The domed mushroom-like house is clearly a starting point, not unlike the START tiles of Super Mario Bros. There are four "Worlds", at least three of which have a Fortress (seemingly looking no different than the final) at the end. 3 games), and (for whatever reason) coin and score counters. On the top side of the border is Small Mario walking (albeit using very different sprites), the lives counter, the stage number (using a World-Level style similar to the pre- Super Mario Bros. Very different than the final, aside from the border and Mario's overworld sprite. Behind the logo, however, is a brown map-style drawing of the mushroom-shaped island used as the overworld at this point in development.
There are also visible eyebrows, and a smiling expression on his face during the jumping and running animations.Ĭolors aside, the logo is pretty much exactly the same as the final Japanese version, as is the wood border (although the border is one block taller here). (Source: Chris Covell ( 1, 2)) Earlier Buildįeatures Mario with red shoes and no gloves, similar to Super Mario Bros. The only known difference between the two builds seen at Shoshinkai is Mario's sprite work. Many more assets were found among the 2020 Nintendo leaks, and are covered here. Various remnants of early development, including some elements shown below and some that aren't, are present in the final game, the SNES Test Program, and the SNES Burn-In Test Cart. While some elements are pretty much done even at this early point, others were changed - some significantly. These are photos taken of the projector screen, published in 1989 issues of Famitsu and Famimaga.
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However, the chances of the full "1989 build" ever seeing the light of day are very slim due to the fact that Nintendo has a tendency not to leak or release unfinished builds of their games. While this leak didn't include the 1989 build itself, it did include many of its assets (such as early enemy and Yoshi sprites).
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In July 2020, the infamous Nintendo Gigaleak revealed the source code for many early Nintendo games, and Super Mario World was one of them. 3 appeared in the build and was fully functional.Īlthough the "1989 build" hasn't been seen since 1990, some photos of the build have appeared in Japanese magazines, and as well as some sprites from the build appearing as unused assets in the rom for the SNES Burn-In Test Cart. But, the most notable diffrents in the build is that the "Raccoon Leaf" powerup from Super Mario Bros.
3, such as some of the build's sprites for objects and enemies being more polished versions of Super Mario Bros. Furthermore, the build also had more similarities to Super Mario Bros. Some of these differences are that the build only had a total of 16 levels, a completely different overworld world map, and a completely different small Mario sprite. The "1989 build" was shown off in a Japanese magazine in 1990 and showed off many differences from the final game. The team then used this port as the foundation for all of Super Mario World. Even though this version of SMB3 was just a port, it did feature improved/polished 16-bit sprites with better colours and added detail. 3 to the Super Famicom so they could experiment with the new hardware. The original team of 16 people, started off by porting the Nintendo Entertainment System game Super Mario Bros. Development began in early 1987, making it one of the first games developed for the Super Famicom.