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In Paper Mario, the Master has an unused, unfinished attack found in his code whereby he flies at Mario and then appears to be stuck in mid-air, doing nothing. This would at first seem to be simply completely broken and require the game to be restarted, but waiting 5 and a half minutes will actually make him complete the attack and do damage (most of the waiting time cut out in the footage). He will also remain in mid-air next to Mario on the next turn after this.

This is due to the fact that the attack takes 10,000 frames to complete, which is around 5 and a half minutes at the game's 30 frames per second framerate. While broken and unfinished moves are nothing out of the ordinary for RPGs, it is rare to find a move that appears to freeze the game but actually manages to complete in an unreasonably long amount of time.

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In Super Mario Sunshine, a commonly known glitch is the Dune Bud high jump, whereby a Dune Bud on Gelato Beach is sprayed and then Mario performs a Ground Pound in such a way that he is in mid-air when the Dune Bud activates. This results in Mario being launched so high up into the air that he takes several minutes to fall back down.

However, an interesting interaction of this glitch that actually reveals some of the inner workings of this game can be seen when it is performed directly after defeating the Wiggler boss, immediately before the Shine Sprite spawns. This is shown in the footage; note the unusual black sky during the cutscene.

The reason for this is that the skyboxes in this game (as in many other Mario games like Super Mario Galaxy) actually follow Mario instead of remaining fixed in space. When Mario is launched into the sky, the skybox follows him, so when the camera switches to showing the Shine Sprite, the sky is no longer visible from the ground, having been pulled upwards by Mario.

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With the recent release of Donkey Kong 64 for Nintendo Switch Online, more players have discovered the Beaver Bother minigame and its infamous reputation for being unfairly difficult. The image in this post presents a method (the "60° Rule") used by Donkey Kong 64 speedrunners to consistently succeed at this minigame.

The object of Beaver Bother is to play as a Klaptrap crocodile enemy who needs to corral a preset number of Gnawty beaver enemies into a hole before time runs out. Pressing B makes the Klaptrap gnash its teeth and make the Gnawties run away briefly. During this scared state the Gnawties are able to fall into the hole.

However, the Gnawties often appear to run away unpredictably, giving the game its reputation. The image demonstrates how the Gnawty and Klaptrap need to be aligned for the scaring to work:

-drawing an imaginary line tangential to the hole parallel to the direction of the Klaptrap's travel, the Gnawty and Klaptrap need to be aligned so that they are both on the line that is at a 60° angle to the tangent line. -once they are aligned like this, and the Gnawty is close enough to the hole, pressing B at that moment will actually scare it away in the correct direction to make it fall into the hole.

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In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.