List of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga pre-release and unused content

This is a list of beta elements for the game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

=Unused Data=

Beta Characters
Wario, Fox McCloud, Captain Olimar, Samus Aran, Toon Link, and even an Excitebike Racer (not updated for the game's art direction and thus remaining in 8-bit graphics) were going to show up in the Starbeans Café after Mario and Luigi made coffee, instead of E. Gadd (who was only scheduled to make one appearance).

Quotes
Here is the dialog they had:

E. Gadd
E. Gadd : Hmm... My sniffer’s detecting the aroma of a new kind of juice… Cashier : Oh! Professor Gadd! How’ve you been, sir? Are you here to try our new drink? You can ask those two there for Woohoo Blend! E. Gadd : Oh! Just wonderful! A new blend! How about a try, youngsters? Hmm… This flavor fills the old bones with brimming strength! Yep, a drink like this’ll surely boost my spirits during ghost research. Listen, youngsters, let me thank you. I insist you take this. Hmm... I wonder what I should invent next...

Wario
Wario: Ah ha ha ha! Move it! Wow! Now that I’m here, this game’s finally gettin’ good! Cashier: Oh! Wario! What’s a bad dude like you doing here? Oh! I got it! You came to pay your tab from the other day! Wario: What are you talkin' about?!? You tryin’ to give me a bad rep with stupid rumors? I oughta... Cashier: Aww, come on! Just pay up! I'll even take beans if you got 'em. Come on! You're a rich guy, right? Wario: Uh... OK. Maybe next time. But... Don't you have free drinks for celebrity guest stars in this game? Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha! BLECH! AWFUL! Do you guys really like drinking nasty stuff like this? ...Losers. Ah! Whatever! Hope this covers your costs! Blech! Drinkin' that stuff made me wanna go shave my tongue! Uh-oh! Gotta go!

Fox McCloud
Fox: Fox here! Cashier: Hey! Aren't you Fox McCloud, the Star Fox leader? Are you here to taste our new juice? No way! Fox: Uh...yeah. So why don't you serve me up a cup at your special guest star rate? What’s that? A call? A call: Fox! Help me! Fox! Where are you? Cashier: Wow! You sure are one busy guy... Er, I mean, one busy fox! Fox: Thanks for the discount! Will this cover the rest? Mission complete!

Captain Olimar (Pikmin)
Note: Olimar’s text would appear on the screen the same way the item text does (i.e. “You got a Mushroom!”), meaning he would not have a speech bubble. Olimar: ...I detect a strange, yet pleasing aroma drifting through the atmosphere of this cafe. It would seem to require further investigation... Cashier: Wow! This is a rare treat! If it isn't Captain Olimar! Olimar: What is this? Before my eyes stands a strange life form. It resembles me slightly, so I shall dub it...Marlio! ...Further investigation indicates that the drink that this Marlio holds is the source of the aroma. I shall now partake of its flavor. Why! Its flavor is most satisfying! Finding that such a drink could be partook of in such a place is a tremendous discovery, indeed! This Marlio creature exhibits what seems to be a longing expression... Perhaps it will react if I present it with something... I have just noticed a strange, unsightly green creature standing next to the Marlio... It could be a dangerous life form. I feel I should attack it before it attacks me.

Samus Aran
Cashier: Whoa! A power outage? Yikes! Samus Aran! I see you're rocking and rolling as usual! ...Looks like your energy tanks are empty! Sorry, but can't you give your Hoolumbian to Samus? Oh! Feeling better?

Excitebike racer
Cashier: Hey? Is that the sound of a motorcycle I hear? Hey, buddy! What are you doin'?! This isn’t a drive-through! What? Are you thirsty or something? Fine, but no need to get so...EXCITED! Are your engines on full throttle?

Link
Cashier : Whoa! Link! The Hero of...what is it, now? Anyway, long-time, no see, buddy! What are you doing here? Did you get lost in a dungeon again? What? You're having trouble finding the fairy fountain? Oh... It’s game over, and your bottles are all empty? Are your hearts filled now, kiddo?

Items
These characters would also give the Bros. different items, like:
 * Game Boy Horror instead of Game Boy Horror SP
 * Wario’s Gold instead of Greed Wallet
 * Gold Ring instead of Bonus Ring
 * UV Lamp instead of Cobalt Necktie
 * Energy Tank instead of Power Grip
 * Excite Spring wasn't changed
 * Triforce instead of Great Force

Sprites

 * A video showing the lost sprites
 * Another video, showing them with the correct palettes

Character Sprites
Sprites of a mysterious fortune teller-like character, as well as an early Lady Lima, have also been discovered within the game's data.

Items
A few unused items include Neon Beans, a Game and Watch, and an item known as the "Spiritual Bros." , which may have been intended to be a badge. A badge named Soulful Bros. does exist. Therefore, Nintendo may have attempted to rename this item. Originally, the Bean Fruits were each intended to be a different color, rather than the identical bean fruits of the final game.

A book, similar to the ones in Beanbean Castle, was also, a possible item. So was an unknown key. The unknown key is a beta icon that would be used with key items in a similar way to badges having badge icons beside their names. In the final game, the key icons were unused.

Red and green Blocks, without "M"s or "L"s, were going to appear also. Badges were also in blue and yellow-orange.

Enemies
The name "Sharkbone" appears alongside names for enemies found in Gwarhar Lagoon in the game's coding. "Sharkbone" is presumed to be an alternate name for the ???? enemies that are actually found in the final game, as these enemies actually can come in a bony shark form, although they are also found in a living, Cheep-Cheep-like variety. A Nintendo Power guide actually referred to the ????s' undead shark forms as "Sharkbones" and their living Cheep-Cheep forms as "Puffer-Cheeps", the latter being Cheep-Cheep varieties present in the final game. It is presumed that Nintendo Power based this naming off of beta material. It may also be worth noting that the German version of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga replaces "Sharkbone" with "Sand-Cheep"

Also, Missile Bills, Sidesteppers, Small Fighter Flys, Green Oho Jees, Blue Goombas, called Mossy Goombas, Paragoombas, a Hoohooligan called Nice Guy, Red Goombas, called Pop Goombas, and Sergeant Starshade were meant to be enemies. Wiggler was also going to be an enemy, instead of a boss. Pop Goomba slightly resembles Red Goomba from Paper Mario, and Mossy Goomba resembles Blue Goomba from Paper Mario. The Green Oho Jee from the Surfing minigame was not planned as an actual enemy, but was supposed to be attacked like the Red and Blue Oho Jees of Oho Oasis.

Beta Enemy Statistics
The below charts include the statistics of the beta enemies, starting with a dummy/placeholder Goomba. The first enemy is speculated to be dummy/placeholder enemy, followed by beta enemies (based on versions from Paper Mario it seems), then finally, tutorial enemies. ).

Character Changes
Boddle's Assistant, had a different colour scheme. The coins had a different design, and also came in blue, and red (but these were apparently supposed to appear in battle when fleeing). The 'Happy' statues, in Woohoo Hooniversity, were supposed to catch on fire. Mario, and Luigi's icons at the top of the screen, where entirely different. And Woohoo Hooniversity's starting room, looked totally different, and also had a battle backdrop. Since there are no encounters in the starting room, the background was never seen.

Music
Two unused soundtracks resembling simplified versions of Tomato Adventure's opening theme were found within the coding of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga after people dumped its entire track list into GSF files. Tomato Adventure is a Japanese region exclusive RPG released in January, 2002. Tomato Adventure was also developed by AlphaDream and used a similar battle system to the one used in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Text
There was also an unused Mario label, which had each letter coloured differently, as well as a small star at the end. There is no Luigi label to go with it.