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2026
The Chinese iQue version of Super Mario Advance has a visual glitch with the title screen after 100%…original ↗
3 Oct 2026
Development files for Super Mario 64 contain various early versions of the game’s logo. Of…original ↗
3 Oct 2026
Binder used internally at Nintendo of America to hold documents regarding the 1995 product lineup,…original ↗
3 Oct 2026
In versions 1.0 to 1.2 of Super Mario Odyssey, it was possible to make the game unplayable by using…original ↗
3 Oct 2026
Top: in the WarioWare: Smooth Moves microgame “The Wind Waker”, the aim is to guide Link from The…original ↗
2 Oct 2026
Top: in Donkey Kong Country Returns, the Mole Miner enemies wear hard hats that completely cover up…original ↗
2 Oct 2026
Curious packaging for officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. boxer shorts, featuring Mario…original ↗
2 Oct 2026
In the prototype version of Yoshi’s Island, Shy Guys are very slightly more aggressive than in the…original ↗
2 Oct 2026
Promotional pins from the official 2026 “Super Mario: Run to the Goal in Hokkaido” sports event in…original ↗
2 Oct 2026
Very early concept for the Top-Hat Tower in the Cap Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey whereby it would…original ↗
1 Oct 2026
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the level “Pipe-Rock Plateau Special: Bounce, Bounce, Bounce” contains…original ↗
1 Oct 2026
In Super Mario 64 DS, if Yoshi throws an egg on the same frame he stomps a Goomba, he will enter a…original ↗
1 Oct 2026
Officially licensed 1995 Super Mario World children’s book from Japan, meant to teach children about…original ↗
1 Oct 2026
In the final story segment of Mario & Luigi: Brothership, when some of the inhabitants of Shipshape…original ↗
30 Sept 2026
A concept art sketch for Super Mario Galaxy shows what appears to be an alternate concept for the…original ↗
30 Sept 2026
In Super Mario 64, an easy way to get up to the snowman area from the bottom level of Cool, Cool…original ↗
30 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 1985 Super Mario Bros. plastic drawstring bag from Japan, featuring the same…original ↗
30 Sept 2026
In Donkey Kong Country 3, there is a small hidden interaction with Funky Kong if the player does not…original ↗
29 Sept 2026
1994 Rambi the Rhino concept art sketch for Donkey Kong Country, shared by the game’s character…original ↗
29 Sept 2026
Promotional 1999 Donkey Kong 64 T-shirt featuring artwork of Donkey Kong standing, which has been…original ↗
29 Sept 2026
In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, it is possible for so many objects to spawn before the end of…original ↗
29 Sept 2026
Limited edition officially licensed 2023 Super Mario Bros. movie card holder with a coin that can be…original ↗
29 Sept 2026
28 Sept 2026
Top: in the original GameCube version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the Crystal Stars are…original ↗
28 Sept 2026
Top: in Super Mario World, the Choco-Ghost House level contains a room with Block Boos. Despite…original ↗
28 Sept 2026
Rare officially licensed 1995 Donkey Kong Country keychain of Diddy Kong riding Expresso the…original ↗
28 Sept 2026
In Super Mario Bros., Fire Mario has a dedicated animation for throwing a fireball. However, in…original ↗
27 Sept 2026
In Wario Land, one level (Course No. 26 in SS Tea Cup) contains obstacles that appear as giant…original ↗
27 Sept 2026
1997 print ad for the Nintendo 64 featuring official artwork for Super Mario 64. Of note is that the…original ↗
27 Sept 2026
In the Neuron Jungle level of Yoshi’s Story, the second part involves crossing a river in a bucket….original ↗
27 Sept 2026
27 Sept 2026
In Deep Dark Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy, there is an air bubble found out of bounds in the…original ↗
26 Sept 2026
Concept art for Starship Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2, seen exclusively in the 2014 Nintendo Game…original ↗
26 Sept 2026
Rare official Diddy Kong Racing artwork of Diddy Kong and Taj, seen in a 1997 issue of the Spanish…original ↗
26 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 1993 Super Mario Kart toy from Japan whereby Mario is attached to a screen as…original ↗
26 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
The Catch Card of the Dark Magikoopa in Super Paper Mario actually depicts a Red Magikoopa, colored…original ↗
23 Sept 2026
Unused music track found in the files of Super Mario Strikers. This appears to be a recording of an…original ↗
23 Sept 2026
A unique and counterintuitive interaction occurs with Swooper-type enemies (Swoopulas in the…original ↗
23 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 2010 Super Mario Bros. pouch from Japan with embroidered Small Mario sprites.original ↗
23 Sept 2026
“Scary” Mario drawing used to illustrate Nintendo’s stated aim to appeal to a more mature audience…original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Top: the Star Dash minigame in Mario Superstar Baseball opens up by showing the floor of Bowser’s…original ↗
22 Sept 2026
In Super Mario Bros. 2, there is a section of World 7-1 that contains eight Mushroom Blocks…original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 2019 mechanical pencil featuring Mario’s power-ups and power-up forms, from…original ↗
20 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. bowl. Of particular interest are some miscolored pieces…original ↗
19 Sept 2026
In Donkey Kong 64, most of the “inside of the tree” area in Creepy Castle is prevented from being…original ↗
19 Sept 2026
The Ninja Hideaway track in Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass) features a…original ↗
17 Sept 2026
The model used for Blooper in Mario Super Sluggers contains unused arm and leg bones that are scaled…original ↗
17 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. 2/Zelda II: The Adventure of Link vacuum flask.original ↗
17 Sept 2026
Test room found in the prototype version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, featuring Question Blocks…original ↗
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
The only currently known image of a lost media Flash game available on Nintendo of America’s…original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Front of the slipcover of the 2023 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray rerelease of the 1993 Super Mario Bros….original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Unused alternate model for the reflection of Peach’s Castle in the lake seen at the beginning of…original ↗
12 Sept 2026
Hand-drawn version of the Donkey Kong Land box art, seen in a 1996 issue of the French Ultra Player…original ↗
11 Sept 2026
Autumnal Mario-inspired crafts showcased on Nintendo of America’s official Pinterest account.original ↗
11 Sept 2026
In Super Mario RPG, it is possible for Mario and Yoshi to become stuck inside another (NPC) Yoshi….original ↗
11 Sept 2026
Nintendo service bulletin to arcade operators informing them of a problem with some Donkey Kong Jr….original ↗
10 Sept 2026
A page from a Super Mario 64 guide in a 1997 issue of the British 64 Solutions magazine contains a…original ↗
10 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 1989 Super Mario Bros. wallpaper roll. Note the uniquely colored yellow mushroom…original ↗
10 Sept 2026
10 Sept 2026
Officially licensed Super Mario Bros. keychain of Small Mario and an underground-palette Goomba…original ↗
10 Sept 2026
Sketch and finished animation cel from the production of the 1992 North American animated commercial…original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Far backgrounds from the Glittertown and Neon City stages in Wario Land: Shake It, extracted from…original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Officially licensed 2004 Mario plush. These plushes have relatively flimsy stitching holding Mario’s…original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Super Mario Galaxy contains an unused area in its files called “PoyoPoyoPlanetZone”, consisting of…original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Rare officially licensed 1990 Super Mario World plastic cups from Japan. Due to a limited…original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Promotional photo of Charles Martinet from a 2002 Super Mario Sunshine launch event in Australia.original ↗
8 Sept 2026
Comparison between the kiosk demo version of the “Nintendo DS” battle course in Mario Kart DS (left)…original ↗
8 Sept 2026
Promotional 2026 Mario items available as point rewards at the Auchan supermarket chain in France.original ↗
8 Sept 2026
1998 pre-release footage for Mario Party (with the game then being known under the temporary title…original ↗
8 Sept 2026
T-shirt with a unique Mario Golf silhouette design (based on the logo for Mario Golf: Toadstool…original ↗
7 Sept 2026
In New Super Mario Bros., Petey Piranha’s “head is empty” in the sense that for almost the entirety…original ↗
7 Sept 2026
Rare officially licensed 1995 Yoshi’s Island “Bandit stealing Baby Mario” capsule machine figurine…original ↗
7 Sept 2026
Cover of a 1995 issue of the Japanese Shogaku Sannensei magazine, featuring Super Mario RPG artwork…original ↗
6 Sept 2026
In the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG, the composer Toadofsky has two eye expressions:…original ↗
6 Sept 2026
Two unused, completely broken animations for the checkpoint flag found in the files of New Super…original ↗
6 Sept 2026
The first nontrivial (e.g. not a simple plane or primitive shape) 3D object in a Mario game was the…original ↗
5 Sept 2026
Unused music found in the DOS version of Mario’s Game Gallery, being an alternate version of the…original ↗
5 Sept 2026