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suppermariobroth:

Game Boy Advance SP Tribal Edition promotional material.

This means that canonically Mario has a shoulder tribal tattoo. And theres no way you can disprove that. The shortest we’ve seen Mario’s sleeves in in Mario sunshine but they still cover his shoulder

“And there’s no way you can disprove that”
Heh…. wanna bet?…

GBA SP Tribal Edition released on February 19th 2004.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the game in which Mario is depicted as those sprites in the towel, released November 17, 2003.

Mario got his tribal tattoo on his shoulder somewhere between the end of the events of Superstar Saga in November 2003, and the release of the tribal edition gameboy in February 2004.

Based on the fact there’s no swelling or redness or flaking or anything, I’d say that tattoo is fully healed, and I’d guess he got it late January at the latest.