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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In Super Mario World, taking a Buzzy Beetle through the exit pipe in Donut Plains 2 results in the Buzzy Beetle’s shell assuming a grey color scheme. In addition, no matter how much time passes,
the Buzzy Beetle will never emerge from its shell again. (Footage recorded by me from a SNES emulator.)
Print advertisement for Mario Party 2.
Beta footage of New Super Mario Bros. showing that at some point in development, the Mega Mushroom was colored the same as the Super Mushroom and required several hits to fully emerge from the block. In the finished game, it has a yellow and red color scheme and emerges automatically after the block was hit once. (Source)
Animation cel used in the production of the Donkey Kong cereal commercial.
In the prototype version of Super Mario Bros. 2, beating the game with Toad results in this irregular behavior during the final cutscene. (Footage recorded by me from a NES emulator.)
In Super Paper Mario, two identical-looking Flipside citizens that can be found on the 1st and 2nd floor of Flipside are both named “Muffy”. Given how they have names that are different from each other in all other languages, this seems to be an oversight on part of the Nintendo of America localization team.
Crying Yoshis from the multiplayer mode in Super Mario 64 DS. The crying animations are unique to the multiplayer mode and can not be seen during the normal game. (Source)
In the Pogo-a-Go-Go minigame in Mario Party 7, the background is mostly obscured by the playing field. Moving the camera reveals that the background is a surprisingly detailed town with a number of unique assets. (Click the picture to enlarge.)
In Super Mario 64, jumping off the roof of the house in Rainbow Ride in the manner depicted will result in Mario staying in one spot while performing a sliding animation. Pressing A will change it to a jumping animation while Mario remains motionless. (Footage recorded by me from a N64 emulator.)
