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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Promotional 1997 Super Mario 64 store display.
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Production artwork of Mario’s Spanish-inspired costumes seen in the 1984 Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong cartoon segment “El Donkey Kong”.
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In Paper Mario, whenever Goombario’s Tattle ability is activated, he attempts to assume a position behind Mario whenever he finishes talking. In one particular spot in the game, this can lead to an unintentional humorous scenario as seen in the footage.
In the bridge area of Mt. Rugged, Goombario will admit to having a fear of heights. If Mario faces him while next to a ledge, Goombario will say his Tattle and then walk off the ledge immediately afterwards.
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Officially licensed 2024 Piranha Plant salad tongs from Japan.
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Unique artwork of Mario in the Sky Pop plane from Super Mario Land, seen at the beginning of an official Japanese guide for Super Mario Land 2 as the guide recaps the events of the previous game.
The artwork was drawn by Benimaru Itoh, known for being a comic artist for Nintendo Power, character designer/art director for the Mother series and illustrator/modeler for various Pokémon games.
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The Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door features a detail absent from the original GameCube version whereby enemies will laugh at Mario if he is hit by a stage hazard (e.g. a light falling from the ceiling) during battle.
The Shadow Queen has two animations meant to be used for this purpose, which do not appear during the battle against her. It is likely that the developers believed her personality was too serious, or the circumstances of the battle too dramatic, that her laughing at Mario getting hit by a falling bucket would not be tonally appropriate.
The left animation is not used at all, while the one on the right is used for a split second in the game’s credits.
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Officially licensed Super Mario Bros. beach ball from Japan, featuring unique artwork of Peach interacting with some Super Stars.
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Concept art for a unique turtle-themed airship design for the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. The finished movie contains no such vehicles at all.
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Top: in Super Mario 64, catching the lower Ukiki in Tall, Tall Mountain will cause it to steal Mario’s hat (another way to cause it to have the hat is to let the wind blow it off Mario’s head, then leave and re-enter the course). Normally, it will try to dodge Mario by jumping to make catching it and retrieving the hat difficult.
However, it is possible with very unfortunate positioning to cause it to jump over Mario into the water, as seen here.
Bottom: doing so will cause the Ukiki to become stuck underwater, where Mario’s grabbing will no longer be able to pick it up. This makes the hat irretrievable on that visit to the area, with the player needing to either leave and then re-enter the course or to complete the secret slide to try again.
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Promotional photos for an officially licensed 2014 Wiggler plush.
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