List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content
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This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Early iteration
Nintendo marketing department initially pressured Shigeru Miyamoto to have the game use prerendered 3D sprites similar to Donkey Kong Country.[1] The 3D models of Baby Mario and Yoshi used in the introduction might be leftovers of this period of development.
Early concepts
- The developers experimented with several concepts before settling with the final idea of "a game where even though you hit enemies, you don’t die.". One of them was to have Yoshi move independently from Baby Mario and guide him around the levels[2].
- The Superstar Mario form was initially supposed to an adult, mustachioed Mario but it was pointed out this concept would seem strange. Shigeru Miyamoto joked he still prefers this early idea to the final version[2].
Unused graphics
An early sprite of Yoshi.
An unused sprite of Yoshi and some magnets. Possibly indicative of a scrapped transformation.
Early sprites of Yoshi skiing.
An early sprite of the Car transformation.
An unused plane transformation.
An unused mushroom transformation.
An unused tree transformation.
Several unused Baby Mario sprites. The kanji is 仮, meaning "temporary".
An unused sprite of Baby Mario crawling.
An unused sprite of Baby Mario striking a victory pose.
A sprite of Baby Mario sitting in a different artstyle than the used Baby Mario sprites.
An unused but fully coded Bullet Bill variant called Biting Bullet Bill. Appears in the level Endless World of Yoshis in the GBA port.
An unused Bob-omb. The correct palette is unknown.
An early sprite of a Big Boo.
An early sprite of a Boo.
A mockup of an Incoming Chomp using the right half of the sprite. The game only uses the left half and mirrors it.
Either an early Nipper Plant or a Muncher.
An early Sluggy.
A spinning wrench, possibly indicative of Rocky Wrenches being planned as enemies.
Possibly the lower half of a Rocky Wrench.
An unused animation of a Shy Guy lifting an object.
An unused Shy Guy with orange highlights on its head and arms.
An early, smaller Snifit closer resembling the Shy Guy design.
Sprites of a Shy Guy and Tweeter from Super Mario All-Stars. Possibly used as reference graphics by the artists, though Tweeters don't appear in Yoshi's Island.
An unused sprite of a Bandit, likely intended for minigames.
A Ukiki greatly resembling Donkey Kong.
A Dragon Coin. Possibly replaced with Smiley Flowers.
A ? Block.
An alternate sprite of a Crate found in the stone bridge tileset.
References
- ^ The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World, p. 518.
- ^ a b Haou Magazine, September 1995 issue interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. (English translation by Blackoak, retrieved March 08, 2016)
