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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On the North American box art for Mario Kart: Double Dash, the L on Luigi’s cap is mirrored.
Map of Dinosaur Land from a Japanese guide for Super Mario World.
In Super Mario Bros., there is a transition sprite that is displayed for one frame four times during the Super Mushroom animation.
Cackletta Soul battle background from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
In Mario Party 7, after Toadsworth greets the player at the beginning of Free Play Sub mode, he exits the screen to the left. Following him with the camera reveals that he leaves the submarine by walking through the wall.
Yoshi being washed and refueled in a Yoshi’s Safari manga.
Comparison between Lanky Kong’s normal and low-polygon models in Donkey Kong 64.
In Super Mario World, whenever Mario passes over the bridge in the Donut Plains part of the overworld, a Cheep Cheep jumps out of the water below him. If the game is paused while Mario is on the bridge, the Cheep Cheep will continue jumping forever.
In the intro to Mario Power Tennis, Toad and Toadette can be seen in the bottom left corner of the tournament board Wario and Waluigi are checking out. Unlike all other characters on the board, neither Toad nor Toadette are playable in the game, with Toadette not becoming playable until Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash 11 years later.
Top left: in Super Mario 64, the room containing the secret entrance to the Princess’s Secret Slide in Peach’s Castle is accessed without a loading screen directly through a door.
Top right: in Super Mario 64 DS, the room has been heavily redesigned and a loading transition has been added after going through the door.
Bottom: Viewing the Super Mario 64 DS files in a model viewer, we can see that the original room is still there in the remake, blocked off by a wall. Since both the wall and the loading zone to the redesigned room block the way, the original room is impossible to access.
