A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.
- Links
Illustration from the “Super Mario Family Life” collection of products that were offered in November 2019 at the Nintendo Tokyo store.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
A 1987 manga featured an original design for Princess Peach based on her appearance in the ending of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, known internationally as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (bottom right).
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Shogaku Ninensei (Japan), Issue 87/05, 1987
This enemy, called “Nice Guy” internally, is found unused in the data of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Unlike other enemies, including unused ones, this one never attacks.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
Page from a 1990 English dictionary for Japanese speakers which was licensed to use Mario characters. Note the spelling mistake in Luigi’s last line, “What’s your mame?”
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “blacktangent”
Officially licensed 1986 Super Mario Bros. shoes from Japan.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
2002 Super Mario Sunshine preview animated via the Mario in Real Time system, which tracked Charles Martinet’s head movement as he voiced Mario. This version of the system was the first one that tracked Martinet’s eyebrows separately, allowing Mario to make an incredulous expression as seen here.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
Officially licensed 1995 Yoshi’s Island toilet paper/paper towel holder from Japan. The paper is inserted in the bottom of the holder (bottom left) and is then taken out though the hole in the top (bottom right).
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
Original 3D animation made for the German commercial for Super Mario 64. Note how the Earth is flat before the chains are blasted by the Nintendo 64 controller; the voice-over talks about how the Nintendo 64 frees the world from the shackles of two-dimensional games by introducing 3D gameplay.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source
