His design is a terrifying, lanky, monochrome Mario silhouette with a CRT scanline overlay. His eyes are two blinking cursors. When he defeats you, he doesn't capture you—he , forcing you to replay from two levels back.
And the last line of the game, after 100% completion, is a single line of text from the dev team: mario multiverse fan game
Super Mario Multiverse isn't just a tribute—it's a love letter to the idea of Mario as a mutable, fan-owned icon. It acknowledges the glitchy ROM hacks, the unfinished fangames, the weird DeviantArt OCs, the lost betas. It says: "All of those are real. All of those matter." His design is a terrifying, lanky, monochrome Mario