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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Unused early Wario animations found in the data of Wario: Master of Disguise. These use prerendered frames of a 3D model, similar to Donkey Kong Country series sprites; while the finished game switched to traditional pixel art 2D sprites.
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Concept art for Super Mario Strikers.
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A promotional campaign for Mario Super Sluggers featured a series of short videos about each of the playable characters. Toadsworth’s video is particularly bizarre, consisting of a man in what appears to be a science classroom performing baseball hand signals while lyrics about Toadsworth are displayed as captions. The video ends with a still frame of the man and the word “FRESH” flashing. Note that the famous Konami Code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start), used in many video games by Konami and other companies, is written on the chalkboard in the background.
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Concept art for the design of Mamu from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening for the Nintendo Switch; the top one being the one used in the final game while the bottom being an early, less stylized version. Mamu is the same character as Wart, the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 2, only using his original Japanese name.
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In Luigi’s Mansion 3, after defeating Amadeus Wolfgeist, the cutscene for obtaining the elevator button to the 6th floor can sometimes be obscured by heavy smoke that seems to appear instantaneously upon collecting the button. This is actually the smoke used for the effect of breaking the piano during the battle; however, a glitch causes it to reappear during the cutscene despite the battle being over.
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In Super Mario World, the 1-Up Mushroom that the Fishin’ Lakitu is holding can be collected even after Mario dies, during his death animation. This is the only item Mario can collect in this manner. Note that this does not result in Mario’s life counter increasing; the interaction is purely visual.
Officially licensed “Super Mario Alphabet” T-shirt, featuring letters made out of various elements from the Mario franchise.
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Cover of an issue of the Brazilian Super GamePower magazine, featuring an original figure of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
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