Almost no-one can work out which way Super Mario is going in optical illusion Almost nobody can work out which way Super Mario is going in baffling optical illusion.
The confusion comes from how the animation was created: our brains want to interpret the movement in a way that makes sense to us, but the illusion plays tricks, making it appear as if Mario could be heading in either direction.
The optical illusion in question is a still taken from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show , an animated series that aired in 1999.
Sometimes the best optical illusions are the ones that leave us scratching our heads—and this mind-bending Super Mario illusion is certainly no exception.
In this perplexing image, Mario appears to be walking up or down a set of stairs, but the twist is that it’s tough to say which way he’s really going.
