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 * Super Mario Sunshine (pictured) is the only Mario 3D game that does not begin with Peach sending Mario a note, and the only 3D game in which Peach's Castle doesn't appear.
 * The Wii U is the first Nintendo home console since the SNES to share a portion of its name with its predecessor.
 * A Koopa Troopa makes a cameo in the NES game Zoda's Revenge: Startropics II when a man who is riding him delivers pizza to the protagonist, Mike Jones.
 * Super Mario 3D Land is the first Mario platformer game since Super Mario World where Mario cannot perform a Triple Jump (released 21 years prior). It's also the first 3D Mario platformer game where he cannot perform this move.