A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.


The paintings inside which Mario, Luigi and Wario are held captive, from Super Mario 64 DS.
There is a design parallel between the Mario Bros. and the princesses traditionally paired up with them. The number of eyelashes on Princess Peach’s eyes - six - matches the number of curved segments in Mario’s mustache. Likewise, Princess Daisy has two eyelashes on each eye, which matches Luigi’s two-segment mustache. Whether this is a coincidence or a deliberate design choice is unknown.
During one of the Super Mario Odyssey segments at the Nintendo Treehouse event at E3 2017, Mario was able to take control of a certain tree in the Deep Woods section of the Steam Gardens level. The tree’s visual appearance is a reference to the design of the trees from Level 3-1 of Super Mario 3D World, shown below.
From the intro to the Super Mario Challenge, a 1991 UK children’s game show.
Comparison between the original Japanese box art for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and the North American version. For the North American audience, Donkey Kong’s right leg has been lowered.
All pieces of official art that show the standard Blooper design (not variant designs such as the Super Mario Sunshine one) with its mouth visible.