List of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga pre-release and unused content: Difference between revisions

[[File:MLoriginaltitle.PNG|thumb|300px|The original logo for the game's international release, shown at [[Wikipedia:Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 2003.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbc6DoBqOQ ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' E3 2003 trailer]. Retrieved June 23, 2015.</ref> Note its similarities to the game's {{media link|MLSS Japan box art.jpg|Japanese logo}} with the decorative bean design.]]

[[Wario]], [[Fox|Fox McCloud]], [[Captain Olimar]], [[Samus Aran]], [[Toon Link]], and an [[Excitebike|Excitebike Racer]] were intended to appear in the [[Starbeans Cafe]] after [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] create a drink.<ref name=TMK_MLSS>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/m&lss_lost.shtml themushroomkingdom.net] Accessed 8 March 2009</ref>. The Excitebike Racer is the only character to not be portrayed in the game's art style, instead remaining as an 8-bit sprite. Despite originally being intended to only appear once, [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]] replaces all of these cameo appearances in the final game.

Beta MLSS Olimar.PNG|[[Olimar]]

Olimar’s text would appear on the screen the same way the item text does (such as “''You got a Mushroom!''”), meaning he would not have a speech bubble.

The game's data includes sprites of a cloaked [[Beanish]] character, an early sprite of [[Lady Lima]],<ref name="salafrog">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfN08noR6sk Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga: More Beta Sprites]</ref> and an unused color palette for [[Boddle's assistant]]. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', Boddle's assistant uses this alternate color palette instead.

Originally, the [[Bean Fruit]]s were each intended to be a different color, rather than being all colored purple as in the final game. Descriptions exist for items called "Neon Beans" that match the unused Bean Fruit colors. The text "You got a [[Game & Watch]]" is also present, but no other data for a Game & Watch item exists. An item named "Spiritual Bros." may have been a [[badge]]. A badge named [[Soulful Bros.]] exists in the final game, so [[Nintendo]] may have attempted to rename this item.<ref name=TMK_MLSS/><ref name="salafrog"/> There are also unused sprites for [[Badge]]s in blue and yellow-orange colors, red and green [[Block]]s without "M"s or "L"s, a closed book similar to open ones in [[Beanbean Castle]], and an unremarkable key. The latter was intended to be displayed for key items in a similar manner to badges having badge icons beside their names. The [[Oho Gear]] is unobtainable through legitimate means in international versions of the game. The gear, which raises Defense by 28, was changed in the Japanese release so that it is dropped by [[Beanerang Bro|Boomerang Bros.]]. ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' fixes this issue in all regions.

Eight unused music tracks exist in the game's files:

*Two rearrangements of the title theme from ''Tomato Adventure'', another RPG developed by [[AlphaDream]] in 2002 that uses a similar battle system to the one in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''.

*A version of the File Select theme with different instrumentation, possibly being an early version of the theme. This version uses the Game Boy's legacy channels in addition to samples for the lead. The harmonization, which uses the pulse channels in the final game, is interpreted as samples of choir voices, which would be how it is interpreted in the 3DS version.

Several unused battle backgrounds exist in the game's data, such as backgrounds for the starry room and electric-themed room from [[Woohoo Hooniversity]]. All battle backgrounds in the game are 512 by 256 pixels. During most battles, however, the player only sees a 240 by 160 pixel portion of each one, as very few battles (such as [[Trunkle]] and [[Cackletta]]’s Soul) make use of any kind of scrolling. This suggests that all battlefields were originally intended to feature scrolling, as would apply to later games in the ''Mario & Luigi'' series. In  ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'', the background scrolls whenever Mario or Luigi use a [[Bros. Attack]].

Beta MLSS Coins.PNG|[[Yellow Coin|Yellow]], [[Red Coin|red]], and [[Blue Coin|blue]] coins.

Beta MLSS Eggs.PNG|Early sprites of [[Yoshi Egg]]s, with duller colors

Beta MLSS Fly.PNG|Early sprite of what appears to be a [[Fighter Fly]] or a related enemy

CHB125Field.gif|An extended background for Beanbean Field

MLSS Peach's Castle (Japan).png|[[Peach's Castle]] in the Japanese version. The mushroom motifs are different

MLSS Peach's Castle.png|Peach's Castle in non-Japanese versions for comparison

M&LSS Border Jump Early.png|Early version of the Border Jump minigame

*[[tcrf:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga/Kiosk Demo|Prototype on The Cutting Room Floor]]