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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: One of the most obscure hidden 1-Up locations in Super Mario Bros. 3 is to the right of the brick wall in the first outdoor segment of Level 5-Tower. However, note that at the end of the footage, after Mario flies off-screen again, a second 1-Up Mushroom falls past.
Bottom: This is due to there being two more hidden 1-Up Mushrooms in this room. Only one block appears on-screen as seen in the footage; but two additional ones are above the visible area, making them doubly hidden due to nothing in-game suggesting their existence. As getting these requires precise mid-air maneuvering without being able to see Mario, they might be the most difficult-to-obtain items in the game.
Note: these are present in the same capacity (outside the area shown by the camera) in all three major versions of the game (NES original, Super Mario All-Stars, and Super Mario Advance 4.)
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: 1, 2: myself, Super Mario All-Stars (NA, SNES) in SNES emulator
Segment from the official British Club Nintendo magazine naming the enemies from Super Mario Bros., using nonstandard spelling like “Goombs” and “Koopa Trooper”.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: Club Nintendo (UK), Issue 1, 1989
Inflatable Mario being prepared to be shown at the 2019 Arizona State Fair.
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Top: Shigeru Miyamoto in his office at Nintendo of Japan in July 1989, from a Japanese book on how video games are manufactured.
Bottom: the book takes special note of Miyamoto’s chair and elaborates on it. The cushion was chosen by Miyamoto for containing the first artwork of Super Mario Bros. that he drew for the finished version of the game. He had been using the same Super Mario Bros. cushion for nearly 4 years prior to the release of the book, and likely also for some time afterwards.
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The kiosk demo version of Mario Kart DS contained more tracks in its data than were actually available for players to select. One of those tracks was Shroom Ridge. By modifying the code to allow the track to be loaded, we can see that the Cheep Cheep delivery trucks, which in the finished game read “FRESH”, read “FLESH” in this early version of the track instead.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: 1, info: twitter.com user “JasperRLZ”
Artwork of Mario, Yoshi, Toad and Lakitu playing in a band, shown in an official 1996 Satellaview broadcast. The Satellaview was a Japan-only add-on for the Super Famicom that allowed it to receive satellite transmissions; while it is most commonly known for featuring games, it also offered shows that had live audio alongside a slideshow of pictures.
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Left: In Donkey Kong 64, if Chunky Kong charges up the shockwave ability and releases it while simultaneously picking up a rock, the rock will break while Chunky releases the shockwave.
Right: After this, Chunky will be in a glitched state where he will be holding an invisible rock. Pressing B will make him throw away the invisible rock.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Donkey Kong 64 (NA, N64) in N64 emulator
During Chapter 4 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario’s body is stolen by Doopliss, who spends a portion of the chapter in Mayor Dour’s house in Twilight Town, along with Mario’s partners. During this time, the mayor’s normally empty table has food on it. This is difficult to see due to the partners obscuring the table; particularly, Koops is standing in front of a unique roast pig dish that only appears during this scene (the other food can also be found in Ishnail’s house in Rogueport). Below are close-ups of the pig.
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