Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario
Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: April 19, 2007 Released in US: April 9, 2007 Released in EU: September 14, 2007 Released in AU: September 20, 2007 This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has a notes page This game has a prerelease article

Originally intended for the GameCube, Super Paper Mario is like the result of a high speed collision between Super Mario Bros. and Paper Mario.

Unused Stream

Super Paper Mario contains an audio stream of the main Super Mario Bros. 3 theme. This was probably used for testing purposes. The stream is appropriately named dummy_32k.

Early Graphics

Title Screen

An early title screen can be found in the file spmario.tpl. This is identical to the final version with two exceptions:

• The copyright year is 2006 instead of 2007.
• Thoreau's spot on the title screen is occupied by a strange ladder-type Pixl. This Pixl also appears in early screenshots of the game.

Player Graphics

GameCube Model	Wii Model

When the game was converted from GameCube to Wii, the player models were given a higher resolution (about 50% larger). The GameCube models are still on the disk, under p_(character). The Wii models use p_wii_(character). While most of the textures are identical barring the increased size, some images on the GameCube side weren't quite finished yet.

GameCube Model	Wii Model

The handle on Peach's parasol is properly transparent in the Wii version.

GameCube Model	Wii Model

The image for Peach's alternate hairstyle is an obvious temp image in the GameCube file, with the shortened hair being colored over. The GameCube image is also missing the ponytail.

GameCube Buttons

More GameCube version remnants are in effect.tpl. These are button prompts for the A and B buttons on the GameCube controller.

Squiglet

Early	Final

Found in file e_octar (Squig's file) are two unused Squiglet body types. The first is an early version of the pink Squiglet.

The second is a body color that doesn't match up perfectly to anything used in the final game.

Unused Enemies

Fly Guy

File Name: e_heiho_p
The first of four unused Shy Guys, this one has a propeller on its back.

Kamikaze Goomba

File Name: e_kami_kuribo
An odd black Goomba, its full name is found in its animation file. Given its name and appearance, it might have exploded on contact with the player.

Monty Mole

File Name: e_choropu
A familiar character in the Super Mario Bros. series, this enemy also appeared in the first Paper Mario game.

Monty Moles would have attacked by throwing rocks and popping out of walls.

Spear Guy

File Name: e_heiho_y
First appearing in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Spear Guys are Shy Guys with spears. Seems kind of obvious.

Stilt Guy

File Name: e_heiho_t
Another cut character that appeared in Paper Mario, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on, get this, stilts!

Underchomp 2

File Name: e_wanwan_3b
An odd monchrome version of the red, blue, and yellow Underchomp mid-boss.

Wiggler

File Name: e_hana_body / e_hana_hed
This would have been Wiggler's first appearance in the Paper Mario series, but it got cut. It seems pretty okay with that.

Other Enemies

Other unused enemies include a green Boomboxer (e_bolbg) and a purple Muth (e_manm2)

Unused Graphics

Blank Koopa

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In files e_nokoteki_j and e_nokoteki_j2 are copies of the standard Koopa sprite with the color drained. These were likely used by the game's artists as a reference.

Fracktail's Headgear

Interestingly, the Fracktail model has what appears to be a fake palm tree on his head, at the same location as his antenna. This was probably used for an earlier introduction for the boss. While the tree is removed from the Brawl trophy that makes use on the same model, the textures are still included. The textures are named zun_tree, zun_s_yasiha, and zun_yasinomi. (Those are the trunk, leaves, and coconut, respectively.)

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  zun_s_yasiha

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  zun_tree

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  zun_yasinomi

Unused Capture Cards

16 characters have capture card text that can't be viewed in the game. These were probably cut to keep the Capture Card number at 256.

Internal Name	Character	Card Text
ehelp_390	Saffron	This foodie runs Sweet Smiles, Flipside's finest eatery.	Her home-cooked dishes are out of this dimension.
ehelp_391	Dyllis	This crabby caterer runs Hot Fraun, a Flipside bistro.	She cooks breakfast for Tinga's hotel guests.
ehelp_392	Howzit	It's Howzit, the friendly item-shop entrepreneur.	He's got everything you want, and things you don't!
ehelp_393	Notso	Notso is the ultimate steely- eyed businessman.	Could he be Howzit's twin, separated at birth?
ehelp_394	Hoodin	This guy runs Catch a Dream, the card shop.	He pens the tiniest novels in existence.
ehelp_395	Boodin	He runs Fondest Hopes, selling big reads for small spaces.	He wears shades, but just for literary cred.
ehelp_396	Garson	This gossip gatherer runs the local beveragarium.	He was quite the party animal in his youth.
ehelp_397	Carson	This beverage slinger hears all the rumors around town.	He likes beverage slinging because it sounds dangerous.
ehelp_398	Inga	This innkeeper knows how to keep the customers happy!	She's a widow, but I hear she runs a weird fan club.
ehelp_399	Tinga	This modest keeper of inns runs a tight ship in her hotel.	She gets along well with Saffron, her former classmate.
ehelp_400	Flimm	This questionable dealer has a hidden underground shop.	The legality may be iffy, but the deals aren't!
ehelp_401	Flamm	This shady cartographer sells treasure maps.	He may look shifty, but the maps are apparently OK.
ehelp_419	Captain Gills	This cute fish lives in the canals of Flipside.	...Well, it was cute until it grew freakishly big.
ehelp_420	Heronicus	This adventurer is a hero of many faraway lands.	He's retired, but he still likes to get out sometimes.
ehelp_420	Blappy	Blappy is an alien elder from way-outer space.	He likes to ponder the secrets of the cosmos.
ehelp_420	Marbald	It's Marbald, the respected Cragnon elder.	He may look shifty and wrinkled, but he's reliable.