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 Sunshine, it is not normally possible to view Mario’s tropical shirt from all sides, as he can only wear it in levels where FLUDD is covering his back. Here is Mario’s shirt-wearing model with his back unobstructed.
In Super Mario Sunshine, a test map from development exists that can be accessed with an Action Replay code. Among other oddities, a Noki without a shell can be found within, replying with an error message when spoken to.
The sunflowers in Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine do not actually point towards the sun. An argument can be made that sunflowers that have finished growing no longer track the sun and always face east, but the in-game map of Isle Delfino lets us determine that the direction they face is in fact south.
Models of Mario’s mustache from Super Mario Sunshine on top, Super Mario Galaxy in the middle and Super Mario 3D World on the bottom. In Super Mario 64, the mustache was just a texture drawn onto Mario’s face, and so had no polygons.
In Super Mario Sunshine, the goop in Delfino Plaza near the beginning of the game that has to be cleared to open Bianco Hills is shaped like Petey Piranha. Below is the texture used for the goop distribution.
In some pre-rendered cutscenes in Super Mario Sunshine where the Pinna Park Ferris Wheel appears in the background, it is colored red instead of purple. This is because the color of the Ferris Wheel was changed relatively late in development, after the cutscenes were finalized.
The music that plays during the ending to Super Mario Sunshine, without the voices.
In the intro to Super Mario Sunshine, when Peach, Mario and Toadsworth are watching the Isle Delfino tourism ad, Mario can be seen in a shot of Bianco Hills inside the video, wearing the FLUDD. Given the sequence of events in this game, this photo should not be possible.
In some early screenshots of Super Mario Sunshine, a different design for Bianco Hills with blue and black goop can be seen. The texture used for the pattern of the goop on the ground is still present in the files of the final version of the game.
Mipmapping in Super Mario Sunshine. Many textures in the game use 5 different sizes, ranging from 128x128 to 8x8 pixels, that are loaded dynamically depending on their distance from the camera and blended together. Replacing the differently sized images of the ground texture with distinct textures, we can see the transitions clearly.
