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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Nintendo Power’s 2001 April Fools’ joke article, purporting to present a scientific project to make Warp Pipes from the Mario franchise real.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: Nintendo Power (US), Issue 143, 2001
Top: In the battles against Bowser in Super Mario Odyssey, whenever Bowser falls back into the arena after being hit, his shell will wobble, nearly detaching itself from his body before settling. Using Snapshot Mode, we can see that Bowser’s suit covers his back in places normally obscured by the shell.
Bottom: extracting Bowser’s model and removing the shell shows that his back is in fact fully modeled under the shell. His suit is discolored to simulate a shadow in that area.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: 1: myself, Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) on original hardware, 2
Left: in Rainbow Ride in Super Mario 64, there are Donut Blocks (which are elongated to resemble planks in this game). Standing on a Donut Block as it falls will result in it breaking when it reaches the death barrier at the bottom of the course. Mario will fall a short distance and stand on the death barrier for a few frames before being ejected from the level. This is a rare instance of Mario being able to stand on the death barrier, as he usually is in a falling animation when touching it.
Right: the Donut Block has the peculiar property that Mario will die when it reaches the bottom of the course no matter what Mario’s actual altitude is. In this footage, Mario jumps into the air and is well above the death barrier when the Donut Block hits it, causing Mario to die.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Super Mario 64 (VC) in Wii emulator
Comparison of the 2016 “Mario Pikachu” promotional art by the Pokémon Company (top) and the 1985 Super Mario Bros. Japanese box art, drawn by Shigeru Miyamoto (bottom), on which it is based.
In addition to replacing all characters from the original artwork with Pokémon that resemble them, there are subtler changes around the environment. The cliff on the left was replaced with the Cerulean Cave from Pokémon Red and Blue, the pipe below Mario was replaced with the Slowpoke Well from Pokémon Gold and Silver, and the castle behind Bowser was replaced with the Tin Tower/Bell Tower, also from Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: 1, 2
The ending to Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker on the Wii U (bottom) contains the exact same scene as the intro to Super Mario 3D World (top), but rerendered with different shaders and with a different skybox. Here is a comparison between the two.
While the new shaders improve the colors of the characters, some elements of the scene depended on the original methods; the fog covering up Bowser’s lower body is not as opaque in the Captain Toad scene, making the distortion of his legs in the pipe more visible.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: 1, 2
Officially licensed Super Mario World knife from a 1991 Nintendo of Japan product catalog.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “TanookiKuribo”
A very obscure feature in the Kent C. Koopa fight in Paper Mario that is unlikely to be seen during an average playthough is that if he is knocked over and then attacked with the Spin Smash attack, he will drop a few coins.
Note that the attack needs a badge to be available, Kent C. Koopa is not trivial to knock over, and there is no indication he would drop coins; together, this makes discovering this very unlikely. In addition, this is the only instance of an enemy dropping coins mid-battle in the game, with the exception of Bandits who previously stole Mario’s coins.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: video, info by twitter.com user “BBSplat”
In Super Mario Sunshine, performing a Spin Jump into a climbable fence will result in Mario briefly grabbing onto the fence with the wrong orientation, making it appear as though he is holding on to air. After 6 frames, the function responsible for Mario’s animations reevaluates Mario’s orientation, notices the error, and snaps him back to the actual fence.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: myself, Super Mario Sunshine (NA, GC) in GC emulator
Poster from the Chilean Club Nintendo magazine, depicting Donkey Kong riding Rambi the Rhino alongside Bomberman and Adventure Island series main character Master Higgins.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: Club Nintendo (Chile), Issue 26, 1994
