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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Screens from “Mario Bowl”, a Japan-only Mario-themed scorekeeping software for bowling alleys. Due to only being used for a limited time and the software never being backed up, Mario Bowl is currently considered lost media.
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In Yoshi’s Island, spitting out an enemy on the same frame as running through a Checkpoint Ring will result in Yoshi assuming a glitched state where his cheeks are always puffed despite having nothing in his mouth. Yoshi is still able to stick out his tongue, but it is rendered completely useless since it does not interact with any objects, as seen in the footage where his tongue goes through the Shy Guys. Entering a different room resets Yoshi’s state to normal.
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Photo of Shigeru Miyamoto playing an early build of Super Mario 64 in 1995, from the French Player One magazine. Note the extremely tall cartridge in the Nintendo 64 on the right; this was a development cartridge built with larger chips than the final release, requiring more space within the cartridge.
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Footage of the licensed Luigi Mario Kart 8 Wall Climber in action. The car uses a battery-powered vacuum system to stick to smooth surfaces, allowing it to drive on walls.
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The French MMORPG Dofus includes many elements that are references to other franchises or pop culture. Here are the items that are references to the Mario series.
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Top: In Super Mario Odyssey, the Moon Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom contain small UFOs that fly away when Mario approaches, similar to the game’s many bird species. Here is a close-up of one of the UFOs.
Bottom: They are actually small versions of the Torkdrift boss from the Wooded Kingdom, having the same basic construction, but only one eyestalk instead of two. Just like Torkdrift steals flowers, the UFOs each have one small flower inside them.
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, it is possible to skip fighting Hammer Bros. on the world map under certain circumstances. If the Hammer Bro is on a node on the map that would cause the map to scroll, the scrolling overrides the battle activation and Mario is able to pass through the Hammer Bro without fighting, as in the footage.
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In an issue of the popular Brazilian comic Turma da Mônica, the main characters enter the Mario universe, with appearances by various items and enemies, ending with Bowser.
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Top: in Super Mario 64 DS, it is possible to get on top of the large brick structure containing the goal portion of the Princess’s Secret Slide area. As Luigi, simply stop the slide in the flat portion after the first tunnel by performing a Ground Pound, and then backwards somersault so that Luigi starts spinning. While spinning, fly to the grey brick roof.
Bottom: this roof is unique due to its surface property whereby all sliding actions continue indefinitely as long as a direction is held. Here, Luigi performs a Slide Kick and is able co continue sliding in a circle forever.
Note that this property is also present in the original Nintendo 64 version of the game, but getting on top of the roof there is possible using only extremely precise jumps not easily performed by the average player.
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In the corner of the registration slip included with North American copies of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the copyright information is misspelled as “Mario & Luigi™: Partners in Crime”.
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