Editing List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content

{{italic title|List of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' pre-release and unused content}}
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This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

==Early iteration==
[[Nintendo]]'s marketing department initially pressured [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] to have the game use pre-rendered 3D sprites similar to ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.<ref>''The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World'', p. 518.</ref> The 3D models of [[Baby Mario]] and [[Yoshi]] used in the introduction are leftovers of this period of development.<ref>"''Due to the success of Donkey Kong Country, a similar CG visual style was considered for Yoshi’s Island before swinging the completely opposite direction. Early CG graphics can still be seen in some of the game’s cinematics.''" - ''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' 16 Bits Tab.</ref>

During development, the game was subtitled '''''Super Mario Bros. 5''''' on the Japanese logo,<ref>Akfamilyhome (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1286702763280277505 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> and was referred to as such in at least one preview.<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30, page 10.</ref> This was shortened to '''''Super Mario''''' in the final Japanese title, although the English localization retained the connection to ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Additionally, the game was said to be in development for the {{wp|Super NES CD-ROM}} add-on,<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #2, page 62. "''As mentioned in Nintendo News Network last issue, not much is known at this stage, but we believe that the Super CD will be the same size as the Super NES. It will connect by the external port on the Super NES and the two units will become one by piggybacking. Super Mario 5 is said to be coming out on Super CD.''"</ref> and was later rumored to be a 44 Mbit cart featuring [[Wario]].<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #22, page 11. "'''''MARIO STRIKES BACK!''' With Donkey Kong currently the star of the Nintendo camp, many people have been wondering where and when his arch enemy Mario will turn up next. Where’s the sequel to Super Mario World? Be patient, my pretties, for it is on the way. Mario will return to the Super NES next year in an all new adventure set to make his first Super NES game look like a stroll in the playground! The new Mario game will take up a whopping 44 Mbits of memory and will possibly be a two-player adventure featuring Wario! When will it be out? Will the cart contain Nintendo’s new 32bit processor? Find out soon in NMS.''"</ref>

Several gameplay mechanics were tweaked from early builds, such as Yoshi performing [[Egg Throw]]s closer to how they do in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] and being able to lick up yellow walls of dirt,<ref>lombTV. [https://lombtv.neocities.org/info.html 7/24/2020 ROM Information Dump]. Retrieved July 25, 2020.</ref> as well as [[Piranha Plant]]s needing to be touched to pop after withering.<ref>potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/potatoTeto/status/1286788081161580555 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a Yoshi's Island prototype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref>

==Early concepts==
*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>
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. Most prominently, several assets indicate that Yoshi was planned to ferry an infant wizard rather than Baby Mario; the wizard would use their magic to facilitate Yoshi's various transformations, turning Yoshi eggs into sentient vehicles while encasing themself and Yoshi in a bubble. In a leaked prototype build dated to December 6, 1994, the wizard was still present as a form that Baby Mario could turn into through the use of an item, with this iteration being able to turn certain enemies into objects with spells. There were also two different versions of [[Hookbill the Koopa]]: one with a mohawk and a head shape resembling that of [[Birdo]], and the other having a more [[Koopalings|Koopaling]]-like appearance with a face reminiscent of Yoshi. Other early sprites include a large-lipped [[Message Block]], an early version of [[Harry Hedgehog]] that would have used an attack similar to [[Sonic]]'s Spin Dash, a different [[Burt]] design with a nightcap and larger eyes, an early version of the second phase of the [[Baby Bowser]] fight involving him transforming into a [[Giant Bowser|giant version of his adult self]] as a send-up of the scrapped adult Mario transformation planned for Powerful Mario, and graphics for a different goal that would have used the balloon pump from [[Don't Look Back!]] in a similar fashion to the [[End of Level Target]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', just with four items set where the light bulbs are positioned rather than being shuffled like a roulette.<ref name=TCRF>[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref>
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YI Beta Burt.png|A [[Burt]]-like creature
YI BigCheep.png|A [[Big Cheep Cheep|big Flopsy Fish]]
YI Rocketu.png|A [[Lakitu]] in an airplane, resembling [[Roketon]]
YI BoneYoshi.png|A skeletal [[Yoshi]],<ref name=TCRF/> resembling [[Dry Bones]]
YI RockyWrench.png|A [[Rocky Wrench]]
YI Hookbill test.png|An early [[Hookbill the Koopa]]
YI BetaBowser.png|An early Big [[Baby Bowser]], resembling adult [[Bowser]]
YI GiantBomb.png|A big [[bomb]] to be used instead of [[Giant Egg]]s against Big Baby Bowser
</gallery>

==Unused graphics==
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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 name=TCRF/> 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
SMW2YoshiSkiJump.gif
SMW2CarEarly.gif|An early sprite of the [[Car Yoshi|Vehicle]] transformation
YoshiPlane.gif|An unused plane transformation
SMWYoshiPlane2.png
YoshiShroom.gif|An unused mushroom transformation
SMW2YoshiMush.png
SMW2YoshiMush2.png
YoshiTree.gif|An unused tree transformation
SMW2LittleTrainEarly.gif|An early Train crossing the rails. The final version has a red "nose" instead of matching the Yoshi's color
SMW2BabyMario.png|Several unused Baby Mario sprites. The kanji is 仮, meaning "temporary"
SMW2MarioCrawl.gif|An unused sprite of Baby Mario crawling. Similar sprites were originally used when hit instead of floating away and crying in a bubble<ref name=TweetTwo>Akfamilyhome (July 24, 2020). [https://twitter.com/Akfamilyhome/status/1286715945197527040 Twitter post featuring gameplay of a ''Yoshi's Island'' prototoype]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> and an unused minigame.<ref name=minigame2/>
SMW2MarioPose.png|An unused sprite of Baby Mario striking a victory pose
SMW2BonusMario.png|A sprite of Baby Mario sitting in a different art style than the used Baby Mario sprites, meant for an unused minigame.<ref name=minigame3/>
BitingBulletBill SMW2.png|An unused but fully coded [[Bull's-Eye Bill|Missile Bill]], but it appears in the level [[Endless World of Yoshis]] in the [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|GBA port]]
SMW2Bobomb2.png|An unused [[Bob-omb]]-like transformation<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0#Bomb|Proto:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/ys romX 0#Bomb]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 30, 2021.</ref>
Bob-omb YI.gif
SMW2BigBooEarly.gif|An early sprite of a [[Big Boo]]
SMW2BooEarly.gif|An early sprite of a [[Boo]]
SMW2ChompEarly.gif|A mockup of an [[Incoming Chomp]] using the right half of the sprite. The game only uses the left half and mirrors it. This does appear in the GBA port, however.
Yi spotted nipper.gif|Either an early [[Nipper Plant]], a [[Muncher]], or an early [[Piranha Plant]] bud
Yi sluggy.gif|An early [[Sluggy]]
SMW2Wrench.gif|A spinning wrench, indicative of [[Rocky Wrench]]es
SMW2Mole.gif|The lower half of the removed Rocky Wrench
SMW2ShyLift.gif|An unused animation of a [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] reeling in a fishing pole. The feet and fishing pole 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>
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/>
SMW2 Snifit unused.gif|A mockup of the Snifit with the propeller used by Toadies in the final.
SMW2AllStars.png|Sprites of a Shy-Guy and [[Tweeter]] from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' 
Smw2banditshocked.png|A defeated pose for [[Bandit]], intended for minigames
Smw2 dk2.png|A large [[Ukiki|Grinder]] resembling [[Donkey Kong]]
SMW2DragonCoin.png|A [[Dragon Coin]], which may have possibly been replaced with [[Smiley Flower|flower]]s
SMW2QuestionBlock.png|A [[? Block]]
SMW2OldCrate.png|An alternate sprite of a [[crate]] found in the stone bridge tileset, as the final one is depicted on it front side, and lacks the question mark
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==Unused music==
The following tracks sound like distorted versions of the file select theme. They are related to the main theme, which suggests that they might have been used at one point during development but were scrapped. Baby Mario's cry can be heard in the introduction. The MIDI data contained might have had parameters changed.{{ref needed}}
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|file1=SMW2YI Unused Song.oga
|title1=Unused song
|file2=YI Unused Song No Intro.oga
|title2=Unused song (no intro)
}}

==References==
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