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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Two-page spread from the first issue of Nintendo Power, depicting the playable characters from Super Mario Bros. 2 engaging in sporting events that represent their various strengths in the game, such as Luigi jumping the highest, Toad being the best at throwing, etc.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, Yoshi will eat fruit autonomously if left in front of a fruit spawning point. This will prevent him from running out of juice, allowing Mario to leave Yoshi for any amount of time and to come back later without Yoshi disappearing.
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Illustration from a guide for the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, known internationally as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, depicting the Fake Bowser enemy from this game and the original Super Mario Bros.
Fake Bowsers appear identical to Bowser in-game and are found in all castles except the last one; the only way to tell they are fake is to defeat them with fireballs, whereupon they turn into another enemy during their death animation. Here, this is illustrated through the Fake Bowser being a headless suit that a Blooper flies out of.
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1990 Super Mario Bros 3 pop-up store display, featuring original artwork for all elements of the image except Mario.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, if the second Piranha Plant level in World 7 is entered with a P-Wing item, it is possible to encounter an invisible Muncher. At the end of the main area, fly upward and to the right. On top of the thin pipe on the right edge of the screen in an invisible Muncher. If Mario stands on the pipe, he will continuously take damage from the Muncher until he dies.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, the Uproots are able to defeat each other by jumping, as shown in the footage. This is the only instance of enemies being able to defeat other enemies by jumping, as usually this ability is exclusive to Mario.
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is possible to walk backwards by jumping while in Paper Mode, then letting go of R while in mid-air, and finally performing a Ground Pound. Mario will walk backwards until the direction is changed. If Mario touches a hazard, such as falling into water, he will spin once again after taking damage, as shown in the footage.
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Three officially licensed 1985 Super Mario Bros. eraser sets from Japan, each featuring one eraser of Mario and one of an enemy from the game. Of note is that while Mario’s artwork is taken directly from the Japanese box art for the game, the other artwork seems to be made specifically for the eraser sets; note the unique hexagonal body shape of the Koopa Paratroopa.
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Top: In Super Mario Odyssey, the Moon Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom contain small UFOs that fly away when Mario approaches, similar to the game’s many bird species. Here is a close-up of one of the UFOs.
Bottom: They are actually small versions of the Torkdrift boss from the Wooded Kingdom, having the same basic construction, but only one eyestalk instead of two. Just like Torkdrift steals flowers, the UFOs each have one small flower inside them.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, it is possible to skip fighting Hammer Bros. on the world map under certain circumstances. If the Hammer Bro is on a node on the map that would cause the map to scroll, the scrolling overrides the battle activation and Mario is able to pass through the Hammer Bro without fighting, as in the footage.
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