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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The 2019 “Pokémon x Super Mario: 8-Bit Scramble” promotional campaign featured merchandise consisting of Super Mario Bros. sprites being filled in with Pokémon scenes and Pokémon sprites being filled in with Super Mario Bros. scenes. The additional “scramble” aspect was that the Mario designs were sold at the Pokémon Center Shibuya, while the Pokémon designs were sold at the Nintendo Tokyo store.
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Officially licensed Super Mario World cards for the Barcode Battler II, a game device that would scan both licensed cards and ordinary barcodes and create stats for them to play in an RPG-like experience.
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Illustration from the British NGC magazine that purports to be a humorous depiction of the creative process inside the mind of Shigeru Miyamoto. The illustration contains various Mario characters, such as Goombella (middle right). Zoom in on the image to read the explanation text in the corner.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: NGC (UK), Issue 100, 2004
Officially licensed 1998 German “Don’t Worry” board game featuring Mario, Toad, Yoshi and Donkey Kong as the playing pieces. The game is a variation of the classic German board game “Mensch ärgere Dich nicht”, which in English-speaking territories has been released as “Sorry” and “Don’t Torment Me”.
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Unused music track from UNDAKE30 Same Game, a Mario-themed puzzle game released in 1995 for the Super Famicom and Satellaview in Japan. The game is notable for having more unused content than used content; only one music track plays in-game while three more are found unused in the data.
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Design suggestions from a officially licensed 2020 Super Mario Aquabeads set from Japan.
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At the Nintendo Live 2018 Tokyo event, various actors in Mario character mascot costumes performed around the show floor. A recurring gag was Waluigi pretending to hit Yoshi with his racket when Yoshi was not looking, as shown in the footage.
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The North American commercial for Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color uses unique 3D models for Mario and Donkey Kong that have not been used in any other official capacity by Nintendo since.
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