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 Odyssey, Purple Coins (shown here in their triangular Sand Kingdom variety) are normally a vibrant purple color, as seen in the top image. However, inside 2D segments, the coins are depicted as blue instead. This might be a reference to the fact that Super Mario Bros. on the NES, after which Super Mario Odyssey’s 2D segments are styled, does not contain the color purple among any of its graphical assets.
Top: The “Wario Facial” microgame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames.
Bottom: Wario’s sprite used in that microgame extracted from the game’s data. His hands (drawn somewhat smaller than usual) and pants are hidden beneath the microgame’s colorful border.
Mario’s appearance at the 1996 Home Computer Show in Melbourne, Australia.
The paintings inside which Mario, Luigi and Wario are held captive, from Super Mario 64 DS.
There is a design parallel between the Mario Bros. and the princesses traditionally paired up with them. The number of eyelashes on Princess Peach’s eyes - six - matches the number of curved segments in Mario’s mustache. Likewise, Princess Daisy has two eyelashes on each eye, which matches Luigi’s two-segment mustache. Whether this is a coincidence or a deliberate design choice is unknown.
During one of the Super Mario Odyssey segments at the Nintendo Treehouse event at E3 2017, Mario was able to take control of a certain tree in the Deep Woods section of the Steam Gardens level. The tree’s visual appearance is a reference to the design of the trees from Level 3-1 of Super Mario 3D World, shown below.
From Super Mario-Kun.
From the intro to the Super Mario Challenge, a 1991 UK children’s game show.
Super Mario Bros. jigsaw puzzle from Finland.
Brazilian Donkey Kong, Mario and Yoshi toys.
