Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called ‘Donkey Kong Jr’ which was ported over to multiple commodore systems, and this latest release for the ZX Spectrum 48kb and above, is called ‘Mario Bros G& …
Original artwork used for the cover of an officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 coloring book.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “vgartandtidbits” …
Super Mario Bros. Wonder uses 2D animation techniques with 3D models by manually deforming each limb on every frame of an animation. Above are three successive frames of Mario’s “pipe exit” animation; note the lengths of each of his legs. …
Officially licensed 1988 Super Mario Bros. sticker from Japan, featuring a Goomba riding on a Bullet Bill.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
Various concepts for Kremlings in Donkey Kong Country 2, shared by the game’s producer, Gregg Mayles.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
Super Mario Bros. Wonder adds a new visual flourish to Question Blocks that was never present in the series before.While some games, such as Super Mario World, have featured Question Blocks where the question mark was scrolling sideways, and always aligned …
Top: Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope contains an unused image of Rosalina playing the guitar.Bottom: this appears to be a redrawn version of concept art for Super Mario Odyssey that envisioned Rosalina as a guitarist.Update: the artwork has been found to b …
Graphic posted on Nintendo of Europe’s official Facebook account in 2017 to celebrate 10 million Nintendo Switch units sold worldwide, featuring references to Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings …
Cover of a 2005 issue of Edge magazine, featuring original artwork of WarioWare characters drawn by Ko Takeuchi, character designer for the WarioWare series.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
The game is available to download now for free.Nintendo's 1983 game Mario Bros. Game & Watch isn't brought up all that much today, but it's a historic title nonetheless. The game (which bears almost no similarity to the arcade cabinet released three mo …
The Japanese 64 Dream magazine contained many illustrations of a Shy Guy who was often seen annoying Bowser and communicated only by saying “Ho~”. This is based on the Japanese name for Shy Guys being “Heiho”.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: …
The booklet included with the official soundtrack for the 1986 anime movie “Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!” lists Mario’s, Luigi’s and Peach’s intended heights, weights and ages at the time of t …
Concept art for an early logo for the Crazy Cap stores in Super Mario Odyssey, from the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: see bottom of image …
In Super Mario 64, there is a Fly Guy in Snowman’s Land that will self-destruct if Mario stands in a certain spot.Standing next to the tree shown in the footage will cause the Fly Guy to spontaneously die in mid-air.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Sm …
To determine the winner in the “Balloon Popping” minigame in Yoshi’s Island, the code does not actually check whether Yoshi or the Bandit opponent has popped the winning balloon, but rather, oddly, whether Yoshi is touching the winning ba …
Yoshi saying goodbye to Baby Mario at the end of an officially licensed 1995 Yoshi’s Island picture book from Japan.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “vgartandtidbits” …
In Yoshi’s Story, the Sea Cactus enemies found in some underwater levels and Neuron Jungle change sizes and colors every time Yoshi moves far enough away from them. Note how the two Sea Cacti in the bottom right of the footage each change when Yoshi …
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga frame sketch, posted by the game’s illustrator, Masanori Sato, on his Instagram account.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
Unused animation of Mario running in a resolution so extremely low that his face appears as an indistinct jumble of pixels, found in the data of Mario vs. Donkey Kong.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
Original illustration of Mario using a Super Star from an officially licensed 1990 Mario picture book from Japan.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
