I was just wondering who out there in the big bad world made the redesigned Mario sprite. I just wanted to thank them, wherever they are, because Mario has never looked this good. Thanks again!

The SSF2 Art Team was responsible for the Mario sprites. I'll be sure to pass your compliment on to them.

Whilst I'm very happy that you like the Mario sprites so much, please keep the SSf2-related compliments and questions limited to the dedicated SSF2 forum (you can use the Ask a Question about SSF2 topic for things like this in the future, for example). This subforum is mostly dedicated to the posting, working and commenting on custom pixelart made by MG's various spriters.

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