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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Top: the boss Manhandla from the NES The Legend of Zelda is described in the North American manual as a “large man-eating flower”.
Middle: however, this omits a Super Mario Bros. reference from the original Japanese version of the manual, which calls it (translated) “a four-limbed, jumbo-sized Piranha Plant”. The words “Piranha Plant” are marked in yellow.
Bottom: the Piranha Plant banner from the official Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website providing an example of the name in Japanese; compare this to the marked text. It is unknown why the North American manual dropped the reference; possibly, the translator was not familiar with Super Mario Bros. and simply did not recognize it.
Top: the central courtyard in Hyrule Castle in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D has a window through which Warp Pipes and blocks from the Mario franchise can be seen in first-person view. (This is different from the original Nintendo 64 version of the game, where portraits of Mario characters were visible through the window instead.)
Bottom: using a model viewer, we can see the wall behind the window in full. There are many more blocks here than can be seen in-game. The background on the wall is the Level 1-1 background from New Super Mario Bros. Curiously, the precise arrangement of the pipes and blocks does not appear in any Mario game and is entirely original.
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In The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, a photo of Princess Peach appears as part of a sidequest where a goat named Christine (note the name under the photo) attempts to make another character believe she looks like Peach. Here is an animated comparison of the photo in the original version (monochrome) and the remake, Link’s Awakening DX (colored).
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Comparison between the plaque in the courtyard in Super Mario 64 (left) and the plaque in Dodongo’s Cavern in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (right). The texture of the Dodongo’s Cavern plaque is a minimally edited version of the Super Mario 64 plaque texture.
Mario character pictures that can be seen through a window in the Hyrule Castle courtyard in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Wario Moon badge from a WarioWare/The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask crossover event in Nintendo Badge Arcade.
