Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the long-awaited third installment of the Smash Bros. series, featuring more realistic graphics, a new story mode, a crapton of extras, some changes in physics, and many heated debates about whether it's better than Melee.

Kirby
Two unused animations exist for Kirby's hammer attack, SpecialSWalk and SpecialSMax. One shows Kirby walking with the hammer out, and the other shows him swinging it at full force. These indicate that Kirby's hammer attack was going to be like King Dedede's Jet Hammer move.

Zero Suit Samus
An unused subaction and corresponding animation exist for Zero Suit Samus' Plasma Whip Side-B, labelled "SpecialSItemGet". There also exists 2 other unused animations that appear to go along with it showing Samus throwing something both forward and up into the air. They are labeled "SpecialSThrowS" and "SpecialSThrowHi" respectively.

Presumably, the attack would originally have grabbed items from a distance and slung them away as a projectile, a function that would have been unique to the character. It may have been removed due to it interfering when players were attempting to hit another player with the whip.

Fox/Falco
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Both Fox and Falco have an unused animation for what seems like their blasters misfiring. The animation is named SpecialNOff.

Giga Bowser
Giga Bowser has unused animations for picking up an assist trophy and throwing small items. However, since Giga Bowser cannot pick up items, these animations go unused. He also has an animation for clapping on the battle results screen. They are exactly the same as Bowser's animations, and are likely leftover from when they copied Bowser's files.

Wolf
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Wolf has an unused animation as well, but it is only a copy of Fox's Rapid Kick.

Sandbag
Sandbag has unused animations for being held in a grab. They go unused because in Brawl, Sandbag is considered an item rather than a character, like he was in Melee. What's interesting to note is that data in his 'moveset' file suggest that the ability to grab Sandbag was removed late in development, since it's pretty much complete aside from having no data for being held by Snake. The animation files are listed below.


 * ItmSandbagCaptureCut
 * ItmSandbagCaptureDamageLw
 * ItmSandbagCaptureDamageHi
 * ItmSandbagCapturePulledLw
 * ItmSandbagCapturePulledHi
 * ItmSandbagCaptureWaitLw
 * ItmSandbagCaptureWaitHi

Pokémon Trainer


The Pokémon Trainer has animations for jumping, falling, and landing. This was most likely intended for Subspace Emissary (SSE). As you went farther into the level, the Trainer would actually follow you rather than magically warping around. The animations are named Jump, Fall, FallS, Landing, LandingL, and LandingR.

Placeholders
These videos appear to be placeholders for cutscenes that hadn't been created yet. Attached to the end of some of the videos are frames depicting scenes that don't appear in the final game. The logo in the corner translates to Super Smash Bros Brawl: The Subspace Emissary.

Some frames depicting unused scenes:



Unused Cutscene
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An unused Subspace Emissary cutscene can be found in the ISO, but it's just the "Lucario Discovers Snake" and the "Snake's Cardboard Box" cutscenes in that order. This cutscene is horribly glitched and may have been a placeholder at one time.

References to Cut Enemies
References to scrapped Subspace Emissary enemies can be found in the enemy effects directory. However, all of the files are empty. They are:


 * ef_arrians
 * ef_bladeknight
 * ef_blossa
 * ef_blowm
 * ef_bonkers
 * ef_brontoburt
 * ef_byushi
 * ef_dyeburn
 * ef_gunnatter
 * ef_karon
 * ef_kyan
 * ef_met
 * ef_ploum
 * ef_torista
 * ef_waddledee
 * ef_waddledoo
 * ef_whauel
 * ef_wiiems

It is worth noting that Blade Knight, Bonkers, and Bronto Burt are all enemies from the Kirby series, who also happen to have trophies. Karon (Dry Bones) and Met (Buzzy Beetle), from the Mario series, also have trophies. The filenames of the textures for these trophies all use the same naming convention as the other enemy models. Also, while Waddle Dee and Waddle Doo appear in the game in King Dedede's special attacks, they are never encountered as SSE enemies.

Additionally, a list of text data for enemy names contains some of these scrapped enemies in English:


 * Aliians
 * Aliian
 * Blowm
 * Bublit
 * Mechaboom
 * Melorin
 * Plowm

Mizzo, which only appears in one stage and as a trophy, also appears in this list.

Perry
The textures for the Perry trophy (Kassar) are named PeachTexC through PeachTexF, which falls in line with the naming convention for Peach's textures. Furthermore, the model for Peach's normal umbrella is named WpnPeachKassar. This indicates that Peach was originally going to have Perry as her parasol weapon.

Mario Circuit


The Mario Kart stage actually has the entire race track modeled out. There are also some blocks and trees in the distance.

Green Hill Zone


Green Hill Zone has a lot of extra geometry completely outside of the view of the camera. In fact, Sakurai even pointed it out on the Smash Bros. Dojo when the stage was revealed.

Unused Stage Lights
Battlefield has a number of lights in the stage data that are either disabled or have the color set to black.

Distant Planet has a character light not used in any of the light sets. It would have added a noticeable green glow from below.

Smashville has a character light not used in any of the light sets for any time of day. It would have added a faint yellowish light from a similar angle as the sun at noon.

Mario Bros. has another white light coming from the right side. Unlike the other unused lights, this one is included in the character light set and is active, but has the transparency of the color set to max.

References to Cut Characters
It's no surprise that many characters would be cut from the roster, considering the number of characters in the final version. Unfortunately, the only hint that these characters might have been considered to be in the game are their effects files and internal references. The exceptions are Mewtwo and Roy, who also have an unused victory fanfare.

Like with the cut enemies, the effects files are all empty.
 * roy (from Melee)
 * toon_zelda
 * toon_sheik (believed to be Tetra from The Wind Waker)
 * dr_mario (also from Melee)
 * dixie (another Kong)
 * mewtwo (also from Melee)
 * pra_mai (speculated to stand for Plusle and Minun as their Japanese name is Prasule and Mainun, except they're referred to as Prasle and Minun everywhere in the game's code)

There are also blanked out images where these characters would have had their name tags. The order for these name tags is the same as in the slot list, with one exception: Wario and Mewtwo have swapped places.

References to Debug Characters
Located at in memory (NTSC-U), the string /fighter/mariod/FitMarioD.pac is found, yet left unused, which refers to a debug version of (not surprisingly) Mario. He also has his own character slot whereas the seven removed characters do not, suggesting MarioD was removed much later in development.

Missing Music
A large number of music tracks were removed from the final version. Except for a single empty file, only the filenames remain in the game's data. The naming conventions make it clear what the track's source series is (for example, "A" tracks are from the Mario series), though this does not make all tracks easier to identify.


 * snd_bgm_A11_MLRPG02 - An unspecified track from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
 * snd_bgm_A12_MORINOKINOKO - The name translates to "Forest Mushrooms". Due to its position in the list, which follows a general chronological trend, it is likely this track was the theme for Toadwood Forest, also from Partners in Time. It would have been yet another theme for the underground version of the Mushroomy Kingdom stage.
 * snd_bgm_C06_KAZENOSAKANA - The "Ballad of the Wind Fish" from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
 * snd_bgm_E04_COOKIE - An unspecified track from Yoshi's Cookie.
 * snd_bgm_G06_COMMAND - An unspecified track from Star Fox Command.
 * snd_bgm_J01_STAGECHANGE - An unknown track from a Fire Emblem game. Could have been related to the "stage change" that occurs in the Castle Siege stage.
 * snd_bgm_J05_ERABARESHI - The track Erabareshimono ("Chosen Ones") from the third Fire Emblem game.
 * snd_bgm_K02_SENTOUONIISAN - The battle theme for the New Age Retro Hippie from EarthBound.
 * snd_bgm_K03_EIGHTMELODIES - The "Eight Melodies" theme from either EarthBound or Mother.
 * snd_bgm_K04_SMILEANDTEARS - The ending theme, "Smiles and Tears" from EarthBound.
 * snd_bgm_K06_BECAUSE - The track "Because I Love You" from EarthBound.
 * snd_bgm_M14_WARIOSTAGE - Likely a track inspired by one of Wario's stages in a WarioWare game.
 * snd_bgm_N04_RADIOTAISO - The track "Radio Exercises", from Animal Crossing.
 * snd_bgm_Q03_SPORTSMEDLEY - Presumably a medley of NES sports game themes.
 * snd_bgm_R01_WILDTRACKS - A track from the game Stunt Race FX.
 * snd_bgm_S01_MAINTHEME - The main theme of Metal Gear Solid. Likely cut due to licensing issues.
 * snd_bgm_S09_BEATMANIA - The remix of the Metal Gear Solid theme from Beatmania. Would have been cut for the same reason.
 * snd_bgm_T04_HOWTOPLAY - Most likely the "How To Play" theme from Melee.
 * snd_bgm_U05_UCANDO - The song "You Can Do Anything" from the Japanese and European versions of Sonic CD. Likely cut due to licensing issues.
 * snd_bgm_W22_DX55 - An unknown track from Melee; the 55 may suggest that it was a rip of the Melee version of "Menu 2", song #55 in that game's Sound Test.
 * snd_bgm_X12_SIMPLEINTRO - Classic Mode Intro
 * snd_bgm_X14_ENDING - Classic Mode Ending
 * snd_bgm_X24_HOW2PLAY - "How To Play" theme. The file still exists on the disc, but is completely empty.
 * snd_bgm_Y##_ADV## - Several of these exist, presumably for Subspace Emissary purposes:
 * snd_bgm_Y06_ADV06
 * snd_bgm_Y12_ADV12
 * snd_bgm_Y18_ADV18
 * snd_bgm_Y19_ADV19
 * snd_bgm_Y20_ADV20
 * snd_bgm_Y21_ADV21
 * snd_bgm_Y22_ADV22
 * snd_bgm_Y23_ADV23
 * snd_bgm_Y24_ADV24
 * snd_bgm_Y25_ADV25
 * snd_bgm_Y26_ADV26
 * snd_bgm_Y27_ADV27
 * snd_bgm_Y28_ADV28
 * snd_bgm_Y29_ADV29
 * snd_bgm_Y30_ADV30

There are also references to a number of victory fanfares, which indicate that every fighter was to have their own unique fanfare at some point. In the final, Meta Knight is the only character to have a unique fanfare. It also references fanfares for Mewtwo and Roy.


 * snd_bgm_Z09_FLUIGI
 * snd_bgm_Z12_FKUOPA
 * snd_bgm_Z13_FPEACH
 * snd_bgm_Z14_FZELDA
 * snd_bgm_Z15_FSHEIK
 * snd_bgm_Z19_FFALCO
 * snd_bgm_Z20_FGANON
 * snd_bgm_Z24_FZEROSAMUS
 * snd_bgm_Z26_FLUCAS
 * snd_bgm_Z27_FDIDDY
 * snd_bgm_Z28_FPOKETRAINER
 * snd_bgm_Z32_FDEDEDE
 * snd_bgm_Z33_FLUCARIO
 * snd_bgm_Z34_FIKE
 * snd_bgm_Z37_FPURIN
 * snd_bgm_Z38_FMYU2
 * snd_bgm_Z39_FROY
 * snd_bgm_Z41_FTOONLINK

Removed Assist Trophies
During the first playable demo, Gardevoir was an Assist Trophy instead of a normal Pokémon like in the final game. It is likely that this was only done for the purpose of the demo.

An unused (and empty) effect file for Ridley is located at effect/assist/ef_ast_ridley.pac on the disc, suggesting that at some point Ridley was considered to be used as an Assist Trophy.

Unused Notices

 * You now have over 100 songs!
 * You now have over 100 songs!
 * You now have over 100 songs!

Unused SFX
Inside the game's .bsrar sound archive are two empty entries for what would be the announcer's title drop (e.g., screaming the game's name at the end of the intro). Kirby also has an unused sound effect inside the Bowser Copy archive. An unused sound file named mizuo_04 is a sped up male voice saying shinu tsumori (translated as "going to die").

Simplified sticker effects
Every character-owned hitbox in the game has an attribute known as its "type". Type is the concept of "what does the damage", and is used for distinguishing Arm attacks from Leg attacks (and so on) to apply stickers correctly. However, there are several clues in the coding of these types that show much more specific classes of attacks that go undifferentiated in the final game. For example, while the game is coded to recognize a difference in Hand and Elbow attacks, they're both buffed by Arm stickers and so there is no effective difference. More notably, it appears that at some point there were going to be Sword and Hammer stickers, but they all got lumped into Weapon.

There are a few other strange inconsistencies with the type system:
 * All Pit's attacks that use his bow (including his arrows) are Bow, but Link's and Toon Link's arrows are Weapon. (Note that the type is called "Bow" because the only known use is on Pit's bow; it may have been treated as something like "sacred weapon" by the devs.)
 * Ness's forward smash is Bat, but the Home-Run Bat item is Weapon.
 * Toon Link's shoulder-tackle of a forward throw is coded as Foot, which is probably proof that his moveset was cribbed from Link and then altered (Link's forward throw is a kick).
 * Many attacks that don't appear in the Subspace Emissary don't have types coded, and are instead Typeless. This includes several Final Smashes (including most of the movesets of Giga Bowser and Wario-Man), carrier items, and assist characters, so if for example one were to hack an explosive Crate into the mode, an Explosives Attack sticker wouldn't affect it.

Typo Fix
The original version had a small typo in Sonic's trophy description that was fixed in later versions.