List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content

Beta Elements from the game New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Beta elements

Propeller Mushroom

The orange Propeller Mushroom was originally a Propeller Suit, a red letter "P"-like suit with a propeller at its top. It's unknown why the creators changed it into a Mushroom.

Level Designs

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World 3-1 with no difference.

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World 7-5, possibly going to be part of World 1 (look at background).

Many of the platforms were redesigned as many of them were originally plain in color. There are also differences in mechanics of some of the platforms. There was earlier going to be platforms moving on their own, close by growing and shrinking pipes, but those platforms can now be controlled by players doing something specific. For example, World 1-1 had the first star coin in the level on the overworld part of the level, the underground place for a star coin was made differently, and the red coins originally supposed to be normal coins." It also appears World 6-6 was going to be in a desert, and not the mountains.

Fire Toads

Originally the fire Toads had caps which had their respective colors reversed with white spots on them. In the latest screens from the games, the Toads instead have red spots on their caps.

HUD during gameplay

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Work in progress version (top), and the final version.

During the early screenshots of the game, the HUD originally appeared transparent during gameplay; additionally, the text appeared very different, with only generic font; possibly as a placeholder. Recent screenshots and videos of the final build show that the HUD is now solid (only turning transparent if a player goes behind it), certain icons were updated or brightened up, and along with the trademark Mario text. Notably, the life box was sized down, while the score and timer stretched out slightly.

Also, when a Yoshi is ridden, a Music Note appears on the upper-right side of the screen. This may have been deleted because that people may have been under the impression that the note stands there for no reason.

Red Yoshi

While the game was still in development, Nintendo confirmed that a Red Yoshi is ridable (even an artwork of it has been made, saying that it would stay so). However, after a newer trailer, Red Yoshis haven't been seen again in this game, but instead, Pink Yoshis have been added (the artwork for the Red Yoshi has changed to match the current change). It may be possible that the Pink Yoshi replaced the Red one.

Blue Yoshi

The Blue Yoshi was also supposed to be in New Super Mario Bros. Wii ever since the gameplay, a Blue Yoshi is rideable and was confirmed, but it is possible that Light Blue Yoshi replaced Blue Yoshi in the latter.

"Level Clear!"

In the E3 2009 demo, whenever a character completes a stage, the message "Level Clear!" appears. It has since changed to "Course Clear!" for unknown reasons.

Sound Effects

During the E3 2009 demo, the coins had 8-bit sound effects, just as they did in the first New Super Mario Bros., but that was later replaced with most recent coin sound effects, the exact same ones from Super Mario Galaxy.

Dropping in on the Koopalings

In the E3 2009 demo, after players go through the boss door, they all fall from the top of the screen and into the boss room, as the initial Larry and Morton videos showed. This was just like in the original New Super Mario Bros., where the player also enters the Bowser Jr. battles the same way. In the final version, the players are already on the ground when the boss room loads up.

Boss changes

In the first battle against Larry Koopa as presented in the E3 2009 demo, whenever he goes into his shell, he barely covers any ground. Also, the first battle with Morton was held in the World 1 Castle in the demo, not the World 6 Tower (as that level wasn't featured in the demo). Morton also doesn't have spiked pillars stabbing the platforms to the side; instead, there are Podoboos jumping out of the lava.

Flag and Midway flag

The flag and the midway checkpoint were originally going to have an image of a skull on it, but it changed to Bowser's face in the final version.

Power Up Panels

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In the final game, the "Your Turn" message does not appear in single player mode.

Penguin Suit

The Penguin Suit was going to have white eyes with a blue pupil but changed with Black Eyes

Enemies

Giant Buzzy Beetles were going to appear in game, but for some reason, weren't included to any level.

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