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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Also known as: Mario & Luigi RPG (JP) Developer: AlphaDream Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Game Boy Advance Released in JP: November 21, 2003 Released in US: November 17, 2003 Released in EU: November 21, 2003 Released in AU: November 28, 2003 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is sort of a spiritual successor to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (a significant part of AlphaDream staff worked on that game prior, and Geno even gets a cameo here), with an excellent soundtrack and a massive amount of humor that would continue in later games in the series.

Contents

• 1 Sub-Pages
• 2 Unused Music
• 3 Unused Sound Effects
• 4 Unused Starbeans Cameos
  • 4.1 E. Gadd
  • 4.2 Wario
    • 4.2.1 Wario Walking
    • 4.2.2 Wario Picking His Nose
    • 4.2.3 Wario Shocked
    • 4.2.4 Wario Laughing
    • 4.2.5 Wario Drinking
    • 4.2.6 Wario Gotta Go
  • 4.3 Fox McCloud
    • 4.3.1 Fox Walking
    • 4.3.2 Fox Drinking and Answering Call
    • 4.3.3 Incoming Call
  • 4.4 Captain Olimar
    • 4.4.1 Olimar Walking
    • 4.4.2 Olimar Drinking
    • 4.4.3 Olimar Throwing A Pikmin
    • 4.4.4 Blue Pikmin Being Thrown
    • 4.4.5 Pikmin Crowd Idle
    • 4.4.6 Pikmin Crowd Moving
  • 4.5 Samus Aran
    • 4.5.1 Samus Teleporting
    • 4.5.2 Samus Standing
    • 4.5.3 Samus Walking
    • 4.5.4 Samus Drinking
    • 4.5.5 Samus Shooting
    • 4.5.6 Morph Ball Transformation
    • 4.5.7 Morph Ball Rolling
    • 4.5.8 Bomb
  • 4.6 Excitebike Racer
    • 4.6.1 Excitebike Racer Driving
    • 4.6.2 Excitebike Racer Idle
    • 4.6.3 Excitebike Racer Flip
    • 4.6.4 Excitebike Racer Falling Off
    • 4.6.5 Excitebike Racer Drinking
    • 4.6.6 Excitebike Racer Wheelie
  • 4.7 Link
    • 4.7.1 Link Walking
    • 4.7.2 Link Attacking
    • 4.7.3 Link Game Over
    • 4.7.4 Link Gets Drink
    • 4.7.5 Link Spin Attack
  • 4.8 Gifts
• 5 Unused Items
  • 5.1 Colored Bean Fruits
  • 5.2 Neon Beans
  • 5.3 Equipment
  • 5.4 Miscellaneous
• 6 Unused Sprites
• 7 Unused Enemies
  • 7.1 Goomba
  • 7.2 Getme!
  • 7.3 Dummonster
  • 7.4 Mossy Goomba
  • 7.5 Pop Goomba
  • 7.6 Paragoomba
  • 7.7 Sgt. Starshade
  • 7.8 Nice Guy
• 8 Unused Enemy Statistics
  • 8.1 Sledge
  • 8.2 Mallet
  • 8.3 Time Bob-Omb
  • 8.4 Unused Names
• 9 Unused Enemy Scripts
• 10 Unused Rooms
  • 10.1 Debug Room
  • 10.2 Debug Menu
• 11 Unused Room Objects
• 12 Unused Loading Zones
• 13 Bros Attack Placeholders
• 14 Gsys Labels
• 15 Battle Backgrounds
• 16 Wrecking Crew
• 17 Oddities
  • 17.1 Incorrect Action Icons
  • 17.2 Incorrect Sound Effects
• 18 Build Dates

Sub-Pages

Regional Differences For versions of games released in such a short span of time, there sure are a lot of these.

Kiosk Demo A kiosk demo with significantly rearranged stats, maps and events? That's not something you see everyday.

Unused Music

The game has eight unused audio tracks, ranging from early versions of existing tracks to a few completely original ones. Additionally, there also exist two variants of the title theme from AlphaDream's previous game, Tomato Adventure, which formed the basis for Superstar Saga.

01		A jaunty little tune which starts off similar to Little Fungitown's music. Possibly an early version of said theme, seeing how both of them use an old-school Mario leitmotif. strangely enough, this music was actually used in one very early trailer for the game as seen here.
02		A variant of the battle theme, which heavily resembles a MIDI-based track. Likely a very early version.
06		A rearranged version of the title screen from Tomato Adventure. It uses the Game Boy's pulse channels for lead and harmony, rather than using samples.
07		The second rearranged version of the Tomato Adventure title screen. It uses samples for the lead rather than the Game Boy's pulse channels, unlike the first variant, and it also doesn't loop.
2B		A rather ominous theme which sounds somewhat similar to the one used in Woohoo Hooniversity.
2D		A variant of the Teehee Valley theme without the lead, which is possibly an early version.
2E		A variant of the Beanbean Castle Town theme without the lead, which is possibly an early version.
2F		A variant of the File Select theme, which is possibly an early version.

Unused Sound Effects

F1		An unused variation of E. Gadd's voice babble sound effect.
EE		E. Gadd saying "Luigi". This was later used in Luigi's Mansion 3 in the ending sequence, albeit barely audible.
EF		E. Gadd saying "Mario".

Unused Starbeans Cameos

There's a large amount of sprites and leftover text which suggest that originally each drink you made at the Starbeans Cafe was supposed to trigger a cameo by a different Nintendo character, instead of just having usual E. Gadd shenanigans (said E. Gadd also incidentally having his own unused text). None of the text was ever localized when the game was brought over to Europe.

E. Gadd

English

Japanese

E. Gadd : Hmm... My sniffer's detecting the aroma of a new kind of juice... Cashier : Oh! Professor Gadd! How've you been, sir? Are you here to try our new drink? You can ask those two there for Woohoo Blend! E. Gadd : Oh! Just wonderful! A new blend! How about a try, youngsters? Hmm... This flavor fills the old bones with brimming strength! Yep, a drink like this'll surely boost my spirits during ghost research. Listen, youngsters, let me thank you. I insist you take this. Hmm... I wonder what I should invent next...

E. Gadd : なにやら 新しいドリンクの かおりが するんじゃが… Cashier : おう! オヤ・マー博士! 久しぶり じゃねえか! さっそく 新作の味見かい? できたての アハストレートなら そこの2人組が 持ってるぜ。 E. Gadd : な… なんと! 新作じゃと! どれどれ わしに味見させてくれ。 う〜む この味は体力が メキメキ上がりそうな味じゃ。 オバケの研究も はかどりそうな 気がしてきたぞ。 これは わしからの おれいじゃ。 うけとってくれ。 さ〜て 次は どんな発明 しようかの〜

Wario

English

Japanese

Wario : Ah ha ha ha! Move it! Wow! Now that I'm here, this game's finally gettin' good! Cashier : Oh! Wario! What's a bad dude like you doing here? Oh! I got it! You came to pay your tab from the other day! Wario : What are you talkin' about?!? You tryin' to give me a bad rep with stupid rumors? I oughta... Cashier : Aww, come on! Just pay up! I'll even take beans if you got 'em. Come on! You're a rich guy, right? Wario : Uh... OK. Maybe next time. But... Don't you have free drinks for celebrity guest stars in this game? Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha! BLECH! AWFUL! Do you guys really like drinking nasty stuff like this? ...Losers. Ah! Whatever! Hope this covers your costs! Blech! Drinkin' that stuff made me wanna go shave my tongue! Uh-oh! Gotta go!

Wario : ヘロ〜 エブリバディ!! う~ん やっぱりオレ様が出てくると 画面の かがやき具合が ちがうぞ。 Cashier : おう! ワリオ! おめー なんの用だ? ああ そうか! こないだの ツケを はらいにきたんだな? Wario : な… なんのことだ!? また ありもしないウワサで オレ様を 悪者にする気だな! Cashier : いいから カネはらえ。 豆でも いいぞ。 もうかってるんだろ? Wario : う… まあ その話しは今度だ。 それより ゲスト出演のオレ様に なんか 飲み物よこせ。 わはははは!! マズイ! お前たちは こんなマズイもの 飲んで よろこんでるのか? あわれな やつらだ。 まあいいや。 ほら ドリンク代だ! む! そのドリンク飲んだら きょうれつに トイレへ 行きたくなったぞ! も もれる〜〜〜!!

Wario Walking

Wario Picking His Nose

Wario Shocked

Wario Laughing

Wario Drinking

Wario Gotta Go

Fox McCloud

English

Japanese

Fox : Fox here! Cashier : Hey! Aren't you Fox McCloud, the Star Fox leader? Are you here to taste our new juice? No way! Fox : Uh...yeah. So why don't you serve me up a cup at your special guest star rate? What's that? A call? A call : Fox! Help me! Fox! Where are you?? Cashier : Wow! You sure are one busy guy... Er, I mean, one busy fox! Fox : Thanks for the discount! Will this cover the rest? Mission complete!

Fox : やあ! Cashier : おう! フォックスじゃねか! まさか 新作ドリンクの 味見に きたわけじゃ ねーだろな? Fox : …その まさか さ。 さっそく ゲラストレートの 味見を させてもらおうか? お? 呼び出しか? A call : フォックス〜!たすけて〜! フォックス! どこにいるんだ!? Cashier : オメーも あいかわらず いそがしい ヤツだな〜 Fox : ゲラストレート ごちそうさん。 ドリンク代は これでいいかな? それじゃ また!

Fox Walking

Fox Drinking and Answering Call

Incoming Call

Captain Olimar

Olimar's dialogue would have been presented in item text boxes as opposed to speech bubbles as if he is logging his thoughts rather than actually speaking, befitting of his native series.

English

Japanese

Olimar : ...I detect a strange, yet pleasing aroma drifting through the atmosphere of this cafe. It would seem to require further investigation... Cashier : Wow! This is a rare treat! If it isn't Captain Olimar! Olimar : What is this? Before my eyes stands a strange life form. It resembles me slightly, so I shall dub it...Marlio! ...Further investigation indicates that the drink that this Marlio holds is the source of the aroma. I shall now partake of its flavor. Why! Its flavor is most satisfying! Finding that such a drink could be partook of in such a place is a tremendous discovery, indeed! This Marlio creature exhibits what seems to be a longing expression... Perhaps it will react if I present it with something... I have just noticed a strange, unsightly green creature standing next to the Marlio... It could be a dangerous life form. I feel I should attack it before it attacks me.

Olimar : …なにやら いいかおりが ただよっている。 どうやら このかおりは この辺りから ただよっているようだ。 この辺りを 少し 調べてみる 必要がありそうだ… Cashier : おう! こりゃ めずらしい! オリマーじゃねーか! Olimar : おや? 私の目の前に きみょうな 生物が立っている。 なんとなく 私に にているので 「マリオー」と 呼ぶことにする。 …そういえば いいかおりは 「マリオー」の持っている ドリンクから ただよってくるようだ。 ちょっとだけ 味見してみよう。 う… うまい! こんなところで こんなに すばらしい飲み物が 飲めるとは 大発見である。 なにやら 「マリオー」が ものほしそうな 顔をしている… 何か 物をあたえたら 反応するだろうか? そういえば 「マリオー」のとなりに 見なれない 緑の生物がいる… キケンな 生物かもしれない。 先に 攻撃したほうが よさそうだ。

Olimar Walking

Olimar Drinking

Olimar Throwing A Pikmin

Blue Pikmin Being Thrown

Pikmin Crowd Idle

Pikmin Crowd Moving

Samus Aran

English	Japanese
Cashier : Whoa! A power outage? Yikes! Samus Aran! I see you're rocking and rolling as usual! ...Looks like your energy tanks are empty! Sorry, but can't you give your Hoolumbian to Samus? Oh! Feeling better?	Cashier : お? 停電か? よう! サムスじゃねえか! あいかわらず コロコロしてるな。 どうやら エネルギー切れのようだ。 悪いが 今作った ウフマンジャロを サムスに 飲ましてあげな。 おお! 元気になったか?

Samus Teleporting

Samus Standing

Samus Walking

Samus Drinking

Samus Shooting

Morph Ball Transformation

Morph Ball Rolling

Bomb

Excitebike Racer

English	Japanese
Cashier : Hey? Is that the sound of a motorcycle I hear? Hey, buddy! What are you doin'?! This isn't a drive-through!!! What? Are you thirsty or something? Fine, but no need to get so...EXCITED! Are your engines on full throttle?	Cashier : ん? 今 バイクの音が 間こえたような… コラー!! うちは ドライブスルーじゃねーぞ!! なんだ? ノドでも かわいたのか? エキサイトしすぎだぜ。 エンジン全開か?

Excitebike Racer Driving

Excitebike Racer Idle

Excitebike Racer Flip

Excitebike Racer Falling Off

Excitebike Racer Drinking

Excitebike Racer Wheelie

Link

All of Link's sprites have the kanji 仮 in the top corner, which translates to "temporary", indicating that these sprites were likely never finalized.

English	Japanese
Cashier : Whoa! Link! The Hero of...what is it, now? Anyway, long-time, no see, buddy! What are you doing here? Did you get lost in a dungeon again? What? You're having trouble finding the fairy fountain? Oh... It's game over, and your bottles are all empty? Are your hearts filled now, kiddo?	Cashier : おう! リンク! 久しぶり じゃねえか! あいかわらず ダンジョンで 道に 迷ってたのか? え? ようせいの泉が 見つからねえ だと? ゲームオーバーか? ビンの中も カラッポみたいだな。 ハートも 満タンか?

Link Walking

Link Attacking

Link Game Over

Link Gets Drink

Link Spin Attack

Gifts

The gift you get when you make a new drink also was also supposed to be even more specific to the character cameos above. In fact, there's unused text relating to these gifts:

English	Japanese
You got the Triforce! You got an Energy Tank! You got a Gold Ring! You got the Game Boy Horror! You got a UV Lamp! You got Wario's Gold! You got an Excite Spring!	トライフォースを 手に入れた! エネルギータンクを 手に入れた! ゴールドリングを 手に入れた! ゲームボーイホラーを 手に入れた! UVランプを 手に入れた! ワリオの金貨を 手に入れた! エキサイトスプリングを 手に入れた!

The Excite Spring is the only one which managed to survive into the final game unaltered. The others survived too, but had their names changed to be less obvious references to the cameos. The Game Boy Horror, UV Lamp and Energy Tank items likely used different sprites as well. The remake changed the Great Force's icon to resemble the complete Triforce:

Blend	Character	Original gift	Final gift
Woohoo Blend	E. Gadd	Game Boy Horror	Game Boy Horror SP
Hoohoo Blend	Wario	Wario's Gold	Greed Wallet
Chuckle Blend	Fox McCloud	Gold Ring	Bonus Ring
Heehee Blend	Captain Olimar	UV Lamp	Cobalt Necktie
Hoolumbian	Samus Aran	Energy Tank	Power Grip
Chuckoccino	Excitebike Racer	Excite Spring	Excite Spring
Teeheespresso	Link	Triforce	Great Force

Unused Items

Colored Bean Fruits

Bean Fruit sprites matching the colors of the seven hungry Yoshis. In the final game only the purple Bean Fruit is used. Corresponding item descriptions for these unused colored Bean Fruits also exist:

You got a Blue Bean Fruit! You got a Red Bean Fruit! You got a Green Bean Fruit! You got a Yellow Bean Fruit! You got a Purple Bean Fruit! You got an Orange Bean Fruit! You got an Azure Bean Fruit!        

Item Name	Description
Blue Bean Fruit	A juicy blue bean grown in the ground.
Red Bean Fruit	A juicy red bean grown in the ground.
Green Bean Fruit	A juicy green bean grown in the ground.
Yellow Bean Fruit	A juicy yellow bean grown in the ground.
Purple Bean Fruit	A juicy purple bean grown in the ground.
Orange Bean Fruit	A juicy orange bean grown in the ground.
Azure Bean Fruit	A juicy azure bean grown in the ground.

Neon Beans

There also exist item descriptions for unused items called "Neon Beans" which appear to be early/alternate versions of the Bean Fruits, matching the colors used with those. It's possible the original intent was to have Neon Beans make the Yoshis lay Neon Eggs. No graphics or corresponding "You got (item name)" text exist for these.

Item Name	Description
Neon Blue Bean	A bean that shines with a bright blue light.
Neon Red Bean	A bean that shines with a bright red light.
Neon Green Bean	A bean that shines with a bright green light.
Neon Yellow Bean	A bean that shines with a bright yellow light.
Neon Purple Bean	A bean that shines with a bright purple light.
Neon Orange Bean	A bean that shines with a bright orange light.
Neon Azure Bean	A bean that shines with a bright azure light.

Equipment

The following equipment exists in the game, but you're unable to obtain any of it during the course of the game, despite the official player guide stating they could be dropped by enemies.

Item Name	Description	Bros.	Def	Effect
Chuckola Pants	Pants made to look like Chuckola Fruit.	Mario	45	60% Poison Dodge
Heavy Slacks	Very heavy pants made of Hoohoo Blocks.	Both	48	Heavy G
Light Slacks	Very light and made of Parabeanie wings.	Both	48	Light G
Jeanie Jeans	Magic jeans that boost DEF in battle.	Luigi	60	DEF-Up
Jeaniest Jeans	The best-looking, best-fitting jeans.	Luigi	74	-
Safe Guard	An outfit that blocks status ailments.	Both	78	60% Poison Dodge
Oho Gear	Pants with a raging wave print.	Both	28	-

Interestingly, the Oho Gear would go on to be obtainable in the Japanese localization of the game, as well as every version of the game's remake.

Miscellaneous

You got a Game & Watch!        

The Game & Watch appears to have been a key item, since it can be found in the game's text right after the Beanlet and Beanstone. Either way, no other code related to this item exists in the game.

You got a Spiritual Bros.!        

The purpose of this string and the item it refers to is unknown, aside from the name somewhat resembling one a badge would have. Once again, no other code related to this item exists in the game.

Unused Sprites

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.

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.

Unused	Used

An unused fiery variant of the red-switch statues found in Woohoo Hooniversity's Sun Door room. In the final game they have a button on their chest that the Bros. have to hit to make it change color in order to match a color password, but it appears that at first the player had to extinguish them (the Watering Hole required was also completely removed, as none can be found near the Sun room).

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.

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.

Unused Enemies

To do: Apparently the Time Bob-Omb is known as "Bombabum" in Spanish and "Cronobomba" in Italian, check if any other unused enemies names were localized.

Enemies which didn't quite make the cut. Please note that enemies don't have a set POW value, as it is determined by their attack pattern.

Goomba

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
100	3	100	2	2	100

A dummy enemy which uses the name and sprite of a regular Goomba, but with unique stats.

Getme!

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
5000	3	100	999	2	100

Another dummy Goomba enemy, except this one is known as "Getme!".

Dummonster

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
100	3	100	2	2	100

Yet another dummy Goomba enemy, this one simply named "Dummonster" (from "dummy monster") and with the exact same stats as the first dummy Goomba.

Mossy Goomba

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
3	3	0	2	2	1

An unused blue palette swap of the Goomba enemy with stats lower than that of the average Goomba.

Pop Goomba

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
3	3	0	2	2	1

Yet another unused Goomba palette swap, this time red, but with the exact stats as its blue counterpart.

Paragoomba

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
3	3	0	2	2	1

An unused enemy, a Paragoomba, which once again has lower than average stats. While this enemy was most likely scrapped in favor of Parabeanies, it would end up being used in the Bowser's Minions mode of the game's remake.

Sgt. Starshade

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
100	3	0	2	2	100

While Sgt. Starshade appears in the battle tutorial, unused data reveals that at one point of development he was the one you had to fight, instead of a regular Fighter Fly. He has two sprites, his regular right facing overworld sprite and an unused dizzy animation. The game freezes when he is attacked.

Nice Guy

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
100	3	0	2	2	5

An unused enemy which appears to just be a standard Hoohooligan. It's unknown where this enemy would have been used.

Unused Enemy Statistics

Sledge

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
5000	3	100	2	2	99

Sledge has a full set of stats, but since he never attacks they don't even come into play.

Mallet

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
5000	3	100	2	2	99

Similarly, Mallet also has a full set of stats, but since he never attacks they never come into play. Moreover, since he can't be targeted his name is never shown to the player.

Time Bob-Omb

HP	Defense	Speed	Experience	Coins	Level
5000	999	1	0	0	99

This unique kind of Bob-omb which appears in the fights against Roy, Wendy O. and Larry Koopa is referred to as a "Time Bob-Omb" in the game's files, but since it can't be targeted the name never appears. Moreover its stats don't even come into play, since once again it can't be targeted and it never attacks.

Unused Names

These enemy names are listed in the ROM, but never appear in-game due to various reasons:

Chompa        

The position of this string in the files suggests that this is an early name for Mecha-Chomp enemy.

Sharkbone        

The "real" name of the enemy known as ???? which appears in Gwarhar Lagoon. Technically the ???? enemy is composed of two distinct creatures: a skeletal shark and a Cheep Cheep with a shark fin, both with their unique stats and attack patterns, and the reason why the name is a series of question marks is because the Bros. have to anticipate which one of the two fish will attack them.

Seeing how they always hides in the sand, then it makes sense why the name would never appear in-game. Strangely enough the name "Sharkbone" did make an appearance in the enemy list of the official player guide, as well as actually being mentioned in the Easy mode hints of the game's remake.

Sand-Cheep        

Only present in the German version is this string which overwrote the aforementioned "Sharkbone" line. This name actually refers to the shark-finned Cheep Cheep which can be found when encountering the ???? enemy, instead of the undead shark, but since this name also can't be seen due to similar issues it is unknown why it was changed at all.

Strangely enough this enemy is known as a "Puffer-Cheep" in the official player guide, while the enemy having this name in the final game is there referred to simply as a "Cheep-Cheep", therefore it's likely the two had their names mixed-up. The "actual" name would actually end up being mentioned in the Easy mode hints of the game's remake, albeit simply as "Sand Cheep", without the hyphen.

Left Pincer Right Pincer        

Unused alternate names for the "Left Claw" and "Right Claw" from the Hermie III battle, which ironically enough are more biologically accurate than the ones used in the final game.

Unused Enemy Scripts

Two enemy scripts can be found at 0828335C and 082833C8 in the US version. These two scripts are mostly alike, but the second one makes use of the arrow keys. When it is an enemy's turn, it'll wait for you to press a button before attacking, much like how they do in battle tutorials.

• A button - Attack Mario with first ability.
• B button - Attack Luigi with first ability.
• L button - Attack Luigi with second ability.
• R button - Attack Mario with second ability.
• Left arrow key - Attack Luigi with third ability.
• Right arrow key - Attack Mario with third ability.

Unused Rooms

To do: Add the rest of the unused rooms. 0004 (Seabed), 0005 (Test room), 0008 (links to 0005), 0009 (Bicycle Blocks), 000D (Cutscene Debug Room), 0016 (unused Starfields room), 01FF (Test room).

Debug Room

There is a somewhat buggy debug room hidden in the game, which can be accessed by using the code 02001E90:0001 (to bring Luigi along with you, put in 02001E9C:0001 ). To access the room you'll have to start a new game, save and quit, turn on the code after the game resets, and then select your save file.

Room 1	Room 2

You start in the left map with Mario alone. It's possible to leave through the northern part of the stage and immediately return with Luigi. Returning with Luigi alters the level somewhat, or perhaps takes you to a different room. It's possible to return to the first map (with Luigi still) by walking north on the "island" at the top-left of the stage.

Both rooms lack music, and have multiple copies of Popple which don't say anything despite having a "talk" icon appear when you're next to them. Touching the Beanie in the second map immediately begins a battle with a single Goomba, except the game crashes after pressing A when a message bubble appears reading "Press the A button here!". It's also impossible to walk up hills in the first map (they act more like walls), but it's possible to get stuck in the air and still able to walk around by jumping into objects from below. With Mario alone, pressing Start exits the room and attempts to take you back to where you saved your game, which essentially freezes the game.

If you use 02006E15:DB for Mario and 020071B1:DB for Luigi, you should be able to walk up the slopes in the buggy room. This just removes the 20 flag that causes the glitches. Alternately, if you are using the US version, put in 082FB0B3:6F for Mario and 082FB0C7:6F for Luigi (this is the Bros. data in the NPC section).

(Source: Cen)

To do: List the rest for the first three options.

Room 000D is a cutscene Debug Menu which looks very much like the Starbeans Cafe's bean blend machine, except you are given four numbers without bean sprites above them. Future games have a similar debug menu. Many of these warps will affect your items, coins, and flags that are set/unset.

You can go up to 80, 40, 20, and 15 for each option respectively, but the ones at the end are usually glitched/don't work.

4th option:

• 0 = Teehee Valley - Cutscene where Peach is captured at beginning.
• 1 = Border Jump rewards screen (Stardust Fields).
• 2 = Diamond Mines rewards screen (Hoohoo Mountain).
• 3 = Chuckola Bounce rewards screen (Chucklehuck Woods - Winkle Colosseum).
• 4 = The Barrel game reward screen (S.S. Chuckola).
• 5 = The Barrel game reward screen (Fungitown).
• 6 = The Star 'Stache Smash reward screen (Fungitown).
• 7 = Beanbean Castle where the camera guy is at. You are also given 684 coins.
• 8 = NE Beanbean, outside Teehee Valley (Ship area).
• 9 = Teehee Valley.
• 10 = Teehee Valley - down a yellow pipe.
• 11 = You are in Beanbean Castletown outside Starbeans Cafe, with 99 of each type of bean.
• 12-15 = Crash

Unused Room Objects

There's a Toad programmed out in Toadtown Square that can be programmed back in by memory editing. You can walk right under him, and he has no conversation or movement data. It's possible at one point of development this Toad would have prevented you from accessing the next room without a certain requirement being met.

In the room on the Koopa Cruiser where you battle Goombas is a disabled Save Block which can be programmed back in by memory editing. This Save Block is fully functional and saves the game like it is supposed to, though the game displays glitched text for the area in which it displays where you saved at.

Unused Loading Zones

To do: A more complete list can be found here.

A few rooms have a dummy loading zone in the top left corner of the screen, at position 0, some of which will lead to nearby rooms while others will lead to room 0 (the debug room in the English version and the opening cutscene in the Japanese version).

Room	Leads to Room
51 (Starbeans Café)	41 (Beanbean Castle Town East, intact)
197 (Sea bed, yellow pipe to mainland)	0 (Debug / Opening Cutscene)
101 (Stardust Fields, Highjump/Spinjump Tutorial)	0 (Debug / Opening Cutscene)

Bros Attack Placeholders

There are placeholder Bros Attack entries which can be turned on by setting the appropriate flags. They all have the in-battle description Temp (short for Temporary), and when used they deplete the brother's BP and the turn ends immediately with nothing happening.

Attack Name	"Have it" flag	"Know Advanced version" flag
Jump 3	0200485F (5th bit)	02004861 (7th bit)
Hammer 2	02004860 (2nd bit)	02004862 (4th bit)
Hammer 3	02004860 (3rd bit)	02004862 (5th bit)
Fire 2	02004860 (8th bit)	02004863 (2nd bit)
Fire 3	02004861 (1st bit)	02004863 (3rd bit)
Jump 2	0200489B (4th bit)	0200489D (6th bit)
Jump 3	0200489B (5th bit)	0200489D (7th bit)
Hammer 3	0200489C (3rd bit)	0200489E (5th bit)
Thunder 2	0200489C (8th bit)	0200489F (2nd bit)
Thunder 3	0200489D (1st bit)	0200489F (3rd bit)

Gsys Labels

There seems to be a bank of pointers to gsys labels (located at 0839ECC4 in the US version, 083A0504 in EU, and 08388B34 in JP) which were probably used as On/Off for Mario and Luigi. Not much is known about these, and while they are assumed to at once point have been used as a debug menu the assembly codes which used this data were deleted before the game's release.

Some of these gsys labels have "kusu" in them, which comes from "Kusu Island", the Japanese name for Oho Oasis. Moreover the hand powers are named "solar" and "moon", apparently in reference to the Fire and Thunder Gods who teach the moves (their heads are shaped like the Sun and Moon respectively). One of the gsys has "Kuppa" in them, which is the Japanese name for Bowser.

These labels seem to be related to the flags located at 02004338 , and it's unfortunate that labels weren't found for the rest of them.

gsys_undefined_0200 gsys_hi_jump gsys_spin_jump gsys_solo_hamm gsys_solo_hamm2 gsys_solo_hamm3 gsys_mario_hamm2 gsys_luigi_hamm2 gsys_solo_kusu_solar gsys_solo_kusu_moon gsys_mario_kusu2 gsys_luigi_kusu2 gsys_undefined_020C gsys_undefined_020D gsys_undefined_020E gsys_undefined_020F gsys_undefined_0210 gsys_undefined_0211 gsys_undefined_0212 gsys_undefined_0213 gsys_undefined_0214 gsys_undefined_0215 gsys_undefined_0216 gsys_undefined_0217 gsys_undefined_0218 gsys_undefined_0219 gsys_undefined_021A gsys_undefined_021B gsys_undefined_021C gsys_undefined_021D gsys_undefined_021E gsys_undefined_021F gsys_menu_badge gsys_menu_item gsys_menu_card gsys_menu_bros gsys_menu gsys_menu_map gsys_menu_map_kuppa gsys_menu_twin gsys_shop_sale1 gsys_shop_sale2 gsys_shop_sale3 gsys_shop_sale4 gsys_shop_sale5 gsys_undefined_022D gsys_undefined_022E gsys_undefined_022F gsys_btl_defham gsys_btl_defham2 gsys_btl_twin gsys_btl_item gsys_btl_run gsys_btl_solo_hamm2 gsys_btl_solo_hamm3 gsys_shop_new_cti gsys_shop_new_cte gsys_shop_new_lki gsys_undefined_023B gsys_undefined_023C gsys_undefined_023D gsys_undefined_023E gsys_undefined_023F        

Battle Backgrounds

In battle, you only ever see 240×160 of each background, but it turns out they are all actually 512×256, even the one exclusive to the demo version. Only very few battles make use of any kind of scrolling, such as the battle against Trunkle or the one against Cackletta's Soul, so it's likely scrolling was originally intended to happen in all battles, as is the case in Bowser's Inside Story.

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  Background 00
  Unused. Appears to be a test/template background. If the battle data's background of a room is set to 00 then this background will appear in said room.

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  Background 01

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  Background 02

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  Background 03
  Note: The animated dust clouds are not shown.

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  Background 04

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  Background 05

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  Background 06

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  Background 07

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  Background 08, Background 0B

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  Background 09

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  Background 0A

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  Background 0C

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  Background 0D

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  Background 0E

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  Background 0F

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  Background 10

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  Background 11

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  Background 12

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  Background 13
  Note: The animated flames are not shown.

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  Background 14

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  Background 15

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  Background 16
  Note: Unused. Enemies do not appear in any of the rooms that use this tileset.

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  Background 17

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  Background 18
  Note: Unused. Enemies do not appear in the room that uses this tileset. The stars twinkle more erratically than shown here.

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  Background 19

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  Background 1A

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  Background 1B

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  Background 1C

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  Background 1D

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  Background 1E

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  Background 1F

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  Background 20

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  Background 21

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  Background 22

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  Background 23

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  Background 24

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  Background 25
  Note: The final battle does scroll a bit in the beginning. The animated lightning bolts are not shown.

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  Background 26

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  Background 27

Wrecking Crew

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.

US version – Palette: 0x08201790 ; Image: 0x082017B0 ; Map: 0x08201210 )

Oddities

Incorrect Action Icons

When Bowletta uses her fireball attack the Jump icons appear as they must be, but strangely enough when the attack is finished the Hammer icons appear for a split second.

Incorrect Sound Effects

Throughout the game there are many situations where the wrong sound effect is played:

• When Gigi demonstrates the advanced Firebrand technique, and also in Mario's "surprise" to Gigi (when Mario is sitting in the chair), the Thunderhand sound is played instead.
• If Luigi gets filled up with water by the garden hose that is northeast of the Teehee Valley entrance, instead of Luigi making his normal sound effect when he empties himself of water, the sound of an Oho Jee speaking will play instead.
• If Mario and Luigi High Jump or Spin Jump into the flaming rock southwest of Hoohoo Village, they will yell, but if they simply walk or jump normally into it, they will perform the same motions but not make any sound. Also, if Mario is filled with water and walks into it, he yells but Luigi doesn't.
• After Luigi begins pulling on one of the Piranha Plants on the runway and Mario begins explaining something to Lady Lima, the gibberish talk Mario makes is actually Luigi's voice, not his.

Build Dates

The following build dates are found in the ROM at 0x5202A4 in the US version, 0x521C74 in the European version, 0x4119A0 in the Japanese version and 0x33bb6c in the Not For Resale Demo.

Version	Build Date
North American	Oct 4 2003 06:21:36
European	Oct 4 2003 06:25:50
Japanese	Oct 16 2003 18:10:12
North American Kiosk Demo	Oct 27 2003 18:22:53
Chinese (Unreleased)	Feb 7 2007 15:06:03

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