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| '''Beta Elements''' are components of the [[Super Smash Bros. series]] that, for whatever reason, are removed or altered before that game is released. Known info about beta elements usually comes from one of two sources. The first is information released about a game, by its creators, before the game is complete. The second is data found within the coding of a game that serves no purpose, but could have been implemented into the game at one point. | | {{ArticleIcons|series=y|featured=y}} |
| | '''Unused content''' refers to components of video games that were removed or altered before the game is released. Known info about unused content can come from a variety of sources: a developer can reveal information about the game's development, promotional material may use earlier builds of the game that contain later-removed elements, unused or incomplete code and files can be found within the finished game, and people associated with the game can leak or sell pre-release builds of the game, normally years after the game has been released. |
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| ==''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''==
| | [[File:Kirbyspecialbeta.png|thumb|One of the most well-known beta elements is Kirby using his {{b|Hammer|move}} in midair as he did in ''[[Melee]]'', during ''[[Brawl]]''{{'}}s [[E3]] 2006 trailer.]] |
| ''Super Smash Bros.'' was initially developed by [[Masahiro Sakurai]] and [[Satoru Iwata]] in their downtime, in a form titled 格闘ゲーム竜王 (''Kakuto-Gēmu Ryūō'', or ''Dragon King: The Fighting Game''), which lacked Nintendo characters. Sakurai, however, felt that the game could not provide the proper atmosphere on a home console without Nintendo characters, and they were soon added and the game was renamed.<ref>[http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol7_page1.jsp Wii.com] (Accessed on 9-18-08)</ref>
| | Many elements removed from the final games have been found in all ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' games. Many of these have been seen in gameplay trailers, such as character movesets and visual elements being noticeably different before final release. Evidence for some of these altered elements can still be found in the game files at various stages of completion. Some of the best known beta elements include the [[Kirby (universe)|Kirby]]-themed stages in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', removed stages such as [[DUMMY]] and [[AKANEIA]] in ''[[Melee]]'', and leftover character data for characters such as [[Mewtwo]], [[Roy]], and [[Dixie Kong]] in ''[[Brawl]]''. |
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| In the final game, two beta [[Kirby]] stages are only playable with a GameShark. The stages have strange elements, such as invisible barriers. A working [[Kirby Beta Stage 2|Dream Land]] stage can be viewed in the "How to Play" tutorial, which itself can be seen by waiting on the title screen. Also, in the character select, the question mark boxes were supposed to be colored and [[Saffron City]] also had pink with purple on the rooftop. During the opening sequence, [[Master Hand]] tranforms a desk into a mysterious stage similar to [[Peach's Castle]], unlike this one, this stage is unplayable and doesn't appear in any moment on the whole game. Also [[Bowser]], [[Mewtwo]], [[Pit]], [[King Dedede]], [[Princess Peach]] and [[Meowth]] were supposed to be playable in this game.
| | ==See also== |
| | | *[[Unused content (SSB)]] |
| Also, according to a recent talk between Masahiro Sakurai and Satoru Iwata, Sakurai revealed he intented to add the [[Final Smashes]] in this game; with the proof he already had the voices effects when the characters uses their Final Smash, but for some limitations the Final Smash had to wait 9 years until the launch of Brawl.<ref>[http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol5_page1.jsp]</ref> In fact, just a few of these sound effects are already in the game, but as mentioned, were never used. These sounds include Ness yelling, "[[PK Starstorm]]!", Pikachu charging energy, and Captain Falcon saying, "Come on!" Other characters heard include [[Kirby]] and [[Link]]. In addition to the unused Final Smash clips, there are two unused Announcer voice clips: "Are you ready?" and "Final Stage." <ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=y_sVXdjakqU YouTube - Super Smash Bros. unused sounds] (Accessed on 11-22-2009)</ref>
| | *[[Unused content (SSBM)]] |
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| <center><gallery>
| | *[[Unused content (SSB4)]] |
| File:Dragon-King--The-Fighting-Game.jpg|Dragon King: The Fighting Game
| | *[[Unused content (SSBU)]] |
| Image:ss_ssb_1.jpg|An early character select.
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| Image:ss_ssb_2.jpg|Saffron City with a pink/purple rooftop.
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| Image:super_smash_bros._kirby_beta.jpg|A beta version of Dream Land in the game's coding. The green Luigi is standing, preparing to run, on the invisible barrier.
| | *[[TEST]] |
| Image:Yoshi ssb.PNG|The different Peach's Castle in the game's opening sequence.
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| Image:Dreamland beta.png|Dream Land, with taller grass and darker leaves.
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| </gallery></center>
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| ==''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''== | |
| Through an Action Replay, a large, gray stage with the background appearing to be some kind of pub, is accessible. The music is the same as used on [[Fox (SSBM)|Fox]] and [[Falco (SSBM)|Falco]]'s stage [[Lylat System: Corneria|Corneria]]. This is assumed to be a test stage because of its name, which on the debug menu is [[Test (stage)|TEST]]. There are also four stages, named [[AKANEIA]] (a possible predecessor to [[Castle Siege]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a homeworld for the [[Fire Emblem (universe)|''Fire Emblem'' series]]), [[10-2]], [[IceTop]] (a possible precursor to the [[Summit]] stage from the sequel, which belongs to the Ice Climbers), and [[DUMMY]]; all four freeze when accessed normally, though 10-2, IceTop and DUMMY can be accessed with other cheats, while AKANEIA remains inaccessable to this day. In addition to this, the entire [[Debug Menu]], which was used in pre-release testing, can be used when the game is hacked, allowing for complete editing of anything in the game. [[Giga Bowser]], both male and female [[Fighting Wire Frames]], [[Master Hand]], [[Crazy Hand]], and even [[Sandbag]] are all playable (to a limited extent) via the Debug Menu.
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| Early screenshots showed the [[Motion-Sensor Bomb]] to be much different; these screenshots actually showed it to be a Proximity Mine from ''[[wikipedia:Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark]]'' rather than the Motion-Sensor Bomb from "TOP SECRET" (actually ''[[wikipedia:GoldenEye 007|GoldenEye 007]]'') that appeared in the final game. A screenshot of this Proximity Mine's [[trophy]] has also been released, and this screenshot shows that (in an almost cheap manner) the text in the Proximity Mine trophy was only tampered minorly (with only a few removals of references to ''Perfect Dark'') for the final Motion-Sensor Bomb trophy. Why the ''Perfect Dark'' Proximity Mine was changed to a ''GoldenEye 007'' Motion-Sensor Bomb remains unknown to this day and is rather ridiculous, especially considering that the games from which the items originated were even made by [[Rare|the same company]], although the fact that Nintendo hides the Motion-Sensor Bomb's trophy's debuting game entry with the words "TOP SECRET" in the final game suggest that the item change may very well have had to do with copyright infringement. The [[Hyrule: Temple|Temple]] stage originally had an elevator that led to the bottom of the stage, as well as two strange platforms. These platforms strangely appear in the game's "Special Movie", when Peach is introduced. Players could also could walk through the laboratory in Great Bay. Stages [[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island|Yoshi's Island]] and [[Mushroom: Kingdom|Kingdom]] had different designs altogether; the former was larger and had more blocks, while the latter looked more similar to the Mushroom Kingdom of the [[Super Smash Bros.|previous game]]. Early images of [[Kanto: Pokémon Stadium|Pokémon Stadium]] shows different element icons in the background screen, which looked more alike the icons of the Pokémon Trading Game Cards. [[Eagleland: Onett|Onett's]] music also sounded different.
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| Image:MeleeMotionSensorBeta.png|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s beta Motion-Sensor Bomb's trophy. This happens to be what the Sensor Bomb looks like in the Japanese version of the game, but reasons on the change on the North American version are unknown.
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| Image:Meleebetasel.jpg|The old character-selection screen before the final version of the game. Note that Kirby, Peach, Zelda, and Ice Climbers are missing.
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| Image:betameleescreen.jpg|Zelda missing in this picture from the Japan website
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| Image:testlevel.jpg|The test level.
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| Image:Hyrule_Beta.png|Two platforms from the Temple stage that appear in the Special Movie but not during gameplay.
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| Image:Pokemon_Stadium_Beta.PNG|<center>A different fire image appears in the background of Pokémon Stadium.
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| File:5.jpg|Yoshi's Island with 5 much smaller blocks
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| File:Kingdom.jpg|Mushroom Kingdom's First design
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| ==''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==
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| Some of the game world icons were initially the same as in the previous two games, but they were revised as time went on (Mario's Mushroom icon was refined and given spots, the Poké Ball icon has the top half colored in to properly represent how it is usually red, etc.). Also, the description for the My Music options originally said, "Adjust how often a song will appear on this stage." It has since been revised in a general tone to say, "Adjust how often songs appear on stages." Along with this, one piece of music that was planned for the Delfino Plaza stage was later moved to Luigi's Mansion. [[Solid Snake]] was also meant to be more muscular, and was to have a gray suit rather than blue; along with this, his down smash mine looked different. [[Wario Bike]], [[Drill Rush]], [[Summit]], [[Halberd]], Rainbow Cruise, and "The Flowers That Bloom in the Echoes" were originally called Wario Chopper, Triple Dash, The Summit, Battleship Halberd, Rainbow Ride, and, "Flowers Bloom on the Notes" respectively. It's unknown why they changed these names, however, they likely changed Rainbow Ride because it was a ''Melee'' stage, in which it was misnamed Rainbow Cruise (although it remains Rainbow Ride in the PAL regeions, mostly because it was called Rainbow Ride on the PAL version of Melee). Lastly, there were scenes taking place before the events of [[the Subspace Emissary]] where the Subspace Army takes over the Halberd and King Dedede unintentionally stalls Meta Knight from preventing it from happening. [[Masahiro Sakurai]] confirmed that he decided to cut this out and an update was made to confirm this together with how various events and characters in the Subspace Emissary comes together. Also [[Mario]] instead of [[Kirby]] was the one seen fighting [[Petey Piranha]] in one of the ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' TV spots.
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| Another beta element in Brawl was [[Kirby]]'s [[Hammer (move)|Hammer]] move. When he uses hammer in mid-air in ''SSBM'', he does a vertical spin; in ''SSBB'', however, he does a horizontal spin. This was seen in the first trailer, where he does the former. In the second trailer, when Fox appears, he has his [[Blaster]] in his hand during the whole battle despite the fact in the final release he only uses the blaster when using his standard special move.
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| Also, unused files for [[Dixie Kong]], [[Toon Zelda]], [[Toon Sheik]], and "Pra_Mai" (speculated to be Plusle & Minun of Pokémon fame) were found as scrapped newcomers. There were also files for [[Dr. Mario]], [[Mewtwo]], and [[Roy (SSBM)|Roy]], possibly meaning that they were planned to be brought back at one time, or that their data was imported for some reason. A scrapped [[Assist Trophy]] for [[Ridley]] was also found. It was most likely scrapped in favor of a boss version of Ridley.<ref>[http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/photo-m.phtml?post_key=68272&photo_key=29687 Source]</ref> Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong had different trophy designs before they had the final in-game versions.<ref>[http://www.spriters-resource.com/nintendo/ssb/ssbb/display.php?file=ssbb_trophies3.png Source]</ref> In the E3 2006 Trailer, Many minor differences to the final version were seen. One of which was Mario's Up-A, being slightly faster than the old version.
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| Image:Subspace Army Unknown3.jpg|A less gloomy version of [[Battlefield Fortress]].
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| Image:IconBeta.png|The beta icons.
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| Image:SnakeBomb.png|Snake's original down-smash mine.
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| Image:Mymusic.jpg|A beta version of [[Delfino Plaza]]'s [[My Music]] with a song later moved to [[Luigi's Mansion]].
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| Image:Sticker.jpg|A beta version of the [[sticker]] album.
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| File:FOX.jpg|Fox with his Blaster in his hand, as seen in the E3 trailer.
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| File:Tokyo vs. Kyoto thumbnail.png|In the [http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/movies/movie080124a.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=300&width=430 Tokyo vs Kyoto] video on the [[DOJO!!]], which was the first full match that was shown there, there were several minor differences from the released version. One example of this is Samus's [[Zero Laser]], which lasts about 2 seconds longer in the video.
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| File:Plain.jpg|A beta image from [[The Plain]] of the ''SSE''. Note that the font for the enemy name ([[Primid]], here) is different.
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| </gallery></center>
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| == See Also ==
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| *[[Kirby Beta Stage 1]] | |
| *[[Kirby Beta Stage 2]] | |
| *[[Test (stage)]] | |
| *[[AKANEIA]] | | *[[AKANEIA]] |
| *[[IceTop]] | | *[[ICETOP]] |
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Hacking]] | | [[Category:Hacking]] |
| | [[Category:Beta elements| ]] |
| | [[es:Elementos beta]] |
