A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.
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Top: a promotional banner for Yoshi’s Crafted World used on the official Japanese Nintendo site for the game. Note that this image is only available with the Japanese logo.
Bottom: a version of the image altered to include the English logo and changed to wallpaper dimensions by twitter.com user “YoshisMoon”. Note that this image is not official content, and is only provided as a convenience for those who may wish to use the banner as a wallpaper.
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Audio recording of a 1996 preview video tape released by Square for Super Mario RPG. Of interest are the unique arrangements of the tracks playing in the background.
At 0:02: Intro theme (In the Flower Garden)
At 0:22: Mushroom Kingdom theme (Hello, Happy Kingdom)
At 1:16: Normal battle theme (Fight Against Monsters)
At 2:54: Tadpole Pond theme (Grandpa and the Delightful Tadpoles)
Top: extremely rare prototype footage of Super Mario Bros. 3 showing an early version of World 1-3. Note how the design differs from the finished version, especially by the addition of a tall white block to the right of the brick structure.
Bottom: the same segment of World 1-3 from the release version of the game, for comparison.
The pizza boxes with the slogan “Since 1983″ in the Luigi’s Mansion 3 trailer are a reference to Luigi’s first video game appearance in Mario Bros.*, released 1983.
*The Mario Bros. arcade is most commonly cited as Luigi’s first appearance, but the Mario Bros. Game & Watch came out slightly earlier. Both were released in 1983.
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Top: an unused planet found in the data of Super Mario Galaxy, called “PlanetDisk” in the file system. Note the three trees and three raised platforms.
Bottom: the official Prima guide for the game includes many pieces of concept art. Among them is an extremely tiny sketch of a planet that, due to its three trees and three platforms, appears to be PlanetDisk.
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