A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.


All nine map screen themes from Donkey Kong Country Returns playing simultaneously.
Print-outs for do-it-yourself Mario and Luigi costumes from Nintendo’s activity website.
In Donkey Kong Country Returns, the “freelook” mode on the world map does not let the player move the camera low enough to see the horizon. By forcibly moving the camera within the emulator, we can see that a horizon with a skybox is in fact modeled for this scene.
In the files of Super Mario 3D World, a sixth character icon as well as a sixth logo appear alongside the images for the five playable characters. These files are not referenced by the game’s code, and their purpose is unknown.
Since I am receiving messages doubting the veracity of this, here is the source.
Track preview images from Mario Kart 8.
The overworld maps for Kremkroc Industries, Inc. from the various releases of Donkey Kong Country. Top: SNES, middle: GBC, bottom: GBA.
From a set of Super Mario quiz cards.