Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sounds

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Music

In 日本_Ver0\sfc\back_up\ys_game.asm.BAK6 to 日本_Ver0\sfc\back_up\ys_game.asm.BAK10, the music tracks in the game were the following unnamed values:

BGM_NO_DATA	EQU	$	;[BGM_NO]
		HEX	02H	;[0]
		HEX	01H	;[1]
		HEX	03H	;[2]
		HEX	06H	;[3]
		HEX	08H	;[4]

The tracks then received labels in 日本_Ver0\sfc\back_up\ys_game.asm.BAK11, where they were joined by a Ghost House theme that didn't make the final game:

BGM_NO_DATA	EQU	$	;[BGM_NO]
		HEX	01H	;[0] 地上
		HEX	01H	;[1] アスレチック
		HEX	01H	;[2] 水中
		HEX	01H	;[3] 地下
		HEX	01H	;[4] お城
		HEX	01H	;[5] おばけ屋敷

Overworld
Athletic
Underwater
Underworld
Castle
Haunted House

These values differ from the presumably final ones found in 日本_Ver0\sfc\ys_game_edit.asm:

Hex	Comment	Translation
	BGM_INIT_FLAG
01	;[0] お花畑	Flower Field
01	;[1] 地上	Overworld
01	;[2] お城	Castle
01	;[3] ボス	Boss
01	;[4] 地下	Underworld
09	;[5] ボス（いきなりボスＢＧＭ）	Boss (Sudden Boss BGM)
01	;[6] ボーナスゲーム	Bonus Game
01	;[7] 大ボス	Big Boss
09	;[8] 大ボス（いきなりボスＢＧＭ）	Big Boss (Sudden Boss BGM)
0C	;[9] 大ボス（カチカチ用いきなりボスＢＧＭ）	Big Boss (Sudden Boss BGM for Tap-Tap the Red Nose)
01	;[A] アスレチック	Athletic
02	;[B] 無敵マリオ	Invincible Mario
0	;[C] 大クッパ	Big Bowser
01	;[D] スペシャル４	Special 4
0	;[E]
0	;[F]
0	;[10] タイトル	Title
02	;[11] １Ｗ－０デモ	1W-0 Demo
01	;[12] マップ	Map

Some of the early maps use the older values. For example, unused submarine areas sbmarin1 and sbmrin1a use 02 for their BGM ID, which lines up well with the earlier track list, given that it used to be the underwater theme.

Voices

There's a curious table in 日本_Ver0\sfc\back_up\ys_init.asm.BAK0 that defines different voices for the player transformations. Small Yoshi, Tree Yoshi, "Mister" Yoshi, and Plane Yoshi are early forms that are no longer present in the final game.

;************************************************************************
;*        Voice initial                (VOICEST)    *
;*        in        [X] <-- Voice pointer            *
;************************************************************************
TRSTBL        EQU    $
        LWORD    1DA000H,1DCC00H,1E8000H,1EB000H,1F8000H,1FB000H,1FE000H
;
;
TRSSS        EQU    $
        WORD    9756-2000    ; "Big"
        WORD    12316-3000    ; "Small"
        WORD    12044-3000    ; "Car"
        WORD    12156-3000    ; "Mogura" [Mole]
        WORD    12044-3000    ; "Ki" [Tree]
        WORD    11868-2800    ; "Mr"
        WORD    5948-1000    ; "Plane"

Fortunately, the 日本_Ver0\sound\back_up directory contains these voice files and more! Interestingly, some of the lines are from Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!, a now-obscure anime film from 1986 (which can be watched on YouTube here).

File	Filename	Transcription	Romaji	Translation	Notes
	sdanata.sbn	あなたなら、きっと勝てるわ	anata nara kitto kateru wa	I'm sure you can win!	This is a Princess Peach line from the anime. Peach doesn't actually appear in this game. She must have had a pressing entanglement at another castle.
	sdanim.sbn	アニメーション	animeeshon	Animation
	sdarigat.sbn	ありがとう	arigatou	Thank you!
	sdbig.sbn	ビッグヨッシー	biggu yosshii	Big Yoshi!	A line for transforming (back?) into Big Yoshi.
	sdcancel.sbn	キャンセル	kyanseru	Cancel
	sdcar.sbn	走っちゃおうかな	hashicchaou ka na	Perhaps I'll drive?	A line for transforming into Car Yoshi.
	sdclear.sbn	クリア	kuria	Clear
	sdganba.sbn	頑張って、マリオ	ganbatte, mario	Good luck, Mario!	This is also a Princess Peach line from the anime.
	sdki.sbn	気になるわね	ki ni naru wa ne	I'm inTREEgued!	A line for transforming into the removed Tree Yoshi form. This is a pun in Japanese, as the phrase can be interpreted as both "I'm interested!" and "I'll turn into a tree!"
	sdmogura.sbn	潜っちゃおうかな	mogucchaou ka na	Perhaps I'll burrow?	A line for transforming into Mole Yoshi.
	sdmr.sbn	岡嶋さん、素敵	okajima-san suteki	Mr. Okajima is wonderful!	This file's name likely refers to the mysterious Yoshi form "mr.777". Programmer Nobuo Okajima created a variety of development tools found in the Yoshi's Island directory, but wasn't credited in the game. (He was credited on Yoshi's Story, however.)
	sdokaged.sbn	おかげで助かった	okage de tasukatta	It's thanks to you I'm saved!	Yet another Princess Peach line from the anime.
	sdpeach.sbn	私、ピーチ姫	watashi, piichi hime	I'm Princess Peach!	Another Princess Peach line from the anime.
	sdplane.sbn	飛びます	tobimasu	Up, up, and away!	A line for transforming into the removed Plane Yoshi form. The final game features Helicopter Yoshi instead.
	sdsmall.sbn	スモールヨッシー	sumooru yosshii	Small Yoshi!	The form of Small Yoshi was removed from the final game.