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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Concept art for the first draft of Donkey Kong Country’s story. Cranky Kong and Diddy Kong are Grandpa Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. in this version.
From the Japanese commercial for Donkey Kong 64.
Victory screens for Team Kong, Team Krem and Team Cranky from Diddy Kong Pilot (an unreleased game that was reworked into Banjo-Pilot).
Concept art for Cranky Kong’s “Monkey Museum” in Donkey Kong Country 2.
Beta logo for Donkey Kong Barrel Blast.
All nine map screen themes from Donkey Kong Country Returns playing simultaneously.
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.
The overworld maps for Kremkroc Industries, Inc. from the various releases of Donkey Kong Country. Top: SNES, middle: GBC, bottom: GBA.
Concept art for unused banana animals in Donkey Kong Country 2. Note the use of the early name “Diddiane” for Dixie Kong.
High-resolution official art of Squirt from Donkey Kong Country 3. This artwork can only be found in the Nintendo Power Player’s Guide.
