Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga/Unused Graphics

This is a sub-page of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Colorful letters spelling out "MARIO✩". No equivalent for Luigi exists.

A series of triangles with colorful polka-dots contained alongside the MARIO✩ sprite. The eighth triangle has transparent dots.

Early	Final

Early ability icons, which have smaller back "bubbles" and are overall less detailed than the ones used in the final game, as well as lacking the distinction between Mario and Luigi. Only the "x" shaped icon is used in the final game in places where the Bros. can't use a certain ability, like when attempting to Luigi Dunk on metallic ground.

Unused	Used

Turns out the overworld graphic for the very first badge given to you has alternate palettes which highly resemble the ones used by the badges on display in equipment shops, although no green variant exists.

Coins

Early	Final

Unused early coin sprites, comprised of a palette for both regular, red, and blue coins, the latter two not even appearing in the final game. They also have animations for blinking as though they are about to disappear, which may indicate that at one point certain coins had to be collected under a certain time limit before they disappeared.

An unused green version of the standard question mark block, which is yellow. Strangely enough, a red version is used as decoration in the block study rooms of Woohoo Hooniversity, but the green one isn't.

An unused item sprite for a diploma with a green bean-shaped wax stamp. It's unknown what this would have been used for, and where you would have obtained it. However, diplomas are typically handed out at universities, so it may have a connection to Woohoo Hooniversity.

An unused item sprite for a standard-looking key. Once again, it's unknown what this would have been used for, and where you would have obtained it.

Unused	Used

An unused sprite for a closed book. Open versions of this book can be found in a few places, such as the Beanbean Castle library, possibly indicating that they would have opened when the player interacted with them.

The flaming statue used in the generator room of the E3 demo is still in the retail builds.

Early	Final

An early version of Lady Lima, who looks noticeably taller and younger than her final counterpart. Interestingly enough this early design bears some resemblance to Cackletta's disguise in the game's introduction.

 
An unused, cloaked mysterious-looking Beanish character. Only idle animations for this character exist. They gave a sidequest in Beanbean Castle Town in the E3 demo.

(Cloaked character usage in E3 demo: Skawo)

Early	Final

Boddle's assistant has an alternate palette with red hair and a purple jacket instead of blonde hair and a blue jacket. Strangely enough, this palette ended up being used in the game's remake.

   
Shocked animations for the green Oho Jee responsible for the surfing minigame from Oho Ocean. Turns out a version of these sprites with a purple palette is used with the purple Oho Jee when you do a time of under 38 seconds, and while the green Oho Jee is the owner of the minigame, it's the purple one who takes care of the rewards.

Early	Final

Early overworld sprites for the Wiggler boss from Chucklehuck Woods. This sprite is really primitive shading wise, moreover this happy expression doesn't exist in the final game, only the angry and sad ones.

Early	Final	Final

What appear to be early overworld sprites of Fighter Fly, this design bearing some resemblance to the design used in the Mario Bros. remake accessible on the title screen.

Unused	Used

Unused sprites for a taller Bill Blaster with the classic skull icon. Alongside these are sprites for a golden Bullet Bill, which is known as a "Bombshell Bill" and appears in a few Paper Mario games.

Graphics and a tilemap for a Wrecking Crew-like scene exist within the ROM, but a proper method of accessing them has not yet been discovered.

Version	Palette	Image	Map
US	0x08201790	0x082017B0	0x08201210