Super Mario Maker (artbook)

The artbook's front cover

The Super Mario Maker artbook was released alongside limited editions of Super Mario Maker. It contains artwork, sprites, and concept art from the game, as well as codes to enter in the game's digital manual to unlock hidden videos. The front cover shows a ? Block and Brick Block in the Super Mario Bros. style, the former of which connects through the spine to the back cover, which includes a Hard Block in the same style.

Page list

The following is a list of what is depicted on each page of the artbook. The pages adjacent to the front and back covers are blank yellow pages on both sides.

1. Mario running through the first section of World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros.
2. A music sheet of the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme, with a trail of Mario's movement leading to the next page. The code "0913" is written in the top-right corner, referencing the release date of Super Mario Bros., which leads to a video of Koji Kondo playing the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack on piano.
3. A custom course expanding off of page 2.
4. A recreation of the Nintendo logo in the Super Mario Bros. game style.
5. Continued from page 4.
6. Mario standing underneath a Junior Clown Car, empty Shoe, Buzzy Shell, Spiny Shell, winged Stiletto, two Fire Flowers, two Super Mushrooms, and a big winged Thwomp with a cannon stacked on top in an iris view, in the Super Mario Bros. style.
7. Two picture frames depicting shots in the Super Mario Bros. style: Fire Mario with a Shoe and a Buzzy Shell riding a Junior Clown Car in one, and Fire Mario in a Spiny Shell wearing a Stiletto while riding the Thwomp on page 6 in the other. Codes can be seen underneath.
8. A blank yellow page.
9. Builder Mario running with a trolley with a voxelated ? Block, Brick Block, Empty Block, Note Block, and Super Mushroom on it.
10. An introductory page "The Basics", showing codes with previews of their corresponding videos.
11. Same as page 10.
12. A halftone-patterned hand dragging a Brick Block with a Wii U stylus.
13. A backwards-C-shaped structure with a 1-Up Mushroom, Brick Blocks, and one ? Block. Two hand-drawn birds can be seen sitting on top.
14. A continued "The Basics" page with two previews with codes, Mario jumping, a Fire Flower atop an Empty Block, and hand-drawn blocks and a Pipe.
15. More "The Basics" previews with codes, but also a Paragoomba, green Koopa Troopa, Bullet Bill, Bill Blaster, and a hand-drawn Semi-Solid Platform.
16. Stills of supposedly in-game footage and mock-ups. One of them contains Mario climbing a vine with a fly from the Gnat Attack minigame.
17. More custom images and in-game stills.
18. A hand-drawn fortress on a yellow background.
19. A cat paw grabbing a worried-looking Mario.
20. Sprites of several types of blocks from Super Mario Bros.
21. Continued from page 20.
22. An introductory page to the "Jumps" section.
23. A continuation of the "Jumps" section, featuring a code and sketches of how to reach a high-up platform.
24. Several winged blocks and enemies in the Super Mario Bros. style, including a ? Block, Piranha Plant, Paragoomba, Super Mushroom and a Buzzy Beetle.
25. The same as page 24, but with a Blooper, Coin, Trampoline and Koopa Paratroopa. Hand-drawn Paratroopas can also be seen.
26. Weird Mario depicted in several different poses.
27. More Weird Mario poses, but also includes a Super Mushroom and a Weird Mushroom.
28. An introductory page to the "Coins" section.
29. A continuation of the "Coins" section, with codes and screenshots showing different ways the player can collect coins.
30. Mario standing next to a Goal Pole in the Super Mario Bros. style, with a fake fortress (made up of Spinies, Bob-ombs, Goombas, and a Bill Blaster) on the left, and the real one on the right.
31. A Course Maker screen filled with Baby SFXs.
32. Mario surrounded by two big Bowsers with Magikoopas stacked on top of them in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style.
33. A structure resembling a woman's legs made up of a Semi-Solid Platform, Pipes, and Stilettos. Drawings of Mario running and shooting a fireball can be seen.
34. An introductory page to the "Shells" section.
35. A continuation of the "Shells" section, showing different scenarios of using Koopa Shells to clear obstacles as well as a code.
36. Another "Shells" page with more methods of using Koopa Shells.
37. The final "Shells" page with another code and Super Mario skidding on the right.
38. A Blooper hiding in a Pipe.
39. A halftone-patterned hand reaching over to the Blooper on page 38, with the Super Mario Maker logo on the right.
40. A maze made of ? Blocks with Coins filling each path in the New Super Mario Bros. U style.
41. Mario running through a Super Mario Bros.-styled level with three Bowsers breathing fire at him, with a hand-drawn Super Mushroom and Undodog.
42. Two Stiletto Goombas waiting at the goal in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style.
43. Mario standing on a platform in the New Super Mario Bros. U style with Wigglers, Buzzy Beetles, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Rocky Wrenches trapped in an area underneath him that can be freed with a ? Switch.
44. Showcases of the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World game styles.
45. Showcases of the Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U game styles.
46. Blocks in the Super Mario Bros. style (a Brick Block, ? Block, Hard Block, Note Block, and ground) and a screenshot of Mario jumping into each one.
47. Jump-through platforms in the Super Mario Bros. style (a Lift, Bridge, Mushroom Platform, Donut Block, and Semi-Solid Platform) and screenshots of Mario interacting with each one.
48. A Goomba sticking out of a long Pipe.
49. Continued from page 48, but the Goomba's feet are sticking out the other side.
50. Behaviors of various enemies in the Super Mario Bros. style, with a code in the top left.
51. A second page of enemy behaviors.
52. A third page of enemy behaviors.
53. A fourth page of enemy behaviors.
54. Super Mario wearing a Buzzy Shell in the Super Mario Bros. style.
55. The Super Mario Maker logo in the bottom left, with Mario riding Lakitu's Cloud.
56. Many different enemy combinations and scenarios in the Super Mario Bros. style.
57. Continued from page 56.
58. Winged Bloopers of different sizes flying in a sky-themed level in the New Super Mario Bros. U style, with a code in the bottom left.
59. Weird Mario, underwater, standing on a structure resembling a stage.
60. A contraption in the Super Mario World style with Koopa Troopas and Conveyor Belts.
61. A car-looking pattern in the Super Mario Bros. style with Fire Piranha Plants in the seat. A code is in the bottom right.
62. Two scenarios with codes; one in the Super Mario Bros. style with Mario riding a Lift through an onslaught of winged Bob-ombs, and another in the Super Mario World style with Spike Tops covering a big Thwomp.
63. A pattern resembling a face in the New Super Mario Bros. U style.
64. Concept art featuring stick figures resembling Mario and Luigi playing baseball. A drawing of what appears to be Mario wearing a Blue Shell from New Super Mario Bros. can also be seen.
65. Concept art of how Mario would wear a Spiny Shell.
66. Four codes with previews of their videos.
67. A pattern in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style resembling a head, with a corresponding code.
68. Bowser with a Bill Blaster, filled with coins, stacked on his head chasing Mario in the Super Mario World style, with a corresponding code.
69. A rocket-shaped pattern in the Super Mario Bros. style with a Thwomp on top of it, with a corresponding code.
70. Goombas jumping up from underneath a Bridge attacking Mario in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style.
71. Four codes with previews of their videos.
72. A drawing of Toad carrying a wheelbarrow with Yoshi eggs and a hatched Yoshi inside, and a more refined drawing of Mario and a group of enemies carrying course elements. A sticky note with three codes, two of which are crossed out, is on the top left.
73. Builder Mario bowing with his hard hat off (similar to the artwork shown when Club Nintendo was shut down) and hand-drawn art of the bottom right of the Course Maker.
74. A Junior Clown Car holding a tower of Piranha Plants, Buzzy Beetles, Thwomps, and Spinies in the Super Mario Bros. style, with a corresponding code.
75. Three rows filled items and enemies in the castle theme and New Super Mario Bros. U style, with a corresponding code.
76. Mario in a Ghost House in the New Super Mario Bros. U style with Boos holding cannons on their heads, with a corresponding code.
77. Four codes with previews of their videos.
78. Mario dodging a hallway of Fire Bars in the Super Mario Bros. style, with a corresponding code.
79. Fire Mario riding a Lift on a long, winding Track in the Super Mario World style, with a corresponding code.
80. A drawing of a Koopa Troopa attaching a flag to a Goal Pole, while Goombas hold up its ladder.
81. A drawing of four Koopa Troopas pulling a Thwomp using a rope.
82. An introductory page to the "Super Mario Bros. Course Flashback" section, which shows original planning sheets used during development of Super Mario Bros.
83. The planning sheet for the title screen of Super Mario Bros. Elements such as the HUD and Mario are noticeably missing and the default high score is 50000 instead of 0.
84. The planning sheet for World 1-1.
85. Continued from page 84.
86. The planning sheet for World 1-2. The secret area near the end of the level goes above ground and has an opening to the Goal Pole.
87. Continued from page 86. The left and right Pipes in the Warp Zone are covered up by Hard Blocks.
88. The planning sheet for World 2-2.
89. Continued from page 88.
90. The planning sheet for World 1-4. There is a staircase at the beginning being made of Brick Blocks, and Bowser has a completely different design.
91. Continued from page 90. This page also shows original designs of enemies, including an unknown enemy holding a pitchfork.
92. Mario running with a Koopa Shell on a set with cardboard boxes of blocks and enemies from Super Mario Bros.
93. The Super Mario Maker logo in several different alternate art styles, with several depictions of Builder Mario such as him with a red hard hat, blue shirt and yellow overalls.
94. More of what appears to be concept art or drawings of different characters, featuring storyboards of the 100 Mario Challenge cutscene.
95. Continued from page 94.
96. 8-bit Mario's head with Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto's signatures.

Gallery

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  The front cover

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  Page 48-49

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  Page 64-65

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  Page 72-73

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  Page 80-81

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  Page 82-83

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  Page 84-85

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  Page 86-87

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  Page 88-89

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  Page 90-91

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  Page 93

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  Page 94-95

Trivia

• The New Super Mario Bros. U still on page 17 has a fully rectangular Warp Door while, in the final game, all doors in that game style have a curved top.

External links

• Digital version