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 Mario Party 8, minigames played in first person still render the players’ characters behind the camera. One exception is the minigame Snipe for the Picking, where four copies of Player 1′s character are rendered instead.
Concept art for unused banana animals in Donkey Kong Country 2. Note the use of the early name “Diddiane” for Dixie Kong.
In 2015, Nintendo released a 2D design of Samurai Mario as part of the new artwork in the yearly Nintendo Calendar. Later, in 2016, a 3D model of Samurai Mario appeared in a promotional wallpaper for Super Mario Run. Making both a 2D and a 3D form of the same design seems like a considerable level of effort for something intended only for promotional material, which could suggest that Samurai Mario might be significant in the future.
Italian flag from the files of Mario Party 3. It is contained in all versions of the game, but isn’t used in any of them.
In Super Mario All-Stars, pressing Left and Right simultaneously (possible on some third-party controllers) in Super Mario Bros. results in Mario moving backwards extremely slowly. Doing it in Super Mario Bros. 3 results in Mario moving backwards extremely quickly. (Doing it in Super Mario Bros. 2 has no effect.)
Super Mario Bros. Bubble Baths and Shampoos, and the print ad for them.
Concept art for Super Mario Spikers, a cancelled volleyball/wrestling game for the Wii.
High-resolution official art of Squirt from Donkey Kong Country 3. This artwork can only be found in the Nintendo Power Player’s Guide.
In Super Mario World, whenever Lakitu enters the screen from the right, the face belonging to his cloud appears at the left edge of the screen for 3 frames.
Top: the model for Waluigi as seen in the finished version of Super Mario Strikers.
Bottom: the model for Waluigi as seen in the prototype version of Super Mario Strikers, released on a multi-game demo disc.
