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Super Mario Sunshine/Unused Objects
This is a sub-page of Super Mario Sunshine.
Contents
test11.szs
 | To do: The drum can and file select brick block need gifs of their animations. |
Unused Sky
This early sky model is found within the files for the test map, though it is not actually used by the map. This sky model can actually be seen in the earliest screenshots of the game, as well as the Spaceworld 2001 trailer.
Ice Cream Cart
Found in test11.szs\scene\mapobj\yatai.bmd. Not only is this seen in the test level, but it also made a very brief appearance in the Spaceworld 2001 trailer. The canopy is functional, meaning you can jump off of it like a trampoline. Mario can also go through the handle which will result with him being in the ice cream cart. It could be that at one point Mario was able to push the cart but as the cart's wheels have no animations for moving, in addition to the glitchy nature of walking through the handle, this suggests that the feature was scrapped early. The concept of a mobile trampoline is nothing unheard of since there is a blue springboard in Noki Bay that Mario can carry around in the final game.
Soccer Ball and Goal
Also present in the test map, these are named internally as soccerball.bmd and soccergoal_model.bmd respectively. Interestingly, a similar all-white ball can be seen in the reveal trailer being kicked by Mario as he runs through Delfino Plaza. If the soccer ball is kicked near a Strollin' Stu, the Strollin' Stu will go after it and kick it.
As one would expect, Mario can kick around the soccer ball into the goal. Although these objects went unused, the concept still exists in the final game: in Delfino Plaza, Mario can kick three durians into a basket for a Blue Coin.
Drum Cans
Found in test11.szs\scene\mapobj\drum_can_crash_model.bmd and drum_can_model.bmd. There are two drum can models: drum_can_model is a normal model with a low poly count, while drum_can_crash_model has more polygons and bones to simulate, well, a crushed drum.
These were likely going to be scattered around Ricco Harbor or any earlier incarnation of said level. There is an animation for the crush model, but it is incompatible with the model.
Water Bottles
Found in test11.szs\scene\mapobj\bottle_large.bmd and bottle_short.bmd. While these are technically used in-game, the textures have mosiac-style censoring to block out the text on the water bottles in the US and European releases. Seeing as the test level was re-implemented into later versions, it would seem unnecessary to edit the textures.
Door
The door model below, named door.bmd, has four animations that are used by doorhotel, Hotel Delfino's doors. The doors are used in the test level but don't appear to have any functionality. The only functioning doors in the game exist in Hotel Delfino. Although these seem to fit right in with the stage, Hotel Delfino from E3 2002 trailer uses doorhotel, the one's used in the final.
| Image | Description | Image | Description | Loaded Into Scenes |
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Opened normally inwards |  |
Opened normally outwards |
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Opened quickly inwards |  |
Opened quickly outwards | |
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Closed blue door | |||
Rock Blocks
Found in test11.szs\scene\mapobj\breakable_block.bmd and test11.szs\scene\mapobj\breakable_block_break_model.bmd. Appearing in various sizes, this rectangular rock block has the same function as the watermelon block since both are destroyed with a ground-pound. It has one animation, breakable_block_break, which is for breakable_block_break_model.
Egg Generator
This paper-thin drawing of an egg is referred to as a "Yoshi Egg Generator" by the object list. There are two models for it. These egg generators appear in the directory egggen that are loaded into certain scenes.
| Name | Image | Loaded Into Scenes |
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| bad_gene_egg_model1 | 
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Manta Rays
| To do: Make a GIF of the swimming animations. |
Found with the files for every part of Pinna Park is a model of a trio of shadowy manta rays, called gatemanta, which swim around in little circles. They appear black or gray due to being untextured. They are roughly 2 meters in size each, making them a little bit larger than Mario. They seem to be based on the model used by Phantamanta, so they are rather high-poly and textureless.
Because they are stored with the common stage objects and only have one animation, they were probably meant to be decoration.
Gate Shell
Found in pinnaBoss0.szs\scene\mapobj\gateshell.bmd and pinnaBoss1.szs\scene\mapobj\gateshell.bmd. Its collision is gateshell.col and its animation is gateshell.bck, which shows it opening.
Early Stu Generator
Included with the Stu generator drawing is an early version of the pile-of-goop generator. It consists of five nearly-flat rings using this texture. It was likely included by accident due to the name similarity. None of its proper animations are included, and the final version's animations aren't compatible with it due to using a different number of joints.
Marble Ball
This hemisphere made of marble is located with the map files for the Corona Mountain boss fight and is simply named ball.bmd, along with a copy of it in .bdl format. Despite the ball being merely 2 cm in diameter, the texture for it is 512x512 pixels, making the ball model have the largest file size in the map directory. Together with the model is a pair of textures also named "ball" that feature incredibly faint ripples.
File Select Brick Block
Found in option.szs\scene\mapobj\fileloadblockojama.bmd. It is an unused brick block that uses the same animation of the used file select blocks. It's important to note that this brick block is different from the ones that appear in levels, which use the models brickblock.bmd and brickblockbreak.bmd.
File Select No Memory Card Block
Found in option.szs\scene\mapobj\fileloadblocknocard.bmd. It is yet another unused block that was to be used in the file select screen, and its name suggests it would be used if no Memory Card was inserted. However, if the game is loaded without a Memory Card or one is present but removed while on the file select screen, the regular "A", "B", and "C" blocks will still be used.
Unused Yoshi Nozzle
Kept with all the other nozzles for F.L.U.D.D. in mario.szs, there's a low-poly Yoshi Head called yoshi_wg.bmd (wg standing for watergun, the internal name of F.L.U.D.D.). It has no animations and is pointing upwards by default.
Unused Enemies
| To do: Document other unused "actors" with the level editor and write about Kug's and others' proper behavior. |
HinoKuri2
| Spaceworld 2001 Trailer | xxx |
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Found in test11.szs\scene\hinokuri2.
This large enemy was seen in the game's reveal trailer at Spaceworld 2001. Its name means "Fire Chestnut" (due to its appearance). The actor for it still works, but the model does not render properly due to it being made for a much older version of the engine. It stomps around, shaking the ground and spawns Strollin' Stus and eggs containing Goobles from the cone-like nozzle on its rear.
The outer layer of its head can be popped by squirting water at the third eye (!) on the top of its head, after which it will stop spawning enemies. It walks towards the origin of the map (X=0, Y=0) and if it touches a wall, it falls through the ground. It also has animations for diving into water. Unlike other actors, the object cannot be resized via the scale parameters in the map data.
The "2" in its filename indicates that there were at least two versions of the enemy, which is supported by the fact that there are enemy parameter files for both hinokuri and hinokuri2 in Delfino Airstrip's map. Even more interesting is that the hinokuri parameter file has entries with "boss" in the name: BossFirstAppear, BossAppear, BossFirstAppearTimeMax, BossHideTimeMax, and BossGravity. These indicate that either hinokuri is a boss version of this enemy or an alternate version involved in a boss fight.
A related model is a skull-like mask with horns that fits over its bulbous head. It has animations for rattling and splitting in half.
Kug
| To do: Can it be hacked into a level? |
A paper-thin living drawing of a Goomba, found in the files for Pinna Park. It has only one texture, so all of its animations are achieved through the movement of the model. It was used as a test character, as indicated by the actor list. In fact, it has three entries in the list, which refer to it as "typical enemy", "test enemy", and Goomba. It can be found in Episode 8 floating around under the floor, beneath the spinning clam ride. It is just under half the height of Mario, and shocks him when jumped on. Due to its location, it is difficult to interact with.
DoroKuri
| To do: Video of it hacked into a level. |
In the files for the King Boo battle, there is an unused variant of the Stu enemy called dorokuri, which is likely a play on the word dorobou, meaning thief. It is found in delfinoBoss.szs\scene\dorokuri. DoroKuri is a version of Swipin' Stu, dorohane, with legs and uses the same animations as Strollin' Stu, hamukuri. Like Swipin' Stu, DoroKuri steals Mario's hat.
As a matter of fact, the Mario hat and mustache that both DoroKuri and Swipin' Stu obtain is called dorokurihige ("Hige" means "mustache" or "beard"). Although Strollin' Stus and Flamin' Stus both appear in the King Boo battle, DoroKuri is never spawned, thus going unused.
Unused Object Features
Il Piantissimo's Face
While Il Piantissimo never removes his mask, he does have a complete face, which can be seen if you remove his mask via hacking or other methods. Interestingly, Piantissimo's face resembles the Running Man from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (and by extension the Postman from Majora's Mask), but with darker skin.
Eely-Mouth's Belly
The giant eel boss in Noki City has its esophagus and stomach modeled with a significant amount of polygons. Even though one of its attacks involves swallowing Mario, the camera never follows him inside, so the insides are never seen.
Stu Generator Animations
The drawing that spawns Strollin' Stus was originally going to be alive and animated to some degree. It has five texture animations, which make use of alternate textures. The first image is the texture that is used, for reference. The second is used for when the generator is being hurt. The third is for after the generator has taken damage, thus entering an angry state. The last image is for when the generator dies.
In the final game, the drawing simply disappears when it is sprayed.
Bloopad's Land Legs
The spongey squid-like enemy Bloopad only appears in Ricco Harbor, floating in the water. However, it has animations that correspond to hopping around on land, as well as being stomped. In fact, they are considered run1, while jumping out of water is run2. As they never appear on land and cannot be pushed around, this animation is never used. Furthermore, Bloopad's files are included with the scene for the King Boo boss battle room, but the enemy itself is never spawned. This would have been the one location to witness it on land.
Another thing to note is that Bloopad is also included in the files for the Coin Fish episode of Noki City. This would require yet another behavior for Bloopad that doesn't constantly jump around and inflate when sprayed. For whatever reason, Bloopad's files are included in ricco1.szs\scene\mamegesso, the second episode of Ricco Harbor (the regular level outside of the Blooper Surfing Safari area).
Blooper's Surfing Animation
It seems Bloopers were not always going to die when they fell in water, as they have animations for swimming, surf1. While yes, there are Surfing Bloopers, those are called surfgeso internally whereas the Blooper enemy is called rikugesso internally. Another thing to note is that Surfing Blooper's run1 animation is simply it swimming and Blooper's surf1 animation is it either jumping into water and swimming or falling into water and swimming.
Pinna Park Door's Opening Animation
Pinna Park's door has two models, pinnadoor.bmd, which is the closed door, and pinnadooropen.bmd, which is the open door. There is an animation for pinnadooropen, pinnadooropen.bck, which is the door starting out closed and opening up. However, Pinna Park's door is either closed or already open, so this animation goes unused.
Removed Cloud Layer
In the common sky model, there is a large disc stretching across the entire sky, which is completely invisible in-game. This pre-release screenshot reveals that it was once used for a light cloud layer. The UV map for the disc is still intact, as is the texture for it. As a bonus, the screenshot also shows the unused goop texture in use.
Ricco Ship
In the mapobj folder of any episode of Ricco Harbor is an unused model called riccoship.bmd, which appears to be a medium-sized wooden boat.
Ricco Log Ship
Also present in the mapobj folder of any episode of Ricco Harbor is an unused ship called riccoshiplog.bmd. The log-carrying ship can be seen in prerelease images and footage which have it near the freighter ship.
The logs have the same collision as a metal surface (which the rest of the ship has), thus the "metal surface" sound effect is used when Mario moves on the logs rather than the "wooden surface" one.
Leftover Data
Although Soarin' Stus do technically appear in the second visit to Delfino Airstrip, Swipin' Stus' files appear in dolpic_ex0.szs\scene\hanekuri\dorohane.bmd. The pile-of-goop generator that produces Strollin' Stus in Bianco Hills' first Episode is also present in dolpic_ex0.szs\scene\clauncher\generator_model1.bmd and it too is unused in this level. Unlike objects such as Red Coins and water bottles that have duplicate data in most levels, Swipin' Stus and the pile-of-goop generator do not have duplicate data in other level files and thus are not universal objects.
