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World 6-1 in Super Mario Bros. 2 is prone to “random death events”. Note the Shy Guy in the footage…

Supper Mario Broth about 7 days ago

World 6-1 in Super Mario Bros. 2 is prone to “random death events”. Note the Shy Guy in the footage dying for no apparent reason.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
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Early versions of Shy Guys found in development files for Yoshi’s Island. While the rightmost one…

Supper Mario Broth about 17 days ago

Early versions of Shy Guys found in development files for Yoshi’s Island. While the rightmost one resembles both the one in the final game and the Shy Guys’ original appearance in Super Mario Bros. 2/Doki Doki Panic, the other two show that the …
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Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 greeting cards that depict Wart as (at least partially)…

Supper Mario Broth about 1 month ago

Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2 greeting cards that depict Wart as (at least partially) friendly, directly at odds with his characterization in the game, where he is depicted as a purely malevolent entity. Interestingly, in 1993, Wart would re …
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In the two-player mode of New Super Mario Bros. 2, if one of the players jumps onto the switch to…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 months ago

In the two-player mode of New Super Mario Bros. 2, if one of the players jumps onto the switch to collapse Bowser’s bridge in order to defeat him while the other player is standing on the bridge, there is no safety mechanism to prevent the other play …
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Two-page spread from an officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. coloring book, depicting a scene…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Two-page spread from an officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. coloring book, depicting a scene mentioned in the Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction manual, where Mario tells Luigi, Peach and Toad at a picnic about a dream he had the previous night.Main Bl …
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Unused early version of the Bone Goomba found in the files of New Super Mario Bros. 2. Unlike the…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Unused early version of the Bone Goomba found in the files of New Super Mario Bros. 2. Unlike the finished Bone Goomba, which wears a skull-shaped mask, this one appears to have skeleton-themed face paint instead of a mask.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | S …
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Top: in the ending to New Super Mario Bros. 2, the Koopalings are seen using their large Koopa Clown…

Supper Mario Broth about 4 months ago

Top: in the ending to New Super Mario Bros. 2, the Koopalings are seen using their large Koopa Clown Car to transport Bowser after his defeat, whereby he is hanging from it by his tail. As the Koopalings and Bowser move during this, it is natural to assume …
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In Super Mario Bros. 2, the top and the bottom of the title screen are not properly aligned, with…

Supper Mario Broth about 5 months ago

In Super Mario Bros. 2, the top and the bottom of the title screen are not properly aligned, with the central decorative element of the top of the screen actually being aligned with the center of the screen, while the central element of the bottom is off-c …
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Top: normally, Subspace in Super Mario Bros. 2 is an exact mirror image of the regular level, but…

Supper Mario Broth about 5 months ago

Top: normally, Subspace in Super Mario Bros. 2 is an exact mirror image of the regular level, but shown in silhouette. The silhouette effect is achieved simply by setting the palette of all background tiles to be pure black; the exact same tileset is still …
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Birdo Is The Star In This New 'Super Mario Bros. 2' Christmas-Themed Fangame

Time Extension about 5 months ago

From fan creator Super Squidoodle.Birdo has appeared in countless Mario spin-off games since making her debut back in Yume Koujou Doki Doki Panic in the late 80s but has never really been the star, instead simply existing as part of a larger roster of othe …
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Splash page from an officially licensed 1988 guide/activity book for Super Mario Bros. 3, from…

Supper Mario Broth about 7 months ago

Splash page from an officially licensed 1988 guide/activity book for Super Mario Bros. 3, from Japan. Interestingly, the drawings include an illustration of Mario plucking a turnip from the international version of Super Mario Bros. 2, which did not releas …
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Super Mario Advance introduces a bizarre, rare object that does not exist in any other version of…

Supper Mario Broth about 7 months ago

Super Mario Advance introduces a bizarre, rare object that does not exist in any other version of Super Mario Bros. 2, called the Spark Chaser.It appears as a ball with a face, and when thrown, will follow the perimeters of the room, destroying all enemies …
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In Super Mario Bros. 2, the beginning of the game features Mario (or one of the other chosen…

Supper Mario Broth about 7 months ago

In Super Mario Bros. 2, the beginning of the game features Mario (or one of the other chosen playable characters) falling from a door in mid-air. Since Mario cannot open doors that do not have ground directly underneath them, it is normally impossible to s …
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Production artwork for an officially licensed Super Mario Bros. 2-themed jigsaw puzzle. Please zoom…

Supper Mario Broth about 8 months ago

Production artwork for an officially licensed Super Mario Bros. 2-themed jigsaw puzzle. Please zoom in to view details.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “VGDensetsu” …
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Extremely rare officially licensed 1993 plush of a Pidgit enemy from Super Mario Bros. 2, from a…

Supper Mario Broth about 8 months ago

Extremely rare officially licensed 1993 plush of a Pidgit enemy from Super Mario Bros. 2, from a Japanese Super Mario All-Stars plush collection.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source …
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New ROM Hack Reimagines The Original Legend Of Zelda As A Mario Game

Time Extension about 9 months ago

It's dangerous to 'let's-a-go' alone.Have you ever wondered what The Legend of Zelda would look like if it had been pitched as a Mario game instead? Well, wonder no further!The ROM Hacker NesDraug (the creator of the excellent Beatles-themed Super Mario Br …
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As with most enemies in Super Mario Bros. 2, Pokeys first appeared in Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic,…

Supper Mario Broth about 9 months ago

As with most enemies in Super Mario Bros. 2, Pokeys first appeared in Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic, the Japan-exclusive Famicom Disk System game that was retooled into Super Mario Bros. 2 for the international market.Curiously, Doki Doki Panic has two differ …
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Supper Mario Broth about 10 months ago

The back of the manual for New Super Mario Bros. 2 contains an error where it claims that “Co-op Play requires two Nintendo 3DS systems and two game cards and two game cards (each sold separately)”, listing “and two game cards” twic …
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Supper Mario Broth about 11 months ago

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” …