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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Illustration from the Brazilian print ad for Mario Tennis on the Game Boy Color.
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A 1992 French interview with Shigeru Miyamoto contained footage of him playing Super Mario World. In this excerpt, Miyamoto attempts to get a 1-Up by jumping on all the Koopa Troopas in the beginning of Yoshi’s Island 2, but ends up dying instead; the camera then shows his reaction.
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Top left: In the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book, there is a piece of concept art for lava platforms in the Luncheon Kingdom that depicts the lava as having distinct beige swirls in it.
Top right: the texture from the concept art is in fact used in-game - only at a scale that makes it nearly impossible to see except from very far away. The swirls are extremely large so that playing the game normally, they appear to be simply areas of slightly differently colored lava.
Bottom: the only way they can be seen in-game is from the Floating Sky Island, which allows the entire kingdom to be seen at once. From here, the giant swirls can be distinguished.
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Character sheets for the main cast of the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon, used internally by DiC Animation.
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A Mario hamburger featured in a cooking section of the Japanese Famitsu magazine in 1986.
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High-resolution map of the Beanbean Kingdom, found exclusively in the official Nintendo Power guide for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Unfortunately, artwork of Mario’s hand is nearly completely covering Oho Oasis on the right side of the map, and no completely unobscured version of it exists.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: Nintendo Power MLSS Guide (US), 2003, ISBN 1930206437
In Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, a glitch allows Bowser to execute an extremely slow Flying Slam attack. If Bowser uses a Super Leaf, then hovers in midair next to an enemy and uses his side special, the Flying Slam, the attack will be orders of magnitude slower than normal. Until they hit the ground (which, depending on starting height, may be up to a minute later) neither Bowser nor the opponent are able to perform any moves, locking them in this state.
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The Mario statue at the Nintendo Tokyo store features a detail on his clothing that is completely new and has been absent from all his other depictions: a star pattern on the buttons of his overalls. Even Super Mario Odyssey, which is to date the game where Mario has had the most detail in his model, gives him completely smooth buttons.
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In Super Mario Party, after each minigame that is won by a group of 2 or 3 players, or each Co-Op minigame, the players are given the chance to do a high-five. This is done by swinging around the Joy-Con. If one of the players prepares for it but another does not, this will result in their character being “left hanging”, which will make the character assume an annoyed pose and make a unique sound.
Here are the annoyed sounds of all the characters. In order: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Bowser, Goomba, Shy Guy, Koopa Troopa, Monty Mole, Bowser Jr., Boo, Hammer Bro., Dry Bones, Pom Pom.
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On the World 4 map in New Super Mario Bros., whenever Mario takes the unlockable path between W4-1 and the Green Mushroom House, he will walk backwards on the left portion of the path, changing his walking direction at the corner. This is the only path in the game this happens on.
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