Early-era Mario and Luigi in the jungle. It looks like it’s Nintendo-sanctioned, but I can’t for the life of me figure out what this might be from. Anyone?
New Information: This art appeared in Issue 5 of Nintendo Power (Mar-Apr 1989).
On occasion of Nintendo Power’s death, I was flicking through the old issues, courtesy of Retromags. I was stopped by this image, which I recognised from your post. In the credits section of this issue, Yukio Sawada (the author and illustrator of the Super Mario-kun manga) is credited for art.
Now Super Mario-kun did not begin publication until August 1991, two years later, according to Super Mario Wiki. The sort of hidden object puzzle panel thing represented here in NP was common in SM-kun between stories, along with 4komas. But this art, made possibly for this magazine, possibly first for a Japanese one, may have been the predecessor and progenitor of the manga.
Hope this helps/is interesting!
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