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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Tileable ground textures from the Yoshi’s Story Dream Long Jump event in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Game Over screen from the Russian unlicensed “Mario 3: Around the World” for the Sega Genesis. The text translates to “You failed to save the princess. Without the princess, the Mushroom Kingdom is doomed.”
Promotional pin from an awareness campaign by Nintendo and Atlanta homebuilding company Beazer Homes that used Mario to illustrate the dangers of wandering into building sites.
In all Mario Party games released prior to 2012, non-playable characters blink as part of their idle animations, while player characters don’t. In this example scene from Mario Party 4, note how only Goomba blinks. Mario Party 9 is the first entry in the series where player characters blink regularly.
Top row: Mr. I’s appearances in Super Mario 64, Mario Party 2, and Super Paper Mario. In all these games, Mr. I’s iris is round.
Bottom row: In Mario Party 8, Mr. I’s iris has been redesigned to be more oblong. While possibly coincidental, this design strongly resembles Mario’s irises in both shape and colors.
Official art of Mario’s head without any facial features, found in the activity section of the Nintendo of Japan website. The site invites the viewers to fill in Mario’s face themselves.
Unlicensed Bowser toy.
From a set of Mario quiz cards.
French Luigi’s Mansion print ad.
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario and his partners breathe out puffs of air when in cold areas. However, when taking any additional follower character to a cold area (through the use of exploits), we can see that out of all playable characters, only Mario and his partners are programmed to breathe.
