List of Super Mario Sunshine beta elements
This article pertains to the beta elements of Super Mario Sunshine.
Beta elements
In Super Mario Sunshine, Delfino Plaza is the main plaza of the game. However, in trailers before release, it showed that there was going to be a different plaza (or a possible early Delfino Plaza), with a giant Strollin' Stu-like creature walking around the place and many more different things. The beta also reveals that Humans were intended to be citizens of the plaza. F.L.U.D.D. was going to be skinnier. Gooper Blooper was going to be dark blue and fought on top of the bridges of Ricco Harbor instead of in the market and helicopter area. It also appears that in the E3 2002 trailer, the Giant Stu and Stackin' Stu would chase Mario around like a normal Strollin' Stu. Shine Sprites' design went through radical changes during the development.
Additionally, Mario's Health Meter would simply be a sun with a number in the middle indicating his health. The water meter was originally placed in the center of the "sun" Health Meter. The F.L.U.D.D. pack was actually Nintendo's third favorite choice, with many other forms of water-pump functionality suggested.Template:Refneeded One other notable device in the top two was a water gun but was abandoned deciding that some players may render it too violent.Template:Refneeded Whenever Yoshi got hungry he would always be colored green, instead of flicking colors in the final version. There were some abandoned sprites as well, including Yoshi vomiting any water he may have swallowed.Template:Refneeded There was also going to be a brown Pokey species, which was going to have white flowers. [1]
A book is found behind a door in some ruins-like structure in Episode 3 of Noki Bay. The player can see it by turning the camera. There is a glitch in the game that allows Mario to reach the book, but there is no known way to get out of the structure afterward. (The door does not work from any side and it looks different from the doors in the hotel in Sirena Beach.) This may be a beta element, easter egg, or just a detail that was never meant to be taken seriously. [2]
Test Level
A test level is playable through an Action Replay. There the player can see Rock Blocks that were edited out, possibly in favor of Watermelons. [3]. The giant Strollin' Stu appeared but didn't he have his two-eyed onion-like mask. It is hard to see him since he falls through a wall in a pit when the level starts. Near the back of the level, there is a SnowCone stand. Mario can bounce on the top as if it were an umbrella or other bouncy object. There was also a Noki that was covered with goop in the level. When Mario finished cleaning him, Mario could see he didn't have a shell.
There are six red coins in the level, along with one gold coin. There is also a shine sprite, that if the player were to get it, save, and turn the game off, they would then not have to play the beginning part of the game. The game will continue normally, with no extra shine sprites or any signs that the test level has been accessed.
The giant Strollin' Stu is actually a yellow figure with an eye at the top. This is how he appears in the test level. In the Spaceworld trailer, he is wearing an onion-like mask that has two eyes on it. If one were to hack the game, one of his sprites would show him wearing a skull-like mask.
Test Level Gallery
- SMS test lvl view.PNG
A view from one of the highest points of the test level. - SMS test lvl view 2.PNG
Another view of the test level. - Stu front.PNG
Strollin' Stu in the test level. - Stu top.PNG
A top view of Strollin' Stu. His eye is visible here. - No body.png
A Noki in the corner of the test level that has no shell. - SMS Error.PNG
A message that is displayed whenever the player reads a sign or talks to somebody. (applies to this level only) - Random Can.PNG
The unused oil can-like object that Mario can run into. - Snowcone stand.PNG
A snowcone stand near the edge of the test level. - Floating log.PNG
A log floating in the ground of the test level. It makes the ground around it wavy as if it were water.
Mystery of the Delfino Express
The Japanese version of the game contains an extra ARC that was removed from later releases, named message.szs. Its only contents are two message files, named station.bmg and system.bmg. One contains a list of stations and harbors for the levels, while the other contains dialogue for buying tickets and getting them stamped. As a number of the locations listed are landlocked, it must be concluded that these files belong to a scrapped train system for the island. Given the locations listed, this would have been the primary means of accessing levels in the game. Strangely, Pinna Park is among the listed locations, as are several other presumably island locations. This implies that either there was a bridge to Pinna Park, the train is a subway, or that Pinna Park was not always on the tail island.
station.bmg
The actual list is in Japanese, so the translated names are listed below. Notice that this list is very similar to the list of levels given in the unused title screen menu, except that Lighthouse Island is new. In the final game, the only lighthouse on the island is in Delfino Plaza.
- Dolphic Town Station
- Rico Harbor Station
- Bianco Hills Entrance
- Mamma Beach Station
- Sirena Beach Station
- In front of Hotel Delfino
- Pinna Parco Station
- In front of Hotel Lacrima
- Mare Village Harbor
- Monte Village Station
- Erto Rock Station
- Battleship Island (TEMPORARY) Harbor
- In front of Flame Temple (TEMPORARY)
- Lighthouse Island (TEMPORARY) Harbor
- Corona Mountain Entrance
system.bmg
These snippets belong to what would be dialogue trees.
| Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|
| ご乗車 いたしま～すか？ はい いいえ |
Will you be riding with us today? Yes No |
| 乗車券を 拝見いたしま～す！ | Please let me see your ticket! |
| まで シュッパ～ツ進行！！ |
Now departing for [...]!! |
| ～！ | |
| ～！ | |
| またのご利用お待ちしておりま～す。 | See you next time! |
| ただいま にて 行きスタンプ絶賛発売中で～す！！ |
Right now, highly acclaimed travel stamps to [...] are on sale!! |
| ただ今 当駅にて 行きスタンプ 発売中で～す！ |
Right now, highly acclaimed travel stamps to this station are on sale! |
| 行きスタンプ ご購入され～ますか？ はい いいえ |
Will you be purchasing a travel stamp? Yes No |
| ご利用 ありがとうご～ざいます！ | Thank you for travelling with us! |
| 行き | Bound for [...] |
| にて販売中で～す！ | [...] bound for [...] on sale now! |
| 価格は ソルコインで～す！ |
The price comes to [...] Sol Coins! |
| やめる | Cancel |
| やめる | Cancel |
Gallery
An early logo used in E3. - Ss ms pre12.jpg
Mario squirting water in an early version of Bianco Hills. - Gooperbeta.JPG
Gooper Blooper's early design, Mario's Health Meter, and F.L.U.D.D. all look very different from their appearances in the final version of Super Mario Sunshine. - Tramplin' Stu.jpg
A giant Strollin' Stu-like creature, cut out of Super Mario Sunshine. Also note that there's another early Health Meter. - Old FLUDD.jpg
F.L.U.D.D.'s old, thinner design. - Beta.jpg
An unused human citizen of Isle Delfino. - Old Plaza.jpg
An unused plaza on Isle Delfino. Some goop that does not appear in the final version is also seen. - Super mario sunshine 003.jpeg
Sirena Beach's early Warp Pipe entrance which is known as original Mario Bros. pipe. - Ss ms pre07.jpeg
The Brown, unused Pokey. Note the white flowers. - Ss sms pre135.jpg
Mario and a green Yoshi on a bridge at Pianta Village. - Mariosunshine betapic.jpg
Mario and a green Yoshi stomp on a Strollin' Stu that is never there in the final version, and the water meter has F.L.U.D.D.'s icon. - Super-mario-sunshine-7.jpg
Petey Piranha's head popped out of the Goop Generator. The final version has a different Piranha Plant head, and was covered in toxic Goop. - Super mario sunshine1b.jpg
Note the crates as there were only two crates in Delfino Plaza and also a black Pianta species. - Ss ms pre00.jpg
This type of palm tree is very thin, unlike the palm trees of the final version. - ShellSecret photo.jpg
Mario in the Shell, in an early version. - Mario-sunshine-11.jpg
Mario and Green Yoshi. Note Green Yoshi was not used at all in the final version. - Wiggler and puffy.PNG
A Poink in Gelato Beach. - Unused beta platform level SMS.PNG
The early version of "The Hillside Cave Secret." - Fat blob beta.PNG
An earlier design of a Swoopin' Stu. 
A Goomba creature. 
An odd image found with pollution textures. - SMS Beta Petey.jpg
Mario fighting Petey Piranha in the beta Bianco Hills.
