Prerelease:New Super Mario Bros./2006

This is a sub-page of Prerelease:New Super Mario Bros..

Todo

• http://www.gamekyo.com/videofr5698_video-new-super-mario-bros.html / https://blog.xuite.net/arashi881/blog/13271874-NDS-%E6%96%B0%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E7%91%AA%E8%8E%89%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/planning-des-sorties-nintendo-46095.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-mario-ds-plus-d-images-47744.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-super-mario-images-et-pochette-47767.html
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-mario-ds-des-images-toutes-neuves-48019.html
• order each month's subsections by date
• some websites have reasonably high-res renders of the world maps - investigate
• Mario 35th anniversary JP site's history page has a prerelease NSMB screen: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/assets/images/history/games/new_smb/img-modal-03.png
• Gekkan Nintendo Tentou Demo 2006.6.1 and Gekkan Nintendo Tentou Demo 2006.7.1 discs have near-final footage/screenshots (but its not necessarily "new" stuff)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060413194108/http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2006/033006_nsmb_1.x e3 2006 or gdc 2006 demo preview article
• https://archive.org/details/new-super-mario-bros-podcast
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=sxy2D8kXdHk interview with guy in mario costume - has some late mvsl footage at least (wireless strength icon on the top screen), haven't checked if it's unique to this video.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150531002700/http://www.nindori.com/interview/159newmario/index.html
• European promo disc https://www.reddit.com/r/nds/comments/1bm9zs2/found_neverbefore_seen_gameplay_of_the_beta_of/
• https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/691781153021149184/promotional-photo-of-shigeru-miyamoto-presenting

Unk Date

• Nintendo Dream issue released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Magazine released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2)
• Two screens added to amazon jp page / Amazon jp page published (1

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Nintendo Dream (gamekyo filename 224)

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This screen shows Unused Level 5 in a later form. This shows that the level was removed after the desert tileset was changed to the final. Also notable is the Spiny, which uses the wrong sprite-set in the final.

A nearly finished Ghost House level. The candle flame in the background is missing, and the "?" Block is a darker yellow instead of gray.

An early version of 3-B, with only green pipes, and with a desert background. This could mean that World 2 was going to have another extra level [or a desert bonus in another world]

Nintendo Dream (gamekyo filename 427)

This screen shows that 2-4 was once an oasis like 2-2, or at least they marked it like that on the map.

This correlates with the existence of a screenshot showing the same block arrangements that appear in this level, in a grassland level.

The level does not have any desert-specific elements, other than the swelling ground - which supports the theory that this level may have existed with another theme/in another world.

To do: http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212018_0_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212022_1_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212024_2_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212031_3_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212038_4_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212044_5_big.jpg http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/30261020060427_212046_6_big.jpg

NOM 96

Screenshots

To do: 任天堂マガジン表紙・N.O.M2006年7月号 No.96

Interview

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• Originally Mini Mario had a big nose.
• Mega Mario used to be limited to specific stages, but Miyamoto wanted it to be usable in all stages
• "At first, [the world maps] was more bare-faced and had a childish atmosphere, like a miniature amusement park. Since the game featuring Mario is aimed at all ages, we were careful not to make it look too cute."
• They wanted the controls to be simple.

Future's Game Guide

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To do: ... Upload cropped scans

Both-Screen Screenshots
Visual

• The Big Star progress bar icon is sligtly different?

Misc

• There is no wireless icon.

One-Screen Screenshots
Misc

• The wireless icon is on the gameplay screen.

February

DS Conference 2006

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The screenshot on the DS Conference 2006 website and the video at the conference itself appear to be of the same version.

Level

• The section in the screenshot doesn't appear in the final. The block and bush arrangement and the position relative to the mid-point suggest it was an early version of the section with the Vine-containing block.
• The midway point is near the centre of the level, rather than near the end.

HUD

• The Coin and Timer icons have slightly different appearances and are centred.
• The Progress Bar marker for the Midway Point is a line, rather than a flag.
• The player icon on the progress bar is higher up than the final.
• The 'w' before the level number is a lower case, unlike the final game.
• Various elements are placed and sized differently in this version.
• The item storage only has one slot now.
• The three empty circles appear to be the first sign of the Star Coins, or something like them.

Famitsu

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These new screenshots first appear in a Famitsu issue from around this month and seem to have been released to the general press later.

Early	Mockup	Final

Most resembles World 3-1. Compared to the final, the theme is desert, there are coins on top of the pipes (something that doesn't happen at all in the final level) and all the pipes are green. The background scrolling amount suggests that the placement of this section along the level is the same in this build and in the final.

A later version of World 6-4, now using the final mountain background. The volcano tileset is still present, though.

Nintendo Dream

To do: Get a full scan

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This issue features the screenshots from the previously-released Famitsu, plus one not seen before. The new screenshot is probably from the same build.

Early	Final

Most resembles World 8-4. World 8-4 has the dark land theme, whereas this has the jungle theme. Blocks, coins and terrain were rearranged. You can see the unused "junglekusa" actor from the final game in use here, with earlier graphics. Judging from the background scrolling distance, the equivalent objects are in the final level are not in the same location in the early level.

March

• ?th two videos with artwork background released in this month or earlier - compare with final.
• ?th - Famitsu issue released. Has preview with new screenshots. (1, 2, 3)
• 29th - USA ROM built.
• http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news020306supermarioprod

todo: add the other set from tmk's "prerelease"-labelled screens

Screenshots

• https://www.gamekult.com/forum/t/ds-new-super-mario-bros-topic-officiel/122284/71
• https://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/JeuxVideo/Consoles/topik-unik-nintendo-sujet_83933_897.htm#t3306187
• http://web.archive.org/web/20060221133604/http://www.insidegamer.nl/content.php?id=9383
• https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/new-super-mario-bros-s-illustre-47174.html
• http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr14918_new-super-mario-bros-la-totale.html

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https://www.gamekult.com/forum/t/ds-new-super-mario-bros-topic-officiel/122284/87

Press Release

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GDC

Demo

Impressions

• http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/hands-on-preview/11217/new-super-mario-bros-nintendo-ds

Videos

• https://web.archive.org/web/20061018221322/http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9854&type=wmv&pl=game
• https://web.archive.org/web/20061017050605/http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9854&pl=game&type=mov

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April

• • April ?th - Nintendo Power issue 202 released. Unknown what it contains in terms of previews.

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todo: add other ign-exclusive screens https://uk.ign.com/images/games/new-super-mario-bros-nds-682879?page=4

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more of them, and earlier date (11th) found here: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20060411/mario.htm

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• • May ?th - Nintendo Power issue 203 released. Unknown what it contains in terms of previews.

E3 2006

Screenshots

To do: add press kit as ref

Level

• The patch of mushrooms on the ground moved a block to the right in the final.

Visual

• The Coin and Timer icons have slightly different appearances.
• The Midway Point Flag has a stand, like in the sequels.
• The player icon on the progress bar is higher up than the final.
• The streak behind the lives HUD is a different shape.
• Red Koopa has a darker shell than the final. The old palette is left unused in the game's files in root/obj/nokonok0256_ncl.bin.

Misc

• Oddly, Mario has activated the midway flag, yet is behind its location.
• Despite the score popups appearing, the player seems to have gained a massive 0 points from smashing up the level.

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Levels

• The first Toad House is green instead of red.

Visual

• Lines connecting worlds are blue. Also, the lines that connect locked worlds are not dotted.
• The Star Coin counter has a slightly different appearance and is on the top-right.

Misc

• Some points on the touchscreen's map overview are misplaced unlike the final.
• The Star Coin Signs were moved back and forth a bit, between the prerelease version and the final. The 2 boxes containing the map overview and the "World 1" text were moved up slightly for the final.

The boss icon is a skull that is unused in the final and is replaced with Bowser Jr.'s icon.

Gameplay Screen: The mushroom platform is longer and has some Coins and three Goombas.

Information Screen: The Star Coin graphics on the bottom screen have black eyes.

There is a Fire Bubble here unlike the final.

The Cheep Cheep is higher.

A progress bar is visible, something that's not possible in the final game in this location.

The singleplayer mode button is labelled 'Mario' instead of xx and parts of the logo and copyright text have an ugly-looking light green border.

Trailer

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• https://chupnet.com/E3/2006/E306Part11.avi (press conference)
  • trailer is higher res + has sfx
  • ds b-roll (which can be found elsewhere I think) has a nsmb clip
• official nintendo magazine july 2006 dvd has a higher/different qualty version of the trailer compared to the online/cd press kit version - but still bad quality

Looks final, but I haven't checked carefully. Nintendo's Japanese E3 2006 website DS page says screens and video show games in-development, but that might not be accurate for all the screens/videos.

Press release

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Demo

Same as GDC demo?

Touch!-DS Site

ref: http://web.archive.org/web/20060623022100im_/http://touch-ds.jp/mfs/newmario/

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Japanese Official Site

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• this is from this site (early music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZygmvED4a8
• there is at least one more prerelease image on the site - check all of them

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USA Manual

To do: Get a better scan. Also, there are more pre-release screens in the manual (even if it's just HUD differences), inc. in the PDF version. Check other regions too.

The USA manual contains a pre-final screenshot used in explanation of the map screen on page 12. It shows an early bottom screen for the World 1 map. It doesn't correspond to the top screen screenshot on the same page. The manuals for the other regions and the PDF versions of the manual available on the official Nintendo websites were corrected [todo: add link].

(discovery: LeWario)

(scan: Ezradekezra)

Mario vs. Luigi Level Icons

The final in-game icons for the Mario vs. Luigi levels appear to depict early versions of the game (except for the grassland one, which just depicts a flat plain), although level design differences may be the result of them being mocked-up.

Underground

Early	Final

• There are coins atop the unsupported bricks.
• The background is an early version of the "near" cave background. The background can also be seen in prerelease materials.
• This may just be due to the icon's low quality, but the coins and bricks may be using an early design.

Ice

An arrangement of five bricks above an step in the ice.

Pipes

A low staircase of pipes, then a drop.

Castle

Early	Final

• The lowest ground is two blocks high.
• The square with the Mini Mario passage is only blocks high.
• There is a Question Mark Block just north-east of the Mini Mario passage, beside the brick.
• There is a three block high and a one block high ground protrusion east of the Mini Mario passage.
• This may just be due to the icon's low quality, but the castle tiles seem to be darker and the moving block seems to be lighter.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

June

• June 8th - Game released in Australia
• June 30th - Game released in Europe.
• new super mario bros had kiosk demo at World Hobby Fair June 2006 - probably post-final

Famitsu

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To do: get full scan

Famitsu issue 912 released, featuring New Super Mario Bros. on the cover. Unknown if it has a preview inside.

July

Nintendo Online Magazine

Issue 96 features developer interview and pre-final screenshots.