- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the entirety of Mario Circuit is modeled (pictured).
- When buying a Turnip from the Wringer in Paper Mario: Color Splash, it plays a unique animation where it falls from the sky onto the platform.
- Yoshi's Story is the first Super Mario franchise game to use the ESRB's "E for Everyone" rating after the retirement of the "K-A" rating.
- As a promotion for Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Nintendo sent out fifty people dressed in ape costumes to compete in the Los Angeles Marathon on March 6, 2005.