Prerelease:Super Mario Galaxy

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Super Mario Galaxy.

To do: Clean-up improve references mention of Italian Post-E3 2006 press event and possible press-exclusive video not shown to public: https://digilander.libero.it/mariomagazine2/galaxy-preview.html Prima guide prerelease screenshots (e.g. 1, 2 (src: CometMedal)) and concept art Iwata Asks There is an interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi about the game in the 225th issue of Nintendo Power Possibly new melty molten footage here https://youtu.be/qayisGNt-L4?t=3117

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Developmental Timeline

2006

• May - Super Mario Galaxy is revealed at E3 2006.

2007

• Nov. 1 - Super Mario Galaxy is released in Japan.
• Nov. 12 - Super Mario Galaxy is released in North America.

2006

May

E3 2006

Press release

Super Mario® Galaxy (temporary name)

Format: Wii™
Launch Date: TBA
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Action Platformer
Accessories: Wii Remote and Nunchuk Controller
Players: 1-2
Developer: Nintendo

KEY INFORMATION The ultimate Nintendo hero is taking the ultimate step … out into space. Join Mario™ as he ushers in a new era of video games, defying gravity across all the planets in the galaxy. Shake, tilt and point! Mario takes advantage of all the unique aspects of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controller, unleashing new moves as players shake the controller and even point at and drag items with the pointer. Mario essentially defined the 3-D platforming genre with Super Mario® 64, and this game proves once again that he is king. Players perform mind-bending, low-gravity jumps across wild alien terrain as they experience platforming for a new generation.

Game storyline: When some creature escapes into space with Princess Peach, Mario gives chase, exploring bizarre planets all across the galaxy.

Characters: Mario, Peach and enemies new and old.

How to progress through the game: Players run, jump and battle enemies as they explore all the planets in the galaxy. Since this game makes full use of all the features of the Wii Remote, players have to do all kinds of things to succeed: pressing buttons, swinging the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, and even pointing at and dragging things with the pointer.

Special powers/weapons/moves/features: Since he’s in space, Mario can perform mind- bending jumps unlike anything he’s done before. He’ll also have a wealth of new moves that are all based around tilting, pointing and shaking the Wii Remote.

Video 1

To do: is this video 1 or 2? check the press kit http://streamingmovies.ign.com/revolution/article/706/706565/wii_mario_02_wmvhighwide.wmv

Video 2

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Screenshot

Cropped from larger "playstyle" image.

Differences:

• Different HUD with a similar layout to Super Mario Sunshine's.
• The planet shown here is a low poly version of the early DiskFlowerPlanet.
• There are two Sling Stars as opposed to only one.

Demo

The same demo appears to also have been used at Nintendo World 2006, but with the language set to Japanese.

Videos:

• JuexFrance (now called Gamekyo)
  • Mario Galaxy se dévoile en vidéo [dead, not on wayback machine] (mirror: agadak.net (mirror: google drive)) (re-encode: JavyOO7 on YouTube)
• GCCafe
  • x (re-encode: CristinaDev on Youtube)
    • lower quality
  • x
    • lower quality
  • they had an E3 2006 DVD featuring direct feed video, supposedly, but it hasn't been ripped.
• IGN
  • Learning to Jump (E3 Off-Screen) (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Flying in Space (E3 Off-Screen) (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Batting at the Boss (E3 Off-Screen) (mirror: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u7RNXH6kVMc6qbHzxfeUBmU-vaJhTA_Q/view?usp=sharing) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Planet Hopping, Boss Bot (HD Off-Screen) (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Spider Boss (E3 Off-Screen) (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Exploring Space (E3 Off-Screen) (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: Salomon34Mario on YouTube, Liynkx on YouTube, modern ign)
  • E3 Demo Walkthrough (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign)
  • Matt and Mario (mirror: google drive) (re-encodes: newer ign [not sure what even this is]
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCMgNRv4ug (move to above - re-encode of one of the above videos)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skGH_Rrjlmw (move to above - re-encode of one of the above videos)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAIwt1pSusg (move to above - re-encode of one of the above videos)
• GameInformer
  • x (re-encode: Tho85 on YouTube)
• charbaxgv1
  • E3 2006: Wii (booth tour) [at 3:24]
  • E3 2006: Super Mario Galaxy Wii
  • E3 2006: Super Mario Galaxy Wii (2) (note: you can hear a staff member saying that you get an extra life if you collect 100 star bits)
• jeuxvideo.fr
  • Vidéo exclu #1 - Gameplay [unk original link] (re-encodes: newer jeuxvideo.fr [dead, not in wayback machine], mariomadproductions on YouTube)
• The Mushroom Kingdom
  • Playthrough #1 (mirror: google drive) (re-encode: mariomadproductions on YouTube)
  • Playthrough #2 (mirror: google drive)
  • Playthrough #3 (mirror: google drive)
  • Playthrough #4 (mirror: google drive)
  • [todo: more]
• Nintendo Official Magazine
  • Super Mario Galaxy [from dvd] (lossless conversion) (re-encode: ArchivesGameCubeTrailers on YouTube
• MLDEG
  • https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjs8h5
• Gamespot
  • Super Mario Galaxy (working title) Gameplay Movie (re-encode: newer GameSpot)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (working title) Interview (re-encode: newer GameSpot)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (working title) Gameplay Movie 2 (re-encode: newer GameSpot)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (working title) Gameplay Movie 3 (re-encode: newer GameSpot)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (working title) Gameplay Movie 4 (re-encode: newer GameSpot)
• Press The Buttons
  • x (re-encode: mariomadproductions on YouTube)
• GameTrailers
  • x (re-encode: John Cormier on YouTube)
  • x (re-encode: John Cormier on YouTube)
  • x (mirror: mariomadproductions on archive.org)
• x (re-encode: MarioLuigiVideos on YouTube)
• Gamekult
  • Gameplay à l'E3 2006 [now points to Dailymotion re-encode) (re-encode: Gamekult on Dailymotion)
• nintendo-difference.com
  • Super Mario Galaxy au Micromania Games Show
• Biocat
  • Wii: Super Mario Galaxy
  • Wii: Super Mario Galaxy part 2
• Cody Pollet
  • E3 2006 - F5 Games - Super Mario Galaxy
• Sampo Karjalainen
  • Super Mario Galaxy for Wii
• United Games (archive.org entry says this was originally released on E3Videos.com)
  • Super Mario Galaxy, Wii, E3 2006 - United Games / E3 Videos (mirror: Andrew Armstrong on archive.org)
  • Super Mario Galaxy, Wii, E3 2006 - United Games / E3 Videos - youtube upload.
• CaptainSpalding (or at least reuploaded by him)
  • Mario Galaxy
• Kikizo
  • Showfloor gameplay 1 (ctrl-f "Super Mario Galaxy) (re-encode: mariomadproductions on YouTube)
  • Showfloor gameplay 2 (same link) (re-encode: mariomadproductions on YouTube)

Articles:

• https://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/07/20/outer-space-and-mario (includes images)
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/28/super-mario-galaxy-suggestions (includes images)
• https://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/09/15/hands-on-super-mario-galaxy-2
• https://themushroomkingdom.net/smg_e3-06.shtml (includes videos)
• https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/screen-displays-an-image-from-japanese-video-game-giant-news-photo/1194022146
• https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Super-Mario-Galaxy/Volume-2-The-Developers/3-From-Uncertainty-to-Conviction/3-From-Uncertainty-to-Conviction-222643.html / http://archive.is/3Ph97
• http://parahaza.seesaa.net/article/28522503.html
• https://www.videogameszone.de/Super-Mario-Galaxy-Spiel-35946/News/Super-Mario-Galaxy-483180/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060901182707/http://www.gccafe.com:80/impressions/eric/supermariogalaxy.html
• https://www.nsidr.com/archive/e3-preview-super-mario-galaxy
• http://www.cubed3.com/preview/224/1/super-mario-galaxy-hands-on-wii.html

Images:

To do: (other photos from each user have already been checked for SMG) https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolelee/146075378/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/rich_lem/sets/72057594134244908/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatwhen/146011914 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30354124@N00/148844551/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/naan/145960630/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/30354124@N00/148844551/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/30354124@N00/148853427/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/naan/145960630/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/strikerobi/147726659/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/64577269@N00/219486660/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/palezer0/2536184383/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/palezer0/2537004514/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/punrufie/146615251/ https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=mario%20galaxy&sort=date-posted-desc&min_taken_date=1104555600&max_taken_date=1167713999 https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-posted-desc&min_taken_date=1104555600&max_taken_date=1167713999&text=mario%20e3&advanced=1

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  P1000744 | Another picture of Super Mario Galaxy. | Russell Schaeffer | Flickr

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  P1000745 | Gameplay footage of Super Mario Galaxy. | Russell Schaeffer | Flickr

Interview

• http://www.cubed3.com/news/5335/1/nintendo-wii-news-miyamoto-talks-mario-galaxy.html
• https://sourcegaming.info/2017/02/06/lost-brawl-interviews/

After-hours press event

https://www.videogamer.com/news/super-mario-galaxy-may-support-up-to-four-players

September

The "Wii Preview" event took place from 14 September in multiple places around the world:

• 15 December - London

Wii Preview

Screenshots

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todo: add wayback machine ign image pages and nintendo world report image page as refs

note: the "Mario GXX" labels are from the Photoshop "Slices Group Name" fields in the exif data from some JPG copies of the screenshots, or in some cases from the actual JPG's/BMP's filename

Video

todo: find video . NGTV Issue #04 December 2006 DVD has footage from the London conference.

photos of a video shown on the stage of the London version of the event:
https://www.gamekyo.com/news17445_la-wii-pour-le-8-decembre-en-europe.html

Demo

See the E3 2006 demo section.

November

Nintendo World 2006

Nintendo World 2006 (Nintendo World 2006 Wii体験会) was an event held in Tokyo in November 2006.

Demo

See E3 2006 demo section.

Website sceenshots

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2007

March

GDC 2007

Conference

• Shigeru Miyamoto said the game will be released this year.

Trailer

Shown during the conference.

https://uk.ign.com/videos/2007/03/08/super-mario-galaxy-nintendo-wii-trailer-gdc-2007-trailer

http://streamingmovies.ign.com/wii/article/771/771575/supermariogalaxy_gdctrailer_030807_wmvhighwide.wmv

Screenshots

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  Original filename of the/a JPEG copy: MarioG016.jpg

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  Original filename of the/a JPEG copy: MarioG017.jpg

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  Original filename of the/a JPEG copy: MarioG018.jpg

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  Original filename of the/a JPEG copy: MarioG019.jpg

July

does this exist?: E3 2007 press release

E3 2007

Trailer

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Gameplay videos

Many videoclips of the E3 Demo survived on YouTube:

General

• The mission name in the intro is located at the bottom of the screen.
• Star bit counter still has 3 digits.
• Coin counter is located at the top-left corner of the screen.
• Coins spawned by enemies still bounce much higher when they appear.
• When losing a life, all collected starbits are gone.
• Green disappearing platform is missing its metallic frame.
• Different Mario voice samples are still present.

Titlescreen

• The titlescreen music was synthesized.
• There is no shining on the titlescreen when preceding.
• Demo features a rather barebones looking level selection with early galaxy names.
  • It also features different sounds, not found in the final version.

Stargate Galaxy

• The text in the speech bubbles is not centered.
• Textmessages differ as well.
• The section with the sling star originally featured pull stars.
• Hand icon is slightly rotated.
• Flip-Panels inside the planet had different placements.

Honeybee Galaxy

• Life Mushroom used to look like an ordinary mushroom. A similar-looking model exists in the final game unused.
• In the Bonus Area with the Boulders, the Rolling Boulder Trails do not exist yet. The ?-Coin is also not present, and is instead replaced with a ?-Block.
• Bee Mushroom had a different design.
• The brick texture is different.
• The 2 Flower Platforms on the lower ledge of the starting planet have 8 Star Bits each on them, instead of the 8 Coins in the final.
• The Bee on the Fountain Planet doesn't turn to face you from a distance, however, in the final game it does.
• In the final game, there is a Bee that tells you how to climb the wall on the Queen Bee Planet. This Bee does not exist in Honeybee Galaxy.
• Along the side of the Queen Bee Planet, in the final game, there are Coins that guide you back to the front, from the side. These are Star Bits in Honeybee Galaxy.
• There is a 1-UP replacing the Coin on the Lonesome Honeycomb on the Queen Bee Planet.
• The ?-Coin on the Honeycombs spawns Star Bits, however, it just makes Coins appear in the final game.
• No toads on the final platform with the star.

Honeybee Galaxy Unused Text

Honeybee Galaxy	Honeyhive Galaxy
Welcome to the Honeybee Kingdom! Our queen rules this land.	Welcome to the Honeyhive Kingdom! Our queen rules this land.
New Bees must greet the Queen Bee!	New Bees must greet Her Highness, Queen Bee!
Boy, hauling honey is NOT easy!	Honey is HEAVY!
Oh, dear! Who are you?	And who might you be? A physician, we presume?
Actually, I really don't care who you are. I just need help.	No matter. We are in the most vexing predicament and require assistance.
For some reason, I'm extremely itchy all over. Could I trouble you to take a look and find out why?	The most furious itchiness plagues our entire being! It must be stopped! Please find the source at once!
Ooh hoo hoo! That tickles!♪	Ahoo hoo! That tickles! ♪
Oh! That feels great!♪	Ah...that feels goooood! ♪
Yes! Right there!	Yes, that's the ticket!
Why, thank you, New Bee! Next time I need something, I'll ask you.	My thanks! You have shown much bravery, New Bee. We trust that we may rely on you in the future!

Screenshots

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  Good Egg Galaxy's skybox has been left unchanged since the GDC 2007 builds.

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  Bowser is spitting a giant flame here. In the final game, this doesn't happen. Additionally, the planet that Bowser is fought on is an arena.

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  Buoy Base Galaxy's model is different, the low-poly model remains in the final game unused.

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  At this angle, the apple planets should be visible and the fan in the background doesn't appear there in the final.

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  The Apple Planets are in between where the Bean-Shaped Planets and Disk Planet would be, and the waterfall planet from Beach Bowl Galaxy is here, albeit in a VERY unfinished state.

August

do these exist?: Games Convention 2007 press release, video

GC 2007

Screenshots

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  Different starbit icon

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  Rocks still don't feature the red weak point.

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  Rotating stone platforms used a different model, borrowed from another galaxy.

Artwork

Not sure if this is associated with event.

Some preliminary US box art and an updated logo were released.

September

Famitsu 980

https://wiieveryday.blogspot.com/2007/09/famitsu-980.html

Artwork

Some new artwork was released:

• i_13493.jpg - Boo Mario
• i_13494.jpg - Rosalina
• i_13495.jpg - Mario
• i_13496.jpg - Bee Mario

October

Micromania Game Show

Demo

Se E3 2006 demo section.

November

Montreal International Games Summit 2007

Yoshiaki Koizumi conference

• https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16386
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdUCJlfa-hE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PzqbTJGe08
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha0yJXInbYM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msrU4lUjVA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz4ZjmSMk-I
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn5sZnSA9iw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CFO7qfC_zY

Yoshiaki Koizumi interview by the electric playground

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080929122513/http://www.elecplay.com/feature/11658

9th - screenshots

29 screens. Unknown if these are associated with an event.