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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In Super Mario 64 DS, starting a 100 coin star collection cutscene during another cutscene will lock the camera in place permanently. (Source)
Cover of an issue of Video Games magazine, featuring Donkey Kong, Pauline and Mario in a scene referencing King Kong.
In the Nintendo 3DS game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, a message can be found that references Mario, pipes and mushrooms, and appears to have been written by Luigi. The writer wonders what would happen if he ate a dubious mushroom. The message is found in-game by examining a skeleton in the sewers, implying that it is Luigi’s corpse after dying from poisoning.
Officially licensed Mario desk lamp designed to resemble a wireframe version of a 3D model of Mario’s head.
High-quality official art of the “Attacky Sack” enemy from Yoshi’s Story. For years, the only existing scan of this artwork was cut off, however, thanks to the efforts of the Super Mario Wiki user “Kolafloro”, the original was fully restored.
It is possible to obtain the “Blast Away the Wall” star in Whomp’s Fortress in Super Mario 64 without using the cannon and destroying the wall, merely by jumping into the wall in a precise spot. However, the positioning and angling used for this glitch are very exact, so that it is much easier to get the star the intended way. (Source)
Flyer for a Japanese arcade machine based on Super Mario World.
In the promotional trailer for Donkey Kong Country 3 shown at E3 1996, a scene in Funky’s Rentals can be seen. Funky appears to be using his surfing animation from Donkey Kong Country 2. Looking closely, however, a difference from the original sprite can be seen: Funky’s surfboard is missing, resulting in him surfing on air. (Source)
In Super Mario Land, a glitch can be exploited in levels 2-3 and 4-3 to make Mario invulnerable. If a block that is about to push Mario off-screen is destroyed at the last possible moment so that only 2 pixels of Mario’s vehicle are visible on the left side of the screen, enemies will not be able to harm Mario as long as he only moves up or down in this state. (Footage recorded by me in a GB emulator.)
A guidebook for Nintendo Space World 1999 showcased a giant Mario present in a screenshot of SimCity 64. This is absent from the finished game.
