Editing Unused content (SSB4)

When comparing the final game with earlier builds, some differences have been found:

*[[Stale-move negation]] was not present in earlier demo versions of the game showcased during E3 2013.

*In the E3 2014 demo build of {{for3ds}}, the character select screen displayed the names of the characters under their icons. In the final version, only the icons are displayed.

**[[Fox]] and [[Greninja]]'s icons have different background colors in the final version.

*In the first [[trailer]] of the game, {{SSB4|Link}} can be seen with his old [[dash attack]], which has since been changed.

*In an early picture Link can be seen on the [[Spirit Train]] stage with the ''Spirit Tracks'' Link as the conductor, but in the final game, when Link is on the stage, Alfonzo would conduct the train.

*{{SSB4|Ike}}'s [[Eruption]] originally had red flames. In the final game, however, it has blue flames.

*In the [[E3]] demo build, {{SSB4|Luigi}} could [[wall-jump]], but in the final game, he cannot.

*Prior to {{SSB4|Little Mac}}'s reveal, screenshots and footage of the [[Boxing Ring]] stage featured brighter overall lighting compared with the final version of the stage.

*In {{SSB4|Sonic}}'s reveal trailer, his Spin Dash is shown to behave exactly like in Brawl, whereas in the final version, the short hop performed on release is much quicker.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7w5XUPHFoY Super Smash Bros. - Sonic Joins the Battle! (Nintendo 3DS/Wii U)]</ref>

*In the Super Smash Bros. Direct, the Power Star {{SSB4|Rosalina}} summons during her Final Smash stays at a constant size, whereas in the final game it grows gradually.

*Also in the Super Smash Bros. Direct, {{SSB4|Mega Man}}'s Final Smash has a different animation, and it is slower. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUWnQu2Grs&feature=youtu.be&t=29m16s Super Smash Bros. Direct 4.8.2014]</ref>

*[[Ridley]] originally had a thinner neck and thinner limbs, as seen in the Smash Direct.

*[[Fox Illusion]] had a more detailed "illusion" image.

*The pose that [[Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)|Zero Suit Samus]] performs for [[Paralyzer]] was from ''Brawl'' in early shots. It has changed since then.

 

Trophy Rush.jpg|A screenshot of Trophy Rush with 3 minutes, 21 seconds left. This is impossible in the final version, as the maximum time possible is 2 minutes, 30 seconds.

Ridley SSB4.png|Ridley's old model

Fox Illusion 4.jpg|The more detailed Fox Illusion

ZSS_and_the_Mystery_Crate.jpeg|Her pose for Paralyzer before it was altered.

==Aesthetic Differences==

*In the Super Smash Bros. Developer Direct, the designs of the [[Revival platform]]s and [[Capsule]]s appeared unchanged from their appearance in ''Brawl'', but they were changed in the final game.

*In the Super Smash Bros. Developer Direct, {{SSB4|Kirby}} used his voice clips from ''Brawl'', but had new ones in the final game.

*During the results screen, when the winning character's name is displayed, a sound is played; the E3 demo build of {{forwiiu}} used the splash arts sound used for newcomers. The final build uses the same sound effect as {{for3ds}}.

*On the same image, the stage location for [[Skyloft]] is stated to be ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', while in the final it is ''The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword''.

*In the E3 2014 ''Smash 3DS'' trailer, character names originally had lowercase letters in Classic mode. In the final game, however, all letters are uppercase.

*In the E3 2014 ''Smash 3DS'' trailer, {{SSB4|Samus}} was listed in the [[Sound Test]], however, in the final game she is not listed.

*The trophy for Rayman originally had an eye partly open in a Director's Room post. Both eyes were wide open in the final game.

*Kirby was originally less expressive when using moves such as Hammer Flip and Final Cutter. In the final game, he has "angry eyes", but he did not in pre-release screenshots.

*During the E3 2014 Round Table, in which {{SSB4|Pac-Man}} was first revealed, he had a placeholder [[victory theme]], which differs from the final version.

*In the E3 2014 demo, Pit's victory pose was taken at a different angle than in the final game.

*Little Mac's trailer showed him using his down taunt with a more fierce expression on his face. In the final build, his mouth is slightly misplaced and his expression is less fierce.

BetaClassicModeScreen.jpg|Beta Classic Mode screen.

RaymanTrophy.png|Rayman's trophy in the final version.

KirbyHammer3DS.jpg|Pre-release screenshots of Kirby showed him as less expressive when using some moves

==Custom Moves==

Some custom moves were awarded in the E3 demo build of {{for3ds}}. Only neutral and side specials were awarded, but they were presented as up and down special moves respectively.

Hacking has revealed that characters were intended to have three custom move options for each special, instead of two in the final game<ref>http://smashboards.com/threads/unused-animations-for-custom-moves-found.385685/</ref>. Through hacking these scrapped custom moves can be accessed, though they're significantly incomplete, lacking sounds, visual effects, animations, some of them even freezing the character or [[crash]]ing the game, and all except {{SSB4|Mario}}'s lacking any sort of [[hitbox]]es: a Fireball variant with ice properties, a Cape variant that deals very little damage but very much shield damage, and a F.L.U.D.D. variant that deals electric damage.

==Scrapped elements==

A trophy for the ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'' character {{s|fireemblemwiki|Tharja}} was initially planned for the game, and the trophy was visible in [[Leak|leaked ESRB footage]]. Following the release of the game in Japan, however, Tharja's trophy was not found by players on [[Twitch]], and later hacking showed that there was no data for the trophy in the final game, suggesting that it was removed some time after the ESRB footage. The reason for the removal of Tharja's trophy is considered to be related to the game's rating; her outfit as a {{s|fireemblemwiki|Dark Mage}} was likely considered too suggestive and revealing for ''Smash 4''{{'}}s intended '''E10+''' rating, compared to ''Fire Emblem: Awakening''{{'}}s '''T''' rating. As the leaked images showed a counter of 686 and there are 685 trophies in the final build, Tharja's trophy was the only such trophy removed.

In the [[Super Smash Bros. Direct]], [[Waluigi]] was shown to be a part of the {{uv|Wario}} universe, despite having only appeared in one game from the series, ''{{s|mariowiki|WarioWare: Smooth Moves}}'', in a cameo appearance; in the final game, however, Waluigi was moved to the {{uv|Mario}} universe.

The Flying Men from [[Magicant]] were intended to be given unique three-dimensional models rather than the two-dimensional sprites they were given in the official release. In a weekly issue of Famitsu, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] stated that the sprites were used as to lessen the system requirements on the 3DS's hardware. An image of the Flying Man's 3D model also was featured in the column. It seems as though like the Tharja trophy, it was removed completely from the game as hacking reveals no further data of them.

[http://orangerob.tumblr.com/post/100877071708/kirby-saying-the-english-versions-of-copy-moves Some sound files] were found that had {{SSB4|Kirby}} call out all three of {{SSB4|Palutena}}'s neutral special moves. Eventually, his voice clips for [[Explosive Flame]] and [[Heavenly Light]] would become unused.

The file SSB4\ui\replace\soft\soft_50\soft_50_SuperSmashBros.nut suggests that there was meant to be a Masterpiece made for the original [[Super Smash Bros.]] for the Nintendo 64. This would've been the only N64 Masterpiece in SSB4 and the first Masterpiece in both ''Brawl'' and SSB4 that was actually a game from the Smash Bros. series.

A sound clip was found in the files of the Wii U version features the Announcer saying ''"Super Smash Bros. for Wii U"'' at the end of the opening cinematic, in a similar vein to the announcers for ''Smash 64'' and ''Melee'' respectively<ref>[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQugPCvRsg]]</ref>. Xander Mobus even [https://twitter.com/XanderMobusVO/status/540454795795263489?s=09 stated] he was unsure why this was removed from the final version.

Unused text in the Wii U version suggests that the Gamer and Temple stages were once unlockable.

TharjaLeak.png|Tharja's scrapped trophy.

3D Flying Man.png|The 3D model of the Flying Man

==Planned characters==

[[File:IceClimbersTrophy3DS.png|thumb|The Ice Climbers trophy.]]

The [[Ice Climbers]] were originally planned to return as characters. While functional on the Wii U version, the Nintendo 3DS's technical specifications made it difficult to properly incorporate the two into the game. As Sakurai wished for the two games to have identical rosters, the Ice Climbers were ultimately removed from the game, though they do cameo as a trophy.  

In a post-release interview, Sakurai also revealed that other characters were planned to be included but cut for time constraints <ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2qvwwp/really_long_japanese_interview_with_sakurai_needs/</ref>, though he refused to give any sort of information on who the scrapped characters were, other than stating that characters unlikely to appear in new games in the foreseeable future were given lower priority. However, icons of a [http://wiiudaily.com/2015/01/dr-mario-stage-new-characters-smash-data-mining/ Rhythm Heaven character] have been found in the game's data. While the scrapped characters can theoretically be finished and released as [[DLC]], it remains unknown if they will be, with Sakurai giving no direct answer on the matter. A report [http://www.gonintendo.com/s/249633-sakurai-discusses-the-various-miiverse-requests-for-smash-bros-characters-almost-made-takamaru-playable on GoNintendo] states that [[Takamaru]] was planned as a playable character, but didn't make the cut due to lack of fan familiarity.

Sakurai has stated that {{SSB4|Dark Pit}}, {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}}, and {{SSB4|Lucina}} were originally going to be [[alternate costume]]s for {{SSB4|Pit}}, {{SSB4|Mario}}, and {{SSB4|Marth}}, respectively. They were promoted to full characters due to each character having a feature that made them unique: Dr. Mario with his [[Megavitamins|pills]], Dark Pit with his [[Electroshock Arm|arm]] and [[Dark Pit Staff|Final Smash]], and Lucina with her hitbox placement. In addition, Sakurai felt Dr. Mario's fans would be upset if he was reduced to a palette swap. Regarding the decision to make Lucina a fully fledged character, however, Sakurai stated in a [https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADRUqGH9l5mlg Miiverse post] that "whenever there is even a small difference in abilities, that character gets an actual roster slot."

The file SSB4\param\ui\ui_character_db shows boss characters such as Ridley, Metal Face, but unusually, it also shows an unused boss named Virus. This implies that {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}} was meant to have his own stage with a boss, however, no files have been found for a Dr. Mario stage yet.

Several unused gameplay elements can be found within the data of the 3DS version of the game, some of which ended up becoming integrated into the final build of the Wii U version. Among these elements include multiple [[Announcer]] clips for "Yellow team", "[[Master Orders]]", "[[Crazy Orders]]", and "[[Special Smash]]". The lattermost still exists in the 3DS version's [[Sound Test]], as clip 83 for the Announcer. Also, along the unused clips there is one for "Smash World", which could be a Beta name for [[Smash Tour]] as it is the final name for said mode in at least one version (Spanish (NTSC and PAL) as "Mundo Smash"), as well as similar to the final name in Japanese: World Smash.

==See also==

*[[Beta elements]]

*[[Beta elements (SSBM)]]

*[[Beta elements (SSBB)]]