{"id":135026,"date":"2023-09-29T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-156183"},"modified":"2023-09-29T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:15:00","slug":"random-unused-mario-sprites-spotted-in-classic-behind-the-scenes-footage-of-nintendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/29\/random-unused-mario-sprites-spotted-in-classic-behind-the-scenes-footage-of-nintendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Unused Mario Sprites\ufeff Spotted In Classic Behind-The-Scenes Footage Of Nintendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/90eaf6f851c86\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/90eaf6f851c86\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/90eaf6f851c86\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"mGS_M2S6kJQ\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There is a lot of retro goodness to be found in looking back on classic Nintendo coverage, and the above 1980s behind-the-scenes peek at Nintendo&#8217;s Famicom development has it all.<\/p>\n<p>Recently featured in a report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ytv_news\">Yomiuro Telecasting Corporation News Channel<\/a>, this classic coverage has it all: a look at the development of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros\">Super Mario Bros.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/legend_of_zelda\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a>, holding a phone receiver up to a speaker to share music samples, a <em>young Miyamoto<\/em>. If you pay close attention, you can even catch a glimpse of some cut Mario sprites \u2014 as noted on Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Area51_zek\">@Area51_zek<\/a>:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/area51_zek\/status\/1707445783874961667 @ 2023-09-29T13:05:13+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4f55\u6c17\u306b\u6d41\u3057\u898b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3089 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30ea\u30aa\u30d6\u30e9\u30b6\u30fc\u30ba<\/a> \u306e\u6ca1\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5\u30a3\u30c3\u30af\u304c\u51fa\u3066\u304d\u3066\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u30c9\u30ad\u30c9\u30ad\u3057\u305f\u3002\u6d77\u5916\u52e2\u306b\u306f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%81%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30bc\u30eb\u30c0\u306e\u4f1d\u8aac<\/a> \u306e\u958b\u767a\u98a8\u666f\u304c\u30ef\u30af\u30ef\u30af\u304b\u3082\u3002\u5bae\u672c\u3055\u3093\u82e5\u3044\uff5e\u3002\ud83d\ude02<br \/>\uff1e\u30de\u30ea\u30aa\u3001\u30bc\u30eb\u30c0 \u4eba\u6c17\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\u958b\u767a\u306e\u821e\u53f0\u88cf\u306b\u8feb\u308b\uff01\u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u30b3\u30f3\u767a\u58f2\u304b\u308940\u5468\u5e74\u3001\u539f\u52d5\u529b\u306f\u300c\u904a\u3073\u5fc3\u300d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vdLLlZS8EK\">https:\/\/t.co\/vdLLlZS8EK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BghJVUyucN\">pic.twitter.com\/BghJVUyucN<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u305c\u304f\u3046@\u8ab0\u304c\u30d1\u30c3\u30af\u30de\u30f3\u3092\u63cf\u3044\u305f\u306e\u304b \u5c71\u4e0b\u6b63 \u4f1d\uff08\u59d4\u8a17\uff09 (@Area51_zek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Area51_zek\/status\/1707445783874961667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We get a look at some OG Piranha Plants, Sidesteppers, what we can only assume is an early Power Up flower, and even a peek at a squatter Bowser model. There is also a design for <em>three<\/em> different Mario heights, unlike the finished game&#8217;s two, and a sketch of a Gleeok in preparation for Link&#8217;s debut.<\/p>\n<p>The sprites are interesting to check out, but it&#8217;s everything that is going on around them that we have found to bring us the most joy. The giant phones, the young development team, those swanky Nintendo boiler suits \u2014 there&#8217;s a good helping of retro gold dust to be found in here!<\/p>\n<p><em>What brought you the biggest smile in the above classic coverage? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube There is a lot of retro goodness to be found in looking back on classic Nintendo coverage, and the above 1980s behind-the-scenes peek at Nintendo&#8217;s Famicom development has it all. Recently featured in a report by the Yomiuro Telecasting Corporation News Channel, this classic coverage has it all: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}