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


In Paper Mario: Color Splash, Mario can get covered with six different colors of paint during the battle against Roy, each of which affect him differently. This is Mario’s animation under the influence of the orange paint, which gives the message “Mario’s feeling self-conscious…” Since the paint is covering his head in-game, the fact that he is blushing can only be seen by extracting the sprites from the game’s files.
Nintendo Power print ad.
Beta screenshot of Super Mario 64 showing an early design for Dire, Dire Docks.
Mario and Luigi card designs from Nintendo’s activity website.
In Donkey Kong Country 3, completing Krematoa results in the submap gaining a red tint. However, in addition to that, revisiting levels within Krematoa reveals that they all become tinted red as well.
In Super Mario RPG, after rescuing the Princess in Marrymore, if Mario approaches the northern exit, party members will try to convince him to go the other way. Saying “no” to all of them will cause them to become angry with Mario.
Backgrounds from Mario & Wario.