

Icons used back when the game wasn't Super but simply Mario Maker are split between a few files, in /Layout/Edit_TestDragBtn_00.szs, /Layout/Edit_TestPostBtn_00.szs, /Layout/Edit_TestListBtn_00.szs and /Layout/Test_ActorBtn_00.szs.Ī drawing of Nikki, the Mii character originating from Swapnote is found in the game's Layout folder, simply titled image.jpg. In the base game, two files in vol/content/Layout have E3_DebugMenu in the name, being E3_DebugMenuNormalBtn_00.szs and E3_DebugMenuSelectBtn_00.szs, suggesting a Debug Menu is present in the E3 build of the game. Oddly, it's not in the standard Wii U BFFNT font format - it's just an image with no extra data. The file is a leftover from the official NW4F "LayoutViewer" tool NW4F/LytTool/LayoutViewer/Cafe/data/gx2_font/debug_font.gtx. This rather boring font image is in vol/content/Pack/System.pack/System/Font/debug_font.gtx. Since this game does not have this kind of platform, or even pools of water, it is likely that this design was meant for one of the other platform types. Just like the bridge tile, there's another unused red coin graphic in this style.Ī preview icon for the water-floating platform from Lemmy's Castle in Super Mario World exists. There's a bit of a theme here - the thicker castle bridge returns for all tilesets except the castle's, though this time it's identical to the Super Mario Bros. This is actually more reminiscent of the original Koopa Clown Car from the original Super Mario World.

The Koopa Clown Car has alternate "hurt" sprites with much simpler shading than the final version. Unused Stretch returns, now in 16-bit! All in all, it looks like Stretch was originally going to be a bit scarier. However, even through enabling wall jumps, the wall_kick sprites can't be seen at all.Īll the hipdrop and wall_kick sprites use slightly different palettes to the final sprites, being darker and more vibrant than the softened final sprites, suggesting they were directly ported from Super Mario Bros. By editing either game's control files to enable ground pounding, these sprites can be seen. While this also applies to the Super Mario World theme, it should be noted that (through hacking) the "hipdrop" sprites can be seen in-game. Strangely, Fire Mario is missing out on the unused wall jump party, and Small Mario's sprite is identical to the used one. These jumping Marios more resemble the "traditional" Mario jump, but their name of "wall_kick" suggests they were for wall jumping, which is also only available in the New Super Mario Bros. 13.5 Magikoopa and Skewer Placing Sound.
