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*The developers experimented with several concepts for two of five years of development before settling with the final idea of "a game where even though you hit enemies, you don’t die".<ref>"''Yoshi’s Island was in development for five years. The first two years were spent experimenting with different ideas, including a concept that would have seen Yoshi guiding Baby Mario through stages instead of giving him a ride.''" - ''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' 16 Bits Tab.</ref> One of them was to have Yoshi move independently from Baby Mario and guide him around the levels.<ref name="Shmuplations">Haou Magazine, September 1995 issue interview with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. ([http://shmuplations.com/yoshi/ English translation] by Blackoak, retrieved March 08, 2016)</ref> | *The developers experimented with several concepts for two of five years of development before settling with the final idea of "a game where even though you hit enemies, you don’t die".<ref>"''Yoshi’s Island was in development for five years. The first two years were spent experimenting with different ideas, including a concept that would have seen Yoshi guiding Baby Mario through stages instead of giving him a ride.''" - ''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' 16 Bits Tab.</ref> One of them was to have Yoshi move independently from Baby Mario and guide him around the levels.<ref name="Shmuplations">Haou Magazine, September 1995 issue interview with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. ([http://shmuplations.com/yoshi/ English translation] by Blackoak, retrieved March 08, 2016)</ref> | ||
*The [[Superstar Mario|Powerful Mario]] form was originally supposed to transform Baby Mario into an [[Mario|adult, mustachioed version of himself]], but it was pointed out this concept would seem strange. Shigeru Miyamoto joked he still prefers this early idea to the final version.<ref name="Shmuplations"></ref> | *The [[Superstar Mario|Powerful Mario]] form was originally supposed to transform Baby Mario into an [[Mario|adult, mustachioed version of himself]], but it was pointed out this concept would seem strange. Shigeru Miyamoto joked he still prefers this early idea to the final version.<ref name="Shmuplations"></ref> | ||
In late July of 2020, the source code for many prototypes of [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] games were dumped online, and include many sprites showing various entities in different stages of creation, as well as wholly unused concepts. | In late July of 2020, the source code for many prototypes of [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] games were dumped online, and include many sprites showing various entities in different stages of creation, as well as wholly unused concepts. | ||
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YI Beta Burt.png|A [[Burt]]-like creature | YI Beta Burt.png|A [[Burt]]-like creature | ||
YI BigCheep.png|A [[Big Cheep Cheep|big Flopsy Fish]] | YI BigCheep.png|A [[Big Cheep Cheep|big Flopsy Fish]] | ||
YI Rocketu.png|A [[Lakitu]] in an airplane, resembling [[Roketon]] | YI Rocketu.png|A [[Lakitu]] in an airplane, resembling [[Roketon]] | ||
YI BoneYoshi.png|A skeletal [[Yoshi]],<ref | YI BoneYoshi.png|A skeletal [[Yoshi]],<ref>[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Bone Yoshi|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Bone Yoshi]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref> resembling [[Dry Bones]] | ||
YI RockyWrench.png|A [[Rocky Wrench]] | YI RockyWrench.png|A [[Rocky Wrench]] | ||
YI Hookbill test.png|An early [[Hookbill the Koopa]] | YI Hookbill test.png|An early [[Hookbill the Koopa]] | ||
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Smw2earlyyoshi.png|An early sprite of Yoshi spitting out seeds | Smw2earlyyoshi.png|An early sprite of Yoshi spitting out seeds | ||
SMW2Magnets.png|An unused sprite of Yoshi and rotations of a magnet. The Yoshi sprite is a remnant of an early animation,<ref | SMW2Magnets.png|An unused sprite of Yoshi and rotations of a magnet. The Yoshi sprite is a remnant of an early animation,<ref>[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World_2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Yoshi|Development:Super Mario World_2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Yoshi]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref> while the magnet was hooked to the [[Helicopter Yoshi|Helicopter]] in unused minigames.<ref name=minigame2>potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/potatoTeto/status/1286756209152974848 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref><ref name=minigame3>potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/potatoTeto/status/1286763952161030145 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> | ||
SMW2YoshiSkis.png|Early sprites of Yoshi skiing | SMW2YoshiSkis.png|Early sprites of Yoshi skiing | ||
SMW2YoshiSkiJump.gif | SMW2YoshiSkiJump.gif | ||
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SMW2Wrench.gif|A spinning wrench, indicative of [[Rocky Wrench]]es | SMW2Wrench.gif|A spinning wrench, indicative of [[Rocky Wrench]]es | ||
SMW2Mole.gif|The lower half of the removed Rocky Wrench | SMW2Mole.gif|The lower half of the removed Rocky Wrench | ||
SMW2ShyLift.gif|An unused animation of a [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] | SMW2ShyLift.gif|An unused animation of a [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] lifting an object. The feet are missing due to being separate graphics from Shy-Guys' bodies. | ||
SMW2BonusShy.gif|What appears to be early versions of [[Woozy Guy]]'s sprites with orange highlighting, meant for an unused minigame.<ref>potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/potatoTeto/status/1286753798887804930 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> | SMW2BonusShy.gif|What appears to be early versions of [[Woozy Guy]]'s sprites with orange highlighting, meant for an unused minigame.<ref>potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/potatoTeto/status/1286753798887804930 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> | ||
SMW2SnifitEarly.png|A small [[Snifit]] lacking feet. A prototype indicates it also wore a [[Propeller Mūcho|propeller]] on its head and was replaced by [[Kamek]]'s [[Toady|Toadies]].<ref name=TweetTwo/> | SMW2SnifitEarly.png|A small [[Snifit]] lacking feet. A prototype indicates it also wore a [[Propeller Mūcho|propeller]] on its head and was replaced by [[Kamek]]'s [[Toady|Toadies]].<ref name=TweetTwo/> | ||
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==Unused | ==Unused Music== | ||
Possibly an early version of the file select theme. It sounds distorted in places. They are related to the main theme, which suggests that they might have been used at one point during development but were scrapped. The MIDI data contained might have had parameters changed.{{ref needed}} | |||
{{media table | {{media table | ||
|file1=SMW2YI Unused Song.oga | |file1=SMW2YI Unused Song.oga | ||
|title1=Unused | |title1=Unused Song | ||
|file2=YI Unused Song No Intro.oga | |file2=YI Unused Song No Intro.oga | ||
|title2=Unused | |title2=Unused Song (No Intro) | ||
}} | }} | ||