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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An unused debug function in the code of Super Mario 64 allows Mario to fly around the environment. When active, Mario assumes a special pose with his arms at a 45 degree angle, and can be controlled to fly in any spatial direction at very high speeds (the footage is not sped up). However, even during this mode, Mario is not immune to out-of-bounds behavior. If he flies below the ground, he will die instantly.
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Covers of a series of Japanese Super Mario activity books.
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The melody played by the officially licensed 1991 Super Mario World music box from Japan. The music is an arrangement of the game’s main theme.
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An obscure way to achieve a Game Over outside of battle in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is to stand completely still and not do anything in one of the two scenes where Mario is swarmed by Dry Bones (inside Hooktail Castle and later in the Palace of Shadow). Since usually, the player would move around, this scene would not be activated. If the player does nothing, however, Mario will play his “pipe entering” animation into the ground, his partner will cry out, and the game will be over.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, some of the kingdoms contain Power Moons obtainable by throwing Cappy at glowing birds. Usually, if the bird is scared off, the way to attempt this again is to walk away from the location and come back later once the bird respawns. However, there is a very quick way to respawn the bird. Simply enter first-person view mode, then look away and then back to the bird’s spawning point; the bird should have reappeared.
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Illustration from the British NGC magazine, depicting official art of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin with the character’s head replaced with Mario’s head and flowers inserted into the guns.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: NGC (UK), Issue 79, 2003
Top: in the code of Donkey Kong 64, there is an unused function that displays an “Ice Key” entry in the collection screen of the pause menu. The entry has no associated graphic.
Bottom: this is a remnant of planned Banjo-Kazooie/Donkey Kong 64 cross-compatibility that was cancelled during development. Banjo-Kazooie includes an Ice Key item that is obtainable with a code; the original plan was to let the Nintendo 64 hot-swap memory (memory left on the device after removing the cartridge) carry over the information about the Ice Key into Donkey Kong 64, unlocking extra content. However, this could not be implemented as newer models of Nintendo 64 consoles reduced the active duration of the hot-swap memory to 1 second, making it unfeasible for most players to swap the cartridges in time.
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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D contains Yoshi figurines that are hidden throughout the game’s locations (top). If all Yoshi figurines are found before clearing the game, the player will be awarded the rank of Yoshi (bottom).
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Officially licensed 2019 Donkey Kong T-shirt from Japan, featuring unique artwork.
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