Chris Weed, Pianist

tsuchinoko not real

tsuchinoko “just a fat snake”

its okay EAT tsuchinoko (it’s REALLY NOT)

In Super Mario World, defeating a Galoomba (left) (known as Goombas at the time of the game's release) or a Koopa Troopa (right) with Cape Mario's diving attack will display a small unintended graphic that is very easy to miss due to how small it is.

These graphics are actually the game attempting to display a dedicated "squished Galoomba" or "squished Koopa Troopa" sprite, which existed at one point during development but were later overwritten by other, unrelated graphics that happen to be small enough to be easily overlooked.

The bottom image shows the sprites as they once existed, recovered from development files.