Mario games are full of secrets, some of which were never meant to be discovered, and fan detectives have spent years trying to track them all down. The two Super Mario Galaxy games hold one particularly odd detail that's equal parts inefficient and heartwarming, as they both keep their credits loaded into memory at all times while you play.
"In the Super Mario Galaxy games, the staff credits text is always loaded into RAM despite not being needed until the ending," according to Mario trivia enthusiast Supper Mario Broth on Bluesky, citing information from HEYimHeroic. "While horribly inefficient, this is inadvertently heartwarming as the games appear to honor their creators by keeping them in memory at all times."
