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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Photo of the first group of students graduating from DigiPen Institute of Technology, a private university that was one of the first to offer specialized video game development courses, in 1998. These courses were sponsored by Nintendo of America, leading to Mario joining the graduates for the ceremony.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: Nintendo World (Brazil), Issue 24, 2000
Illustrations from the front and back covers of a 2005 issue of Edge Magazine, consisting entirely out of pictures of Nintendo DS systems arranged into mosaics of Mario characters.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: Edge (UK), Issue 145, 2005
In Super Mario Bros. 2, if the game is paused during a door screen transition just before the door closes, then Up, B and A are pressed simultaneously on Player 2′s controller, the player character will fall through the floor and die. When the level reloads, the player character will again immediately fall through the floor and die, and continue doing this until no lives remain and the game is over.
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Music from the main hall of Peach’s Castle in the 2001 Peach’s Castle tech demo for the Nintendo GameCube. The demo consists of rooms that show off various graphical effects that the system is capable of performing, such as anti-aliasing, reflection mapping, and local lighting. In addition, the demo includes original music such as this track.
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Photos taken at the 2011 Super Mario 3D Land launch event in Times Square, New York. The event featured actors dressed as Raccoon Mario (despite Raccoon Mario not appearing in the game; only the full-suit Tanooki Mario variation appears), as well as decorations depicting elements from the game.
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Print ad for Super Mario Advance. Note that in the drawing on the board, the vegetable is used to hit a Koopa; however, there are no Koopas or any other turtle-like enemies in the game.
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Clip of the Mario in Real Time/Mario Teaches Typing 2 head, voiced by Charles Martinet, turning into a SNES Mouse in a segment from a promotional Nintendo Power VHS cassette.
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Promotional shot of Shigeru Miyamoto with one of the Mario plushes from his personal collection in 2017.
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Officially licensed giant Mario Kart banana peel plush from Japan.
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