Super Mario Galaxy 2/Unused Models & Animations

This is a sub-page of Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Unused Models

DinoPackunBattlePlanetLow

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Dino Piranha can be fought in Boss Blitz Galaxy. Its boss planet and the low poly counterpart were directly ported from Super Mario Galaxy, meaning the planet's low poly version retains its original E3 2006 design from the first game. As the player is always close enough to the planet, the low variant is never seen.

Kinoko

The unused Super Mushroom model from the first game still appears in this game's files. Despite not being used, it is loaded at all times, likely due to an oversight. Therefore, removing the file will crash the game.

Unused Animations

To do: Unused Silver Chomp animations

Mario Animations

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  BoneBreakEnd.bck

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  BoneBreakStart.bck

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  BoneBreakWait.bck

Mario has most, if not all, of his animations from the first game, including the unused ones. Some of Mario's previously-used animations, such as his crouch pose for the Cosmic Clone races, are not used in this game.

Oddly, three new unused animations were added... for Mario's skeleton. There are animations of him breaking apart, waiting as a collapsed pile, and reforming. Even when Mario dies from electrocution in the first game, he simply falls over like normal. This animation was cut before being fine-tuned, as one bone has a point rigged to the wrong bone, causing it to fly around when the model breaks apart.

Yoshi's E3 Animations

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  YoshiE3Wait.bck

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  YoshiE3WaitAlone.bck

Yoshi has a couple of unused animations with E3 in the name. Unlike most of the E3 content, these were not removed in later production.

King Lakitu Animation

An unused animation file StarPiceReaction.back shows King Lakitu being hit so hard that his glasses fly off, causing him to search his face for the spectacles. Oddly, his fingers and face are not animated at all. There is no animation for him putting them back on.

King Whomp Animation

An early version of King Whomp's appearing animation cutscene called "DemoOpening.bck" while the used one is called "DemoBattanKingOpening.bck". Originally, he just stood there while he waited for Mario and turned around as soon as he comes. His hands are also floating unlike the other animations.