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by metadat 1015 days ago
At 17 seconds into the demo video, Mario appears to run into a Goomba horizontally without being harmed, and it just changes course to head in the other direction as if it bounced off him.

Is this the correct game mechanic behavior? My recollection as a 90's kid is this worked differently: If you run into a Goomba horizontally, Mario is toast (or loses his mushroom bigness).

Am I confused? :D

Edit: Thanks to @h0l0cube and @cylon13 for explaining this in another comment- it turns out nothing is wrong. If you look closely after reading their explanation, you can see it. Certainly a subtle detail.

> I think that goomba bumped into the squished goomba Mario had just squished. Mario was just a bit to the left so the flat goombas hit box stuck out to the right a bit and the other goomba hit it.

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I noticed that as well.
Potentially answered in another comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37470025