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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In Super Mario Bros. 3, entering quicksand with a P-Wing item active will cause Mario’s flying animation to stop until a directional button is pressed. Flying straight upwards out of quicksand in this state results in Mario appearing as though he is levitating.
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Brazilian double-page print ad for Super Mario Advance, which consists of two identical single-page ads side by side. The text translates (roughly) to “We made this ad twice just to remember there are two games in this game”, referring to the fact that the cartridge also contains Mario Bros. in addition to the main Super Mario Advance game.
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In the Mystic Match ‘Em minigame in Mario Party 4, the player characters are replaced by disembodied floating arms after the introduction cutscene. Zooming out lets us see the cutoff points for all characters’ arms.
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In the Japanese version of Super Mario RPG, if Mario opens the Treasure Box containing the Rare Scarf and the player then very quickly dismisses the text prompt that appears, Mario will slide down the hole next to the Treasure Box while still in the victory pose.
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Left: official artwork of Brash the Bear from Donkey Kong Country 3. On his clothes, the word “Rarebare”, a pun on Rareware (later known as Rare), the developers of the game, and “bear”, is displayed.
Right: in the official guide for Donkey Kong Country 3, the artwork is mirrored and the text is changed from “Rarebare” to “Rare Bear”, possibly in an attempt to make the pun clearer.
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Maps of Grass Land, Desert Land and Water Land from a Japanese guide for Super Mario Bros. 3. Note that in order to fit all three maps into the same rectangular dimensions, the maps of Desert Land and especially Water Land had to be drawn with extreme amounts of distortion.
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In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario’s animation for falling back after bumping into a wall moves his legs in unintended ways, resulting in them overlapping his belt and clipping into his shoes in the manner depicted.
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In preparation for the 2003 release of Super Mario Advance 4, which was advertised with a commercial featuring people with Mario heads (bottom), Nintendo of America organized a campaign in New York that mimicked the commercial with actors wearing masks of Mario and other characters (top).
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