Top: Broque Madame Is A Character Who Appears In Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story (and Its Remake)

Top: Broque Madame is a character who appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (and its remake) as well as in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In all of these games, she speaks with a French accent and uses French words in her speech. One word she uses frequently is “cherí” [sic].

Bottom: However, that is a misspelling of the actual French word, which is spelled “chéri” instead, with the accent on the “e”. “Cherí” with the accent on the last letter does not exist in French. This was not fixed for the remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source

Top: in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (shown here in the 3DS remake), Bowser cannot normally go inside himself. While pipes exist in the overworld that allow Bowser’s body to be entered from outside, all of them are inaccessible when playing as Bowser. However, by modifying the game’s code, it is possible for Bowser to enter his own body and walk around, although he cannot progress very far through any areas due to his inability to jump.

Bottom: interestingly, whenever Bowser is inside himself, Mario and Luigi are transported to an otherwise inaccessible area: Bowser’s bedroom. Bowser’s bedroom is only ever seen in the game’s ending cutscene, and cannot be reached during gameplay. It appears that the bedroom’s internal ID is 0, so that Mario and Luigi are sent there as a failsafe when Bowser is in an invalid location (in his own body).

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: youtube.com user “Kin_Tamashii”

2005 Japanese print ad for Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “blacktangent”

Top: near the beginning of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Toad is very briefly playable inside Mario’s house. The cutscene where Toad runs into the house ends without any indication that Toad is now playable, and it may take some time for the player to realize that nothing is happening and to try pressing random buttons, leading to Toad moving in response to the input.

Bottom: in the Japanese version of the game, which unusually for the time was released slightly later in Japan than in North America, a special D-pad icon was added in the bottom left to indicate that Toad can now be controlled, to prevent any potential confusion.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source

2010 New Year’s card from the staff of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source