1901
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga contains an unused background in its files that uses graphics from Wrecking Crew for the NES. I have superimposed a battle scene from the game onto the background to showcase what it may have looked like in-game.
1902
Real-life recreations of the different types of cookies from Yoshi's Cookie, seen in the Japan-only "With Yoshi", a book about Yoshi games and merchandise.
1903
In the first battle against Bowser in Super Mario RPG, refusing to listen to Princess Toadstool's advice to "aim for the chain" twice in a row will result in Bowser saying "What a joke!! Put some muscle into it!" and all further damage against him being reduced to 0.
1904
In Mario Kart 7, Luigi's regular model (left) has a subtle smile, while his low-polygon model (right), visible only from a distance, has a more pronounced smile.
1905
Artwork made in Mario Paint depicting a Yoshi-colored T. rex, from Nintendo Power's official guide for Mario Paint.
1906
Bowser riding on his personal shooting star, from the Japanese Super Mario Story Quiz Picture Book 6: Friend Kidnapped.
1907
Illustration of Mario and Luigi from the cover of Issue 80 of NextGen magazine, 2001.
1908
Normally, it is not possible to enter the Chief Chilly Challenge extra course in Super Mario 64 DS as Yoshi. However, bringing Yoshi to the Chief Chilly battle through the use of hacks or glitches reveals that Chief Chilly has special unused dialogue for this occasion.
1909
Mario and Luigi from a German print ad for Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600.
1910
"Handsome Yoshi" from a 1995 Yoshi's Island manga.
1911
Print ad for Nintendo of Brazil's official site, using the "M" emblem on Mario's hat in a creative manner.
1912
Top: official artwork of Mario's mustache without his nose, released by Nintendo of Japan for Super Mario Odyssey. We can see that while most of the mustache has a more realistic texture, the middle, normally covered up by the nose, has a different, more stylized texture.
1913
500-piece French licensed jigsaw puzzle named "Super Mario contre le dragon" ("Super Mario against the dragon"), featuring a design of Bowser/King Koopa from the DiC cartoon series recolored to be yellow.
1914
Evolution of official Nintendo golden Mario trophies: left, the 1990 Nintendo World Championship first prize trophy; right, the 2010 Japanese New Super Mario Bros. Wii tournament first prize trophy.
1915
Officially licensed Japanese Toad figurine from 1986. It is based on the Toad with a nose depicted on the Japanese box art for Super Mario Bros. (right).
1916
Beta Whomp design from Super Mario 64, seen for only a few frames during the surviving footage of the Shoshinkai 1995 trade show demo of the game.
1917
Thanks to the quick efforts of my readers, Goombo has been found! Special thanks to @ultra_jawbone for the first picture, as well as @JackalFrost, @thursdaysrain, @conorsuks and everyone else who contributed a picture! I am so grateful for your cooperation! Goombo is confirmed!
1918
A call to all my readers: if you have access to the North American 3DS Virtual Console version of Super Mario Land, you may become the first person to prove the existence of the elusive Goombo. Details below.
1919
The name used internally for Super Mario Galaxy 2 within the files of the game is "SUPER MARIO GALAXY MORE" (top right). This is consistent with interviews of the game's staff stating development names for the game were "Super Mario Galaxy 1.5" and "More Super Mario Galaxy".
1920
Super Mario Bros. Willie Shrinkles, a rare officially licensed craft product consisting of coloring pictures printed on paper that shrinks when baked in an oven.
1921
The title screen for Yoshi on the NES contains four different versions of Baby Yoshi across the versions, one unused. Below is a showcase of the sprites and where they appear.
1922
Close-up of Old Link's face, seen in Level 2 of the "Ocarina of Time" microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
1923
The final shot of King K. Rool from the credits of DK: Jungle Climber. This is King K. Rool's last appearance in the main Donkey Kong series, as all his subsequent appearances were in sports, fighting, or party games.
1924
Official artwork of Toad from the manual of Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy depicts him sitting next to a can of soda that highly resembles a simplified Coca Cola can, colored blue (left). In fact, some regional markets like Turkey sell very similar blue cans (right).
1925
I have recently had my first public interview. If you would like to find out more about Supper Mario Broth, and me, you are welcome to read it here: waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/…
Additional obscure Mario content for suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: patreon.com/suppermariobro…