List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content

This article pertains to beta elements of Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Early ideas

 * Bowser's Sky Castle was intended to include minigames, but was cut due to development time restraints.
 * The Prima Strategy Guide for the game mentions various enemies that did not appear in the game. These enemies include Shiny 2-Fold Goombas, 4-Fold Goombas, Shiny 4-Fold Goombas and Shiny Dry Bones. These are possibly enemies that were planned to be in the game, but taken out of the final version.

First images

 * The scenery was originally going to be similar to that found in Paper Mario.
 * Question Blocks were going to be smaller and have light brown outlines.
 * In-battle stickers were originally intended to appear in big light brown and blue squares and have different design.
 * Paperization was originally going to involve simply placing objects in the wanted area; the screen was not going to turn into a photograph.
 * The stickers were originally going to appear as red circles with an icon on them.
 * An unknown "S" rainbow HUD was going to be placed under Mario's health meter, likely either a power generation bar, or some sort of "Limit Break" bar.
 * Those enemy characters that appeared in earlier Paper Mario games were originally all going to retain their previous PM appearances.
 * Mario was originally going to have a Chain Chomp for a partner.
 * The Wiggler was originally going to have more body segments, as shown in one of the early screenshots.
 * There was going to be a Monty Mole king boss, but it was taken out before finalization of the game.
 * Some images show that there was going to be a maze made of Playing cards, but said area was cut before the product was finalized.
 * The interior of the large tower in Goomba's Fortress large tower was originally going to be drastically different: having both Heart and Save blocks at the bottom, lacking ?-Blocks, and being darker.
 * Originally, a bridge sticker could be placed above a small gap to enable Mario to cross it. This was possibly changed to the Wooden Bridge scrap for the final game.
 * The Frog Suit sticker was originally going to act as an attack sticker, not a defense one. Its original purpose was later inserted into the Line Jump.
 * The Whomp was originally going to be notably smaller, bluer, and most likely a regular enemy.

E3 2011 trailer

 * The game was known as "Paper Mario" at this point.
 * The health HUD was a white and yellow bar and the numbers were orange.
 * Coins were similar to Super Paper Mario's version.
 * Battle Spin was originally called "Battle Chance".
 * The Scissors' clipping effect just included bright lines to appear in the screen. They also were red instead of green.
 * In-battle Fan would appear as a sticker and right on the stage, instead of the background.
 * The stickers on the Shop in Decalburg were actual stickers instead of cardboard.
 * A Mystery Box sticker is included on an artwork released with Mario, but a Mystery Box sticker is not seen anywhere in the final game, nor in any screenshots.

Early images

 * The Scissors were cyan-colored.
 * Stickers had a hexagonal shape.
 * The health meter numbers were red.
 * Multiple Wigglers were going to appear as enemies.
 * Sticker Album pages displayed their number and the total of pages instead of only the page number in a half circle.