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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Box art for a 200-piece Milton-Bradley Donkey Kong puzzle.
In a commercial for Super Mario Bros. rice seasoning from the 1980′s, Mario is shown swinging Bowser around by the tail and throwing him, many years before this idea was used in Super Mario 64. (Source)
Getting a Star in all three slots in the Shy Guy’s Toy Box slot machine in Paper Mario results in the machine dispensing ten Mushrooms. However, the Mushrooms will vanish so quickly that it is almost impossible to collect all of them in time. (Footage recorded by me in a N64 emulator.)
Japanese print ad for Super Mario RPG.
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Luigi’s ghost that can be challenged to a race after beating a mission as Luigi will fly without Fluzzard’s help on flying missions, as well as continue flying through unloaded portions of the galaxy despite being out of view. Following Luigi’s ghost with the camera in Wild Glide Galaxy shows him flying alone through vast stretches of empty space. (Footage recorded by me in a Wii emulator.)
Cover of the artbook for the Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach 1986 anime film.
The prerelease build of Super Mario 64 showcased at the Shoshinkai 1995 expo contained a feature absent from the finished game: automatically regenerating health. In this footage, we can see that after taking fall damage and reducing his health to 4, Mario regenerates health at a rate of one unit every few seconds until it is 8 again. (Source)
A variety of unlicensed Mario character figurines.
In Super Mario World, it is possible to defeat Ludwig von Koopa extremely easily with a Fire Flower the following way: after entering the boss room, press R in the middle of the room to make the screen scroll right until Ludwig comes into view. This will cause Ludwig’s hitbox to activate, allowing him to be hit by Mario’s fireballs, but not his AI, resulting in him standing there motionlessly until he dies. (Footage recorded by me in a SNES emulator.)
Illustration of Boo Mario from the Spanish Edge Magazine.
