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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Poster advertising a screening event for the Super Mario Bros. movie.
In Super Mario 64, a visual glitch can be encountered in the rear courtyard of Peach’s Castle. By positioning Mario inside the fountain and the camera facing the door to the castle, and then repeatedly jumping, a tiny white circle can be seen on the ground a few feet in front of the door. This is in fact a scaled-down copy of Mario’s “water splash” visual effect, created in that spot every time he jumps in or out of water. Such a spot where Mario’s water effects are duplicated exists in every stage, but the courtyard is the place it can be seen most easily.
Beta screenshot of Paper Mario from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. Of note is the fact that Mario seems to have 9 out of 10 HP in Chapter 6, two thirds into the game. In the finished version, the player is expected to have 20-30 HP at that point. This, together with the display that only seems to be able to accommodate a limited number of HP indicators, suggests that HP and damage were balanced completely differently until late in the game’s development.
Artwork of Bowser and a variety of enemies from the 1994 Japanese
Great Mario Character Encyclopedia, the precursor to the modern Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
Mario representing different countries in a German Club Nintendo calendar. From top left to bottom right: Japan, US, Mexico, Spain, England, France.
Clay diorama of Peach’s Castle from a Japanese guide for Super Mario 64.
All Mario-related drawings from the “Wario’s amiibo Sketch” feature in WarioWare Gold. (Source)
Mario, Princess Peach and Yoshi eating ice cream in the Japanese “Super Mario Story Quiz Picture Book 5: Mario’s Amusement Park”.
Behind-the-scenes photo of Mini Mario toy props used in the production of the Japanese commercial for Mario vs. Donkey Kong.
The short operatic track that plays when using the Battery Thing Card in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Many interpretations of the German lyrics exist on the Internet, however, I believe that as a native speaker of German, I am at least somewhat qualified to give my own. I believe the lyrics are “Höret, ihr Narren, das aufgeladene Wort”, which translates to “Hear, you fools, the charged-up word”. “Charged-up” in this context refers to electrical charge, the source word being the same word one would use for a fully-charged battery.
