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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The song lyrics used in the Wario Land 4 title screen track are taken from the Vocal XTC commercial sample collection. The vocals are sung by
British singer Helen Binding.
Here is a comparison of the original recordings and the Wario Land 4 versions. (Source)
The Yoshi’s Island boss Burt the Bashful (top left) wears pants that greatly resemble the pants of the Asterix comic book character Obelix (top right). This has been noted by two separate European localization teams, who decided to give Burt the Bashful names that are anagrams of “Obelix”. He is called “Bélixo” in the French version (bottom left) and “Xilebo” in the German version of the game (bottom right). (Screenshots taken by me in a SNES emulator.)
The Nintendo Express, a bus that toured through Scandinavia in 1990 and offered a variety of Nintendo-related activities.
In Super Mario World, taking a Buzzy Beetle through the exit pipe in Donut Plains 2 results in the Buzzy Beetle’s shell assuming a grey color scheme. In addition, no matter how much time passes,
the Buzzy Beetle will never emerge from its shell again. (Footage recorded by me from a SNES emulator.)
Animated background from the Tiny Wario stage in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. (Source)
Print advertisement for Mario Party 2.
Beta footage of New Super Mario Bros. showing that at some point in development, the Mega Mushroom was colored the same as the Super Mushroom and required several hits to fully emerge from the block. In the finished game, it has a yellow and red color scheme and emerges automatically after the block was hit once. (Source)
Animation cel used in the production of the Donkey Kong cereal commercial.
In the prototype version of Super Mario Bros. 2, beating the game with Toad results in this irregular behavior during the final cutscene. (Footage recorded by me from a NES emulator.)
