A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.


In the Bumper Balls minigame in Mario Party 2, a Fly Guy is encased in ice on top of a mountain. The Fly Guy is not actually a model, but a 2D sprite. Below is the sprite extracted from the game’s files.
Mario and Luigi reference in Sangokushi Taisen, a real-time strategy arcade game by Sega.
Near the beginning of Paper Mario, Bowser throws Mario out the window of Peach’s Castle. During the next scene, Mario can be found standing at the end of the corridor.
Box for a Finnish Super Mario Bros. board game.
The Prima guide for Super Mario 3D World contains a screenshot of what seems to be an early version of the intro cutscene. Below is the same frame of the cutscene in the finished version. Among obvious changes like the different sky, shading and the addition of motion blur to Bowser’s roar, purple fog has been added to the pipe to hide Bowser’s distorted body.
Mario and Luigi in the year 2059, from a Mario variety manga.