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Within the game's data is a text file labeled "zzzz.zzz". Opening it reveals a message from a developer by the name of "Dave C." (presumably David Catlin, the game's technical director) which explains that it was a dummy file added in as a workaround for an issue that prevents the last 32 bytes of data on the disc from reading properly; the name "zzzz.zzz" thus ensures that it is always placed at the end of the alphabetically sorted file library.
Supper Mario Broth post:
https://bsky.app/profile/mariobrothblog.bsky.social/post/3latxasrh4s2n
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Mario_Strikers_Charged#zzzz.zzz
https://bsky.app/profile/mariobrothblog.bsky.social/post/3latxasrh4s2n
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Mario_Strikers_Charged#zzzz.zzz
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario Strikers (Game)
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The developers of Super Mario Strikers were concerned that one of Waluigi's goal celebration animations, referred to by fans as the "crotch chop", would not be approved. When developers from Nintendo saw the animation, they did not say anything about it at all, so the developers did not bring it up to Nintendo, fearing that drawing attention to it would result in their approval board changing its mind. The game's director, Mike Inglehart, described the reasoning behind Waluigi's crotch chopping:
The animation was also used in the game's sequel Mario Strikers Charged.
"The inspiration for that came from quite frankly like the shape – even though it’s a ‘V’, we thought it was a representation of part of the ‘W’, so that’s sort of his way of connecting into his first initial. Waluigi, we kind of depicted him as being – yeah, he’s a bit, I don’t know, a bit edgier than Wario. Wario’s kind of on-the-nose in terms of a bad guy, and Waluigi, we just wanted to explore him a bit more. He’s actually kind of mean to his sidekicks too. They’re both mean to their sidekicks but Wario’s about self-loathing and Waluigi is about blame, and everybody else has done something wrong."
The animation was also used in the game's sequel Mario Strikers Charged.
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