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Due to various reasons (ranging from being of poor quality, being produced for a failed or soon-to-be-discontinued system or having its developer facing financial or legal woes), a game can end up being '''cancelled''' and cease production. Despite their status, concepts present in cancelled games can end up being reused in commercial releases and some cancelled games can end up being repurposed into different projects. | Due to various reasons (ranging from being of poor quality, being produced for a failed or soon-to-be-discontinued system or having its developer facing financial or legal woes), a game can end up being '''cancelled''' and cease production. Despite their status, concepts present in cancelled games can end up being reused in commercial releases and some cancelled games can end up being repurposed into different projects. | ||
A game in developement can also end up being '''vaporware''', a term for projects that are announced on which development is started but, for a possible variety of reasons, were never published. | A game in developement can also end up being '''vaporware''', a term for projects that are announced on which development is started but, for a possible variety of reasons, were never published. | ||
Following is a list of cancelled Mario games and vaporwares. | Following is a list of cancelled Mario games and vaporwares. Both should not be confused with [[beta elements]], elements from a game that are removed before release, or playable [[tech demo]]s rarely intended to be turned into commercial products. | ||
==List of cancelled ''Mario'' games and vaporware== | ==List of cancelled ''Mario'' games and vaporware== | ||
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|''[[Virtual Boy Mario Kart]]'' || [[Virtual Boy]] || Also cancelled due to the discontinuation of the Virtual Boy. | |''[[Virtual Boy Mario Kart]]'' || [[Virtual Boy]] || Also cancelled due to the discontinuation of the Virtual Boy. | ||
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|[[Argonaut Yoshi platformer|Argonaut ''Yoshi'' platform]] || [[Nintendo 64]] || | |[[Argonaut Yoshi platformer|Argonaut ''Yoshi'' platform]] || [[Nintendo 64]] || Third-party pitch unapproved by Nintendo. It was eventually eworked into ''[[wikipedia:Croc: Legend of the Gobbos|Croc: Legend of the Gobbos]]''. | ||
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|''[[Mario Artist|Mario Artist: Game Maker]]'' | |''[[Mario Artist|Mario Artist: Game Maker]]'' | ||