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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Top: the “Perfect Mario” model on display under a glass dome at the Nintendo New York store.
Bottom: the plaque under the model explaining its purpose.
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Top: an early version of the Game & Watch Gallery 2 box art that was distributed by Nintendo to certain magazines.
Bottom: the finished version, for comparison.
Note that despite the composition of all images remaining the same, they were all redrawn to use slightly different character designs. Most notably, the original drawing used a Yoshi’s Story-like design for Yoshi, while the finished one changed it to a Yoshi’s Island design.
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A 1987 manga featured an original design for Princess Peach based on her appearance in the ending of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, known internationally as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (bottom right).
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Shogaku Ninensei (Japan), Issue 87/05, 1987
This enemy, called “Nice Guy” internally, is found unused in the data of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Unlike other enemies, including unused ones, this one never attacks.
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Officially licensed 1986 Super Mario Bros. shoes from Japan.
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2002 Super Mario Sunshine preview animated via the Mario in Real Time system, which tracked Charles Martinet’s head movement as he voiced Mario. This version of the system was the first one that tracked Martinet’s eyebrows separately, allowing Mario to make an incredulous expression as seen here.
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Officially licensed 1995 Yoshi’s Island toilet paper/paper towel holder from Japan. The paper is inserted in the bottom of the holder (bottom left) and is then taken out though the hole in the top (bottom right).
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In Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, whenever Toad wins a match while under the effect of a Mega Mushroom, the camera during his celebration may turn in such a way that one of the line judge Toads comes into view, completely obscuring Toad until the next screen transition.
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