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Being a long-running and popular franchise, there have been various '''rumors, misconceptions, theories, hoaxes and urban legends''' regarding the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series' fiction, production and gameplay history.
Being a long-running and popular franchise, there have been various '''rumors, misconceptions, theories, hoaxes and urban legends''' regarding the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series' fiction, production and gameplay history.
==Production==
==Production==
===Donkey Kong's name origin===
===Donkey Kong's name origin===
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In truth, Japanese material for the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series also have K. Rool aliases being mere disguises<ref>[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB#.E3.82.AD.E3.83.A3.E3.83.97.E3.83.86.E3.83.B3.E3.82.AF.E3.83.AB.E3.83.BC.E3.83.AB Japanese Wikipedia page for King K. Rool], Wikimedia foundation (accessed August 8, 2014) </ref>, and thus the trophy description is merely an error. Furthermore, several of ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'''s trophy descriptions features errors about the subject they describe, including ones about games director [[Masahiro Sakurai]] worked on, an example being Kirby's latest appearance, which was actually ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'', was listed as ''Kirby: Canvas Curse''.
In truth, Japanese material for the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series also have K. Rool aliases being mere disguises<ref>[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB#.E3.82.AD.E3.83.A3.E3.83.97.E3.83.86.E3.83.B3.E3.82.AF.E3.83.AB.E3.83.BC.E3.83.AB Japanese Wikipedia page for King K. Rool], Wikimedia foundation (accessed August 8, 2014) </ref>, and thus the trophy description is merely an error. Furthermore, several of ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'''s trophy descriptions features errors about the subject they describe, including ones about games director [[Masahiro Sakurai]] worked on, an example being Kirby's latest appearance, which was actually ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'', was listed as ''Kirby: Canvas Curse''.


===Luigi's Hanging Shadow: ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''===
During the blackout that happens after the Boss battle of Area 3 on the Balcony in ''Luigi's Mansion'', Luigi journeys to the Telephone room.
If the player makes Luigi pick up the middle telephone in this room, and waits there until there is a lightning flash, they would find that Luigi's Shadow has been distorted in such a way that it looks like he has been hanged. Many people<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjejTiRoOgk/ A Luigi's Mansion Suicide: Easter Egg or Glitch?]</ref><ref>Yezpitelok, Maxwell and Cantrell, Asher (April 30 2011), [http://www.cracked.com/article_19172_8-creepy-video-game-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html 8 Creepy Video Game Urban Legends (That Happen to Be True)], ''Cracked''. Retrieved August 20, 2014.</ref> thought the "hanging" was proof that ''Luigi's Mansion'' was a much more violent game<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJY8SEvxVAg/ The Luigi Shadow Theory]</ref> during early production.
In reality, the "Hanging Luigi" is actually a lighting glitch. Dynamic shadows are used on every object in the game, so the shadow appears this way because of the camera angle. When Luigi answers the phone, the camera is zoomed in and is angled up slightly. The lightning strikes ingame are originated from the camera position, so Luigi's shadow is then lifted off of the ground, and is angled to seem as though he was hanged.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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