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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Coloring page from Nintendo’s activity website.
The first area of Paper Mario: Color Splash is called Ruddy Road in the English version of the game. The German version improves upon that name with a pun that seemed to have slipped past the English localization team: the red paper circles on the road look like pepperoni, so the German name is “Papieroni-Pfad”, which translates to “Paperoni Path”.
Animated audience seen in the background of various tracks in Mario Kart 8.
In the map screen of Super Mario RPG, two background layers are displayed: the terrain and the water. However, under those is the unseen Background Layer 3, which is displayed here. The layout of the tiles indicates that it may have displayed an image at some point in development, but the graphics had been overwritten since that point.
Concept art of the Octoguy enemies from Super Mario Galaxy.
In the character selection menu of Mario Kart Wii, Toadette is standing with her arms behind her back. If the camera is positioned to view her from the other side, we can see that the model’s arms are bent in an incorrect manner, creating an unnatural-looking crease.
Beta Super Mario 64 title screen.
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the penguins’ eyes exhibit a strange property where they become darker the brighter lit the rest of the penguin is. Here is an example of a penguin under normal lighting and under brighter lighting.
Early version of the “All Aboard” theme from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, found in the files of the prototype of the game.
In Mario Party 5, there are barely readable labels under the game pieces during the character selection for the Card Party bonus game. However, looking very closely, you can see that the Wario and Waluigi pieces have been swapped.
