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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Top: a piece of official art for Mario Kart: Double Dash. Note Mario’s determined expression and closed mouth.
Bottom: Zooming in on Mario’s reflection in the kart, then rotating and enhancing the contrast reveals that the reflection’s expression is different, with his mouth being open.
Credit to marioboards.com user “Princess Mario” for the discovery.
In Luigi’s Mansion, a severed puppet head is lying on a table in the Clockwork Room. Upon inspecting it, Luigi remarks that he has been wanting to have one of those for a while.
Shigeru Miyamoto with his Mario toy in 1993. From a French documentary about Nintendo.
Rare official art of Lakitu falling off his cloud from Super Mario Bros. This appears only in select Japanese print media.
Model for Chunky Kong’s brief appearance during the first few seconds of the DK Rap in Donkey Kong 64.
Victory screens from Mario vs. Donkey Kong.
The texture used for the rail map in the Super Bell Subway track of Mario Kart 8.
Concept art of Luigi from the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon.
Unused model of Yoshi with his mouth open from Mario Party, intended for a scrapped minigame called “Yoshi’s Tongue Meeting”.
In what is most likely a complete coincidence, a limited-edition shirt depicting a scene similar to the beginning of the Super Mario Odyssey trailer was sold by Nintendo in September 2014.
