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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The different stages in the process of creating a piece of Yoshi’s New Island official art, detailed in the Japan-only “With Yoshi”, a book on Yoshi’s various appearances in Nintendo media.
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In European territories, Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released with a special instructional DVD that contained a video presentation on Mario’s controls in the game. While most of the presentation is aimed at an audience unfamiliar with Mario games and thus contains very basic information, one tip in the middle of the video showcases a move that is relatively unknown even among seasoned players of the game: the Double Kick.
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In Super Mario 64, performing a midair dive in Cool, Cool Mountain may result in Mario becoming stuck head-first in the snow. Diving in such a way that Mario hits the edge of a cliff will result in him going through it in the manner depicted.
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Before the final battle with Bowser in Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser Jr. taunts Mario and flies off on an airship with Princess Peach. The airship then hovers in the background behind Bowser while Mario climbs up the final staircase. Due to the considerable distance from the camera to the airship, low-polygon models for the characters on it are used. Zooming in on Peach reveals that her low-polygon model in this scene is completely motionless and has no eyes.
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Extremely rare Burger King “Golden Yoshi” toy. In 2001, a Burger King/Nintendo cross-promotion campaign featured a special “Search for the Golden Toy” sweepstakes. Every Golden Yoshi that has been produced made its owner eligible for a free copy of Super Mario Advance. Most of the Golden Yoshis have been retained and eventually destroyed by Burger King. As you can see by the paint on top of Yoshi’s eyelids, the Golden Yoshi is merely a normal green Yoshi with a coat of gold paint.
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