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Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.
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Top: in the pre-release versions of Super Mario 64, Power Stars were 2D sprites instead of 3D models as in the finished game.
Bottom: however, there is one remainder of the original Power Star design in the finished game. The small stars that appear on the title screen around Mario’s head if no input is made for a prolonged time use the same sprite as the pre-release Power Stars, only recolored.
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The data for Paper Mario contains an unused “Defend” function for Mario, which makes him crouch and increases his Defense stat by 1 (note how the Spiked Goomba, which has an Attack stat of 2, deals 1 damage, and the regular Goomba with an Attack stat of 1 deals no damage). This is identical in function and animation to the Defend function later used in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
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The Valiant Super Mario Bros. comics feature Shy Guys making various expressions with their masks. This does not usually happen in other media; whenever it does happen (like in Mario Strikers Charged), it is not as pronounced as seen in these comics.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: The Best Of The Super Mario Bros (US), 1990
Illustrations from an officially licensed Yoshi’s Island picture book from Japan.
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In one of the extra worlds of the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, it is possible to clip inside an underwater staircase by moving backwards into it in the manner depicted. When Mario emerges on the other side, he will be very close to the right edge of the screen. Touching the flagpole in this state will cause Mario to cling to the flagpole indefinitely instead of advancing to the castle, requiring the game to be reset.
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Behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the Mario and Luigi mascot costume heads used by costume company KCL Productions for many North American Nintendo commercials.
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1990 comic promoting various NES accessories from the British Club Nintendo magazine. Note that the comic features two aliens that are based on Tatanga, the villain from Super Mario Land; however, unlike Tatanga, who kidnaps Princess Daisy, they kidnap Princess Peach instead.
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Limited edition officially licensed 1996 Yoshi plush with larger-than-usual eyes from Japan.
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The background music for the writing process on the Famicom Disk Writer kiosks. The Famicom Disk Writer kiosks were stations available across Japan in the late 1980s and 1990s where customers could pay a small fee to copy games to their rewritable Famicom Disk System disks, as an alternative to video game rental. During operation, the kiosks would show animations of Mario and Luigi that represented parts of the writing process.
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Top: drawings from various promotional material for Tommy Pizzas, a restaurant in Mexico City, Mexico.
Bottom: all drawings are based on a render from Super Mario 64.
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