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 Sunshine, Yoshi’s tongue reacts in an irregular manner to the wicker boxes on Pinna Park Beach. The closer Yoshi gets to one of the boxes, the shorter his tongue becomes. (Source)
Extremely early beta footage of Super Mario 64 from a British gaming show. Note the black hole instead of Princess Peach’s portrait above the castle entrance. (Source)
Character icons from the Spaceworld 2001 build of the unreleased Diddy Kong Pilot. Bowser’s sprite seems to have been assigned the wrong palette.
From a 1990 McDonald’s commercial for a Super Mario Bros. 3 Happy Meal promotion. (Source)
Production photo taken during the recording of the North American commercial for Super Smash Bros.
In Super Mario World, Banzai Bills will not harm Mario as long as he is riding Yoshi and his head is below the vertical center of the Banzai Bill. (Footage recorded by me from a SNES emulator.)
From a trailer showcasing the features of the New Nintendo 3DS XL. (Source)
A Canadian Kellogg’s cereal contest in 1994 showed what appears to be a mockup for a US cover for Mario & Wario, a game that was only released in Japan, which suggests that plans to release the game in the West were already underway. Notably, Wario has a completely different color scheme than usual.
Attempting to cheat at the Happy Lucky Lottery in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by setting the Gamecube’s internal clock backward will result in Lucky, the proprietor of the lottery, to become extremely angry and threaten Mario with a Game Over. (Source)
