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 2016, Nintendo filed a trademark application for the coin sound effect from the Mario series. This is a transcription of the sound from the trademark documentation.
Diagrams seen in the background of the Tick Tock Clock track in Mario Kart 8.
Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 contains a model viewer within a dummied-out debug mode that can be accessed with cheats. This feature allows us to see what the player characters’ models look like before animation data is applied to them.
Top left: DK as he normally appears. Top right: DK’s default model before animations are applied. Bottom: 360-degree view of DK’s default model.
During the introductory scene to Super Mario Galaxy 2, Peach’s Castle seems to be relatively close to the camera, only a few hills over. Zooming out, we can see it is positioned on a floating island far away from the path Mario is on.
Officially licensed Mario Kart bicycle.
In the Library in Super Mario Galaxy, there are a few framed photos above the fireplace that are too far away from the fixed-distance camera to see clearly. While most of the frames are filled with simple textures, one depicts a stylized version of Rosalina with a Luma.
Textures used for the blocks in Level 3-K of Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Sticker distributed by Nintendo of America.
Box art for an unlicensed Mario hack for the Sega Mega Drive.
To access Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario enters a cannon, which then shoots Mario to a different island in a cutscene. However, by rendering the scene as a wireframe, we can see that whatever is shot out of the cannon is not Mario, as he remains inside the cannon after it is fired.
