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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In Super Mario Galaxy 2, if you time the spin on a flipping platform so that Mario touches it as it goes up, Mario will be catapulted into the air. This can be used to skip parts of levels where these platforms appear.
The “Mario’s Face” tech demo for the Nintendo DS featured this screen with graphics that seem to be intended for a 2D Mario platformer. No finished game that used these graphics was ever released.
Illustration from Nintendo Acción, a Spanish Nintendo magazine.
The animated audience during the quiz show in Paper Mario, zoomed out. The characters are not recolored existing poses, but unique sprites found nowhere else in the game.
From Japanese guides for Super Mario World.
In Super Mario Sunshine, a drawing of a Goomba is hidden under the level during the final mission of Pinna Park. It is referred to as a “test enemy” in the code.
Plumbing company in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
In the Water Ski Spree minigame in Mario Party 8, Shy Guys drive motorboats. Zooming in, we can see that the driver Shy Guy is too short to look over the front of the boat. In addition, his arms can’t reach the steering wheel, leading to him steering the boat with his face.
Super Mario Bros. 2 wallet.
From the commercial for Donkey Kong for the ColecoVision.
