A Super Mario variety blog.
Screenshots, photos, sprites, gifs, scans and more from all around the world of Super Mario Bros.
- Links
The size of the Super Mario Bros. ROM is around 31 kilobytes. This scan of the game’s cover, saved at a resolution of 92x138 with standard PNG compression, is the same size. In other words, the entire game’s code would fit in the same storage space as this image.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source
In Super Mario Odyssey, jumping on the Shiverian Nesting Dolls souvenir inside the Odyssey after buying them from the Snow Kingdom Crazy Cap store will cause the dolls to repeatedly assemble and disassemble.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) on original hardware
The music track playing during the intro to Super Mario Odyssey, extracted from the game’s files so it can be heard without the sound effects that are usually present. Note that at 59 seconds, an orchestrated version of the Super Mario Bros. Airship theme from Super Mario Maker plays; this is to date the only time when Super Mario Maker music was used in the main Mario series.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source
2003 drawing of Mario and a Star by Shigeru Miyamoto, framed and displayed at the Nintendo of Europe headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: N-Zone (Germany), Issue 05/05, 2005
Officially licensed Nintendo DS Lite cover decorated with Swarovski crystals. This design, along with others based on different games, retailed for a limited time in 2007 for $600 at the Nintendo World Store in New York.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: N-Zone (Germany), Issue 06/07, 2007
Top: a microscopic recreation of the standing Small Mario sprite from Super Mario Bros., created by genetically engineering bacteria to express three different colors and arranging them in a petri dish. This was part of a 2009 genetic engineering program by the University of Osaka, Japan.
Bottom: in addition, several different arrangements of the bacteria were photographed to create a stop-motion animation of Mario running.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source
