Prerelease:Super Mario Sunshine/Post-E3 2002
This is a sub-page of Prerelease:Super Mario Sunshine.
Post-E3 2002
Pictures of Mario Sunshine, during or shortly after E3 2002 were shown. Rather interesting things that were rarely seen.
Delfino Plaza
Shadow Mario has no brush, the sky is clear and the NPCs are placed differently than in the final version. The window still has no shutter and there is no "wanted" poster on the wall.
As seen in the flooded version of Delfino Plaza, there is a manhole in the prison.
Unused water bottles are seen here, the Ferris wheel is red, and the "Wanted" poster is missing from the Radio Tower in the background.
Shadow Mario has no brush, the unused sign is present, the sky is clear rather than dark, and the trees seen in Bianco Hills are used rather than the palms in the final version of Delfino Plaza.
Peach doesn't have her umbrella and Toadsworth doesn't seem very worried compared to the final version.
There are two crates above the ledge that were removed.
Bianco Hills
The level uses the standard cloud model rather than the one made for Bianco Hills, and the unused cloud layer is also present.
The small Polluted Piranhas do not appear here in the final game.
There is no fence around the starting area, the sign is missing, and some of the NPCs are different.
As seen during the E3 gameplay, there is no log in the water, but there are 2 small columns that are missing in the final game.
A Turbo Nozzle Box was removed from the start of the level.
Ricco Harbor
The crates around the manhole were removed from the final game and the Sunglasses vendor isn't near the pool.
Removed Rocket Nozzle Box location.
Unused goop is seen here.
Mario is looking up with the first-person view here. In the final game, FLUDD's entire head follows Mario, but in this picture, only FLUDD's mouthpiece is looking in the same direction as Mario.
Gelato Beach
The ropes on the hill are missing in this screenshot.
Pinna Park's LOD model is absent here.
Gelato Beach has columns around the walkway which go unused.
Pianta Village
The bridge texture used to have grass growing near its edges. This detail was removed.
It's daytime instead of night during the "Secret of the Village Underside" mission, and the Yoshi egg can only be found in front of the bridge in final. There are some changes in the OoB terrain; it's more grassy than what's in the finished product.
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July
2002 Demo Disc
- There are less sound effects than in the final game.
- A fruit is not needed to hatch Yoshi, thus Yoshi can be ridden green. Additionally, Yoshi can be ridden during the day in Pianta Village.
- There are 94 Shine Sprites collected while the Grand Pianta Statue is still covered in graffiti and the Sirena Beach Warp Pipe has no pineapple blocking it.
- When Shadow Mario jumps off the Grand Pianta Statue, there are a few barrels near the fountain and the corridor in the right side of the screen. Additionally, Shadow Mario isn't holding the paintbrush in this scene.
- The "M" Portal shows Ricco Harbor instead of Bianco Hills.
- The Police Station door has a blue coin in the entrance that is supposed to be for a secret "non-FLUDDless" level.
- A red block used to be near the windmill blades in Bianco Hills. This was removed from the final level but could still be seen in the level preview render (JP only).
- The "M" graffiti on the wall in Bianco Hills gives a Gold Coin instead of a Blue Coin and there is a different sound effect played when the coin appears.
- The reflection the water produces when it sprayed on the ground is a different shape and blue.
- A different boat is in Delfino Plaza and it moves in reverse.
- The Hover Nozzle box appears during the Gooper Blooper battle.
- When the Goopy Piranha Plant is sprayed and takes damage, it flashes blue instead of red.
- In Delfino Plaza, there's triangle graffiti on the right bell tower and on of the left large house.
- The small dam in Bianco Hills' village is slightly orange while it is natural wooden color in the final version.
- In Gelato Beach, a pair of three boats can be seen at the water.
- Isle Delfino in intro seems to be less detailed than in the final version.
- The angry Pianta in front of the "Wanted" poster is located on the window of the nearby Shine Sprite room.
French Commercial
- French commercial showing that the burning Pianta was originally present on the first plaza.
