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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Unused cactus enemy from Super Mario RPG seen in prerelease screenshots.
Kool-Aid commercial promoting a point redemption program with Super Mario Bros. Deluxe as one of the prizes. Despite this, a model of Mario from Super Mario 64, a game not part of the promotion, is used for the commercial. (Source)
“Practice Makes Perfect”, a rap song hidden in the CD-ROM version of Mario Teaches Typing, accessible by inserting the disc into a CD player. (Source)
By flying and then performing a Ground Pound above one of the pillars in Shifting Sand Land in Super Mario 64, Mario will get stuck inside the stone as though it was sand. (Footage of the Virtual Console version recorded by me in a Wii emulator.)
Princess Peach and Yoshi’s parents being grabbed by cloud-hands in a Super Mario World manga.
An episode of the British television show Bad Influence contained extremely early beta footage of Super Mario 64. What makes their recording different from most available beta footage is that they were able to also record the sound. Here are two snippets of the show where the host talks over the game, but if you listen closely, you will be able to hear Mario’s beta voice, recorded before Charles Martinet joined the project. (Source)
Illustration from the cover of an issue of Gamefan Magazine.
In Donkey Kong Country 2, a glitch can recolor Diddy’s boombox and Dixie’s guitar to a golden color scheme. In Hot-Head Hop, if Squitter is left behind just before the “No Squitter” sign, the items Diddy and Dixie will produce at the goal will be colored gold. (Footage recorded by me in a SNES emulator.)
Photo taken at Nintendo PowerFest 1990.
A set of some of the first Super Mario Bros. figures released in Japan in 1985.
