wiggler]] and Toad) to appear in the minigame [[Picture Imperfect]]. The player must get his ''M'' on his hat right, nose right, mustache right, mouth right, and eyes right. In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', the minigame [[Making Faces]] involves players recreating Mario's or Bowser's face as accurately as possible. | ||
===Unused appearances=== | ===Unused appearances=== | ||
====''Mario Artist: Paint Studio''==== | ====''Mario Artist: Paint Studio''==== | ||
Mario's face appears as an icon and on a TV screen during the minigame [[Gnat Attack]] in a prototype of ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''.<ref>{{ | Mario's face appears as an icon and on a TV screen during the minigame [[Gnat Attack]] in a prototype of ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''.<ref>{{media link|Mario-artist-gnat-attack.png|Image of the minigame, featuring Mario's face in the top-left corner of the screen}}</ref> Additionally, according to an image shared by Nintendo of America's Twitter account on [[Mario Day|Mar10 Day]] 2023, Mario's face in ''Super Mario 64'' was taken from a prototype of what eventually became this game,<ref>Nintendo of America. [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1634252793795039232 MAR10DAY post]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 10, 2023.</ref> previously referred to by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] as ''Mario Paint 3D''.<ref>[https://shmuplations.com/mario64/ Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews]. ''shmuplations''. Retrieved January 27, 2022.</ref> | ||
====''Mario's Face''==== | ====''Mario's Face''==== | ||
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|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' | |''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' | ||
|Featured in one of the loading screens, similarly to Peach's, Yoshi's, Wario's, Donkey Kong's, and Bowser's | |Featured in one of the loading screens, similarly to Peach's, Yoshi's, Wario's, Donkey Kong's, and Bowser's head each having their own loading screen variation. | ||
|2005 | |2005 | ||
|[[Nintendo GameCube]] | |[[Nintendo GameCube]] | ||
