Super Mario Maker

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Super Mario Maker

Developer: Nintendo EAD Group No. 4
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii U
Released in JP: September 10, 2015
Released in US: September 11, 2015
Released in EU: September 11, 2015
Released in AU: September 12, 2015

This game has unused graphics.
This game has regional differences.
This game has revisional differences.

This game has a prerelease article

Super Mario Maker finally lets players (officially) make their own courses, using elements from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U.

To do:
Any more placeholder files? See NWPlayer123's twitter

Unused Graphics

To do:
Mario has (supposedly) unused sliding sprites. Check if they are used in game.

Super Mario Bros.

Big Mushroom Alternate Sprites

In the game, collecting a Big Mushroom switches most enemies to use alternate sprites as well as some other effects. However, the final Big Mushroom version of the Koopa Clown Car uses a sprite with just a moustache added to the original, leaving this..."Mario Clown Car" unused.

These sprites of Bowser and Bowser Jr. carrying Peach and Luigi respectively are also unused; the used sprites give each enemy a hat/moustache as well.

This sprite seems to be for the Luigified cannonball (cruel indeed), but the final version is animated and has a slightly different palette.

This sprite seems to be an early Marioified Underground Goomba, but the final version has a different moustache, wears a Mario hat and doesn't even recolour Goombas when underground.

Big Steely / Tear drop sprites

Found in the same location as the alternate Clown Car sprites are these sprites for Big Steely from Super Mario World and a tear drop, both of which do not appear anywhere in the final game.

Unused Stretch sprites

These sprites for the enemy Stretch are very different to the final version, being less defined and using different colours and a different face. They also appear quite temporary and seem to have Big Mushroom alts.

To do:
Finish adding the rest of the unused sprites. Crouching SMB1 Mario is used, but check for other recoloured enemies. Add comparisons with final.

Super Mario World

Placeholder Graphics

Placeholder graphics for Mario and his cape exist, which are simply the original shape but with an X on it.

Unused move sprites

To do:
Pictures.

Some graphics have strange internal names referring to moves from the New Super Mario Bros. series.

"hip_drop"

The internal name for the "sliding" sprites. "Hip Drop" is an alternate name for the Ground Pound move from NSMBU, meaning this move was meant to be in other game modes.

A placeholder version of this sprite exists.

"wall_kick"

The internal name for the alternate jumping sprites. "Wall Kick" is another name for the Wall Jump move from NSMBU, meaning it was meant to be used too.

Sample Course Image

A couple of placeholder images reside in /Model/Jpeg.szs. The first image is similar to the one (accidentally) seen in an earlier revision.

Nikki Photo

Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically:

Was this image used as promotional material elsewhere? The EXIF dates back to October 4, 2012.

A drawing of Nikki, the Mii character originating from Swapnote is found in the game's Layout folder, simply titled image.jpg.

Early Icons from Splatoon

Found in /Layout/ItemIcon_00.szs are a bunch of images from... an early version of Splatoon?

Gear

Weapons

Sub/Special Weapons

Burst Bomb
Suction Bomb
Splat Bomb
Squid Beakon
Disruptor
Splash Wall
Sprinkler
Bubbler
Inkzooka
InkStrike
"BigLaser"? Presumably an early Killer Wail

Placeholder Icon

This image was used for weapons that didn't have an icon yet:

wsb_bomb_chase.png (Seeker)
wsb_timertrap.png (Ink Mine)
wsb_allmarking.png (Echolocator or Point Sensor)
wsb_freebombs.png (Bomb Rush)
wsb_kingsquid.png (Kraken)

(Source: NWPlayer123, rips by Dr. Yay [1])

References to Cut Costumes

The /Mush/CharaMarioTable.byaml file contains data related to the Costume Mario transformations. Among these are 13 costumes that never made the final cut, all of which were removed in the v1.01 patch and onward.

A(1.0)
B(0.95)
BabyMario
BalloonFight
C(0.9)
D(0.85)
EGadd
GoldenRetri
MarioUs
Mashiko
MrSaturn
Muncher
Nabbit
PinkRabbit
Popo
Tetris
WindowsLogo

It should also be noted that BalloonFight, MarioUs, MrSaturn, PinkRabbit and Popo's sound effects still exist in /Sound/CharaMario. They contain sound effects from the games Balloon Fight, Super Mario Bros. 2, EarthBound, Collectible Badge Center, and Ice Climber respectively.

To do:
Upload the sounds.

Placeholder Files

A handful of empty files can be found in the game's data. Most of them refer to objects already in the game, but one set seems to reference a cut enemy.

Bullet Bill

m3_lyt_p_killer_00

mw_lyt_p_killer_00

"Killer" is the Japanese name for Bullet Bill. While Bullet Bills are in the game, it is not possible to place these enemies directly in a course. The files are only present for the Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World game styles. Even though Bullet Bill has two forms in the game, regular and homing, only one file is present per theme.

Sun

m3_lyt_p_sun_00
m3_lyt_p_sun_01

mw_lyt_p_sun_00
mw_lyt_p_sun_01

wu_lyt_p_sun_00
wu_lyt_p_sun_01

These files likely refer to the Angry Sun, an enemy that has only appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 and the only sun-related enemy in the series. The files are present for all game styles except for the original Super Mario Bros. Each game style has two files, indicating the Angry Sun would have had an alternate form like most of the other enemies.

Shoe Goomba

wu_lyt_p_kutsukuribo_00
wu_lyt_p_kutsukuribo_01

Files for Shoe Goomba in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style are present, even though Yoshi replaces Shoe Goombas in this game style and Super Mario World.

Super Leaf

wu_lyt_p_superkonoha_00

A file for the Super Leaf in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style is present. The Super Leaf is replaced by the Propeller Mushroom when using this game style.

Internal Name

Super Mario Maker is named Block internally.

Regional Differences

To do:

The vocals when placing items in a course.
Compare the American and European versions.

R.O.B. Costume

Like with Mario Kart DS and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, R.O.B.'s coloration matches that of the Famicom in Japan and that of the NES elsewhere.

Japan	International

Editing vs. Creating

In the Japanese version, the clapper board that takes you to the course building screen says "つくる", which means "make", "create", or "build". In the American version, this was changed to "Edit", while the European version uses "Create".

Sunday Celebration

When the game is played on a Sunday, after the normal boot-up screen, the game will either display "Happy Sunday!" in USA regions or "Today is Sunday!" in EUR regions.

Revisional Differences

Version 1.01