This is a great thread. That Banjo and fireplace thing is cool and omg Starfox D:
Anywayz: I don't ever really get mindblown but I just got mindblowned when I figured this out. Everyone else may already know about it but I didn't and it was pretty cool when I got it.
In Super Mario 3D Land you fight Bowser imposters who turn out to really be Goombas (and maybe Hammer Bros. as well? i forgot) before you fight the real Bowser.
I was just playing Super Mario Bros. on my 3DS and its been years since I played and forgot lots of stuff. Using the save state feature I got through it while keeping shooters (I know I suck at games nowadays.) and kept thinking it was odd whenever I killed Bowser in each castle he would fall down as a hammer bro or a blooper.
Then it hit me. These were Bowser imposters aswell! Meaning you don't actually fight Bowser until World 8-4
:O :O :O
Totally blew my mind. I don't think I've seen Bowser dieing as other characters in any other game (tho it might happen in lost levels since its similer and I can never get shooters when I get to him) that means Nintendo took something that was only in the first (maybe second like I said) Mario game and made it into 3D Land.
Wow. Thats pretty cool. I never realized that you weren't actually fighting Bowser.
I really hope I'm the first to discover this and don't get laughed at lol.
Edit: That Yoshi's Island easter egg on page 100 is awsome :O I am literally reading everything in this thread now lol.
I don't want to send you into seizures, but another minblower: Mario's cap is red. :O