It has a cone on its head instead of a flower like the final version.Īn animation of Mario with a red hat brim swimming. It's more evident that Mario is hitting Yoshi in the head here.Īn unknown creature dancing and on a row of Brick Blocks, shaking it in the process.Īn animation of Yoshi eating a yellow shell.Īn early version of a Wiggler walking. Various animations of Mario riding an early version of Yoshi. Several completely-unused Bowser cars, which may have been early concepts of the “Koopa Clown Car” hence the name. The palette file player-ninnin.COL depicts Mario with a unique green-and-red palette. The cape was made to inflate while flying, though the cape itself is much smaller here than in the final game. More animations of the winged Mario power-up. Mario himself has a slightly bigger hat here compared to the final version. A similar powerup, the Wing Cap, would later be implemented in Super Mario 64.Ĭape Mario's helmet was removed at this point. It seems that the Cape did not yet inflate while flying at this point in development.Īnother potential replacement to the Raccoon form that depicts Mario wearing wings. More animations of the helmet-wearing Cape Mario. The Raccoon form was replaced by Cape Mario, who originally wore a helmet. The same animation without the Raccoon attachments. More complete flying animations for Raccoon Mario that include frames with his hands on his head. The raccoon ears and tail are separate sprites. A near-identical sprite still exists in the final game, albeit unused.Īn animation of Raccoon Mario flying, an ability that would ultimately be given to the Cape. Another iteration of it ended up being implemented into Super Mario 64, where it was once again scrapped.Īn animation of Mario flying without a Cape. It seems to be resembling a midpoint flag but looks very different than the finale version. These graphics are similar to those shown here, but they aren't exactly the same, as the color of the hat's brim is different.Īccording to the file name, these are animations for a naval mine object.
3 that was replaced by what would ultimately become the Cape. Sprites of Raccoon Mario, a powerup from Super Mario Bros. They shoot out Koopa shells.Ī wind-up key likely meant to be attached to the cannons, although it looks huge compared to the small cannon.Ī sheet of early Mario sprites with a slightly smaller hat. The same small cannon enemy, as well as a larger one. A similar enemy, known as a "Kaboomba" (Taihōkun in Japanese), ended up being in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. OBJ files are found in NEWS\NEWS\テープリストア\NEWS_11\NEWS_11\hino\z-mario-4.Ī narrow tube that shoots out Koopa shells.Ī small, walking cannon.