ONM Remembered – #356
“BEST BIT: There’d be random power-ups which appear on the basketball court.”
from Official Nintendo Magazine issue 62 (November 1997)
(big ups to oldgamemags.com for the scans!)
It took them nearly a decade, but Mario and company did eventually get to dunk a few hoops, first as cameos in NBA Street V3 before getting a title of their own on DS. They did not look as nightmarish as in this image edit, unfortunately, though I’d kill to see it happen.