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 different stages in the process of creating a piece of Yoshi’s New Island official art, detailed in the Japan-only “With Yoshi”, a book on Yoshi’s various appearances in Nintendo media.
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In European territories, Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released with a special instructional DVD that contained a video presentation on Mario’s controls in the game. While most of the presentation is aimed at an audience unfamiliar with Mario games and thus contains very basic information, one tip in the middle of the video showcases a move that is relatively unknown even among seasoned players of the game: the Double Kick.
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In Super Mario 64, performing a midair dive in Cool, Cool Mountain may result in Mario becoming stuck head-first in the snow. Diving in such a way that Mario hits the edge of a cliff will result in him going through it in the manner depicted.
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From a Japanese commercial for Kirin Lemon, a lemon-flavoured soft drink; featuring a Nintendo cross-promotion. A Kirin Lemon representative wearing a Mario outfit (with a barely-visible light yellow L on the hat, standing for “Lemon”) gives Yoshi a can of the beverage to drink.
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In Super Mario RPG, entering the “save game” dialogue and selecting a save other than the one most recently used results in the game verifying the decision with a prompt, “Not your last save. Save here anyway?” Answering “No” 20 times in a row and then finally answering “Yes” on the 21st time will result in Mario assuming a saddened pose, identical to his “Silence” status affliction sprite.
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